I think that it may be fool hardy to short BHP at the moment....

I think that it may be fool hardy to short BHP at the moment. Metal stocks are in short supply because of the mining downturn in the early part of the new millenium because of the foolish belief by many including Bill Gates that mining was part of the old world economy that was not relevent or profitable in the soon to be exposed disaster of the technology bubble. It appears that supplies of most metals will be short for at least the next 18 months before contemporary mining has a chance to catch up with demand. In that time anyone with a bit of nouce should be able to make some serious money in the short to medium term by going long metals or quality mining stocks like BHP, RIO or ZFX.