Alice had been getting very excited; since her visit to Brussels a couple of months ago, she’d got the travel bug, and now she and some...

My general approach to life is that in principal, people should be allowed to do what they want. The caveat, of course, is that that is...

For around the last three and a half years, I have been writing the Lord Copper column published by Metal Bulletin. From today, that...

So, the great warehousing debate rolls on, with another review suggesting new regulations and controls on how warehouse keepers must...

The upcoming few months of rumour, speculation and guesswork will be interesting for LME-watchers, as time moves on inexorably towards...

It is not really that surprising that Martin Abbott has decided to resign his position at the London Metal Exchange, with effect from the...

Looking at the recently announced increase in clearing house fees for LME transactions, it is difficult not to have a degree of sympathy...

A couple of weeks ago, Metal Bulletin published a piece by Jethro Wookey looking at the cloudy future for European primary aluminium...

It is the 100th anniversary of Metal Bulletin this year. We should congratulate all those who have been responsible for maintaining the...

The nice cosy arrangement where governments print bucketloads of new money to reduce the size of their debts, and that money then gets...

The wise men of the Victorian age established a model for the LME that has prospered mightily, powering through world wars, depressions...

The Easter Bunny has popped up with a riddle for all of us this year: “When is a euro not a euro?” Not a very difficult one, is it? I...

Alice went off to Brussels recently; she’d heard that the European Wonderland was even more full of exciting new things than she’d found...

Only a few short weeks ago in Davos, the great and the good – or those who have styled themselves the great and the good – felt able to...

With the cash for the London Metal Exchange deal from HKEx actually being paid in the penultimate week of December last year, there were...

Over the past dozen years or so, the major banks have probably been the most influential force in the commodities game. More than any...

It’s not often that I disagree with another Metal Bulletin article. In this case, however, I’m afraid I think my colleague Andrea Hotter...

The first trading day of the new year brought a substantial rally almost across the board. A combination of slightly more encouraging...