My conference calendar is filling up fast! Following invites to speak at Indaba Asia and Metal Pages Electronic Metals and Rare Earths conferences, I am utterly honoured to be invited to give a keynote address to the Society for Economic Geologists Conference next year. The Society for Economic Geologists (SEG), organises is its international gathering just every four years, so… Read this post →
Hot on the heels of my invite to speak at Indaba Asia 2013, I have also just been invited to re-do my tin and rare earths double-header at both the Metal Pages Electronic Metals and the Metal Pages Rare Earths conferences in September this year. The conferences will this year be held in Shanghai, China, with the Electronic Metals event… Read this post →
The International Tin Research Institute (ITRI) has released a new free report on the tin industry and its role in "sustainable development". The report also includes the essentials of tin economics and looks pretty smart. I do a considerable amount of consultancy for ITRI in designing their tin mine cost model and contributing to their industry reports and presentations, so… Read this post →
I have just been confirmed as one of the speakers at the Asian Indaba conference (sister to the major South African event) to be held in Singapore, 16-18th September 2013. The conference will in general be focusing on Asia's role in the mining industry. I am scheduled to talk on one of my favourite subjects - rare earths, with particular… Read this post →
The monthly update of the Greenfields Research Commodity Price Barometer paints a changeable picture for commodities. More commodity prices remain in the “dry” and “fair” categories than in the “rainy” and “stormy” ones. However, with more commodity prices falling than rising, there is the suggestion that the weather is getting worse. The conditions remain good for iron ore, palladium and… Read this post →
