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Government Geoscience and Exploration in the Economic Development of Western Africa

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

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Today I have uploaded a presentation I gave in May to the Western African Exploration Initiative (WAXI) Stage 2 Outcomes Seminar, entitled: "The Role of Government Geoscience and Minerals Exploration in the Economic Development of West Africa".  The presentation provided context for the excellent geoscience presented later in the seminar. The presentation also makes reference to Paul Collier's two excellent…
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What’s hot, what’s not and why?

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

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At the recent ITRI International Tin Conference, metals and mining consultancy CRU Group presented an update of its "Commodity Price Climate Change" forecast. This has nothing to do with which commodities would benefit from an anthropogenically warmed planet (we'll cover that another day), but is a way of summarising their views of whether commodity price outlooks will be “hot”, “warm”,…
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