Independent consultant with a 30+ year career in the industrial minerals sector. Previously worked with Industrial Minerals magazine, for 12 years half in London and half in New York. Then worked for Cluff Resources looking at opportunities to diversify into industrial minerals from grass roots exploration to company acquisition. Formed independent consultancy in 1993.Specialties: Now specialise mainly in the markets for industrial minerals, but also able to assess geological and technical matters. Minerals covered include refractory raw materials such as bauxite and alumina, magnesite, andalusite, zircon, and clays, glass and ceramic raw materials such as clays, feldspar, nepheline syenite, silica sand and soda ash, fillers such as kaolin, calcium carbonate and talc -- essentially the whole range of industrial minerals. Also experience with metals tungsten and tantalum.