Aug 26, 20223 minIt's bonus time![Retired metal merchant, Anthony Lipmann, gives advice to the young person about to enter the world of metal merchanting. Part 10 of a...
Jul 25, 20225 minConflicted Feelings at FarnboroughOn the day of my trip to this year’s Farnborough Airshow, BBC Radio 4 reported on the Myanmar Military’s continuing genocide on Rohingya...
Jul 4, 20223 minTrade metals and see the world!In 2020 U.S. astronaut Christina Koch returned to earth 328 days after arriving at the Intl Space Station. It was the longest time spent...
May 28, 20223 minIt seldom hurts to pay attention to detail...More unasked for advice for the young metal merchant... One of my many bosses (and some reading this will recognize who it is) appeared...
Mar 21, 20224 minDr Poliakoff's wonderful world of elements...This week I am writing about one of my metal heroes. While the average metal merchant tends to occupy himself with contracts, warehouses,...
Feb 3, 20225 minCan old metal men still learn?I was a metal merchant once - but I’m ok now. In a career of forty-one years, I thought I knew some of the trade’s more morally...
Dec 14, 20213 minSteel yourself for XmasThis Christmas may bring you gold, beryllium and gallium. We give you the hard facts. How metallic will your Christmas be? As a metals...
Dec 14, 20213 minA Young Person's Guide to Metals TradingPart 2: The reading list Perhaps it’s not surprising that an industry of few words, has even fewer written about it. I refer to text...
Oct 29, 20213 minStrictly Come Metal TradingRetired metal merchant, Anthony Lipmann, illuminates metal trading for the young 1: The Jiminy Cricket Theory of Metal Trading: ‘It’s not...