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...
Oct 5, 20111 minReferee is up for sale at the very time independent judgment is most needed…Sir, Perhaps lost in the dazzling excitement of the potential sale of the London Metal Exchange (“Goldman Sachs to become biggest winner...
Oct 3, 20113 minKeep a historical perspective on Rhenium – and be careful not to look at the economy…In 1991, when the Soviet Union broke up, Kazakhstan had an old stockpile of Rhenium thought to be 15 mt. This was sold to the West and...
Jul 20, 20115 minMufulira LunchYour Excellency, Members of the MMTA, Teachers & Pupils of Ansford School in Somerset, Teachers & Pupils of Mufulira High School, Ladies...
Jul 7, 20118 minDead Aid – Dead Right or Dead Wrong?[Anthony Lipmann reviews the book ‘Dead Aid’ by Dambisa Moyo] So, is Dambisa Moyo right about Africa’s aid dependency…or just heartless?...
May 15, 20115 minSeparating Facts and Fiction in the Rhenium MarketPresident Kennedy said: The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth...
Apr 20, 20118 minHow the EU Chemical Directive created a Dark Age in EuropeAt Rolls-Royce Plc in Derby, they are precision-casting the turbine blades for the Trent 1000, the lead engine for the Boeing Dreamliner....
Apr 11, 20111 minLetter to Financial Times – No change for Zambians, except to see others getting richSir, As “Investors flock to Glencore IPO” (April 6) one part of the world at least is not overjoyed at the news. In Zambia, where the...