Some EV and Battery Thoughts
Pretty much any kind of governmental initiative designed to encourage a particular behaviour is likely to breed attempts to misuse it for...
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David Gaddes
Feb 27, 2019
From Client Liaison to Bitcoin
This article was written by David Gaddes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. I would like to offer belated New Year...
geoffreysambrook
Feb 20, 2019
Policemen with Guns, One-Way Streets and Speeding
We stopped dead. The nose of the cab was butting up against the front of the police four-by-four. The two officers who stepped out, one...
Trevor Tarring
Feb 13, 2019
A Flawed Ambition
This article was written by Trevor Tarring. All views and opinions are strictly his own. For this tale I am going back to what, for many,...
geoffreysambrook
Feb 6, 2019
The Man Who Knows Too Much About Russia
John Helmer has been – and is – many things; political advisor at very high levels, journalist, academic, writer. Some thirty-odd years...
geoffreysambrook
Jan 30, 2019
Dutch Disease?
A few weeks ago, in a column on this site, Bill Prast referred to the ‘Dutch Disease’. That may sound either like something trees get or...
Trevor Tarring
Jan 23, 2019
A Forgotten Producer Price
This article was written by Trevor Tarring. All views and opinions are strictly his own. The producer price of copper outside the USA...
Martin Hayes
Jan 16, 2019
Close Out
This article was written by Martin Hayes. All views and opinions are strictly his own. LME close-out changes; open outcry strikes back?...
Bill Prast
Jan 9, 2019
In Praise of Cartels
This article was written by Bill Prast. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. “People of the same trade seldom meet...
geoffreysambrook
Jan 2, 2019
New Year Quiz
I guess it would probably be fair to characterise the dying year of 2018 as pretty mediocre. At the beginning, it looked promising. The...
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