This article was written by Aaron Jerome. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. My postgrad was in International Relations at the University of Oxford, where for unknown reasons I chose to focus my research on the Rare Earth industry. Back then – which wasn’t that long ago - it was a niche issue… My advisor actually asked me if I was sure my topic was political! It would be fair to say that from the day the U.S. President mentioned the two words ‘Rare Earths’

This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Recently, a well known banking CEO made a comment regarding a sizeable bankruptcy in the US. Tricolor Holdings, a sub-prime car/auto lender went bust leading to the commentary “you find one cockroach, and you’ll probably find more” to paraphrase. Almost simultaneously, First Brands Group, an auto parts manufacturer followed them into bankruptcy. Both companies were financed ou

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