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No one would argue that pollution is a major problem in China.As the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, it will be interesting to see…
It has long been common lore that China has to maintain GDP growth of something like 7% in order to avoid social unrest, but a…
Articles such as ABC News’ coverage of recent USGA research reporting that the US has untapped vast potential resources of rare earth elements waiting to…
As many will tell you, there have been and will continue to be winners and losers in the metals industry from the lower gas prices…
Chicken or egg, which came first?The same question could be asked of the rare earth metals market.Rare earth metal prices have been falling steadily for…
A debate is going on in the oil industry and among its consumers about the medium- to longer-term impact of North American shale oil and…
We have heard a lot in the press – and indeed we have written ourselves – about the impact of shale gas and, more recently,…
The lovely graph below is similar to graphs often rolled out by supporters of the US manufacturing sector when raising fears about the decline of…
There have been many calls on peak oil – the tipping point at which global production reaches a peak – and, due to dwindling reserves,…
A while back there was a lot of talk about how the Chinese renminbi or yuan was going to take over from the US dollar…
We have written before about the benefits the shale gas revolution is bringing to the US economy (particularly US manufacturing).Also, we’ve looked at the potential…
President Obama made big play of the boon that is low natural gas prices and what it would bring the US.However, while there has been…
Continued from part one.Bearing in mind the rising proportion coming from emerging markets, it is no surprise that ExxonMobil says industrial production, particularly of raw…
Crystal ball-gazing is often a welcome distraction from a slow or dull market, but it serves a useful purpose too, particularly for firms with long…
In a recent Commodities Note, Reuters detailed how the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) is changing the way it records and reports China’s crude and…
BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) has nominated a replacement for retiring Chief Executive Marius Kloppers, and that says much about the direction that BHP, its Chairman…
Good question, and the answer is as much around what is driving demand as it is who you ask.Certainly a Reuters article this week goes…
Platinum is, like silver, both an investment product and an industrial metal.In the same way, it can move out of direct linkage with gold if…
A glut of manufacturing capacity and near-collapse in rare earth metal prices is driving down the cost and hence encouraging the rapid take-up of light-emitting…
Some people herald it as the start of a new dawn, and others condemn it as a potential environmental disaster.I am talking of course about…