Mark Fellows

[Mark Fellows @PerroTinto]

@r3c1d1v1st @GonzoVice It was a BSA (as I recall...) Quote if Hell's Angels, which an early but great work by HST.

[Mark Fellows @PerroTinto]

@danswiles No worries Daniel - I would love to buy you a pint sometime, if you are amenable. You have made a great piece of art which caused me to think about my family's coal mining roots in a different (albeit darker!) way. Good on yer.

[Mark Fellows @PerroTinto]

I just finished reading @danswiles
brilliant debut, Mercia's Take. As the descendant of a long line of Pelsall and Brownhills miners, it really moved me. Thanks Daniel.
https://t.co/t8JboxYLDx

[Mark Fellows @PerroTinto]

@red5audio Great. So when are you going to deliver mine, after 3 months with no response? Shabby!

[Mark Fellows @PerroTinto]

@RockyMtnInst @SkarnAssoc Agreed. It is very much in the miners' interests to improve this. And it needs improvement!

[Aisha Malik @aishapmalik]

Anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture.
Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. Mead explained that in the

[Mark Fellows @PerroTinto]

@thegoodexpert @fulelo @Piethagoram @Channel4News Name-calling is not the way forward on this. We are all faced with some very scary uncertainties. We need to listen carefully to scientists and mute the Oxford PPEs. Govt strategy is a gamble, but I do believe it is science-driven.

[Mark Fellows @PerroTinto]

@SRSroccoReport @economymarkets What's your oil price forecast for next 5-10 yrs?

[Mark Fellows @PerroTinto]

@SRSroccoReport @economymarkets An observation - I have never met a gold mining company CEO who would consider their businesses to be "price-makers" via their production costs

[Mark Fellows @PerroTinto]

@SRSroccoReport @economymarkets Interesting debate. I may be able to pull some energy intensity per ounce data together going back to 80s. Will share if I can find it.

[Mark Fellows @PerroTinto]

@SRSroccoReport @economymarkets Hmm... but lower ore grades have also been facilitated and mitigated by larger trucks, bigger mills, efficiencies of scale. I am not denying there has also been a geological depletion effect, but scale has been a big factor.

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@SRSroccoReport @economymarkets Other points to consider - exchange rates are biggest single driver of changes in production cost. Energy typically 20-30% of gold mine prod costs.

[Mark Fellows @PerroTinto]

@SRSroccoReport @economymarkets Mines are dynamic systems. They can selectively mine high grade, defer stripping and live off their balance sheets. This is what happened back then. Thay can't do this forever, but miners are very reluctant to close operations.

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@SRSroccoReport @economymarkets (Global gold production actually rose over that period)

[Mark Fellows @PerroTinto]

@SRSroccoReport @economymarkets Not necessarily. Cut-off grades would rise, projected mine lives would be shortened, but many mines would hang in there. We saw this in 97-2001 bust.

[Mark Fellows @PerroTinto]

@LouiseTyler47 @SundayTimesLC Completely agree. Symptomatic of hugely dysfunctional fashion industry and media. Shame on you Sunday Times!

[Mark Fellows @PerroTinto]

@BBCRadMac Genesis! the poor man's Marillion.