All post from: February 2017

Iron ore minerals policy – give Grylls a break!

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Media, Mineral Policy, Mining, Publications

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This week we are joined on the MiningNewsPremium.net Strictly Boardroom column by local political consultant, Ian Radisich, to discuss the proposed 'mining tax' put forward as a policy by the Nationals Party for the upcoming elections here in Western Australia. The idea is to increase taxation on the iron ore sector to cover increasing government debts following a decline in…
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“We’re gonna rock this country”

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

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This week's Strictly Boardroom column with Allan Trench on MiningNewsPremium.net takes a fun look at minerals exploration and discovery by seeing what the likes of Shania Twain, Isaac Newton, Marcel Proust, Oscar Wilde, A. A. Milne, James Cameron, Enrico Fermi, James T. Kirk, T. S. Eliot, Max Planck, William Shakespeare and Mark Twain have to say on the subject. The…
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Is your company capable of surviving a commodities bust?

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

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This month I've published an article in the online magazine 'Resource Global Network'. The article is entitled "Is your company capable of surviving a commodities bust?" and can be viewed online for free here. The article looks at the different areas of excellence and innovation that resources companies will need to pursue to ride out the downturn, including operational, technological…
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