Copper, they say, is the metal with manners — neither flashy like gold nor brutish like iron, yet indispensable to modern life. It conducts our electricity, cools our servers, powers our cars and even hides in the walls of our homes. It is the quiet achiever of the periodic table. As the third most-consumed industrial metal after iron ore and aluminium, copper sits at the heart of everything from household wiring to wind turbines. Unlike oil or coal, it can be recycled endlessly. Little wonder politicians call it “strategic” and traders call it “indispensable”. In the world of commodities, bull markets come in two ... (full story)