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Starting a consultancy: baby steps to working for yourself

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

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Today's Strictly Boardroom column on MiningNewsPremium.net covers some hints and tips for getting a consultancy business started: "Starting a consultancy: baby steps to working for yourself". The article is available to subscribers. For keen followers of the Strictly Boardroom column, our new book “Strictly (Mining) Boardroom Volume II: A Practitioners Guide for Next Generation Directors” is out now and available…
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Understanding Australia’s global leadership in mining

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

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A report released today by Ian Satchwell (University of Western Australia), Jim Redden (University of Adelaide) and the Centre for Exploration Targeting (University of Western Australia and Curtin University) advocates for a greater role by the Australian government in economic diplomacy in relation to the international resources sector. Australia, as well as hosting a strong domestic mining industry, is also…
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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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Centre for Exploration Targeting colleagues on ABC News: Sulphur key to minerals discovery

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Exploration, Media, Recommended, Television

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I'm pleased to report that Centre for Exploration Targeting colleagues featured on the ABC News last night. Adjunct Professor Jon Hronsky, Dr. Crystal LaFlamme and PhD student Stefano Caruso featured in a news piece about innovation in minerals exploration, and specifically how "sulphur could hold the key to next generation of mining deposits". It is great to see minerals exploration…
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Using scenarios to guide copper exploration targeting strategies

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Conferences, Exploration, Mining, PhD, Publications

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I recently presented some of my PhD research at the Curtin Business School Higher Degree by Research Students' Colloquium. The work was entitled "Using scenarios to guide exploration targeting strategies". Pleasingly the associated paper won the award for "Best Paper" in the "Management" category. The presentation makes the point that due to the long lead times in mine exploration and…
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