LORD COPPER: Does Mick know something that the market doesn't?

The hand of Mick Davis, head of X2, may be hovering over his pile of cash but he hasn't bought a mining asset yet, suggesting a man still waiting for bargain buying at the bottom of the market, says Lord Copper.

Is the optimism about prices continuing – and possibly even strengthening – their recovery, which was so prevalent at the start of the year, beginning to fade somewhat? Metals have moved...