Phil Newall
Managing Director
Wardell Armstrong International
Phil Newall, BSc (ARSM), PhD (ACSM), CEng, FIMMM, Managing Director WAI
Phil is a mining geologist with over 35 years’ experience of providing consultancy services to minerals companies throughout the world, with particular specialisation in CIS, Europe, and Africa. He has a Mining Geology degree from Royal School of Mines in London, and a PhD in Exploration Geochemistry from Camborne School of Mines in Cornwall, UK. During his long career as a consulting geologist, Phil has undertaken a large variety of exploration and mining-related contracts, from project management through to technical audits of both metalliferous (specifically gold and base metals) and industrial mineral deposits. Phil is responsible for Wardell Armstrong’s Mining Division as well as overseeing the company’s Moscow and Almaty offices.
09.10.2019 09:15 - Plenary Session 1 | Main Hall
The Future of Commodities in an Ever-Changing World
The presentation looks at the state of the global mining industry from a standpoint of the perceived risks to investors, what recent metal price fluctuations tell us about the markets, the status of exploration, the impact of battery metals, implications for Russia and an objective opinion as to what might be in store in the near future.