July 13, 2022 Column: Collapsing metal inventories clash with plunging prices Shrinking exchange stocks should be a bullish price signal. Right now, however, macro is trumping micro as Western recession fears pummel the industrial metals complex.
June 3, 2022 Odds ‘n’ Sods: Lies, damn lies, and visual estimates Like it or not, our industry often bets the house on one person's interpretation of what may (or may not) lie beneath our feet.
May 20, 2022 The view from England: Party time as resources soar Exploration expenditure rose 35% in 2021 to $11.2 billion,
May 9, 2022 The view from England: Events avalanche In-person events are suddenly back, with Mines and Money, Indaba, PDAC and, of course, the Venice Biennale crowding our calendars.
March 16, 2022 The view from England: Uranium is hot once again The prices of coal and oil have also risen, but it is uranium that is likely to see the greatest long-term impact from the outbreak of war in eastern Europe.
February 18, 2022 The View from England: Mining’s Royal lesson Just when you thought the industry's public image couldn't get any worse, it did.
January 5, 2022 The View from England: It’s the economy, stupid The Minerals Education Coalition calculates that the average American born last year will consume almost 3 million pounds of minerals, metals and fuel in their lifetime.
October 29, 2021 The View from England: China analysts remain in the dark Miners are almost blind to demand trends in the largest consumer of metals and minerals.
October 3, 2021 Mixed hydroxide precipitate — the new class one nickel The push for de-carbonization is the primary driver for the battery mega-factory boom. All of these factories need nickel and cobalt for their products, but mostly they need nickel.
October 1, 2021 The View from England: Short iron bogey If only iron ore markets were as easy to predict as the Ryder Cup.
Chinese copper smelter, Antofagasta agree to record low fees Tough negotiations reflected a market facing abundant refining capacity but tight global ore supplies. December 22, 2025 | 12:20 pm