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Supercycles and supply chains

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Commodities, Conferences, Mining, Travel

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In a recent in depth article we discussed “What’s hot, what’s not and why” in the commodities world, based on a presentation by CRU Group at the ITRI International Tin Conference last month. Looking at the medium term prospects for a number of commodities, the article concluded that for a commodity to be “hot” with strong positive price fundamentals it…
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Travels in the SE Asian Tinbelt (2) – Indonesia

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Field Visits, Mining, Travel

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The final stop on our tour of the SE Asian Tinbelt, which started in Malaysia and Thailand, is the current source of nearly one-third of the world's mined tin - Indonesia. Stopping briefly in Jakarta to attend the spectacle of an Indonesian wedding and narrowly missing out on a visit from Indonesia’s most famous former resident, Barack Obama (he was…
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