Silver and industrial metals

Assets

Silver is remembered for the Hunt corner; the industrial metals literature has been rewritten by electrification and the scramble for battery inputs.

8 books

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  1. Material WorldEd Conway, 2023
  2. Beyond GreedStephen Fay, 1982
  3. Volt RushHenry Sanderson, 2022

Books 8

Beyond Greed
T2 Beyond Greed
Stephen Fay · 1982 · The Hunt brothers' attempt to corner silver and the 1980 collapse.
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Material World
T2 Material World
Ed Conway · 2023 · Copper, sand, iron, lithium and the physical basis of the economy.
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The Big Rich
T3 The Big Rich
Bryan Burrough · 2009 · The Texas fortunes, including the Hunts before and after the silver trade.
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The Elements of Power
T3 The Elements of Power
David S. Abraham · 2015 · How minor metals are mined, traded and hoarded.
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The Rare Metals War
T3 The Rare Metals War
Guillaume Pitron · 2020 · Rare earths, Chinese supply control and the cost of the green transition.
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Volt Rush
T3 Volt Rush
Henry Sanderson · 2022 · Lithium, cobalt and nickel supply chains behind electrification.
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Silver Bulls
T4 Silver Bulls
Paul Sarnoff · 1980 · Contemporaneous account of the silver boom and bust.
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Rare
T4 Rare
Keith Veronese · 2015 · Popular account of the scarcest industrial elements.
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