Alice in the Washington Wonderland
Alice had been getting very excited; since her visit to Brussels a couple of months ago, she’d got the travel bug, and now she and some...
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Jul 22, 2013
Free to Trade?
My general approach to life is that in principal, people should be allowed to do what they want. The caveat, of course, is that that is...
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Jul 22, 2013
Welcome to Lord Copper
For around the last three and a half years, I have been writing the Lord Copper column published by Metal Bulletin. From today, that...
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Jul 10, 2013
Warehousing – we need to keep it simple
So, the great warehousing debate rolls on, with another review suggesting new regulations and controls on how warehouse keepers must...
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Jun 19, 2013
The race to replace Martin Abbott
The upcoming few months of rumour, speculation and guesswork will be interesting for LME-watchers, as time moves on inexorably towards...
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Jun 10, 2013
A valedictory for Martin Abbott
It is not really that surprising that Martin Abbott has decided to resign his position at the London Metal Exchange, with effect from the...
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May 24, 2013
What fee increases mean for the LME's future
Looking at the recently announced increase in clearing house fees for LME transactions, it is difficult not to have a degree of sympathy...
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May 13, 2013
The future of aluminium
A couple of weeks ago, Metal Bulletin published a piece by Jethro Wookey looking at the cloudy future for European primary aluminium...
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May 9, 2013
The changing face of metal news
It is the 100th anniversary of Metal Bulletin this year. We should congratulate all those who have been responsible for maintaining the...
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Apr 30, 2013
Price falls point the way to close examination of production costs
The nice cosy arrangement where governments print bucketloads of new money to reduce the size of their debts, and that money then gets...
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Apr 12, 2013
A wild ride for the LME
The wise men of the Victorian age established a model for the LME that has prospered mightily, powering through world wars, depressions...
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Apr 10, 2013
Easter Bunny or Mad March Hare?
The Easter Bunny has popped up with a riddle for all of us this year: “When is a euro not a euro?” Not a very difficult one, is it? I...
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Mar 8, 2013
Alice in an EU Wonderland
Alice went off to Brussels recently; she’d heard that the European Wonderland was even more full of exciting new things than she’d found...
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Mar 4, 2013
What if Quantitative Easing does not work?
Only a few short weeks ago in Davos, the great and the good – or those who have styled themselves the great and the good – felt able to...
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Feb 22, 2013
Time for HKEx and LME to perform
With the cash for the London Metal Exchange deal from HKEx actually being paid in the penultimate week of December last year, there were...
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Feb 18, 2013
Banks to blanks
Over the past dozen years or so, the major banks have probably been the most influential force in the commodities game. More than any...
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Jan 9, 2013
Warehouses – the rugby football moment
It’s not often that I disagree with another Metal Bulletin article. In this case, however, I’m afraid I think my colleague Andrea Hotter...
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Jan 3, 2013
The USA saves up its fiscal cliff problems for another day
The first trading day of the new year brought a substantial rally almost across the board. A combination of slightly more encouraging...
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