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420, or the numerical expression for April 20, has been slang for smoking marijuana for decades but cannabis ETFs have dropped on that day the past two years.

The stocks were climbing after solid earnings reports that beat the forecasts of Wall Street analysts.

President da Silva’s government is expelling gold miners from the Yanomami people’s lands to cut Amazonian destruction

Lithium-ion batteries in today’s electric vehicles have a credible new competitor

Weyerhaeuser uses new climate math to court green investors, while cutting down as many trees as ever

The Swiss commodities giant has long argued that its thermal-coal assets worked better as part of a diversified miner. But its new bid for Teck Resources calls that contention into question.

Private investors and central banks are piling into bullion, pushing prices up 25% since November. What’s behind the buying.

Potash supply disruptions in Belarus and Russia have lifted prospects for producers elsewhere

Private investors and central banks are piling into bullion, pushing prices up 25% since November. What’s behind the buying.

There are no durable competitive advantages to commodities—just price swings. Funds are one way to play, but blue-chip stocks are better.