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The renewable energy transition and battery and strategic metal markets

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Commodities, Conferences, Future, Mineral Economics, Mineral Policy, Mining, PhD, Publications, Research, Strategy

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Welcome to 2018. Last year was a busy year and this year already looks like it will be another busy one. As such, I'd like to finish posting the various presentations, papers and articles from last year that are, as yet, unmentioned on this website, as soon as possible. In November last year, I was pleased to present the keynote…
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The Impact of the Energy Transition on Specialty Metals and Minerals

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Commodities, Conferences, Future, Mineral Economics, Mineral Policy, Mining, PhD, Publications, Research, Strategy

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Earlier this year I was invited to speak at one of the side seminars running at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Conference - probably the world's largest mining conference - on the subject of specialty metals and minerals. Alas, I was unable to attend but my friend and colleague, Dave Stevenson (then Centre for Exploration Targeting* now…
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Elements of Power by David Abraham: Invaluable intro to the ‘critical metals’

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

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Book Review: The Elements of Power: Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age By David S. Abraham Amongst the flurry of books over the last few years focusing on the geopolitics of metals and mining, and in particular the so-called ‘critical metals’ David Abraham’s effort “The Elements of Power” promises a less-hyperbolic and…
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Assessment of the Potential for Transformational Market Growth Amongst the Critical Metals

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Commodities, Mineral Economics, Mineral Policy, Publications, Recommended, Technical Paper Reviews

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Last month I presented an abstract at the AusIMM Third International Future Mining Conference in Sydney, Australia. The presentation was entitled "An Assessment of the Potential for Transformational Market Growth Amongst the Critical Metals" and was co-authored with Josh Wright, Allan Trench and Paul Miller. The abstract previews a paper, that will be published in Applied Earth Science early next…
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Scheduled to present at AusIMM Future Mining Conference on the future of critical metals

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Commodities, Conferences, Exploration, Mineral Economics, Mineral Policy, Mining, Publications, Technical Paper Reviews

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I am scheduled to present at the Third International AusIMM Future Mining Conference between 4-6th November in Sydney. I will present a paper entitled: "An Assessment of the Potential for Transformational Market Growth amongst the Critical Metals" on behalf of the co-authors: Josh Wright, Allan Trench and Paul Miller. The abstract for the presentation is: "A ‘critical metal’ is one that…
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