Episode 78: Halloween special ft. IBM & Goldcorp

Watch out! It's the Northern Miner podcast Halloween special wherein we get pretty spooky. Lesley and Matt are back from the Progressive Mine Forum (PMF) in Toronto with a delicious selection of content from keynote speakers, round-tables, and interviews. This week Lesley sits down with Pavel Adbur-Rahman, who leads IBM's AI & Advanced Analytics Consulting Practice in Canada, and Robin Fell, who serves as Goldcorp's director of strategic technology solutions. The group discusses big data and how it ties into geosciences and discovery! Meanwhile, Matt digs into BMO Capital Markets report on LME Week 2017, which is the annual gathering of the global metals community in London. Representatives from the entire supply chain meet to discuss current trends in metals markets and what to expect for the year ahead. We sort through BMO Capital Markets "LME Week 2017 Preview" analyst note and chat about some major macro trends that could impact industrial mineral markets heading into 2018! Bonus: Zombies! LME Week intro 2:50 Commodity price round-up 4:12 Macro-economic update 5:00 Zinc & copper chat 5:30 Underlying metal demand 6:43 Cobalt and lithium 9:15 Geology Corner ft. IBM & Goldcorp 12:00 Articles referenced: Full transcript: Iamgold CEO Letwin on cost control, innovation and gold’s bright future: http://www.northernminer.com/people-in-mining/full-transcript-iamgold-ceo-letwin-cost-control-innovation-golds-bright-future/1003790792/ Stornoway’s Matt Manson speaks on the struggle to build Renard at PMF: http://www.northernminer.com/news/stornoways-matt-manson-speaks-struggle-build-renard-pmf/1003790764/ Editorial: Iamgold’s Letwin tells of hard lessons learned in keynote at PMF: http://www.northernminer.com/people-in-mining/editorial-iamgolds-letwin-tells-hard-lessons-learned-keynote-pmf/1003790723/ Video: Progressive Mine Forum 2017: http://www.northernminer.com/news/progressive-mine-forum-2017-livestream/1003790631/ Music Credits: "Classic Horror 1" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Classic Horror 2" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/