Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs made the term “BRICs” famous in a 2003 research report.

The base metals were mostly in the black on Friday. Copper bottomed out at $3.72 in the pre-dawn hours, but rallied straight through from there to finish at its intraday high of $3.8099/lb., up 6 cents.

I got a call from our man in Bougainville” say’s emerging markets expert Manraaj Singh, “I’ll get to the rest of the story in a minute. It’s a long story. But worth telling…because shares in this company are set to take-off.

Mining investors take note… If copper, zinc, nickel, and tin prices remain close to current levels, these miners will make a ton of money this year.

The Canadian Markets gave back much of Tuesday’s record breaking gains on the big board but investors continued to gobble up the more speculative stocks on the junior bourse during Wednesday trading.

In April 2006, Aurelian Resources (CA:ARU) made the gold discovery of the century. It was a once-in-a-lifetime find, the kind most miners can only dream of.

The base metals were all mired in the red on Monday. Copper peaked during the pre-dawn hours and slid from there until the late morning, when it rallied slightly off its intraday lows to finish at $3.8245/lb., down 4¼ cents.

Crude oil is grabbing the headlines but it’s coal and uranium that together provide nearly half the world’s power.

Outside of nickel, the base metals were all on fire on Friday. Copper rose straight from the pre-dawn hours until the late morning, only then coming off its intraday highs to finish at $3.866/lb., up nearly 8 cents.

The base metals were mixed on Thursday. Copper rose straight from the pre-dawn hours until about noon, then eased slightly off its intraday high to finish at $3.7867/lb., up 6½ cents.