Resumen de People and places: July 2013

Industrial Minerals

• If we can show the strength of the lithium market to investors and interested parties, we believe they will see what we see and we will be able to move the project forward. But that's the biggest obstacle right now - the general market attitude of'wait and see'.

  Tapio Niskanen, Outotec's senior vice president, business infrastructure, will take up a new position reporting to Nastamo from 1 August. He will be responsible for building Outotec's uniform business processes and IT solutions.

  [Steven Pinney]'s management experience on the entire phosphate mining to fertiliser value chain will help to develop Arianne's strategy as a new global phosphate producer, the company said. His range of experience spans production, manufacturing, procurement, environmental, health and safety, human resources, public and governmental affairs and engineering.