Last week's Strictly Boardroom article with Allan Trench on MiningNewsPremium.net was on a topic we've covered before, and will likely cover again (potentially via a book) - why is gold so precious? Specifically why is it used as a store of value and monetary exchange? It turns out there are some good physical and economic reasons. From a physical perspective… Read this post →
This month's edition of RESOURCESTOCKS includes the annual 'Top 100' compiled by Allan Trench and myself. The list focuses on seeking out the length and breadth of variety available for mining and petroleum investors on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). According to portfolio theory investors should focus on diversification, so this list surveys the range of commodities, geographic locations and… Read this post →
In the same December edition of Australian Resources and Investment as my "The future of rare earths mine project development" article, Peter Kettle of ITRI has an article on the tin industry entitled "Investment needed to boost tin supply". The article is largely based on two recent reports by ITRI: Tin Industry Review 2014 (to which Greenfields contributed some analysis)… Read this post →
Again, for subscribers of MiningNewsPremium.net, today's Strictly Boardroom column, usually written by Allan Trench, is, again, co-authoured with myself. Using the latest Fraser Institute Survey of Mining Companies as a source of inspiration, we re-draw the map of Australia's states, seeing which states correspond with which countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America, for minerals policy, geological potential and… Read this post →
