"Mining is not everything, but without mining, everything is nothing" Max Planck. Murray Lines is the Founding Director of Stratum Resources Consulting Group, an independent minerals consultancy providing information, supply-demand analysis & advice on policy developments for the mining industry.He has been responsible for conducting feasibility studies & providing consultancy services on various minerals & metals such as iron ores, thermal and metallurgical coal, paper raw materials, mineral sands, titanium dioxide and other minerals and metals operations throughout Australia & Asia.He has extensive experience with many minerals and metals including iron ores (both hematite & magnetite), rare-earths, kaolin, halloysite lithium compounds, magnesia, bentonite, silica, talc, zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, fumed silica, precipitated silica, colloidal silica, silica gel & silica fume. He is also involved with thermal coal exports around Asia region.He has experience in conducting supply-demand analysis for a wide range of feasibility studies & due diligence reports particularly for iron ore, zircon/rutile/ilmenite, kaolin, vanadium as well as many other minerals & metals. Mr. Lines has gained experience with high purity quartz for uses such as crucibles and solar panel materials.Specialises in introduction to effective distributors around Asia.Specialties: Due diligence for mining companies considering entering new markets especially throughout Asia.Associate of leaders in machinery/technology including Hosokawa Alpine AG of Germany. The company is also cooperating with PT CDE Southeast Asia to offer modular solutions for the growing shortages of natural sand through SE Asia region, recovering value from low-grade minerals through beneficiation and solving the age-old industry problem of C&D waste disposal by offering novel recycling techniques to recover useful construction materials. website www.stratumresources.com.au“Southeast Asia is going to be a global growth engine in the next 10 years and Vietnam will be at the centre of it.” Bloomberg 14th March 2023