Episode 84: A view from 30,000 feet ft. ICMM & Hatch

This week we're getting a global viewpoint courtesy of Tom Butler, the president and CEO of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM). (13:10) Matt sit downs with Tom in Vancouver during a Vancouver Board of Trade event to chat about some of the big issues and discussions the mining industry is having internationally. We dig into the impact of climate change politics, the new-era of social license, and the potential for social media in mining communications. Meanwhile, we continue our discussions with the financial community about commodity outlooks heading into the new year. Trish Saywell provides a transcript of her discussion with Scotiabank commodity economist Rory Johnston (9:00), which contains more interesting insights on the pending nickel and copper markets. Matt summarizes the recent buzz around Chinese loan markets and the industrial complex, and chats about the major headlines in Glencore's (LON: GLEN) investor update call (hint: think zinc). (6:45) Finally, our Sponsor Spotlight this week features Joe Lombard, the Global Director of Metals at Hatch. (36:45) Joe and Matt chat at the Northern Miner's Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto about innovation and implementation successes and challenges from the viewpoint of a major international engineering supplier. Bonus: Matt rants about press coverage of the BC NDP's Site C decision! Articles referenced: ICMM’s Butler: Mining ‘a real agent of change when it comes to alleviating poverty’: http://www.northernminer.com/news/icmms-butler-climate-change-politics-industry-challenges/1003792197/ Scotiabank’s Rory Johnston: ‘A lot of tailwinds behind the base metals complex’: http://www.northernminer.com/commodities-markets/scotiabank-economist-rory-johnstons-outlook-base-bulk-metals/1003792154/ ‘We can use the power of machine learning’: PMF roundtable discusses innovation in mining: http://www.northernminer.com/news/pmf-roundtable-discusses-innovation-mining/1003791762/ CRU expects lithium demand to triple between now and 2025: http://www.northernminer.com/commodities-markets/cru-expects-lithium-demand-triple-now-2025/1003792192/ Copper, nickel outlooks dominate LME Week: www.northernminer.com/news/copper-ni…ek/1003791928/ Jeffrey Christian on bitcoin and ‘runaway’ gold price: www.northernminer.com/people-in-mini…18/1003791836/ Video: Progressive Mine Forum 2017: www.northernminer.com/news/progressi…am/1003790631/ Music Credits: "Jingle Bells" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Deck the Halls" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/