Today I've co-authored an article with Allan Trench for his weekly Strictly Boardroom column on MiningNewspremium.net, entitled "2014 IPOs - Rewards for the Brave". Unsurprisingly the article covers the 2014 minerals IPO performance tracking the continued dearth of minerals Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), noting that even fewer new minerals companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) last year. In addition,… Read this post →
Hot on the heels of my invite to speak at Indaba Asia 2013, I have also just been invited to re-do my tin and rare earths double-header at both the Metal Pages Electronic Metals and the Metal Pages Rare Earths conferences in September this year. The conferences will this year be held in Shanghai, China, with the Electronic Metals event… 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 →
I have just been confirmed as one of the speakers at the Asian Indaba conference (sister to the major South African event) to be held in Singapore, 16-18th September 2013. The conference will in general be focusing on Asia's role in the mining industry. I am scheduled to talk on one of my favourite subjects - rare earths, with particular… Read this post →
It has been hard not to notice the recent furore over “rare earth elements”. China provides over 90% of the mined supply of these elements, and for some elements, all of the world’s supply. This has worried governments and consumers in North America, Europe and non-Chinese Asia. A scramble to develop rare earth mines outside China has begun and miners,… Read this post →
