Mine to Market

This book examines the practical and economic logic behind mining project evaluation, bridging the gap between technical quality and finance ability. It provides a comprehensive framework that connects geology, mining, processing, product marketability, logistics, costs, cash flow, risk, and project maturity. This book examines the practical and economic logic behind mining project evaluation, bridging the gap between technical quality and finance ability. It provides a comprehensive framework that connects geology, mining, processing, product marketability, logistics, costs, cash flow, risk, and project maturity. By focusing on real-world decision-making, it equips professionals to understand how a mineral resource becomes, or fails to become, a financeable mining project. It also offers practical tools to improve project screening, technical review, and due diligence processes. Explains how geology, processing, logistics, and finance ability interact to shape project outcomes. Provides tools like checklists, due diligence questions, and rapid project-reading logic for immediate application. Highlights the distinction between geological attractiveness and real economic strength. Demonstrates how project maturity, sensitivity, and sequencing affect investment credibility. Includes applied calculation methods to test assumptions and challenge unrealistic presentations. The book is intended for mining professionals, project evaluators, and decision-makers seeking a clear, practical framework for assessing mining projects.

Pagina's: 160, Editie: Eerste editie, Hardcover, CRC Press