King copper’s reign will continue

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

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 ...

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

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

Is Europe’s 80-year-old alliance with America doomed? asks Michael Shear in The New York Times. US president Donald Trump’s threats of 25% tariffs on a slew of European nations, including the UK, for