This last weekend it was nice to catch a ride with a colleague and some new friends, out of Ulaanbaatar, the busy capital of Mongolia, and into the countryside nearby.…
I have recently arrived in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, to start work on a World Bank-funded project, providing advice to the Ministry of Mining, in connection with the policies…
I recently saw an advertisement in The Economist, with a fantastic quote attributed to Plato: "He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think,…
A few days after returning from the 2013 version of the African Mining Indaba, I thought it would be good to share some observations and comments. As usual, it was…
Today is the last day of another short visit to Ghana. A busy week, featured quite a few meetings, and visits to the Agbogbloshie waste recycling area, to the…
Today I received the following chilling news from a colleague, published in yesterday's Latin American Herald Tribune. Mrs. Sandra Morelli, who heads up the Contraloria General de la Republica, has…
Monday 2nd July, 2012 Though I usually write about (semi)professional issues, or at least work-related ones, I want to share something about this last weekend, when I travelled to the…
Usually my invoices have been paid on (or before) time. Certainly this is the case for those people that I have worked with often. Which makes it irritating when a…
Spending another week in Accra in connection with the electronic scrap recycling project. Tomorrow I need to make a small presentation about the project during the Sustainable City Development Seminar,…