Ron Manners’ ideas 
and adventures

Articles: Mining

Growing up on the Goldfields: Part 1

I made this speech at the Geotechnical/Geomechanical Australian Conference in 1993 and it can also be found in my book Never a Dull...

Goldfields Mannwest

When President Hoover sat at my desk

Have you heard the story about Ron Manners and Herbert Hoover? The two men share a connection through not just a workspace but...

When miners were heroes

We can be heroes Can anyone remember a time when miners were heroes? When they were proud of what they did, without apologizing?...

If miners were heroes Mannwest

The pleasures and problems of delving into history

What is history? And why is there an interest in it long after the people involved have moved on? I pondered these questions,...

Mannwest Comet Vale

Barnacles on the backside of progress

This cheeky industry analysis was presented at Kalgoorlie: The Next 100 Years, an Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) sponsored event held...

First stop, Hong Kong (next stop the world)

In 1990, as Chairman of Croesus, I made a promotional visit to Hong Kong. I then went to Frankfurt, Munich, London, New York,...

Hong Kong 1990 Mannwest

Gold rush in the land down under

An interview on gold from 1988 Larry Reed first interviewed me when he was Chief Economist with the National Committee for Monetary Reform...

Down under gold Mannwest

Australia: How are we going, mate?

In 1988 I asked, “how are we going, mate?”. It was part of a speech made at the Howard Ruff International Investment Seminar...

Australia flag Mannwest

Lang Hancock: Feeding the crocodile

Lang Hancock gave this speech in Sydney in September 1978. He was always an encouraging force in my life and for this I...

Lang Hancock Mannwest