A Member of the Metallicarum International Alliance
Metallicarum International (“MIL”)
Metallicarum International (“MIL”) people provide consulting advisory services and research focusing on the commercial aspects relative to mining and base and precious metal marketing, transportation and distribution, feasibility market studies, marketing audits, strategies, policy and price risk management. Commercial expertise is allied to a number of internationally recognized research groups in copper, lead, zinc and precious metals. Key such groups are Bloomsbury minerals Economics Ltd and CHR Metals Ltd.
MIL people bring extensive experience in all commercial phases of new mining project development – from pre-feasibility studies, market and price analyses and projections, long-term market strategy formulation, project financing, sales and logistics contract negotiations, commercial organization studies and recruitment.
MIL people have played key commercial roles in the development of many major international mining projects, as well as numerous medium and small-sized operations worldwide
CHR Metals
Mrs. Claire Hassall holds a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. in economics and specialized in monetary economics for the masters qualification and joined Brook Hunt & Associates, non-ferrous metals consultants, to undertake macro-economic research and forecasting. She assumed responsibility for the company's market analysis services for lead and zinc, and was a key figure in developing its economic database and scenarios, forecasting systems and its market analysis for all major LME traded metals. Claire left Brook Hunt to establish CHR Metals Ltd (www.chrmetals.com) in May 2000, with former colleague, Huw Roberts. CHR is a member of MIL. Claire has many years of experience in analyzing and writing about the markets for metals and concentrates, in particular for lead and zinc, as well as the impact of economic developments on demand for metals. She has been a major contributor to market reports to support feasibility studies and bank financing documents for new projects, as well as writing regular commentary on zinc metal and concentrate markets.
Mr. Huw Roberts, with a B.A in economics and economic history, has over 20 years experience analyzing the non-ferrous and precious metals industries. Huw began his career with Cominco in its LME brokerage division in London and then worked as an analyst involved in that company's European mining and exploration activities. He joined Metals & Minerals Research Services (MMRS) where he was a director and co-editor of the publication “Metals Analysis and Outlook” and then moved to Brook Hunt & Associates and was appointed Managing Director in 1996. In over 10 years at the consultancy, Huw worked on a wide variety of projects as well as preparing regular monthly metal market forecasts and analysis. He had a key role in developing information sources within the former Soviet Union, and subsequently developed the quarterly report, "FSU Aluminium. Together with Claire Hassall, he established CHR Metals focusing mainly on the lead and zinc markets and publishing regular market commentaries via its web site and offers clients in-depth analysis of the world's mining and metal industries. CHR is a member of MIL.
CRM Associates
CRMA's principal service is in providing guidance to industrialists and investors in price risk management and opportunities in global commodities markets. The company has expertise in metal and energy commodities, in price risk management and in trading physical, futures, and options markets to maximize opportunity and limit risk. It cover all the price risk management processes focusing on risk profile analysis, corporate policy, commercial price data capture, hedging techniques, controls, risk limits and benchmarking for success. The services offered include risk audits, policy definition, assisted risk management, transaction execution and process control.
The owner of CRMA and principal associate is David Waite. David has spent over forty years in commodities markets. Educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, David has held senior management roles at Rudolf Wolff & Co, Drexel Burnham and PaineWebber. He was also a founder and portfolio manager at Red Kite Metals Fund. Junior associate Nick Sarro-Waite spent 5 years in the credit markets with Lehman Brothers.
Neil S Seldon & Associates
Mr. Neil Seldon, Chairman of MIL is also Chairman, Bloomsbury Minerals Economics Ltd and President of Neil S. Seldon & Associates Ltd. (NSA) launched in mid 1990 in Vancouver, Canada. NSA acts as consultants and advisors in the marketing of non-ferrous concentrates to clients around the world. Services include negotiation of sales contracts for copper, zinc and lead concentrates and other minerals and metals, development of sales and marketing strategies, hedging of metal prices on terminal markets, and development of polices and procedures for marketing, raw materials procurement, shipping, sales contracts and pricing, input into due diligence on marketing for mining company projects worldwide and co-operation with engineering groups and financial institutions for marketing input. NSA has provided advice and services to around fifty companies and organisations over the last seventeen years.
Neil Seldon is a graduate of the Royal School of Mines in London and following an initial career with a metal merchant in London including time with their ring-dealing group on the London Metal Exchange before moving to Canada. His career included Manager Marketing with Zapata Granby Corporation and Vice-President Marketing with Westmin Resources Ltd. He has extensive international experience in many aspects of marketing and instituted the formation of MIL.
Selmar International Associates
Mr. Marcos Warner, based in Santiago, Chile, is a director of Selmar International Services Ltda (“Selmar”) has a B.Sc. in Economics and a Commercial Engineering degree from the University of Chile and is fluent in Spanish and English. Selmar is a member of MIL. Marcos has been an independent consultant since 1999, following 20 years of senior commercial management in sales, marketing and logistics with multinational mining companies operating in South America.
Marcos was General Manager of the Chilean Mining Council in 1998-99 and over 1994 and 1998, he was Vice President Marketing of Barrick Chile Ltda, responsible, internationally and locally, for overall marketing of the company’s copper and zinc concentrates, including by-products and other metals. Previous roles include marketing and sales positions with St. Joe Minerals, Bond Gold Corporation and Lac Minerals Ltd. Marcos played a key role in Lac Minerals' strategic investments in Chile in the early 90´s and was responsible for international sales and marketing for Minera El Indio’s complex copper-gold concentrates and Minera El Toqui’s zinc concentrates. Marcos also directed Lac’s 20% worldwide market position in the production and sale of arsenic trioxide, a by-product used in the wood treatment industry.
Ted Arnold
Ted Arnold was Merrill Lynch Europe’s minerals economist for 23 years and (after Merrill closed down its commodities operations in the expensive aftermath of the Sumitomo affair) became the minerals strategist for the Hamburg Metals division of Prudential Bache for another five years. He retired to Cornwall in 2002. But then he left retirement in 2008 and returned to London as an independent minerals economist.
He does a weekly base metals report for Bloomsbury Minerals Economics as an outside contributor. He covers all the base metals, gold, silver, platinum and palladium.
Wolfgang Treder
Wolfgang Treder, a member of MIL and based in Frankfurt Germany, currently advises on sourcing and marketing of base metals ores and concentrates. A specialist in introducing new mine productions (especially copper and zinc concentrates) to the market, he was marketing consultant for Compania Minera Antamina S.A., responsible for all market related activities, including preparation of the marketing feasibility study, development of the marketing strategy for the annual production of copper and zinc concentrates, as well as the negotiation of 'bankable' long term sales agreements.
Previously with the German metals company, Metallgesellschaft AG (MG), including being Chairman and CEO of Metal Concentrates International Inc in New York, Managing Director of MG Erz & Metallhandel GmbH and a Vice President of MG in Frankfurt. Responsibilities included managing raw material purchases for various MG smelters (lead, tin, and zinc) and for Norddeutsche Affinerie (copper concentrates, blister), the development and implementation of marketing strategies for the Ok Tedi, Cayeli and Kemco base metal mines in PNG, Turkey and Thailand, and managing MG's global trading position in alumina and copper, zinc, tin, and lead concentrates.
Paul Dewison Research Manager-Copper Fabricating Editor-Copper Briefing
Paul is one of the world’s foremost copper industry consultants, bringing to BME a wealth of experience in market consultancy and publishing, not only in copper but also in nickel, and other industrial material and product markets. In copper, Paul’s particular focus is on fabricating and downstream aspects of the market. For BME, Paul is editor of the “Copper Briefing Service” and the "Quarterly Report On Copper". He also manages major consultancy projects relating to, amongst others, mine project appraisals, end use market appraisals, and expert witness assignments.
Having graduated in Geography at Cambridge University, Paul has worked for a number of big names in the economic consultancy and publishing business. The research areas he has tackled include offshore oil and gas and shipping, as well as nonferrous metals. The main focus over the past fifteen years, however, has been on nonferrous metals, and particularly on copper. Paul has previously held consultancy positions in the firms CRU International and Brook Hunt & Associates, as well as his own company Metalica Ltd., where he was Managing Director between 1998 and 2005. During his career, Paul has expanded his expertise with a Degree and professional training in Law, allowing him to take on expert witness and related work with confidence. Paul joined BME early in 2008, and since then has made a major contribution towards the upgrading of the firms publications and consultancy offering.
Klairie Goumaridi Senior Consultant
Klairie is a freelance consultant, currently working on a copper project for BME. Before that she recently completed an in-depth and highly analytical project in the global nickel sector for a top tier mining house. She worked previously in the business development role in a Greek-based niche mining company and has carried out extensive analytical work in the global iron ore industry. She is a marketing and sales professional who started her career in the global company Hilti, world leader in the construction sector, where she worked in a series of increasingly responsible and senior marketing positions in Spain, Liechtenstein and Greece. She has a degree in Business Administration from Athens University and an MBA from Manchester Business School. Klairie's mother tongue is Greek and she speaks English and Spanish fluently.
Gordon McKnight Senior Consultant
Gordon McKnight is a senior consultant on various ongoing projects and contributes to the monthly and quarterly reports. Gordon has many years experience in concentrate marketing, including as Vice President Sales and Marketing with Redcorp Ventures Ltd and Sales Manager with Highland Valley Copper and working as a consultant in the mining industry including with Neil Seldon and Associates Ltd
Adam Sotowicz I.T.Manager & Model Development Manager
Adam provides the company's expertise in various forms of mathematical modelling. Adam began his career in scientific research. While still an undergraduate he was in the team that discovered 1,4 oxymercuration. He has a Ph.D in Chemistry from University College London, and undertook post-doctoral research on synthesis of compounds for leaching uranium ores at the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London. Working in the UK and Spain, he subsequently moved into information technology and mathematical modelling. He joined BME as Information Technology manager in 1996. Together with Peter Hollands he developed the original "fair value" models of monthly average prices of copper, aluminium, nickel, zinc, lead, and gold markets. For our subsidiary company, BME Price Models, Adam has developed algorithmic trading models for the LME metals, mining equities and FX.
Robert Goldstein Marketing Director
Robert has an MA in Economics from Cambridge University and a MBA from INSEAD. After working in management consultancy he joined CRU, the metals consultancy, in 1976. He was appointed Marketing Director in 1981 and Managing Director in 1988. He was also responsible during this period of starting the CRU management consultancy activity and led several assignments in aluminium, steel and precious metals for clients in Europe, North America and Africa. He joined BME in the summer of 2009.
Mike Barden Non-Executive Director
Mr Barden has over 25 years experience in the mining and metals sector. Prior to joining BME, Mr Barden was CEO of CRU InternationalLtd, and a partner at Monitor, the global management consulting firm.
Barbara Sotowicz Company Secretary
Barbara was a co-founder of BME in 1993 and is Company Secretary. She has a B.Sc in Geology from University College London, with work experience at BP (on tar sands, particularly). Subsequently she obtained an M.Sc. in Crystallography from Birkbeck Collegeand has had extensive research experience in Kimberlite mineralogy.
Mr. Neil Seldon
Neil Seldon is President of Neil S. Seldon & Associates Ltd. (“NSA”) launched in mid 1990 in Vancouver, Canada. He is Chairman of Bloomsbury Minerals Economics Ltd (BME) and is also Chairman of Roskill Information Services Ltd. NSA acts as consultants and advisors in the marketing of non-ferrous concentrates to clients around the world. Services include negotiation of sales contracts and development of sales and marketing strategies with input into feasibility studies, sales contract negotiation and contract administration. He instituted the formation of Metallicarum International (MIL) a global research and consulting alliance bringing together research analysts, concentrates, metal marketing and price risk professionals with extensive experience working in the mining and metals industries. MIL members are based in Canada, UK, USA, Germany, France, Australia and Chile.