What Makes a Mineral “Critical” (John Sykes)
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The hosts engage a guest with deep experience in mining and exploration, discussing his credentials and contributions to the industry. They also preview upcoming topics on the importance of mineral criticality.
Here’s our chat with mineral economics, geology & strategy whiz John Sykes.
We went through a raft of topics, from commodities such as tin, lithium, rare earths & gold, to the role of government in supporting the industry, how China built its dominance, the biases that we’re all guilty of and a heap more.
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(0:00:00)John Sykes on MoM
(0:03:44)Why tin?
(0:14:01)Is forecasting worthwhile?
(0:18:55)Why China dominates
(0:25:37)Rare earths
(0:34:27)Is lithium critical
(0:37:16)Recycling in lithium
(0:42:09)Will clay projects disrupt
(0:50:10)Government picking winners
(0:58:20)Gold: Why do we mine it?
(1:09:34)Academia & industry
(1:19:45)Behaviour biases
(1:22:45)Story telling
(1:28:15)Book recommendation
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