Base Metals and Minerals

The Dow closed down 64 to end the worst week of trading since 2003.

Topsy-turvy and largely directionless is the best way to describe last night’s session. But increasingly inflation is becoming the topic of discussion.

Is the forgotten metal about to have its day in the sun?

The Philly Fed president turned Wall Street around last night by hinting that inflation might prevent another cut.

Weekly musings from your editor. If I were a shareholder of Rio Tinto I would have sold my shares today. All of them.

BHP Billiton has come out fighting and sweetened its 3 for 1 preliminary offer for Rio Tinto.

Significant services sector contraction in January sent the Dow crashing down over 350 points.

A win by the Giants was meant to signal a bullish 2008. But instead the Dow fell 100 points.

Friday’s surprise announcement by Chinalco and Alcoa is not the only arrow on the Chinese government’s bow, UK newspapers reported over the weekend.

An extraordinarily bold bid for Yahoo! by Microsoft swamped what was otherwise a night of economic confusion.