The view from England: Last word on a misguided industry
‘Gwnewch y pethau bychain mewn bywyd’ is an ancient and historically important phrase but not one that is widely recognized. ‘Do the little things in life’ was the message of…
‘Gwnewch y pethau bychain mewn bywyd’ is an ancient and historically important phrase but not one that is widely recognized. ‘Do the little things in life’ was the message of…
In the past month the U.K. has celebrated two memorable anniversaries. We have marked the founding of the National Health Service (NHS) 75 years ago, and also our 650-year unbroken…
It is disconcerting for one’s hero to be described as “comically absent-minded,” with “peculiar habits of speech” (including talking to himself) and a smile of “inexpressible benignity.” Nevertheless, a hero…
I shed tears within 30 pages. I expect you would too and, if you’re a miner, so you should. In a recently-published novel we are taken back to a small…
By now you should have received your invitation to the coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as king and queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms….
Politicians everywhere have a tendency to make decisions based on short-term outcomes that might become catastrophic in the long term. There are few better examples of this than legislation in…
The middle of March is a depressing time in the calendar, and not just because it means the annual PDAC conference is over. Ever since William Shakespeare wrote Julius Caesar…
Many of you will have been waiting for the score from mining’s famous Bottle Match. This is the annual rugby game played between Exeter University’s Camborne School of Mines (CSM)…
At the third time of asking, gold seems set to break decisively through the psychologically important barrier of US$2,000 ($2,686) per ounce. More importantly, the precious metal has matched an…
Just brilliant! The mining industry is in urgent need of redemption but, at conferences in January, mining executives have aligned themselves with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and an…
Space never ceases to fascinate, whether it is our reaching the extra-terrestrial or the extra-terrestrial reaching us. We experienced a taste of the former on Jan. 9, when the U.K….
The U.K. no longer springs to mind as a mining giant, but we used to have a dominant role in the global industry. The extraction of non-ferrous metals on these…
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