The Mining Industry: Companies, Careers and Methods

This is the broad view of mining as a business. It covers how companies are valued and traded, from ASX miners and BHP to deep sea mining stocks and penny stocks, alongside the tools used to plan projects: financial models, KPIs, JORC reporting and public-private partnerships.

There is plenty for people working on site too. Pieces explain surface, strip, contour and subsurface methods, metallurgy and the spread of AI, robotics and digital tools. Others look at the people involved, with workforce data, apprenticeships and learnerships in South Africa, health hazards, and what mining brings to economies and local communities, both good and bad.