1928, New York…Workers heave great hunks of iron and steel up vast construction cables… great machine-age pulleys send building parts up storey after storey… ever closer to the sweltering sun.

One clever mining company owns the lot… and it’s positioned next door to its biggest customer. Broker Cannacord Adams says this firm’s shares should be DOUBLE what they trade for today. But that’s not the half of it! China is DESPERATE for concrete and steel.

But that was not the only thing that was causing mayhem with the Mogambo Economic Alarm System (MEAS), as the Federal Reserve itself sold off another $11 billion of its government debt last week! Yikes!

Last Thursday, Mechel OAO (MTL:NYSE) announced record results for 2007.

Commodities are governed by supply and demand – more than any other variable. Just take a look at the precious metals bull market we’ve enjoyed since 2001.

For months now, the big story in the Aussie market has been China’s Inc.’s stealth invasion of Australia through the share market. A Trojan equity horse, if you will. But maybe we had the story all wrong. Maybe the Pilbara is invading China!

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

Yes, we are on the cusp of Peak Everything…The rising cost of steel is at the heart of much capital cost inflation around the world.

Despite what you read from the financial newsletter industry, there aren’t many secrets left in the mining sector.

Two years ago, making money was simple…You just grabbed a newspaper, closed your eyes, and randomly pointed to a commodity… any commodity.