Mar 2, 20096 minFull steam ahead to the iceberg…… as the London Metal Exchange pushes for Molybdenum and Cobalt to be traded on the exchange There is nothing so magnetic as a bad idea....
Feb 6, 20095 minRhenium 2009 and beyondIt could be said that the only type of melting that has been going on recently has been that of the melt-down of financial institutions....
Dec 17, 20084 minFour metals seek immunity from recession – Tantalum, Zirconium, Hafnium and RheniumThere is no metal entirely immune from recession but the ones that might hold up better than most, I would suggest, are Tantalum,...
Nov 23, 20083 minWill aero engine makers be tempted back into Ruthenium now that the spike is over?Producers of Ruthenium missed an opportunity over the last two years when they ignored the demands of aero engine companies who were...
Nov 3, 20084 minRhenium defies downturnAlready a few weeks now into the largest financial crisis since 1929, there are few items that have resisted the force of gravity. Except...
Oct 24, 20084 minThere is always a metal lining to a Financial Problem‘So, farewell then Ultima Thule…’as Private Eye’s Poet Laureate, EJ Thribb, might have poetized…at the news that Iceland’s banks had gone...
Oct 15, 20083 minCan resource-rich Zambia keep more of its wealth?Can “resource rich” but “infrastructure poor” countries such as Zambia ever obtain a fair share of their country’s wealth? The last few...
Aug 15, 20085 minRhenium prices hold while metals with investment funds behind them fall.Rhenium overtakes Pd & Ru to becomes 6th most precious traded metal. What greater evidence is needed of the pernicious effect of...
Jun 2, 20084 minWhy does LME wants to get involved with minor metals ?Anthony Lipmann offers a personal view on the London Metal Exchange’s possible plans to launch contracts in minor metals and...