Who We Are

History

Simon Hunt Strategic Services Ltd. was started in January 1996, after its founder, Simon Hunt, broke up with the other consultancy which he started in 1975, Brook Hunt.

Objectives

Our objective is to provide independent and unfettered advice without institutional bias on economic and copper matters. This is done through rigorous analysis supported by a global network of independent, but well known, economists and strategists and via our world network of copper consumers and fabricators.

Simon Hunt

Simon Hunt began his career in Central Africa as PA to the chairman of Rhodesian Selection Trust, one of the two major copper companies in what was then Northern Rhodesia. He then joined Anglo American before helping to set up a new copper producer organisation (CIDEC). Following some years in the City, he set up Brook Hunt in 1975. Simon Hunt is also a consultant to Xiangguang Copper Company, a private sector integrated smelter/refinery company in Shandong province with an installed capacity of 200kt/a which is in the process of being doubled.

Associates

SHSS works with a number of specialist associates and friends both on the economic side and on copper. Amongst these are the following:

China

Macro economic and Political matters

Ian Stones, who has lived in China since 1978, and works closely with a number of senior policy makers and ministries such as PBOC, NDRC, NBS etc.

Copper

BGRIMM and Li Lan. BGRIMM is the leading SOE research institute in the non-ferrous metals industry.

Mike Farrell of Mine Costs providing costs of production when required.

Economics

Frank Veneroso, our US associate. Frank is well known in Washington and acts for a major global asset manager as global strategist.

Technical / Cycle

WaveTrack International. As markets are increasingly governed by flow of funds rather than real fundamentals we work closely with our friends at WaveTrack International.