This article was written by Martin Hates. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. After the events of early-March, when...

This article was written by Steven Spencer. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The LME today (4th April) issued a...

The tribulations of the LME nickel market continue to make the general press, so I thought it apposite to make a couple more observations...

It used to be so simple, so obvious. The London Metal Exchange was a chalk circle, drawn on the floor, around which a bunch of...

This article was written by Martin Hayes. All views and opinions are strictly his own. Those of us with long memories will recall when...

Back in August 2015, I wrote an article on here about the sentencing of Tom Hayes, an interest rate trader, in connection with the...

This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions are strictly his own. Central bank policies continue to be under the...

This article was written by Fred Piechoczek. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Imagine that you are skiing in the...

Sometimes, you realise that the knowledge that you thought you had about a particular subject barely touches the sides. Many of us metal...

This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. I was a metal merchant once – but I’m...

I’ve just finished reading a good book. It’s called Frostquake, by Juliet Nicolson, and it’s got nothing to do with metals, commodities...

US Global Investors (usfunds.com) have just produced their annual Periodic Table of Commodities Returns, which is always an interesting...

Gas prices continue their upward movement, creating waves in the UK political arena. (I’m actually lucky to burn oil – no-one has been...