Boston Consulting Group on Exploration and Mining (current affairs and future trends)


Yes, these are hard times (although I just started a new consulting project today and will likely add another in the next week or so) but it’s time we leave the gloom and doom talking and start thinking (and acting) on ways to improve. I always like to pick ideas from well thought, well structured … Continue reading Boston Consulting Group on Exploration and Mining (current affairs and future trends)

DECLINING MINING PRODUCTIVITY – McKinsey report


In research just released, MCKINSEY finds that worldwide mining operations are as much as 28 percent less productive today than a decade ago.The report follows by saying that the pronounced decline in productivity is evident across different commodities and is seen in most mining players and geographies. Compared with industries such as automotive, which obsessively … Continue reading DECLINING MINING PRODUCTIVITY – McKinsey report