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ElementWatch data sources

ElementWatch combines official open-data feeds (EIA, USGS, DOE, IEA), commercial spot APIs, and a curated news intake. Every signal carries its source badge in-app so you can verify.

What we track

  • EIA — fuels, retail diesel/gasoline (weekly RSS + API), crude (WTI, Brent), heating oil, propane, natural gas
  • USGS — Mineral Commodity Summaries; helium, gallium, germanium, rare earths, copper, lithium
  • DOE — Critical Materials Strategy, strategic stockpile signals
  • IEA — global energy + critical-minerals flows, outlooks
  • MetalpriceAPI — copper, aluminum, cobalt, lithium, gallium, neodymium, tellurium spot prices
  • AirNav — Western-Pacific Jet-A retail (primary), EIA Gulf Coast wholesale fallback
  • AAA Gas Prices — backup retail fuel cross-check
  • News intake — Reuters, FreightWaves, Transport Topics, Argus, Fastmarkets, OilPrice, Hellenic Shipping

Who this is for

Buyers and analysts who want full provenance on every signal before acting.

Decisions ElementWatch supports

  • Confirming an ElementWatch signal against the original source
  • Auditing methodology for procurement governance
  • Cross-checking against your own internal data feeds

Primary sources