Sad news this morning from Sudbury, where two Vale miners lost their lives in an apparent industrial accident last night.

I am mindful that while I fret about the decline in my various mining stock share prices, others are working in dangerous conditions to earn their daily bread, for their families and themselves.

Let us pause for a moment and think about the things that are really important to us and I daresay that will not be our monetary losses and gains.

O.F.