The Mining Investor's Handbook

The Mining Investor's Handbook – A recap

If you haven't caught up with our introduction to Australia's mining industry – here's a quick recap

Mike King

Mike King is a Fool.com.au Investment Analyst and Writer. He caught the investing bug more than a decade ago, at a time when the U.S. had invaded Iraq and fear reigned in the markets. His initial success as the markets took off encouraged his passion and thirst for knowledge. With 13 years behind him at one of Australia's largest domestic banks, Mike's passion for stocks led him to join a boutique funds management firm, where he stayed for four years. A seven-year stint in equity research at one of the largest investment banks in the world followed that, giving Mike a thirst to pursue his passion further. Mike holds a Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment and a Graduate Certificate in Financial Planning. His passion is to help retail investors invest better, and that passion was one of his primary reasons for joining The Motley Fool Australia in late 2011. Mike has written thousands of articles since joining, including for Fairfax Media, Yahoo!7, Ninemsn and has also appeared on ABC's The Business. You can see all of Mikes' holdings here

Published July 22, 2015 11:50 am AEST

If you haven't yet caught up with our fledgling series on Australia's mining industry, you might want to start with the introduction here.

So far we've introduced Australia's mining/resources industry, had a look at some of our most important commodities and have plans for more articles in the series including a number of in-depth articles on a number of resources companies.

For those investors who want to gain a better understanding of Australia's mining industry, these articles are essential reading and written by Mitch Sonogan – a geotechnical engineer with real-world experience working for miners and their contractors including Fortescue Metals Group Limited (ASX: FMG) and Grange Resources Limited (ASX: GRR) as well as mining services companies HWE Mining – now part of BHP Billiton Limited (ASX: BHP) – and Leighton Contractors – now part of Cimic Group Ltd (ASX: CIM).

How often do investors get to hear from those with experience actually working on mine sites?

Here's the series so far…

An Introduction to Australia's resources industry

Part 2 – An introduction to our main commodities

Part 3 – Iron Ore

Part 4 – Gold

Part 5 – Coal

Mitch is currently working on the next few articles in the series, including a closer look at copper, nickel, aluminium and bauxite, mining operations, major risks and a deep dive into some example companies, so stay tuned.

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