Thing the mining industry is a staid, slow-moving environment that doesn't have to worry about the future?
Think again. Deloitte says: "Few mining organizations truly were prepared to address the volatility assailing the sector in 2009. Over a course of barely two years, commodity prices reached record highs and serious lows. As a result, mining companies have been forced to question whether their strategic frameworks were sufficiently flexible to weather both market upswings and downswings.
To help mining companies address these concerns, Deloitte’s Mining practitioners from around the world once again identified the top ten issues emerging in the global mining sector... By gaining a better understanding of these and other key issues facing the industry in the near term, mining companies can do more than prepare a short-term response plan. They also can begin to develop a full range of strategic options designed to position them to weather a wide spectrum of possible future scenarios. Only with this approach can they begin to harness the opportunities that lie within volatility." Report available for free download:
http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_CA/ca/industries/energyandresources/21920becf... The top 10 issues:
1. Securing local supply
2. Commodities, currencies and cost
3. Demand management
4. The spread of sustainability
5. Cost of capital
6. Contending with a changing climate
7. Extreme mining
8. The valuation abyss (M&A issues)
9. Big brother is watching (govt intervention)
10. Infrastructure costs
Think again. Deloitte says: "Few mining organizations truly were prepared to address the volatility assailing the sector in 2009. Over a course of barely two years, commodity prices reached record highs and serious lows. As a result, mining companies have been forced to question whether their strategic frameworks were sufficiently flexible to weather both market upswings and downswings.
To help mining companies address these concerns, Deloitte’s Mining practitioners from around the world once again identified the top ten issues emerging in the global mining sector... By gaining a better understanding of these and other key issues facing the industry in the near term, mining companies can do more than prepare a short-term response plan. They also can begin to develop a full range of strategic options designed to position them to weather a wide spectrum of possible future scenarios. Only with this approach can they begin to harness the opportunities that lie within volatility." Report available for free download:
http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_CA/ca/industries/energyandresources/21920becf... The top 10 issues:
1. Securing local supply
2. Commodities, currencies and cost
3. Demand management
4. The spread of sustainability
5. Cost of capital
6. Contending with a changing climate
7. Extreme mining
8. The valuation abyss (M&A issues)
9. Big brother is watching (govt intervention)
10. Infrastructure costs
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