May 11, 20164 min readIs it a metal, is it a glass?Out here in the thicket of minor metals applications, procreating like so many iodic crystals on a hafnium wire, here is one of the...
Mar 31, 20166 min readTurning Ploughshares into Swords (Why War is Good for the Metals Business)At a meeting of some of the writers and sponsors of Lord Copper (www.lord-copper.com) towards the end of last year, there was a debate...
Feb 8, 20164 min readA China DiaryJinzhou I have been in China twenty-four hours and no one has mentioned the crisis. Perhaps it is just too cold to talk, as the...
Nov 4, 20154 min readTo Hf or Hf not? Who cares about Hafnium?Perhaps the recent history of Hafnium can best illustrate the question – ‘What are minor metal merchants for?’ A minor metals trader of...
