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Lord Copper
Dec 31, 2024
Bye bye 2024, hello 2025
Well, here we are at the end of 2024, peering through the murk to try and guess what might be in store for the world in 2025. But what...
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Anthony Lipmann
Dec 24, 2024
The Sacred Pound
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. I call them the underclass. Guy...
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Anthony Lipmann
Dec 16, 2024
Not much to show for 60 years of independence
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Zambia’s 60th anniversary since...
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Martin Hayes
Dec 11, 2024
LME new floor trader
This article was written by Martin Hayes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. In the dying days of 2024, the reduced...
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Richard Horswill
Nov 21, 2024
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, 2024
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...
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Lord Copper
Nov 1, 2024
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...
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Martin Hayes
Oct 17, 2024
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...
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Martin Hayes
Oct 2, 2024
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...
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Lord Copper
Sep 30, 2024
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...
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Richard Horswill
Sep 23, 2024
Un-inversion
This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The global economy has been...
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Lord Copper
Sep 15, 2024
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....
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Anthony Lipmann
Sep 2, 2024
From embryo to veteran
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Â In South Korea environmental...
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geoffreysambrook
Aug 28, 2024
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...
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Anthony Lipmann
Jul 25, 2024
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...
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geoffreysambrook
Jul 11, 2024
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...
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Richard Horswill
Jul 9, 2024
Growth, growth, growth
This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The general election has produced...
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geoffreysambrook
Jul 2, 2024
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...
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geoffreysambrook
Jun 18, 2024
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...
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geoffreysambrook
May 21, 2024
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...
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