Compromise – not a dirty word?
This article was written by Martin Hayes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. All being well, the LME ring will...
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Bill Prast
Jun 2, 2021
Somewhere over the Rainbow
This article was written by Bill Prast. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. In the rainbow of carbon-neutral scenarios...
geoffreysambrook
May 26, 2021
Finding a new cause
It seems now that Cecil Rhodes is set to stay up in his eerie on the front of Oriel College, Oxford, looking out at the High Street,...
Anthony Lipmann
May 19, 2021
What made the crypto piggy bank grunt?
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. When I visited NASA about 20 years...
geoffreysambrook
May 12, 2021
Change Happens
I’ve just spent the last few days reading the book (The World for Sale, by Jack Farchy and Javier Blas) that Anthony Lipmann reviewed...
Martin Hayes
May 5, 2021
LME Changes – the Beat Goes On
This article was written by Martin Hayes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. And so it goes on. Whether to...
Anthony Lipmann
Apr 21, 2021
Walking over dead bodies
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. At the heart of a new book, The World...
Bill Prast
Apr 14, 2021
History……
This article was written by Bill Prast. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The recent enthusiasm for revisionist...
geoffreysambrook
Apr 7, 2021
Hold the hair shirt
‘There are classes of men in the world who bear more the same relation to society at large, that the wheels do to a coach: and are just...
Anthony Lipmann
Mar 31, 2021
Exit, stage left. (But please don't build a monument.)
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. ‘All the world’s a stage, And all the...
Richard Horswill
Mar 24, 2021
The Inflation Genie
This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The current monetary supposition...
geoffreysambrook
Mar 17, 2021
Option Master
It may be a surprise to some of the current generation of LME traders, but it’s not that long ago – well, a generation, I guess – that...
geoffreysambrook
Mar 10, 2021
Lord of the Ring
We’ve written quite a lot here recently about the LME Ring. But after all, what is it? A circle of red leather chairs with a bunch of...
Anthony Lipmann
Mar 3, 2021
The Metal Merchant's Ghost
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. A trainee metal merchant might do...
geoffreysambrook
Feb 24, 2021
Slaying Sacred Cows
What are the most widely known distinctive features of the LME? That’s a pretty easy question – open outcry and the rolling prompt date...
Richard Horswill
Feb 17, 2021
The Devil's Metal Stirs
This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The short squeeze has become...
Martin Hayes
Feb 10, 2021
Don't Look Back!
This article was written by Martin Hayes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. When future metals industry observers...
Steven Spencer
Feb 3, 2021
Into the Ether?
This article was written by Steven Spencer. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The LME’s proposals announced a couple...
geoffreysambrook
Jan 27, 2021
The Death Knell
In the ancient funeral rites of England, three bells are sounded. First, the Passing Bell, when age or sickness force the conclusion...
Martin Hayes
Jan 21, 2021
End of the Ring? Peace with honour?
This article was written by Martin Hayes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Discussion papers have become the norm...
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