FOi's daily roundup of news in brief, February 12 2010

Barclays eyes base metals opportunitiesA Barclays Capital research paper has said global metals markets have priced in fiscal tightening too aggressively and that this has opened up a buying opportunity for traders in the base metals space.“Markets have gotten ahead of themselves by pricing in the perceived negative implications of tighter monetary policy on global economic growth”, the paper said. “We would urge caution against selling into this price slide as it masks a continued improvement...