We recognise the many challenges faced by businesses focused on the mining of coal, gold, iron ore and other natural resources.
Fluctuating commodity prices and currency values add greater complexity to the process of planning future operations. Persistently rising operating costs, not least through wage inflation in many regions, have increased pressure on margins and the need for efficiencies. Meanwhile, predicting demand has become more difficult with the slowdown in manufacturing growth in China, on the one hand, and continued growth of other developing nations on the other.