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My PhD Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Mining

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

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In November last year I presented an overview of my PhD research and 'journey' at the school postgraduate symposium. The unofficial title was "My PhD Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Mining". The more formal title for my PhD research is "Using scenario planning to improve the integration of geological, technical, economic, environmental, geopolitical, and socio-political factors…
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Re-thinking the mining industry

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Management, Strategy

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This week we've been re-thinking the mining industry, more specifically whether a change from linear modes of thinking to more systemic ways of thinking will help. In the Strictly Boardroom article on MiningNews.net we use the re-thinking of Maslow's 'Hierarchy of Needs' into an inter-related set of needs as inspiration to try this style of thinking in the mining sector.…
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UWA team wins international competition about sustainable mining

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

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I'm really pleased to tell you that a team of University of Western Australia (UWA) MBA students has won a prestigious international competition about applying sustainable development principles to the mining industry - the Schulich International Case Competition, this year with finals in Canada, associated with the PDAC conference. The team consisted of Matthew Horgan, Jessica Harman, Jessica Volich and…
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