In the early morning of January 23, the northern wall of an open-pit copper mine collapsed in Spain.

Fortunately, no lives were lost, but the land slippage led owner First Quantum Minerals to suspend operations for a week.

When incidents occur, like this one at Cobre Las Cruces (CLC), the copper market is eager for information.

Oil prices have rebounded since late December on signs that OPEC production cuts are working.

That’s the conventional wisdom. But what exactly are those signs? And could it be traders are overlooking evidence pointing the other way?

The argument for stronger fundamentals is based partly on US crude inventories.

US stocks have increased, which is typical for this time of year because refineries take units offline for scheduled maintenance.

Leveraging our deep expertise in satellite radar imagery, Ursa is able to provide reliable measurements - not extrapolations - across global supply chains day or night regardless of clouds or fog.

Ursa's weekly crude inventory data for Cushing has a strong correlation to EIA's weekly data for this location. This complementary white paper demonstrates the correlation and reliability of Ursa's data, which comes out days ahead of EIA data.

We don’t just see earth from space. We like to hit the road, meet with clients and interact with folks in the industry which is exactly what we did this week.

Seven of us descended upon Houston to attend the S&P Global Platts North American Crude Oil Exports Summit, which was sponsored by Ursa.