Metals in meltdown: investors should buy now

I’ve never had much luck with metals. In 1981, around a year after the last structural gold bull market peaked, I was given a small krugerrand. Aged seven, having noted that it was not made of chocola

Chasing growth: Swedish asset manager EQT is buying London-based Coller Capital for up to $3.7bn to profit from the boom in the “secondaries” market, says Neil Unmack on Reuters Breakingviews. When in

THE JOURNEY FROM TAWNY EARTH TO COPPER WIRE begins with an explosion. Or 2,697 explosions, to be precise. At the 1,100-acre main pit of Kansanshi copper mine in northern Zambia, a lattice of six-inch

Much of southeast England spent 12 January, and days afterwards, suffering water shortages. Extreme weather conditions brought on by Storm Goretti, combined with creaking water infrastructure, left te

The US dollar has slid to a four-year-low. The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of major trading partners’ currencies, has dropped 12% since the start of 2025. Sterling now bu

Issue of the week: currency gyrations The “debasement ...