Feb 11, 20133 minThe Rare Earth Fiasco Comes to an EndIt all started in 2007 with a report by the US National Academy of Sciences, entitled “Minerals, Critical Minerals and the U.S. Economy”,...
Aug 17, 20123 minNo country for old metal menOld metal men have been shaking their heads and lachrymating Olympically into their beers at confirmation of the sale of the London Metal...
Jul 25, 20125 minNo one can save the LME nowBy the time you read this, it will be too late. Today members of the LME vote on whether to accept the $2.14 bln bid put forward by the...
Jun 26, 20124 minRhenium – “One Metal, Two Guvnors”The stage show making all the headlines on both sides of the Atlantic is the Goldoni revival and re-write ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ in which...
Apr 5, 20124 minResource Nationalism from the Other End of the TelescopeSome Mining Journal readers may know of the industry link formed a few years ago between the Minor Metals Trade Association (MMTA) and...
Feb 24, 20122 minConflicts of InterestIt is a measure, if any were needed, of how far the London Metal Exchange has departed from its purpose of running a free market, that in...
Feb 3, 20122 minLest We Forget…In your leader, ‘Lest we Forget’, January 20, 2012, you commemorate the deaths of 204 miners who died at the Hester iron-ore mine, New...