The View from England: For gun salutes, container ships, mining equipment and mines, size matters
At midday on April 10, a 41-round Death Gun Salute was fired across the U.K. to mark the passing of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh….
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The View from England: Batteries are a welcome spark for the mining sector
The international mining industry is in the early stages of the biggest collective boost it has received for almost 50 years. Arguably, the most recent…
The View from England: Copper has been a stand-out price performer during the pandemic, as has cardboard
As tempting as it is to opine about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and the Oprah Winfrey soap opera, there are rather more important…
Investors should be wary of metal-price forecasts as we enter the season for optimists
We celebrate the vernal equinox (Latin literally for “new equal night”) on Saturday, March 20, when days and nights are of equal length. From an…
The View from England: March is a good time to consider risk and reward
It seems odd not being in Toronto during the first full week of March. For as long as I can remember, the Prospectors & Developers…
The View from England: Early signs of romance for British miners
Hard on the heels of the most depressing time of the year in the U.K. (commonly regarded as the third week of January) we have…
The View from England: World leaders to converge on historic mining region
In mid-January it was announced that the next G7 Summit will be held at the tiny seaside village of Carbis Bay on Cornwall’s north coast….
The View from England: Brexit threat to London’s finance sector
We are into a new year, and in the U.K. we face a near-perfect storm. On top of the depressing weather, Brexit has finally come…
The View From England: Time for the mining industry to consider its gifts to the world
In England, we have had festivals at this time of year since well before the Romans began their creeping conquest in AD43. The occupation of…
The View from England: Gold supported by the divine proportion
What a Leap Year it has been! Quite apart from Brexit in Europe, a chaotic Presidential election in the United States and Covid-19 everywhere, we…
The View from England: Time for a mining miracle
I speak mining, and have done so for over 45 years. For most of that time, I have defended the industry from those ignorant or…
The View from England: Europeans have treasured the grey metal for millennia
We can agree that silver is useful. It was one of the first five metals used by humans (the others being gold, copper, lead and…