Earlier in the year I presented a paper at the AusIMM International Mining Geology Conference looking at the role of globalisation and sustianable development in the long term future of mining and exploration. In recent years, political opinion across the world has swayed back from globalisation towards protectionism and localism, whilst a focus on sustainable development seems to have switched… Read this post →
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… 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 →
In this month's edition of Australian Resources and Investment magazine there is an article I have written on 'The future of rare earth mine project development' based on my presentation at the Metal Pages Rare Earths Conference earlier in the year. The article reviews the challenges Australia's three longest established rare earths projects (Lynas' Mt Weld, Arafrura Resources' Nolans and… Read this post →
In September, I was proud to present a plenary presentation for the Society of Economic Geologists conference, based on my PhD research, entitled "Finding the Copper Mine of the 21st Century: Conceptual exploration targeting for hypothetical copper reserves". The presentation considers the various views of the future of the copper mining industry which seem to assume that it will be… Read this post →
