The latest energy headlines created, collected, or compiled for you by ICAP Energy. (Note: This RSS feed may include feeds not originating from ICAP Energy. All news content is copyright of its respective owner. Please visit the applicable site for information concerning the use or distribution of such feeds. For additional terms and conditions regarding the use of ICAP Market Briefs or other data found on ICAP.com, ICAPEnergy.com, or one of ICAP's group sites, please visit http://icap.com/disclaimer.html).Near-term demand for commodities relating to steel production look set to fall due to the global surplus of the metal, according to the world's biggest miner (Source: Financial Times - http://www.ft.com)http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3929352a-b025-11df-939d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rssBHP Billiton, the Anglo-Australian miner that last week launched a $39bn hostile bid for Canada's PotashCorp, has reported its second best full-year profit on record fuelled by a strong performance in petroleum and base metals (Source: Financial Times - http://www.ft.com)http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/14d58e10-b013-11df-939d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rssGrowing optimism in the markets combined with tight physical supplies boosted the base metals complex (Source: Financial Times - http://www.ft.com)http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f5aded5c-b1c5-11df-ad4d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rssUBS told investors on Tuesday to increase the weight of gold in their portfolios, warning that bullion prices could soar because the prospects of either deflation or inflation were "becoming more extreme" (Source: Financial Times - http://www.ft.com)http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8bf2da00-0d64-11de-8914-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%252Frss%252Fmarkets%252FcommoditiesNew York (Platts) -- 9Mar2009 -- Gold is once again leading the precious metals complex down Monday morning as fickle investors, who had bid prices up during the last two trading days of last week, have decided to sell off their winning... (Source: Platts - http://www.platts.com)http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/7713311.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1New York (Platts) -- 4Mar2009 -- Copper futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose Wednesday morning, driven by another sizable stock drawdown from London Metal Exchange-registered warehouse inventories and... (Source: Platts - http://www.platts.com)http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/7703701.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1Gold futures trade 1% lower, largely mirroring weakness in crude oil and other commodities, after the metal jumped the most in nearly two months at the end of last week. (Source: MarketWatch - www.marketwatch.com)http://www.marketwatch.com/enf/rss.asp?guid=%257BD5BED5D9-1667-4928-849A-E2137C54D91A%257D&siteid=rss&rss=1New York (Platts) -- 17Nov2008 -- Rhodium has suffered the largest setback of all the precious metals -- and perhaps base metals as well -- since the go-go rally earlier this year. Basis the Johnson Matthey's base price, rhodium has plunged... (Source: Platts - http://www.platts.com)http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6020952.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1Singapore (Platts) -- 20Nov2008 -- Australia's Fortescue Metals on Thursday said it had secured a deal to supply 5.5 million mt of iron ore to a major Chinese steel producer in 2009, which is equivalent to 10% of its output next year when... (Source: Platts - http://www.platts.com)http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/9615484.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1Singapore (Platts) -- 28Aug2008 -- Singapore-listed HG Metal Manufacturing' wholly owned Malaysian subsidiary has entered into a joint venture agreement with Malaysian Amalgamated Industrial Steel's wholly owned subsidiary Amalgamated Industrial Marketing... (Source: Platts - http://www.platts.com)http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8987525.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1