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Whetstone Distribution Partners with DecisionNext to Enhance Protein Price Forecasting
SAN FRANCISCO, California – January 20, 2026 – DecisionNext, the leading AI platform that helps companies optimize commodity buying and selling decisions, today announced …
Read ArticleWhy Cinderella is hard to pick in March madness & commodity markets
And a million more inspiring stories about players, and coaches, and teams that find greatness during the tournament. It’s called March Madness because anything can …
Read ArticleThe Resources Company Growth Challenge
Resources companies mostly grow through acquisition, whether focused on the early stage and seeking exploration farm-ins, or focused on the late stage and seeking fully …
Read ArticleHow are biases hijacking your decisions?
Last week I overheard an interview taking place in Starbucks. Interviewer: What is your biggest weakness? Interviewee: Well I take too much responsibility for my work. …
Read Article10 principles leaders in the Mining Industry should use when making decisions
Stanway, Hart, and Taylor of Virtual Consulting recommend that investors apply a set of principals to their decision making. The economists John Galbraith, Robert …
Read ArticleTyson, Cargill, microbreweries, & #fakemeat
Lest I get kicked off Meatingplace or out of my cattle raising family, let me state up front this is NOT an argument for (or against) alternative meats. This is a look at …
Read ArticleHey Amazon, enough with the boxes already
Actually a lot of people are asking questions around the amount of waste created by Amazon as a result of this excessive packaging issue. After all, it stands to reason …
Read Article5 ways to create value in the mining industry
Today sovereign and private investment banks hold billions in assets that can used to capitalize the resource industry, but before any investments are made one must ask …
Read ArticleFurther Processors should watch Netflix
That’s notable because the company should finish up 2017 with about $12 billion in revenue. So why is Netflix budgeting two-thirds of 2018 revenues on content creation? …
Read ArticleValue: what’s your downside alongside the upside?
Interestingly, at the same time, billions of dollars of private and sovereign equity is being amassed outside the existing mining houses with the intent of deployment in …
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