On June 20th, I spoke to Damien Würsten, a former physical commodity trader, about his adventures in purchasing a small-scale mine in Africa, how he started in the commodity business, and why he doesn’t like junior mining stocks.
Damien told me that he likes nickel and cobalt the most right now. However, he’s still looking for decent exposure to those metals as he dislikes most companies that mine those metals.
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Timestamps
00:00 Important warning
00:20 Who is this?
04:00 He bought an actual mine
05:30 How much does a mine cost?
06:50 What’s the risk of owning a mine in Africa?
11:45 Can everybody just buy a mine?
13:00 You buy a mine, and then what?
15:30 Damien’s first commodity trading company
18:30 Commodities are volatile. That’s it.
20:20 Holding commodity ETFs
23:00 How Damien is going to invest in nickel?
25:30 Why Damien doesn’t like juniors
30:45 Why commodities are a tough business
32:00 Uranium
37:50 The other commodities Damien likes
41:30 Iron ore
42:50 China and the commodity issue
45:50 Growth in Africa
49:00 Shipping
53:00 His exiting strategy
01:02:00 Where to hear more from Damien
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