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Which markets are the future stars of the ‘critical metals’ industry?

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

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Last year I presented a keynote at the Argus Media-Metal Pages China Metals Week in Guangzhou, entitled "Which markets are the future stars of the 'critical metals' industry?" The presentation looks at which of the critical metals, those defined as small important metal markets with supply constraints, have the potential to outgrow their current constraints and become large, industrial metals…
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‘Black Swans’ in tin and tantalum mining

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Commodities, Conferences, Mineral Economics, Publications

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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…
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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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