Management of mineral resources. Creating value in the mining business / Управление минеральными ресурсами Создание ценности в горнодобывающем бизнесе

In this book, management is defined as the process of generating plans and supervising their implementation. For a mineral resource, these plans relate to a strategy that determines how the resource is to be exploited. The process has two important aspects—one is the organizational setting within which it occurs, and the other is the set of techniques available for the analyses. Ideas in both areas have evolved rapidly in recent years and this book presents an authoritative review of the current state of the art.

The author, Juan Camus, is well qualified for this undertaking. He gained his practical experience in Chile when the country was achieving phenomenal economic growth and its copper mining industry was leading the world in expanding production and bringing new mines on stream. He worked first with Codelco, the Chilean national copper company and largest international producer, and then as the managing partner of a very successful private mining consultancy that participated in the planning of many of the Chilean operations during this period. Four years ago, Camus sold his interest in the partnership and set out to study and develop his ideas for a Ph.D. at Queen’s University in Canada. This book is the result. <...>