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The only time I go into a bank now is to pay in Divi cheques which I still receive from my old certificated account, I still have a load of certificates locked away in my safe!
And you don't even need to go to a branch to do that now.
I still like to carry some cash but the main thing for me is that Lloyds have plenty of people answering the phones when needed, no stupid 20min + waiting on hold.

Happyhead,
Do you have an online trading account?
You're only one step away!

I got "slaughtered" when I criticised the use of the word months ago!

Oiled,
For a CEO of one of the countries largest companies the renumeration package doesn't seem that outrageous, especially considering the profits.
I haven't been through it with a "fine tooth comb" but I seem to recall some of the previous CEO's (Bob Dudley) receiving 8 figure $ amounts.
Anyway I may be wrong, haven't checked "like for like" etc as on phone rather than laptop!

In the last 10 minutes,
Original tweet was the 10th March

I see Dmitry has "re tweeted" the below, just a retweet but it shows there still conscious of investors and trying to indicate that things are still happening in the background.
https://twitter.com/eurasiamining/status/1501879064478588938?t=GGQldr7SvUXO8LkCBSSG9w&s=19

machiismo,
The only issue is mineral commodities, China has an abundance of REE's, Russia with Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Palladium etc etc.....
The World will require those and once the war is over things will in time get back to normal.

Roger,
Probably "bottom draw" if you are expecting this north of say 10 or 20p, but the SP could double in an instant, it'd only take some interesting ASSAY results, and there due....

Icarus,
Fair play and good luck to you averaging down.
I want news as much as anyone but if there is "western" involvement in any sale / JV I don't think we'll hear much until there's an end in hostilities.
Don't think it would be a good idea for any announcements re sale etc whilst the press are looking for people / companies to point the finger at.
I have just been sitting back and taking note, not much more I can do, I'm in deep thankfully the shares I bought before suspension are still green but I've bought an awful lot since which aren't!
Still confident this will work out in the end though.
Anyway goodnight everyone, hopefully something to lift spirits tomorrow, a company tweet will do at the mo!

Icarus,
Unfortunately "traders" will not to top of the list of company priorities!
I think it's better to chill and wait for this conflict to be over.
Don't forget the intrinsic value of the assets here, commodities which one way or another the world is going to need.

Cj,
I agree, although I hope the BOD keep dropping the odd bit of news, tweet etc, I'm happy to wait.
I would much rather they keep the company off the immediate rader of the press, lay low, do what they can and wait for this conflict to be over.
I won't complain if we get an RNS tomorrow though saying NN have bought us / Mont.....

Hairy,
Should be interesting with the upcoming ASSAY results and IPO's to be honest, really don't think it'd take much to push this north of 2p and onto 3p.
Looking at some of the stuff Tray has posted if the IPO's go to plan there's upside well before any "strike"
I will be gutted if I don't get another decent bite at below 1.5p

Hairy,
Think I'll be doing similar with my dividends but I really want the SP to stay at these levels for a few more weeks so I can carry out a sale of another share and get a decent top up of these into this coming years isa allowance.

Neil,
I would also like an increase in the return from the dividend BUT I also want a strong company.
Although oil & Gas will be required long into the future, BP does need to adapt if it's going to continue to grow.
BP could just carry on "as is" and ignore alternative forms of energy, or it can invest and either try to lead the way or at least have a strong foothold in the market place.
Household natural gas is a prime example. The long term intention is to start mixing Hydrogen with natural gas to reduce the Co2 emissions, Many new boilers have been designed to allow this to happen. Things like this and the growth of EV's etc will reduce our dependency of fossil fuels but will probably never eliminate it, but BP need to adapt so that we never see the days of a continually shrinking company, and SP!
I want to see the highest possible dividend but reduced debt, a reducing share pile and investment into green hydrogen either by starting it's own production plants or through beneficial M&A.

meoryou.
BP won't be bought out, anyone wanting BP is going to have to offer north of £100 Billion and despite BP's assets being worth considerably more, BP management would try to block it, the UK government would have there say in it, ExxonMobil have ALWAYS said when rumours have floated before that their not really interested in BP, therefore ruling out one of the 2 credible parties, and finally despite oil having a future well after I'm brown bread is any company going to spend well in excess of £100 B when they already have considerable oil assets and they know their companies will have to transition into green/renewables?
We will see but I very much doubt it.

Wolfie,
I'm sure it must be possible for the Eurozone to increase gas supplies from places like Azerbaijan, Algeria, Libya, Morocco etc but my point was there was no way America was going to pick up Russia's current supply.
I would need to check properly but I think Russia WAS supplying something like 200 Billion m3 of gas to the E.U each year.

Happy,
Agree with almost everything there but the problem with Europe's gas supply is that it won't come from the U.S.
Pushing gas down a pipe is easy, a world away from shipping it and its just not physically possible to ship a couple of hundred billion m3 of gas to satisfy the Eurozone.

zac,
The press and opposition parties will be "up in arms" about it but there will be NO windfall tax.
BP doesn't set the price, it is NOT their fault its where it is. If the UK wants to get a cheaper supply it has no option other than to start fracking with a new government owned company.
Also changing tax rules to suit yourself is a prime way to limit future investments from existing UK based companies, and will stop anyone new from moving their business here.
Can you imagine being a Nickel miner at the moment who was thinking of moving to the UK? Windfall tax? Bug.ger that we'll go somewhere else!

Neil,
The "market" sets the SP but a decent hike in the dividend would definitely help.
BP's aim is to grow and run a successful company which in turn will lead to positive benefits for share holders, it cannot "support" the SP at the cost to the bigger picture.
The UK market is generally nervous of "big oil" and a lot of that is due to Government rhetoric and negativity towards it.
Traders are also taking advantage of this.
BP still has a bright future and there's money to be made (IMO) at these levels.

Lti,
Look at Bhp!