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Mining sector strategies for the future – preparing for the next boom

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Exploration, Mineral Economics, Mining, Strategy

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Last year, I helped Allan Trench put together a presentation on mining strategy, which he presented at the Wrays Resource Investment Group Seminar in West Perth, Australia. The presentation was entitled "Mining sector strategies for the future - Preparing for the next boom" and was a general review of the state of strategy in the mining sector and a couple…
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Minerals sector value and risk in 4D: Discovery to Dismantling (SEG Conference)

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

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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.…
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Non-technical risks and their impact on the mining industry

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

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Continuing the catch up on presentations made last year, below is one on "Non-technical risks and their impact on the mining industry" made at the AusIMM Monograph 30 (Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve Estimation) Roadshow. The presentation was based on a paper written with Allan Trench and Dan Packey for the AusIMM Monograph 30, which was released in early 2014.…
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Non-technical Risks and Their Impact on Mining

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Exploration, Mining, PhD, Publications, Recommended, Technical Paper Reviews

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I have a co-authored paper with my PhD supervisors Allan Trench and Daniel Packey out today. It is entitled "Non-technical Risks and Their Impact on Mining" and is in the AusIMM Monograph 30 on Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve Estimation. It is in Chapter 7: Risk in Resource and Reserve Estimation. The abstract is below: “Country Risk”, including the threat of…
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