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If you thought Britain couldn't deindustrialise any further, well, just look what might be coming next...
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What can we learn from the latest Rare Earths crisis?
How much of a big deal is China's latest salvo in the global trade war? And will it backfire?
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A dying industry dies a bit more
How did one of the world's most cost-competitive plants become unsustainable in only a couple of decades? Here's what happened to the ethylene cracker…
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Tinned Soup and Tariffs
A dive down the rabbit hole of what it actually takes to make a seemingly simple supermarket product - and what happens when that product gets embroiled…
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The Strange, Unsettling Story of British Steel
Why the fate of a blast furnace in Scunthorpe might have much deeper implications for this country
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The Weird and Wonderful Logic of Aluminium
Finally, an excuse to witness the one major metallurgical process I never saw when writing Material World.
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Would FDR have done a minerals deal with Ukraine?
Given, back in 1941, he actively considered taking possession of the Crown Jewels and Magna Carta in exchange for Lend-Lease, the answer must surely be…
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America still needs Canadian oil. Here's why
And why the tariffs on Canada could plausibly lead to America doing deals with considerably more shady countries. A dive into the weird and wonderful…
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