Odd Lots: Tungsten Market Is Warning of Upcoming War (Podcast)

Bloomberg Opinion columnist David Fickling tells us you can think of tungsten mining as “a century old prediction market for war.” As he writes in a recent piece, tungsten is “a super-element that can determine the fate of nations.” While the commercial market for tungsten is fairly small, it can be crucial in war manufacturing, due to its high density and melting point. He learned more about tungsten mining and its increasing geopolitical necessity, during a visit to Australia’s Dolphin Mine, w