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Funds are betting on the prices of base metals like never before with open interest at record levels. It feels like the BHP-Anglo takeover battle has woken the world up to how bad shortages of copper could be and every man and his dog are piling in ft.com/content/65f473…

LSE needs to act quickly, otherwise the UK could be left with no big mining groups at this rate in five years' time. Anglo also at risk from BHP takeover approach Activist investor calls for Rio Tinto to abandon primary London listing ft.com/content/1deb85… via @ft

A key question in the Anglo-BHP saga has been what does BlackRock think - biggest shareholder in both companies and natural resources CIO Evy Hambro is a powerful voice. Now we know they pushed for Anglo to engage SCOOP from ⁦Harry Dempsey⁩ & team on.ft.com/4bPYGbp

The new US critical minerals realpolitik w/ Tom Wilson Billionaire under sanctions could get $300mn in controversial US-Congo deal ft.com/content/d55f9e… via @ft

Ex-Glencore employees set to face charges over Africa corruption ft.com/content/aa1289… via @ft

Mining’s push for gender diversity threatened by ‘Andrew Tate’ effect on.ft.com/4eLrXq2

SCOOP: Another example of the Biden administration’s radical effort to intervene in the metals sector to secure critical minerals for western companies. This Amos Hochstein initiative hasn’t worked - yet - but the intent is clear with Harry Dempsey⁩ on.ft.com/3RRQ78h

SCOOP: Geopolitics is back in central Africa in a big way as US squares up against China in its scramble for critical minerals If Washington hadn’t made the request, Gecamines may have intervened anyway, but point is US made the call w/ Harry Dempsey⁩ on.ft.com/4byOV0L

One country where the strains are increasing for manufacturers of synthetic diamonds is India, where a “recession” was savaging the factory diamond industry as oversupply hits turnover | ft.com/content/4ca78b… via Financial Times w/Harry Dempsey

Commodity bulls’ dash for the exit sends prices tumbling Fund managers cut around $41bn of bullish bets on natural resources China exporting record volumes of copper because of supply glut w/Susannah Savage ft.com/content/c2d6b4… via @ft

SFO charges Glencore’s billionaire ex-head of oil over corrupt payments ft.com/content/27b66a… via @ft

Tariffs are a double edged sword. More expensive inputs mean customers pay more and some businesses close. With ⁦Harry Dempsey⁩ via Financial Times on.ft.com/4do9Xjt

Scoop! Ben Wallace to join defence-focused investment firm - plan is to raise money to invest in defence tech start-ups ft.com/content/35658f… - with Harry Dempsey and Lucy Fisher

Presented the FT News Briefing podcast today with updates on Trump policy announcements, Toyota's hydrogen car troubles, Davos, and fresh accusations that Apple is benefiting from 'blood minerals' in eastern Congo. w/ david pilling and Harry Dempsey ft.com/content/bc5221…

Incredibly weird and absolutely fascinating piece here by Harry Dempsey and David Keohane on the company where no one has a boss but everyone is controlled by an invisible hand on.ft.com/4iKRlwU