Mar
24
2020
Covid-19 pandemic travel curfews are impacting mining team’s ability to reach their mines and while this is setting off alarm bells for some economists, there are several outcomes for mining companies and they are not all bad.
The shortage of...
Mar
23
2020
The world’s fastest supercomputer has quickly identified an initial 8,000 possible chemicals that might, in more time, lead to one that could stop coronavirus and is safe to use on humans, so there is hope from several areas (both...
Mar
19
2020
There are early signs that buyers and sellers are pulling out of viewings in the residential housing market. Although it is premature to judge the validity of such anecdotal information, the situation has the potential to snowball.
The BofE’s move...
Mar
17
2020
The global effort to
contain the spread of the Coronavirus has impacted the travel industry in an
unprecedented way. Airlines are cutting flights, tourists are cancelling trips
and staff are unable to travel for work, due to travel restrictions and the
constantly evolving...
Mar
16
2020
Gilbert Van Hassel, CEO of Robeco, a $195bn Dutch group specialising in Quants, emerging markets and sustainable investing, made a series of points about fees and environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria in yesterday's FT FM. He pointed...
Mar
11
2020
When Saudi Arabia tried but failed to push the US shale producers out of business in 2015/16, it only served to prove what many had suspected, that both Russia and Saudi were no longer the only kingmakers in the...
Mar
09
2020
Part 1: As governments around the world battle with policy and
cultural changes required to meet the Paris Agreement climate change targets,
the pressure to expand renewable energy technology production is significant. Renewable energy share of total world energy consumption and electricity...
Mar
03
2020
The rapidly
spreading coronavirus outbreak has hit oil prices in the last week as concerns have
risen over a global economic slowdown and a reduction in demand, but our
mid-run forecast of US $55-65 bbl for Brent Crude remains intact. Here’s why:...