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...“The demand for metals and materials is poised to surpass all prior estimates,” it said....
...But it could prove to be music (possibly thrash metal) to the ears of activist investors and others who have griped about the inability of Tesla’s board to rein in Musk for years....
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...That has probably frightened people on the fragility of the markets,” said Ryan McIntyre, managing partner at Sprott Inc, a precious metals investor with more than $25bn in assets under management....
...Li made his name with ambitious dealmaking, including the £1.4bn acquisition of the London Metal Exchange in 2012....
...It employs about 1,800 people and is one of only eight brokers with rights to trade on the historic trading floor of the London Metal Exchange....
...Berkshire as Buffett leans on a new generation Charlie Munger’s fingerprints are all over Berkshire Hathaway, from some of its most consequential deals — including the purchases of See’s Candies and Israeli metals...
...But then you notice the discreet pedestals at each end of the installation, created by Los Angeles based PlayLab, Inc. Each showcases four “historiated sculptures” encased in glass....
...The unusual angular design meant Tesla could make the Cybertruck’s roof from a single piece of metal, he said, rather than investing in an expensive stamping press....
...Munger’s fingerprints could be seen on several of Berkshire’s later transactions, including its $6bn purchase of Israeli metals company Iscar and its purchase of shares of Chinese carmaker BYD....
...The story of the professor in nonferrous metals research turned hard-headed executive with a fastidious focus on technology, supply chains and cost- cutting has become gospel in Chinese science and business...
...Goncalves was born in Brazil, trained as an engineer and has spent his entire career in metals and mining....
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...Stratasys agreed in May to pay $700mn in its stock to purchase Desktop Metal, a company in which it had invested venture capital a decade ago....
...In the weeks leading up to Glencore’s AGM in May, the company made a takeover bid for Teck Resources of Canada, a miner of coal used in steel making as well as base metals....
...Soon, sectors from cleaners and dockworkers to postal workers and metal-bashers had started sympathy action, stopping the company from unloading cars from boats or even receiving vehicle registration plates...
...She patiently explained the harrowing details of the night men armed with metal rods and wooden sticks broke into her family’s home....
...The country accounts for about a quarter of world production for some metals. “Weaponising Russian metals exports may be around the corner,” said Max Layton, head of Emea commodities research at Citi....
...Gigacasting or megacasting, on the other hand, uses casting machines to force molten metal into moulds under high pressure to produce large aluminium body parts, such as the entire underside of a vehicle...
...A sheet-metal sculpture, “Tête d’homme barbu” (1962), is the latest work in the exhibition, with other highlights including an unusually tender drawing of Dora Maar from 1937, bought from the sitter’s estate...
...Prices slipped back after testing the level several times throughout the week, but trading in options contracts linked to the metal suggest many investors are expecting a more sustained rally in the weeks...
...But Duffy pointed out that there were obstacles to overcome such as the storage and delivery of the physical metal....
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