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Critical Minerals, Critical mistakes: The Nyrstar report Europe Can't Ignore
In recent posts, I warned about Europe’s eroding grip on critical industrial capabilities. Now, new evidence from Australia confirms just...
Jun 41 min read


Europe Gave Away the Keys to its Strategic Future
While the EU voices its ambitions for strategic defence autonomy, technological leadership, and green transition goals, it has quietly...
May 302 min read


Europe's Green Dream is Being Built on Borrowed Zinc
Last April, De Tijd warned that Europe must build 40 new mines and metal factories by 2030 to meet its own green transition targets — a...
May 232 min read


The Erosion of Legal Ethics: When Law Firms Serve Power Over Principle
Opinion: Recent events have cast a spotlight on the troubling role of major law firms in enabling corporate misconduct. Law professor ...
May 41 min read


The Masks Are Off: Allen & Overy Sells Its Soul (Again)
It’s official: Allen & Overy Shearman (A&O) has inked a deal with Donald Trump. A&O is one of five so-called “elite” law firms that have...
Apr 172 min read


Settlement in the US costs Nyrstar owner Trafigura 51 million euros
Trafigura is currently embroiled in another scandal. In this article, De Tijd's Bert Broens states that 'The Singaporean commodities...
Jun 16, 20242 min read


NGOs Say US Should Stop Backing Trafigura After Bribery Charges
According to Bloomberg News , several NGOs ask that the Ex-Im bank “immediately terminate its support for Trafigura and in doing so send...
Apr 1, 20241 min read


Trafigura to Pay $126 Million and Plead Guilty to Brazil Bribes
"Trafigura Group will pay $126 million and plead guilty to US charges related to bribery in Brazil, in the latest case involving...
Mar 27, 20241 min read


Shareholders Can Block Sale of Crown Jewels
As a result of our battle against the allegedly fraudulent restructuring (read: "acquisition") by Trafigura of Nyrstar , minister of...
Jul 19, 20232 min read
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