In May, Comex copper hit an all-time intraday high of nearly $5.20 a pound or $11,500 per tonne. Positioning went to such net lengths that dollar trading volumes scaled $100 billion (twice…
The move would position Rio Tinto as one of the world’s largest lithium miners, behind only US-based Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) and Chile’s SQM (NYSE: SQM). The acquisition would hand Rio lithium mines in…