Full Title: Tracking the Trends 2016: The Top 10 Issues Mining Companies Will Face in the Coming Year
Author(s): Deloitte
Publisher(s): Deloitte
Publication Date: January 1, 2016
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Description (excerpt):
Anyone who has ever shared a car with children has likely heard the common refrain that exhorts drivers everywhere to go faster. Miners, impatiently waiting for this down cycle to end, have been searching for the proverbial gas pedal for years. Unfortunately, it looks like we still have a way to go.
As commodity prices continue to hit historically low levels, mining companies are struggling to recalibrate. It doesn’t help that the industry faces a host of unresolved challenges—from tumbling demand and declining grades to mounting stakeholder expectations and a lack of financing. At the same time, miners must contend with a range of constantly-mutable issues, including the innovation imperative, shifting regulatory realities and the rising risks associated with both physical and cyber security.