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Mining 2017 – ’The ghosts of politics past’

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Media, Mineral Policy, Mining, PhD, Publications

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Allan Trench (University of Western Australia - UWA) and I start the Strictly Boardroom column on MiningNewPremium.net this year, with the first in a three-part Dickensian inspired piece on mining and politics, that looks to explain the political ructions of 2016 and what they mean for the future of the mining sector. The work is inspired by and drawn from…
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The Mining Boardroom: A Practitioner’s Guide for Next Generation Directors

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Book Reviews, Commodities, Exploration, Management, Mineral Economics, Mineral Policy, Mining, Publications, Recommended, Strategy

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In the winter edition of WA Director, the members' magazine of the Western Australian branch of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), Allan Trench and I were privileged to be able to submit a piece on our book: "Strictly (Mining) Boardroom - Volume II: A Practitioner's Guide for Next Generation Directors". The article took the format of an interview,…
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Invitation to the Future of Minerals Exploration

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Conferences, Exploration, Mineral Economics, Mineral Policy, Mining, PhD, Recommended, Strategy

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The mining problem The period high commodity prices in the early 21st century has encouraged exploration for more mineral resources and attempts to develop new mines for most commodities. However, despite an apparent abundance of mineral resources in many commodities, the arrival of this new supply has often stalled. Increasingly mine projects are facing complex combinations of economic, environmental and…
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The forgotten economic potential of new mineral discovery (MiningNewsPremium.net)

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

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There's a co-authored article with Allan Trench on today's MiningNewsPremium.net Strictly Boardroom column, entitled "The forgotten economic potential of new mineral discovery". The article draws from some of our experiences in the past few weeks teaching on the International Mining for Development Centre's Mineral Policy and Economics course. Quite simply the article reviews how governments often focus on gaining their…
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The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier: Clear, concise, informative & evidence-based

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

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I'm currently teaching, with Allan Trench, on the International Mining for Development Centre's (IM4DC) Minerals Policy and Economics course. For our sessions we use Prof. Paul Collier's work as a framework for how to develop an economy using mineral resources. I recently posted the review below on Amazon and Goodreads about his book "The Bottom Billion". I thought I'd share it…
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