It's the consumer, stupid
This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Central banks are led by the nose in...
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Anthony Lipmann
Nov 12
Not just housewives
How the women in the Arizona copper strike in 1983 changed the way we mine copper today This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All...
Lord Copper
Nov 1
Who needs food, anyway?
I’ve written before - several times - about the way our current UK government is destroying any hopes of energy security, despite the...
Martin Hayes
Oct 17
Litigation and nickel
This article was written by Martin Hayes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. In the long-running stream of litigation...
Martin Hayes
Oct 2
Dinner 2024 - change, change, change
This article was written by Martin Hayes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The UK General Election earlier this...
Lord Copper
Sep 30
Dinner, again
So, here we come again to another LME Dinner. It’s the cue for people who have been in the business for a long time - me included, I have...
Richard Horswill
Sep 23
Un-inversion
This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The global economy has been...
Lord Copper
Sep 15
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad
I am again going to inflict my literary tastes on you. I have just read Danny Finkelstein’s family history - Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad....
Anthony Lipmann
Sep 2
From embryo to veteran
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. In South Korea environmental...
geoffreysambrook
Aug 28
Welcome to the madhouse
After a mere seven weeks, I could find plenty of reasons to criticise the new UK government, but I prefer not to write political stuff...
Anthony Lipmann
Jul 25
The Scrapyard Awaits us all
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. My mother, who died on Sunday...
geoffreysambrook
Jul 11
Buyer's remorse, anyone?
Buyer’s remorse already making itself felt, amongst all those whose votes enabled the accession of our new government? Let’s look at...
Richard Horswill
Jul 9
Growth, growth, growth
This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The general election has produced...
geoffreysambrook
Jul 2
Listen for the drum
I don’t really want to write political stuff here, but we have an election imminent, so a least a passing reference is almost...
geoffreysambrook
Jun 18
Alice in Electionland
Election time in Wonderland! Alice leapt out of bed when the alarm rang, excited and eager to start studying the policies of the various...
geoffreysambrook
May 21
Send in the clowns?
Once again, it’s time to look at energy supply and security. A US investment bank/wealth manager - Stifel - has recently published a...
geoffreysambrook
Apr 8
Ready to be cold?
I don’t like to be the harbinger of bad news (and I apologise for returning yet again to a subject which all our politicians claim to...
Anthony Lipmann
Mar 13
The Strange Case of the Sale of Mopani Copper Mines
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. So, let’s just recap. Just over a...
Richard Horswill
Mar 6
Don't get caught out by the bull
This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The global economic narrative...
geoffreysambrook
Mar 1
Escape Artist
I’ve just finished reading a book called “The Escape Artist”, by Jonathan Freedland. It’s the story of a man variously called Walter...
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