The View from England: It’s the economy, stupid
It is traditional at this time of the year to make resolutions and predictions. In our industry the latter invariably includes the forecasting of metal prices. I am both too…
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The View from England: On the rocks
There is one aspect of geology that makes even us mining engineers sit up and take notice, namely the relationship it has with whisky. I edited an article on the…
The View from England: Nubian gateway opens
Africa has dominated news in the United Kingdom since a new variant of Covid-19 (now called Omicron) was identified in South Africa on November 25. Many African countries, particularly in…
The View from England: Party time is upon us
The U.S.A. is celebrating this week but Scotland will follow soon after, and there are few nations on Earth that know how to party like the Scottish, especially when there…
The View from England: Fuse lit for American ironworkers
Friday November 5 saw fireworks on either side of the Atlantic. Just as the big bangs were fading on Guy Fawkes Night in the United Kingdom, rockets were going off…
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. I don’t know how many Northern Miner readers celebrated October 23 as Mole Day. For…
The View from England: Time to attack
The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, will be held in Glasgow between October 31 and November 12, and the mining industry could…
The View from England: Short iron bogey
It is a difficult time to be an iron ore analyst, especially if you’re also a European golfer. The 43rd biennial clash between golfing teams from the United States and…
The View from England: Augmented humans in Las Vegas
I usually celebrate September 13 as the day on which the world’s greatest author of children’s stories was born, but this year it also marks the (near) return to normality…
The View from England: Burning lessons for mining
The ‘Burners’ amongst you will not need reminding that the Burning Man festival takes place in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert every year during the week leading up to the U.S….
The View from England: Europe’s galactic mining goals
An asteroid is heading towards Earth, but it is good news for miners and Luxembourg stands ready to help. On August 11, NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office provided an update…
The View from England: Pandemic yields buried treasure
Gold is still being discovered in England, but it’s not geologists doing the finding. As we emerge from the pandemic it seems that many of us spent the lockdown digging…