World is running out of tungsten?

What are you now, a lawyer? d8-)

Let's stroke your accusation of "ego" some more. It's all a matter of which journalistic culture one comes from. This is the one I come from:

"The National Magazine Awards" "The National Magazine Awards have been presented each year since

Malcolm Forbes ran a diferent kind of magazine. In those days, it was the British tabloid of business journalism -- provocative, contrarion headlines and melodramatic stories. I firmly believe that Malcorm would have run spread pages of naked breasts ("Secretaries to the Masters of the Universe") if he thought it would hype circulation. It was hugely successful. So is Drudge. So is Rupert Murdoch.

It's not fair to assume that Forbes today is what it was in 1974, but the memories about where that culture came from sticks with you. TIME wasn't much better, at least in their coverage of industry. They didn't take it seriously. We did. And their reporters knew it.

So I'm skeptical about Forbes stories. They may have it exactly right, but I wouldn't hang my hat on it until I fact-checked it myself.

There are only a few of us still working who remember who was who and what they did. The great editors and writers from _AM_ -- Colvin, Stanley, and Ashburn -- and how they established an admirable culture of quality are nearly forgotten.

I don't forget. And I try to keep the attitude and approach alive. Call it ego if you will.

While I sometimes enjoy a cute turn of phrase, it's hard to respect a man who talks too much.

I'll pass on the ego justification from way back. Right now you rate somewhere between Plimpton and Gunner...

' I don't really talk much. I just type. d8-)

Carry on as you were, Richard.

Oh, good, does this mean I should start looking for a buyer for the ~500 lbs of pure W that I have?

Joe

"Admirable culture of quality"? Why Sir! You must be referring to Fox News that paragon of news services ?-)

-- Cheers,

John B.

"We throw it at the wall. You decide if it sticks." -- Roger Ailes?

Not really, you can just sell it to me.

Looks like $35 per kilo, bit strangely, sponge and powder forms may be worth more?

I think your "talk too much" list is somewhat misleading. The total amount of posts by Ed and Gunner include a lot of on topic posts about metalworking.

You are correct, of course. They do. But then there is a lot of pontificating in there too. (not that I can claim total innocence)

Perhaps they just look at what had been done with oil, and said, "Hey we can play that game too". jk

How does this differ from the old print media?

jsw

It doesn't. To a degree, it's a return to identity politics, like we had before the 1940s.

The difference is that we've transitioned from a period of economic levelling, national communication of similar information, and a centering of politics that allowed compromise. We're in a period of isolation and ideological hardening of the arteries.

If you take a long historical view, this is more what the country was like before we had instant, nationwide communication. We're becoming tribal.

OK, Iggy, can you come somewhat close to the $35/kilo Richard mentioned?

I wonder what shipping would cost, but then my neighbor has a shipping broker I might be able to tap into.

Joe

Thanks, Richard. Where did you get your figures? I've been looking for quite a while and can't find squat online when it comes to tungsten. That makes me rather at the mercy of the few dealers around here who will even take it.

Joe

Googled "spot price tungsten" and read a few.

That $35 came from this one...

Thanks again!

I can;t believe someone would take thee time to put a list together over this

and really I can not believe I responded to it.

you can tell I sit waiting here for a few

Check Norilsk in Siberia/Russia. It's similar latitude to Alaskan North Slope, but it's an industrial city with population of 100,000 and a mile- wide, half-mile deep hole in the ground, whereas people commute to the Slope oilfields by flying in and out. Norilsk also apparently holds the record for most polluted city in the world. Russians are tough people.