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De-industrialisation
The latest round in the ongoing saga of the complete failure to understand the concept of a national energy security policy is being...
Lord Copper
4 days ago
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The straw that broke the camel's back?
This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Tariffs, and with them potential...
Richard Horswill
6 days ago
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Superpowers???
Years ago, when I was a child, I was seduced by the concept of superheroes and superpowers; and it continued through the generations - my...
Lord Copper
Apr 1
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Lucky nickel, LME?
It seems to me that the LME have dodged the bullet - or at least got away with no more than a minor scratch. The Financial Conduct...
Lord Copper
Mar 26
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A peace dividend from minerals?
This article was written by Lilia Shepel. All views and opinions expressed are strictly her own. Â I left my home of thirty-seven years...
Liliia Shepel
Mar 10
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Iron Chancellor?
A long time ago, think late 1960s, when I was but a schoolboy, my parents decided that instead of the more regular summer in France to...
Lord Copper
Feb 11
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HKEX - closing the warehouse circle?
This article was written by Martin Hayes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The London Metal Exchange (LME) earlier...
Martin Hayes
Feb 5
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Is yet another UK financial crisis inevitable?
This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. In the September of 2022 something...
Richard Horswill
Jan 31
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Madame Bovary Revisited
I don’t know how many of the readers of this article will have read Gustave Flaubert’s nineteenth century novel Madame Bovary. Because of...
Lord Copper
Jan 21
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The Elements of Marie Curie
The Elements of Marie Curie By Dava Sobel Published by 4th Estate (2024) This review is by Anthony Lipmann  When asked to write her...
Anthony Lipmann
Jan 14
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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...
Lord Copper
Dec 31, 2024
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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...
Anthony Lipmann
Dec 24, 2024
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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...
Anthony Lipmann
Dec 16, 2024
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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...
Martin Hayes
Dec 11, 2024
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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...
Richard Horswill
Nov 21, 2024
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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...
Anthony Lipmann
Nov 12, 2024
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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...
Lord Copper
Nov 1, 2024
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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 18, 2024
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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...
Martin Hayes
Oct 3, 2024
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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...
Lord Copper
Oct 1, 2024
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