The View from England: Exploration lessons from the Pharaohs
One-hundred years ago a five-year search culminated in arguably the world’s greatest ever exploration success. No, not a mineral deposit (although lots of gold was…
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A scary time for everyone as gloomy forecasts for mining and exploration show
With annual financial budgets looming, the end of October is a frightening time in the calendar. This year is especially scary because of the considerable…
The View from England: Sending the right signals
The world’s first, and still largest, broadcaster is 100 years old. The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) was formed on Oct. 18, 1922, by a group…
The View from England: Mining should measure its queue
We British are good at queuing, and most of us practice standing in line from an early age. This lifetime of training came to fruition…
The view from England: Critical time for minerals
You don’t need to be a monarchist to have admired Queen Elizabeth II, who has died at the age of 96. She was famously discrete…
The View from England: Copper and an artist drawn to war
A recent report suggests copper might have something in common with Eric Ravilious, whose paintings became increasingly associated with conflict. A strategic study by IHS…
The View from England: Unsighted, so expect the unexpected
Only newsletter writers and commodity analysts see the future with perfect clarity, the rest of us must muddle along with probabilities and best guesses. A…
The view from England: Time to wake up sleepy heads
I have a theory that mining executives are eating too much salad. Beatrix Potter warned us in 1909 that eating lettuce is soporific (in her…
The view from England: The UK’s burning decision on coal
Boris Johnson’s government seems set to approve the first new underground coal mine in the U.K. for 36 years. Such an outcome (a decision is…
The view from England: Mining events avalanche
Rejoice, in-person events are suddenly back, with Mines and Money, Indaba, PDAC and, of course, the Venice Biennale crowding our calendars. I expect most of…
The view from England: Miners suffering from unintended consequences
As mining booms, the industry is suffering from the employment consequences of earlier bear-market bites. Most of us are aware from an early age that…
The view from England: Gold’s copper foil
Like opposing characters in a literary plot, gold and copper highlight aspects of the other’s attributes and values. Writers frequently use opposing characters to build…