
Contemporaneous account of the silver boom and bust.
Chosen by shared topics, the entries that hold them, and the people who recommended both.
The Hunt brothers' attempt to corner silver and its collapse in March 1980.
Six materials the world runs on, sand, salt, iron, copper, oil and lithium, traced.
Rare metals such as tantalum and rhodium, and why phones and weapons need them.
The rise and fall of the Texas oil fortunes, the Hunts among them.
How minor metals are mined, traded and hoarded.
The rare metals behind green tech and devices, and China's hold on their supply.
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