The world's biggest commodities markets are starting to seize up - MINING.COM - MINING.com

Prices of materials like crude, gas, wheat and metals have become alarmingly erratic as a gulf emerges between buyers and sellers who are facing big financing strains.

The London Metal Exchanges embarrassing weeklong suspension of nickel trading is an example of a market grinding to a halt after extreme price moves. Liquidity is nonexistent as some dealers try to c… [+4613 chars]

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