[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? Will there ever be a way to share equitably the benefits of the riches below the surface?...[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 ($311 per toz) making it the 8th most precious metal after palladium...[More]

[2007-12-28] The Hedge Fund Misnomer or ‘What have they done to our ‘hedge’?

The small Jewish metalocrat sat across the table looking out over the panorama of the Mont Blanc range of mountains from his eyrie in Crans Montana and turned to my father and said ‘So, I have copper cathode coming out of Zambia. How will you hedge it for me?’...[More]

[2007-9-27] New Rhenium supply from Poland comes on stream but will it close world deficit?

[Glogow, Poland. 27.9.07] Anthony Lipmann attends the official opening of KGHM ECORENs new Hydrometallurgical Plant for the recovery of Rhenium. I am here in Poland to see the opening of the new KGHM Hydrometallurgical Plant which will recover Rhenium. It is a significant moment for the Polish metals industry and also a moment of personal significance...[More]