[2009-11-16]
Metal Stockpiles – Time to Learn the Lessons of History?
“We’re
good at two things in Washington”, lobbyist, Jeff Green, a delegate to
The ‘Critical and Strategic Metals’ conference on October 21st-23rd
2009 said, “Doing nothing…and over-reacting”.... [More] |
[2009-09-21]
RHENIUM - TEN YEARS ON
The following article is created from the notes for a talk given at Phoenixx Intl’s Metals Day, Pittsburgh, 21 Sep 2009
Ten years ago, almost to the day, I was invited to Pittsburgh to talk about Rhenium... [More] |
[2009-05-08]
Rhenium – The Istanbul Connection
Trying
to find a link between Istanbul and Rhenium is a bit tenuous, but
visiting Hagia Sophia, the famous Byzantine Christian Church (now a
Museum), I almost fell over one. [More] |
[2009-03-02]
Full steam ahead to the iceberg…
... as the London Metal Exchange pushes for Molybdenum and Cobalt to be traded on the exchange.
[More] |
[2009-02-06]
Rhenium 2009 and beyond
It
could be said that the only type of melting that has been going on
recently has been that of the melt-down of financial institutions.
Dissolving with them, in the molten liquor of the global economic
downturn, have been commodity..... [More] |
[2008-12-17]
Four metals seek immunity from recession - Tantalum, Zirconium, Hafnium and Rhenium
There
is no metal entirely immune from recession but the ones that might hold
up better than most, I would suggest, are Tantalum, Zirconium, Hafnium
and Rhenium..... [More] |
[2008-11-23]
Will aero engine makers be tempted back into Ruthenium now that the spike is over?
Producers
of Ruthenium missed an opportunity over the last two years when they
ignored the demands of aero engine companies who were looking to
conclude 5 year fixed price contracts for the metal..... [More] |
[2008-11-3]
Rhenium defies downturn
Already
a few weeks now into the largest financial crisis since 1929, there are
few items that have resisted the force of gravity. Except funeral
directors, debt collectors and bicycle tyre repair kit makers, all have
joined the fall out.... [More]
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[2008-10-24]
There is always a metal lining to a Financial Problem
‘So,
farewell then Ultima Thule…’as Private Eye’s Poet Laureate, EJ Thribb,
might have poetized…at the news that Iceland’s banks had gone down the
geyser... [More]
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[2008-10-15]
Can resource-rich Zambia keep more of its wealth?
Can
"resource rich" but "infrastructure poor" countries such as Zambia ever
obtain a fair share of their country's wealth? The last few years,
after copper prices rose from $0.62 per lb in the late 1990's to about
$4 per lb... [More] |
[2008-8-15]
Rhenium prices hold while metals with investment funds behind them fall
Rhenium
overtakes Pd & Ru to becomes 6th most precous traded metal. What
greater evidence is needed of the pernicious effect of investment funds
on our metals markets than the desperate decline of Rhodium?.. [More] |
[2008-6-2]
Why does LME want to get involved with minor metals ?
Anthony
Lipmann offers a personal view on the London Metal Exchange`s possible
plans to launch contracts in minor metals and ferro-alloys.Anthony
Lipmann offers a personal.. [More]
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[2008-1-29]
Mr Pip and the story of RTZ
A
career in metals, 29 years so far, is time enough to ponder some of the
moral conflicts associated with this industry. Are we - the beneficiaries
of hauling resources from God’s earth - doomed always to be exploiters?...[More] |
[2008-1-7]
The View from Rhenium Gables
Here
at Rhenium Gables we are mulching the soil and planting our winter Rhenium
seedlings in readiness for next year’s crop much as we have done
for the last 15 years. However, this year, with the price nearing $10,000
per kg...[More]
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