ADVISORY INSIGHTS

The energy and industrial transition is driving a sustained period of elevated metal prices and global growth in minerals production. This has exacerbated structural scarcities in critical inputs, such as experienced and skilled labour, placing persistent upward pressure on costs across the minerals industry.

AMC’s Hill of Value® process helps our client's Canada base metal operations unlock near-term mining opportunities and more than US$1.0B in value by adopting a new cut-off grade strategy.

Project achievements: Undertaking the mining component of the DFS, LG pit optimization, Strategic mine plans, Pit designs, Identified the wet overburden surface to improve cashflow and NPV by selectively mining overburden with dredges above the ore, Tactical mine plan with material balance, destination and haulage.

At the same time as production in the Australian mining industry is rising at an even faster rate, production costs are rising, leaving an ever-widening productivity gap.

Andrew Hall, David Vink and Francis McCann of AMC Consultants address why the global mining industry must change its mindset to reach future profitability.

AMC Consultants is excited to return to the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC) as a silver sponsor. This year, IMARC will take place at ICC Sydney between the 2nd and 4th of November 2022. Our program for this year will include a keynote presentation, participation in a panel, as well as bubbles and cupcakes event at our booth.

In part two of a short series exploring the impact of the war in Ukraine and wider geopolitical challenges on commodity markets, Mark Chesher, Executive Leader Business Development, and Rob Chesher, BD Technical Manager, of AMC Consultants (AMC), consider the ramifications on the supply and demand for battery materials.

Mark Chesher, Executive Leader Business Development, and Rob Chesher, Business Development Technical Manager, of AMC Consultants (AMC), address how the mining industry must deal with fluctuating commodity prices, easing production lags, and navigating the Russia challenge. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a huge shock was registered, not only in the minds of millions of people across the globe, but also across its commodity markets. The consequences, aside from those on a humanitarian scale, are far-reaching for the mining sector.