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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
Jul 2, 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...
geoffreysambrook
Jun 18, 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...
geoffreysambrook
May 21, 2024
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...
geoffreysambrook
Apr 8, 2024
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...
Anthony Lipmann
Mar 13, 2024
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...
Richard Horswill
Mar 6, 2024
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...
geoffreysambrook
Mar 1, 2024
From Kamchatka to Old Maui, Cornwall and back
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. What child has not been bewitched by...
Anthony Lipmann
Feb 20, 2024
Kryptonite, hydrogen or electricity direct
This article was written by Fred Piechoczek. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own (although in this case he is himself...
Fred Piechoczek
Feb 15, 2024
It's (not?) a Wonderful Life
A couple of months ago, I saw an old (1940s) film, entitled It’s a Wonderful Life. Since it’s apparently very famous and critically...
geoffreysambrook
Feb 8, 2024
Do consumers use internet auctions any more?
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. As someone who treated the...
Anthony Lipmann
Jan 25, 2024
A Port on the Verge of the Desert
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views or opinions expressed are strictly his own. ‘Gaza stands upon the verge of The...
Anthony Lipmann
Jan 10, 2024
Napoleon
I was going to write yet again about the hopeless lack of anything approaching a coherent energy security policy, but then, Christmas is...
geoffreysambrook
Dec 19, 2023
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...
Anthony Lipmann
Nov 29, 2023
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...
geoffreysambrook
Nov 15, 2023
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...
geoffreysambrook
Nov 2, 2023
Economic Quicksand
This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The eternal question that economists...
Richard Horswill
Oct 25, 2023
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...
Martin Hayes
Oct 18, 2023
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...
geoffreysambrook
Sep 20, 2023
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,...
geoffreysambrook
Sep 6, 2023
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