This month an article co-written with Nick Gardiner (Curtin University) on the minerals exploration potential of Myanmar was published in the AusIMM Bulletin. The article is entitled "Is Myanmar about to experience an exploration boom?". The piece covers recent political events, such as the victorious election of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League of Democracy (NLD) party; the history of the country… Read this post →
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… Read this post →
Today I will be attending the last leg of ITRI Tin Explorers and Developers Australian Tour 2014, at the offices of Metals X in Perth. As such it seems a good opportunity to catch up with the backlog of presentations and papers I need to upload to the website. Back in September, as well as presenting a plenary talk on the Economic History… Read this post →
A few months ago following the release of the Fraser Institute's Survey of Mining Companies, myself and Allan Trench wrote an article for his Strictly Boardroom column comparing the Australian states to various countries around the world. I have recently written this up in greater detail for the Centre for Exploration Targeting Quarterly Newsletter. Along with this I have put together… 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 →
