Mining & Metals

The future of mining and metals is focused on embracing digital while optimizing productivity and portfolios. 

The mining and metals (M&M) sector is returning to growth, but companies face a transformed competitive and operating landscape. The need to improve shareholder returns will drive bold strategies to accelerate productivity, improve margins and better allocate capital to achieve long-term growth. Digital innovation will be a key tool, but the industry must overcome a poor track record of technology implementations. If M&M companies are to survive and thrive in a new energy world, they must embrace digital to optimize productivity from market to mine.

We take a whole-of-value-chain approach to help you to seize the potential of digital to fast-track productivity, balance portfolios and set a clear road map for the new energy future.

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Top 10 business risks and opportunities for mining and metals in 2022

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