<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Mark Burton - ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mark Burton - ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATEMx2G1krM/mark-burton</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Mark Burton - </title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATEMx2G1krM/mark-burton</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:18:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATEMx2G1krM/mark-burton.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Electronic Market Maker Optiver Joins LME in Metals Push]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-14/electronic-trading-specialist-optiver-joins-lme-in-metals-push</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-14/electronic-trading-specialist-optiver-joins-lme-in-metals-push</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Ryan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 08:02:51 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i8s9C6Ktp59g/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i8s9C6Ktp59g/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Optiver will initially focus on options in aluminum and copper, which are the most liquid markets on the LME.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rolls-Royce Offloads UK Pension Fund to PIC in £4.3 Billion Deal]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-10/rolls-royce-offloads-uk-pension-fund-to-pic-in-4-3-billion-deal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-10/rolls-royce-offloads-uk-pension-fund-to-pic-in-4-3-billion-deal</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Burton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2025 09:59:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Global Market Based on Gold Bars Shudders on Tariff Threat]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-09/a-global-market-based-on-gold-bars-shudders-on-tariff-threat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-09/a-global-market-based-on-gold-bars-shudders-on-tariff-threat</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Burton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2025 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_BSoBzN8oII/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_BSoBzN8oII/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Five hundred gram gold bars, produced by Swiss manufacturer Argor Hebaeus SA, sit in a storage tray in this arranged photograph at Aranypiac Kft in Budapest, Hungary, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Precious metals are back in demand as renewed concerns over Britain&apos;s decision to leave the EU have investors fleeing for gold.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Copper Rises With US Tariffs, Codelco Mine Stoppage in Focus]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-04/copper-rises-as-chile-stoppage-stirs-fresh-concerns-about-supply</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-04/copper-rises-as-chile-stoppage-stirs-fresh-concerns-about-supply</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 03:26:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Copper Market in Tumult Waiting for Details of Trump’s 50% Tariff]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many traders expect the levy to cover all refined forms and key downstream products, and to be universal.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-30/copper-market-in-tumult-while-traders-wait-for-details-of-trump-s-50-tariff</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-30/copper-market-in-tumult-while-traders-wait-for-details-of-trump-s-50-tariff</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Burton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 11:41:02 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/idWgVLq40IFo/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/idWgVLq40IFo/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Bales of scrap copper stored in the recycling yard of the Aurubis AG metal refinery in Hamburg, Germany, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. Copper retreated as London Metal Exchange inventories rose in Asia and looming import tariffs make rerouting shipments to the US too risky. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once-in-a-Generation Copper Trade Upends a $250 Billion Market]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Aug. 1 deadline for Trump's 50% copper tariffs signals the endgame for the most profitable trade that industry veterans say they have ever seen.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-07-11/trump-s-copper-tariffs-deadline-marks-end-of-once-in-a-generation-trade</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-07-11/trump-s-copper-tariffs-deadline-marks-end-of-once-in-a-generation-trade</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alfred Cang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 15:17:51 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iWP_NlaI9VIs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iWP_NlaI9VIs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Copper anodes ready for shipment at the Codelco El Teniente processing facility in Chile in April.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Copper Traders Rush Metal to Hawaii to Capture Mega Tariff Trade]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/copper-traders-rush-metal-to-hawaii-to-capture-mega-tariff-trade</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/copper-traders-rush-metal-to-hawaii-to-capture-mega-tariff-trade</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Burton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 22:02:37 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqVwFy_tyYzk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqVwFy_tyYzk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Copper anode plates ready for shipment at the Codelco El Teniente processing facility in Machali, Chile, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. Copper extended its retreat from a nine-month high as sentiment in industrial metals markets soured ahead of new tariffs from US President Donald Trump.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s Copper Tariff Threats Are Already Raising Factory Costs]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-08/trump-s-copper-tariff-threats-are-already-raising-factory-costs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-08/trump-s-copper-tariff-threats-are-already-raising-factory-costs</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Burton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 21:20:50 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRD88OO6KaHo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRD88OO6KaHo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An employee carries copper at Industrial Metal Supply Co.&apos;s warehouse in San Diego, California, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Industrial Metal Supply Co. is an aluminum, steel and sheet metal supplier serving businesses and retail custmers.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glencore Launches $1 Billion Buyback as Viterra Deal Closes]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-02/glencore-launches-1-billion-buyback-as-viterra-deal-closes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-02/glencore-launches-1-billion-buyback-as-viterra-deal-closes</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Burton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:55:32 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iEQUxwxmy55U/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iEQUxwxmy55U/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A Viterra grain elevator in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Copper Faces Historic Squeeze With LME Stockpiles Depleting Fast]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-23/copper-faces-historic-squeeze-with-lme-stockpiles-depleting-fast</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-23/copper-faces-historic-squeeze-with-lme-stockpiles-depleting-fast</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Burton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 12:08:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[LME Is Keeping a Closer Watch as Energy Traders Bet on Metals]]></title><description><![CDATA[The industry’s leading exchange is using a preemptive approach to police the market as new participants take bigger positions.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-10/london-metal-exchange-keeps-a-closer-watch-on-energy-traders-making-big-bets</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-10/london-metal-exchange-keeps-a-closer-watch-on-energy-traders-making-big-bets</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Burton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:51:54 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4GZi7OZ_F4k/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4GZi7OZ_F4k/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Aluminum ingots inside a furnace at the Tajima Light Metal Co. foundry in Hanyu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Japan is scheduled to release its first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) figures on May 16. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[LME Acts to Shield Aluminum Market From Huge Mercuria Bet]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-06/lme-intervenes-to-make-mercuria-roll-huge-aluminum-position</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-06/lme-intervenes-to-make-mercuria-roll-huge-aluminum-position</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Farchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 07:10:29 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ibKJ.BY0eWbE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ibKJ.BY0eWbE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Traders, brokers and clerks gesture on the trading floor of the open outcry pit, also known as The Ring, at the London Metal Exchange Ltd (LME) in London, on March 11, 2025. In the age of high-frequency and online trading without human intervention, dozens of traders in suits continue to rant and rave every day on Europe&apos;s last open outcry trading market in London. (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP) (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glencore-Backed Cobalt Holdings Axes $230 Million London IPO]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-04/cobalt-holdings-won-t-proceed-with-london-ipo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-04/cobalt-holdings-won-t-proceed-with-london-ipo</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Capel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 16:24:10 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_g2mJBcJVmk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_g2mJBcJVmk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Structures used for processing raw cobalt at a mine near Lubumbashi, the Democratic Republic of Congo.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK Rushes to Save US Steel Tariff Deal Before Levies Double]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-03/uk-holds-talks-with-us-to-save-steel-tariff-deal-before-deadline</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-03/uk-holds-talks-with-us-to-save-steel-tariff-deal-before-deadline</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Wickham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 12:14:04 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iO58RiYwy9Wg/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iO58RiYwy9Wg/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Industrial Metals End Mixed as Traders Mull China and US Data]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-03/iron-ore-falls-as-china-pmi-slips-to-lowest-level-since-2022</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-03/iron-ore-falls-as-china-pmi-slips-to-lowest-level-since-2022</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katharine Gemmell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 02:54:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Aluminum and Steel Prices Surge as Trump Doubles Tariffs]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-02/us-aluminum-and-steel-prices-surge-as-trump-doubles-tariffs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-02/us-aluminum-and-steel-prices-surge-as-trump-doubles-tariffs</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Burton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 12:35:38 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQHcx5h2rvis/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQHcx5h2rvis/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lead Drops on Record Surge in London Metal Exchange Stockpiles]]></title><guid isPermaLink="false">Lead Drops on Record Surge in London Metal Exchange Stockpiles</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Burton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 11:17:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aluminum Slides as Surging Inventories Add to Downbeat Mood]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-19/aluminum-falls-for-third-day-on-us-ratings-downgrade-china-data</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-19/aluminum-falls-for-third-day-on-us-ratings-downgrade-china-data</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 04:40:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[LME Looks to Curb Big Bets as Energy Trader Billions Rock Metals]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-16/lme-looks-to-curb-big-bets-as-energy-trader-billions-rock-metals</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-16/lme-looks-to-curb-big-bets-as-energy-trader-billions-rock-metals</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Farchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 15:33:10 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/im9nCsB1U6G4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/im9nCsB1U6G4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Traders, brokers and clerks gesture on the trading floor of the open outcry pit, also known as The Ring, at the London Metal Exchange Ltd (LME) in London, on March 11, 2025. In the age of high-frequency and online trading without human intervention, dozens of traders in suits continue to rant and rave every day on Europe&apos;s last open outcry trading market in London. (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Energy Trader Mercuria Builds Massive Aluminum Bet on a Russia Peace Deal]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/mercuria-builds-massive-aluminum-bet-on-a-russia-peace-deal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/mercuria-builds-massive-aluminum-bet-on-a-russia-peace-deal</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Farchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 15:25:35 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/izmXs7DrHTzg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/izmXs7DrHTzg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Traders, brokers and clerks gesture on the trading floor of the open outcry pit, also known as The Ring, at the London Metal Exchange Ltd (LME) in London, on March 11, 2025. In the age of high-frequency and online trading without human intervention, dozens of traders in suits continue to rant and rave every day on Europe&apos;s last open outcry trading market in London. (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP) (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>