How do you build an economy based on mineral resources? Allan Trench and I tried to answer this last week in our Strictly Boardroom column on MiningNewspremium.net. We came up with a seven-step framework: Identify the endowment, i.e. make a decent estimate of what the undiscovered mineral potential is. Make new discoveries, i.e. incentivise exploration so that more mineral discoveries… Read this post →
A report released today by Ian Satchwell (University of Western Australia), Jim Redden (University of Adelaide) and the Centre for Exploration Targeting (University of Western Australia and Curtin University) advocates for a greater role by the Australian government in economic diplomacy in relation to the international resources sector. Australia, as well as hosting a strong domestic mining industry, is also… Read this post →
Today Allan Trench and I published an article on "The purpose of exploration and mining company boards" in his Strictly Boardroom column on MiningNewsPremium.net. The article was based on an exercise run in one of our courses on 'Resource Sector Management' sourcing the opinions of Curtin University mineral economics masters and MBA students on what the key roles of mining… Read this post →
