All post from: January 2016

Today is the 50th Anniversary of the discovery of the Kambalda nickel district

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

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Minerals exploration guru, Jon Hronsky wrote to myself and a number of other industry professionals today, to remind us that this day marks the 50th anniversary since Western Mining Corporation (WMC) intersected nickel sulphides in drill hole KD1 at the Lunnon deposit in Western Australia's gold fields. This would subsequently become the Kambalda nickel region (after which Kambalda-type nickel deposits are…
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The X-Files on mineral exploration: Building the perfect team (MiningNewsPremium.net)

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Exploration, Publications, Strategy

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As a fan of 90s sci-fi show the X-Files, I'm obviously excited about the new series due to air in the next few weeks. This therefore gave me the opportunity to mix my like of X-Files with another passion - minerals exploration. The result is a series of articles to go out in the Strictly Boardroom column of MiningNewsPremium.net over…
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Greenfields Research Commodity Price Barometer: In the eye of the storm

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Commodities, Mineral Economics

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The new year gives us the chance to review commodity price performance over the last year, and a bit longer. It doesn’t take much insight to realise the industry is in somewhat of a malaise; however, it is always useful to understand the data and check our perceptions match reality. For this we’ll use the Greenfields Research Commodity Price Barometer©.…
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Discovery, supply & demand: From Metals of Antiquity to critical metals

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Commodities, Conferences, Exploration, Mineral Economics, Mineral Policy, Mining, Publications, Recommended, Strategy, Technical Paper Reviews

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A couple of weeks ago, an article I co-authored was published online entitled "Discovery, supply and demand: From Metals of Antiquity to critical metals". The article was co-authored with Josh Wright (Rowton Consolidated) and Allan Trench (The University of Western Australia) and has been published in the scholarly journal 'Applied Earth Science'. The journal is the earth sciences publication of the UK-based Institute of Materials,…
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‘Black Swans’ in tin and tantalum mining

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

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Last November I presented "Blacks Swans in tin and tantalum mining and their implications for electronics manufacturers" to the 'Electronic and Battery Metals' session of the Argus Media-Metal Pages China Metals Week, in Guangzhou. The efforts of Nick Gardiner (Curtin University), Allan Trench (University of Western Australia), Laurence Robb (Oxford University), Peter Kettle (ITRI), Tom Mulqueen (ITRI) and Cui Lin (ITRI) should also…
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