All post from: August 2015

Government Geoscience and Exploration in the Economic Development of Western Africa

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Book Reviews, Commodities, Exploration, Mineral Economics, Mineral Policy, Mining

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Today I have uploaded a presentation I gave in May to the Western African Exploration Initiative (WAXI) Stage 2 Outcomes Seminar, entitled: "The Role of Government Geoscience and Minerals Exploration in the Economic Development of West Africa".  The presentation provided context for the excellent geoscience presented later in the seminar. The presentation also makes reference to Paul Collier's two excellent…
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Myanmar: The Black Swan of Global Tin

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Commodities, Conferences, Mineral Economics, Mineral Policy, Mining, Publications, Recommended

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Today I uploaded a presentation entitled "Myanmar: The Black Swan of Global Tin", which I co-authored with Nick Gardiner of Oxford University, and which was presented by Nick at the ITRI International Tin Forum, Shanghai, China, in May this year. Allan Trench of Curtin University and the University of Western Australia and Cui Lin of ITRI also assisted with the research. The presentation…
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A $200M mining strategy conundrum (MiningNewsPremium.net)

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Exploration, Mineral Economics, Mining, Publications, Recommended

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Today I have co-authored another Strictly Boardroom column, with Allan Trench, on MiningNewsPremium.net. We pose a theoretical investment decision dilemma that is faced frequently in the reality of the mining industry. As a decent, single-asset mining company, what is your next strategic move - to sell up to a larger company, invest heavily in an exploration programme, or acquire another lower…
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Jim Everett – Paradigm Lost: Lessons learned consulting for the mining industry

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Conferences, Mining, Recommended

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Tomorrow (6th August) I have invited Prof. Jim Everett of the University of Western Australia to speak about his paper in Applied Earth Science last year: "Paradigm Lost: Lessons learned from consulting for the mining industry and other industries". The seminar is free to attend and starts at 4pm in the Woolnough Lecture Theatre at the University of Western Australia,…
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Building your own BHPB – avoiding multi-billion write-offs (MiningNewsPremium.net)

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Mining

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Yesterday I contributed to Allan Trench's weekly Strictly Boardroom column on MiningNewsPremium.net, with an article entitled "Building your own BHPB - avoiding multi-billion write offs". The article discusses a popular card game (Build your own BHP Billiton) Allan and I use to teach the basics of mining strategy on various mineral economics courses. Allan developed the game over ten years ago, discussing it in…
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