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Three Horsemen on the Horizon?
There is no certain consensus among ecclesiasticals and biblical historians as to the identity of John of Patmos; some suggest John the...
geoffreysambrook
Dec 30, 2020
Christmas Danse Macabre
How did we get here? A year ago, it all looked so rosy in the garden. The threat of the intellectually limited old marxist and his...
geoffreysambrook
Dec 23, 2020
Interesting Times – or: when will it end?
This article was written by Steven Spencer. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. As the debate over whether or not we...
Steven Spencer
Dec 16, 2020
A Minsky Moment
This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The term Minsky Moment is named...
Richard Horswill
Dec 2, 2020
The Mysterious Mr Rich
Browsing through my bookshelves last week, I came across something I hadn’t read for about thirty-five years. “Metal Men”, by A. Craig...
geoffreysambrook
Nov 25, 2020
Rolling Mills and Punctured Dykes
The metal industries in Russia under the soviets were heavily geared towards serving the military needs of a heavily militarised nation....
geoffreysambrook
Nov 11, 2020
I have a friend in Minsk
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. If at some time in future if it is...
Anthony Lipmann
Nov 4, 2020
Kleptopia
I’ve just finished reading an interesting book, ‘Kleptopia’ by Tom Burgis, that presents the idea that we are living in a world where...
geoffreysambrook
Oct 28, 2020
Ghosts of LME Dinners Past
This article was written by David Gaddes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. It’s Sunday evening on the 18th of...
David Gaddes
Oct 21, 2020
The Virtual Dinner
This article was written by Martin Hayes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Every year it is an autumn ritual as the...
Martin Hayes
Oct 14, 2020
Why are banks getting out of commodities?
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions are strictly his own. If there is one thing I learnt after 41 years...
Anthony Lipmann
Oct 7, 2020
Career Epitaph
On the tombstone of a disturbing number of previously successful careers could be inscribed the epitaph “Why did you want to sell...
geoffreysambrook
Sep 30, 2020
It's a People's Business
This article was written by David Gaddes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Most of us who have worked in the metals...
David Gaddes
Sep 16, 2020
A Breaking Wave
Martin Hayes and I have both written on here before about the likelihood (or not) of the LME Ring ever returning to our lives. It’s now...
geoffreysambrook
Sep 9, 2020
Though every prospect pleases, and only man is vile
In PG Wodehouse’s ‘Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves’, Bertie Wooster is once again compelled (for reasons far too convoluted to go into here) to...
geoffreysambrook
Aug 26, 2020
Time and a Word: Change for the Metals World
This article was written by Martin Hayes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Evolution is a natural process, and a...
Martin Hayes
Aug 19, 2020
Is it all worth it?
This article was written by Bill Prast. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Once upon a time, long ago and in a land...
Bill Prast
Aug 12, 2020
Country Rhodes
Truly, this time we seem to have fallen down the rabbit hole to a world where nothing is how it seems, where Humpy Dumpty tells us “when...
geoffreysambrook
Aug 5, 2020
What's the value of paper?
This article was written by Fred Piechoczek. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. I have often wondered what money is...
Fred Piechoczek
Jul 29, 2020
Discovery and Use
This article was written by Trevor Tarring. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Lord Copper’s recent – as usual –...
Trevor Tarring
Jul 22, 2020
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