How a uranium trade in the 1970's illuminates what we do
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Metal merchants, especially those...
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Lord Copper
- Nov 15
He ain't heavy?????
I’m beginning to wonder a bit about pure electric cars; I’ve written before about my scepticism over the arbitrary targets governments...
Lord Copper
- Nov 2
Never Again
I normally try to avoid writing anything too overtly political on this site, because that’s not really the stance we originally plotted...
Richard Horswill
- Oct 25
Economic Quicksand
This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The eternal question that economists...
Martin Hayes
- Oct 18
LME Week 2023: Back to normal, maybe...
This article was written by Martin Hayes. All views amd opinions expressed are strictly his own. In contrast to the changed backdrops of...
Lord Copper
- Sep 20
Sanity prevails at last
Well, who would have believed it? We finally have a UK politician taking a serious look at the implications of the 2030 date for the...
Lord Copper
- Sep 6
Why aren't they selling?
Electric vehicles are the future, right? Keep the planet green, reduce fume-related breathing difficulties, what’s not to like? Well,...
Anthony Lipmann
- Jul 17
Crossing the river by feeling for the stones
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views or opinions expressed are strictly his own. China does not think like us. For a...
Lord Copper
- Jul 13
More LIBOR lies
I’ve just finished reading the book “Rigged”, by BBC journalist Andy Verity. It’s essentially the series of radio programmes he made -...
Anthony Lipmann
- Jul 6
Survival of the greenest
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Where I live on the Somerset Levels,...
Anthony Lipmann
- Jun 27
How UKs bright hopes of a Lithium highway hit the buffers
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The announcement of the death of John...
Anthony Lipmann
- May 29
In memory of Trevor (1932-2023)
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. Trevor Tarring (latterly of this parish but for the most part editor and managing director...
Lord Copper
- May 17
Is the penny finally dropping?
It seems that the sunlight of reality may finally be just beginning to percolate through the fog of confusion in the brains of some of...
Richard Horswill
- Apr 26
No bank is an island (with apologies to John Donne)
This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The banking fraternity, Government...
Bill Prast
- Mar 22
Frontiers
William G Prast is the author of a collection of short stories, available on Amazon. Here he shares with us a piece about mining, and...
Richard Horswill
- Mar 8
CBDC Money printer goes brrr???
This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Where did all the money go? This may...
Bill Prast
- Mar 1
Unintended Consequences
William G Prast is the author of a collection of short stories, available on Amazon. Here he shares with us a piece of science fantasy,...
Martin Hayes
- Feb 15
New Nickel Kid on the Block
This article was written by Martin Hayes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. In a few weeks’ time a new online...
Lord Copper
- Feb 9
Ministry of Energy Security and Net Zero
So, exciting times indeed; the United Kingdom now has a Ministry for Energy Security and Net Zero, formed as part of PM Rishi Sunak’s...
Lord Copper
- Jan 25
Janus LME?
It’s difficult to find fault with the Oliver Wyman report into the LME nickel debacle of last March; and, of course, there is no reason...
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