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PPG is a global producer of coatings. The company is the world's largest producer of coatings after the purchase of selected Akzo Nobel assets. PPG's products are sold to a wide variety of end users, including the automotive, aerospace, construction, and industrial markets. The company has a footprint in many regions around the globe, with less than half of sales coming from North America in recent years. PPG is focused on its coatings and specialty products and expansion into emerging regions, as exemplified by the Comex acquisition.

Anglo American's mining portfolio spans many commodities and continents. Like fellow large diversified miners, Anglo has significant exposure to copper, iron ore and metallurgical coal, but it is unique among the global majors given its significant platinum group metals and diamonds output. The company accounts for about one third of the world’s platinum supply and around 30% of palladium supply. Anglo also owns 85% of De Beers, in most years the world's largest supplier and marketer of rough gem diamonds by value. Anglo also plans to move back into the crop nutrients business via its Woodsmith polyhalite project in the United Kingdom.

Crude oil (WTI) looks like it is finally waking from its slumber, but Energy sector stocks have barely budged. WTI broke out of its bearish channel on Monday and has popped to $80.60/barrel, from a June 4 low of $72.48. The channel had been in place since early April, with crude bottoming in an area of chart support between $68 and $76. WTI also broke back above its 50-day average after losing it on May 1. The next potential resistance is at the $82 level, which represents a 61.8% retracement of the recent decline and is an area of minor overhead supply. The final decline in early June was a false breakdown -- and many times, these are bullish. On June 4, WTI cycled into minor oversold territory of 30 on the 14-day relative strength index, and that momentum indicator now is back above the midpoint of 50. Daily moving-average convergence/divergence (MACD) has turned higher and is very close to crossing into positive territory. While it appears the trend has turned, trend strength (according to the Chande Trend meter) is barely above neutral and the daily Vortex indicator is neutral. Longer term, it's possible that crude oil is tracing out a bullish base between the mid-$60s and the mid-$90s.

BHP is a global diversified miner mainly supplying iron ore and copper. The merger of BHP Limited and Billiton PLC created the present-day BHP Group. The dual-listed structure from the 2001 BHP and Billiton merger was collapsed in 2022. Major assets include Pilbara iron ore and Escondida copper. Onshore US oil and gas assets were sold in 2018 and the remaining Petroleum assets were spun off and merged with Woodside in 2022, with BHP vesting the Woodside shares it received to BHP shareholders. BHP is growing its nickel business to supply more battery-grade nickel and is also entering the potash market through the development of its Jansen mine in Canada. It also purchased copper miner Oz Minerals in fiscal 2023.