Global Capital Confidence Barometer - Mining & Metals
This survey gauges corporate confidence in the economic outlook and identifies boardroom trends and practices in the way mining companies manage their capital agendas.
Global mining and metals tax survey
Our survey offers insights into the challenges facing tax directors, with dramatic changes in the mining and metals space.
Proposed amendments to IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements
This edition of IFRS Developments summarizes the proposed changes to IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements and explores potential implications for mining & metals entities.
Global mining & metals transactions:
2012 trends, 2013 outlook
As traditional sources of capital and M&A contracted, a new investor class emerged. Our report explores the 2012 trends and outlook for 2013.
Mining services: mind the funding gap
With the fall in commodity prices, slowing project work and equity market weakness, we examine the outlook for the 84 ASX listed mining services companies.
Refining IFRS: spin-off transactions
In this issue, we explore some of the financial reporting challenges and the key areas of judgement for mining & metals entities.
Mining Eye
Get insights from our weekly share index that tracks the combined performance of the top twenty mining companies on AIM by market weight.
Global survey of audit committees
The challenges and expectation of the audit committees, especially in mining and metals, have undergone huge transformation. We explore the implications.
Business risks in mining & metals 2012-2013
Mining and metals businesses face risks that are becoming more extreme and more complex. Learn more to plan ahead.

Mining & Metals

Mining and metals

With a strong but volatile outlook for the sector, the global mining and metals industry is focused on future growth through expanded production, without losing sight of operational efficiency and cost optimization. The sector is also faced with the increased challenges of changing expectations in the maintenance of its social license to operate, skills shortages, effectively executing capital projects and meeting government revenue expectations.

Ernst & Young’s Global Mining & Metals Center brings together a worldwide team of professionals to help you achieve your potential. Based in Sydney, our team is dedicated to offering industry insight and coordinating a network of more than 2,000 mining and metals professionals in 144 countries, who will develop practical alternatives and provide tailored solutions to the issues you face.

Key issues in today’s mining and metals environment include:

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Unique issues faced by mining and metals companies applying IFRS

The refining IFRS series aims to examine the complex, but unique, issues faced by mining and metals companies applying IFRS. These issues will be considered in the context of recent and current developments in the global mining and metals market place.

Our Good Mining Guide is an illustrative set of consolidated financial statements, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), for Good Mining (International) Limited (Good Mining), a fictitious group of mining companies. Good Mining specifically focuses on IFRS issues and the relevant disclosures as they relate to the mining and metals sector.