We at IBI World have avoided, as far as possible, talking about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Whatever is said, we are talking in circles, because we do not know the truth about anything: neither about the military actions, nor about what triggered them (although experience teaches
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One of the diseases that afflicts communication is the desire to reduce every issue to its bare minimum, misinforming and creating two fronts of supporters. Just think of the NoVax versus SiVax issue, which also involved scientific luminaries, or the Ukraine issue. This way of dealing with
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The series of articles published in collaboration between Gli Stati Generali and IBI World is really starting to hurt. On 28 June, in Brussels, the General Meeting of Shareholders of Nyrstar NV (a mining company about which we wrote in January – https://ibiworld.eu/en/nyrstar-the-agony-of-the-giant-in-the-claws-of-trafigura/) is taking place: a
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The 2022 invasion of Ukraine has opened a season of economic sanctions against Russia, the most important of which affect gas and oil exports. Contrary to the West’s hopes, these sanctions are putting the European Union, increasingly divided internally, in dire straits, with galloping inflation and the
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The Industrial Revolution changed the world. This change started simultaneously with the intensive exploitation of mines, the birth of factories and the development of engines. Belgium is not only part of this history: it is one of the great architects – of the places where it all
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The UN climate conference in Glasgow runs until 12 November. Johnson: “It’s one minute to midnight, we must act now”. The world must accelerate its commitments to keep the temperature rise below 1.5 degrees to avoid the worst effects of climate change. The emissions gap report shows
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