Sep 9, 20157 minDignitas for Metal MerchantsIs there an answer to the question of succession for private metal trading companies? Or is corporate euthanasia the only alternative? In...
Aug 24, 20154 minAn Introduction to Lithium-Ion BatteriesBy Charlotte Carty (Studying for BSc Physics at Bristol University) Lithium-ion batteries are one of the most widely used types of...
Jul 23, 20153 minWill the TESLA battery revolutionise demand for Lithium?It would be striking to learn that Lithium’s name is derived from the greek word lithos – stone, a word which itself comes from ‘litos’...
Jul 8, 20152 minWhat the Rare Earth fiasco teaches usSir, Your obituary on the death of U.S. Rare Earth miner, Molycorp, (June 25th 2015, Boom in once ‘rare earth’ metals ends in miner’s...
Jun 25, 20156 minTeaching the Next GenerationIt is a widely held view that metal trading is impossible to teach. After all, there is to my knowledge no school in it, nor university...
Mar 25, 20153 minThe New SiliconAntimony is one of the earliest discovered chemical elements. For a while confused with lead for centuries, it was first isolated by...
Mar 18, 20153 minThe Most Prolific Process in The World?Soap. Swimming pools. Plastic. Paper. Pretzels. Fertilizers. All are united by the fact that they rely on the Chlor-Alkali industry. This...
Mar 6, 20154 minBartering Metals (and Lives) in UkraineStarting on my own in 1993, one of my first acts was to employ a Russian speaker. Her name was Luba, only recently out of school and...
Feb 4, 20153 minThe Samarium FileIf you happen to have caught the Netflix wave, or got the box-set, you might have seen House of Cards, the US political satire transposed...