No. 004
Aluminium
Effectively solidified electricity: light, abundant, and priced mostly by the cost of the power used to smelt it.
No. 014Copper
The metal that wires everything, watched closely enough as an economic indicator to have earned the nickname Dr Copper.
No. 030Gold
The oldest continuously traded asset on earth, valued almost entirely for the fact that other people value it, and priced in…
No. 042Nickel
A stainless steel and battery metal, and the subject of the most extraordinary market failure in recent exchange history.
No. 056Silver
Half precious metal, half industrial input — which is why it moves like gold with the volatility dial turned up.