(1412) Afternoon all. (1426)
15. Minimalist v Ornate
14. Roob
13. What is being British?
12. Steve
The crime of criminal damage, and I’m quoting, is defined under the Criminal Damage Act 1971. It is a statutory offence that occurs when someone deliberately or recklessly destroys or damages property belonging to another person without lawful excuse. Before the police charge anyone under this Act they must first determine ownership. If the property was used in the commission of a crime, by criminals, then the law of criminal damage has no answer. The other offence he’s being charged with is ‘endangering the life of an emergency worker’. The problem with that one is jurisdiction, it was a French emergency worker and where exactly did the endangering of him take place? Good luck with that one.
11. From Zero Hedge
China controls roughly 80% of the world’s tungsten supply.
That’s becoming a major problem for Washington.
On January 1, new Pentagon sourcing restrictions are set to tighten the rules around Chinese tungsten entering U.S. defense supply chains.
And America hasn’t produced tungsten domestically since 2015.
Yet tungsten is critical to many of the systems the Pentagon depends on – from missiles and warheads to drones, military aircraft, rockets and spacecraft.
This raises an important question. Where will alternative supply come from?
Skyline Builders Group (NASDAQ: KAZR) is combining with the company advancing Severniy Katpar, one of the world’s largest undeveloped tungsten resources.
If developed as planned, the project could produce roughly 15% of current global tungsten supply.
And Washington is already paying attention.
Two U.S. government agencies have expressed interest in providing up to $1.6 billion in indicative financing support to help advance the project.
With tungsten prices up as much as 900% and a major Pentagon deadline approaching, the search for alternative supply is accelerating.