Earlier in the year I was invited to participate in the Oxford Futures Forum (at Oxford University). This unusual event aims to bring together an ecletic group of people to use scenario planning and related strategy techniques to generate new solutions to challenging problems. The theme this year was the "Oxford Scenario Planning Approach and the Climate Imaginaries of the… Read this post →
As some of you will be aware, I have been undertaking a PhD at the Centre for Exploration Targeting, The University of Western Australia since the beginning of 2013. My research is into the long-term future of copper mining, with the aim of using this information to help guide strategic exploration targeting. The chosen methodology for conducting this research is… Read this post →
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… Read this post →
Last November I presented "Blacks Swans in tin and tantalum mining and their implications for electronics manufacturers" to the 'Electronic and Battery Metals' session of the Argus Media-Metal Pages China Metals Week, in Guangzhou. The efforts of Nick Gardiner (Curtin University), Allan Trench (University of Western Australia), Laurence Robb (Oxford University), Peter Kettle (ITRI), Tom Mulqueen (ITRI) and Cui Lin (ITRI) should also… Read this post →
Tomorrow I have invited Dr. Nick Gardiner to speak at the Centre for Exploration Targeting Seminar Series on "Myanmar: A Tethyan Mineral System?". Nick has recently joined the Curtin University node of the Centre for Exploration Targeting, from Oxford University. He is a specialist in isotope and metamorphic geology and one of the foremost experts on Myanmar. Some of the presentation will… Read this post →
