Today, a paper I co-authored with Nick Gardiner (formerly of Oxford University, now Curtin University), Allan Trench (Curtin University & University of Western Australia) and Laurence Robb (Oxford University) was published in the journal Resources Policy, entitled: "Tin Mining in Myanmar: Production and Potential". We should also acknowledge the help of the International Tin Research Institute (ITRI) in compiling this paper. The… Read this post →
I'm helping Allan Trench present a seminar on "Mining Sector Strategies for the Future" next Monday 2nd November, in West Perth, hosted by the Resource Innovation Group. We're just putting together the final slides now. Broadly we'll look at what we're getting wrong at the moment with mining sector strategy, and some simple things we can do to improve strategy… Read this post →
Last month, Allan Trench presented an abstract at the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) Conference in Hobart, Australia, that I helped contribute to, entitled: "Minerals Sector Value and Risk in 4D: Discovery to Dismantling". The paper summarised our thoughts on how technical risk, corporate risk and non-technical combine into a complex composite risk profile over the life of a mine project and mine.… Read this post →
This week my Chinese visa came through, so that I could attend the Argus Media Metal Pages China Metals Week in Guangzhou, China, between 16-19th November. The conference focuses on the antimony, tungsten and electronic and battery metals markets, such as arsenic, bismuth, cadmium, cobalt, gallium, germanium, indium, lithium, tantalum, tellurium and tin. I will present two papers. One in the plenary… Read this post →
Today I co-authored an article with Allan Trench in his Strictly Boardroom column on MiningNewsPremium.net, entitled: "Tales from the Past: The Reinvention of Mineral Exploration". The article looks to the future at a new "blue ocean" exploration strategy that has turned into a billion dollar company: BetExploration.com. The article can be found online here (subscription required). Read this post →
