Commodities are basic materials, such as copper, oil and wheat. People use them to make things, power homes and grow food. This Data Lab helps you explore prices and supplies, with tools that turn the numbers into charts and simple calculations.
Start with a question. The tools organize trusted measurements so you can compare them and make a better-informed choice.
Metal, fuel and crop nutrients are measured.
Dates, values, units and sources are stored together.
Charts and calculators make patterns easier to see.
Use the result to plan what to check next.
Data means recorded facts and measurements. Here you can find prices for metals, fuels and fertilizer materials. Other tools show where metals are produced, how oil moves through a country, or how much a piece of metal weighs.
Want to compare prices? Start with the commodity workbench. Planning a metal project? Try material cost. Curious about where supplies come from? Open metal supply risk or US oil balance. You do not need an account.
Imagine a bike maker buys aluminium. The workbench can show whether its reference price rose. The material calculator can estimate the metal needed for a part. Neither tool knows the factory’s full bill for labour, delivery or making the bike.
Which prices rose or fell more? Compare up to six price histories on the same chart.
How much metal do you need? Turn the size of a sheet, bar or tube into weight and estimated cost.
Does most of a metal come from just a few countries? Explore production shares and US dependence on imports.
What did a past price mean in another currency? Use exchange rates from that month and explore US inflation.
How have oil, gas and coal prices moved? Compare their changes without mixing barrels, weight and heat units.
Where does US oil come from, and where does it go? Explore production, trade and refinery activity.
Which fertilizer materials have become more expensive? Compare five monthly price histories.
A price of 100 means little on its own. Is it 100 dollars per tonne, 100 barrels per day, or a chart score of 100? Always read the unit: it tells you what the number counts.
A monthly average describes a month, not today’s price. A yearly production estimate describes a whole year. Use the dates shown with the data, not the date you opened this page.
The source is the organisation that published the information. Follow the source links to check its definitions. The charts, tables and downloads use the site’s stored data; they are not live trading quotes.
New here? Start with the guide to reading metal prices, then open a market such as gold, copper or Brent crude to see a single series in depth.
A benchmark is a price used as a point of comparison. Your local price may also include delivery, tax and the seller’s costs. A chart can show a trend without telling you the price on an invoice.
A rising line tells you what happened during the dates shown. It does not promise that prices will keep rising. These tools help you ask better questions, rather than tell you what to buy.
CSV means comma-separated values. It is a simple file you can open in a spreadsheet. On chart pages, downloads contain the stored source observations, not necessarily the currency or index view on your screen.
These links lead to the organisations or methods behind the numbers. New figures appear here after they are published and added to this site. A missing value means data is unavailable, not that the price or supply is zero.
