Mining is a primary industry that underpins global economic growth, yet it operates through long, capital-intensive cycles that can be difficult to interpret from the outside. Exploration is inherently risky, production dominates value creation and industry behaviour often appears counterintuitive during downturns.
In this video workshop and accompanying workbook, Carly Leonida and Dr Chris Hinde explore how commodity prices influence mining employment, investment and exploration; why costs rise alongside prices; and why measures like “all-in sustaining costs” matter more than headline figures. The session also explains the growing disconnect between what society needs – more base and battery metals – and where exploration capital is currently being deployed.
Ultimately, a basic understanding of mining fundamentals empowers professionals across all functions to engage more confidently, communicate more clearly and make better-informed decisions.
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“Mining is the most basic of all human endeavours and yet we live in a world where people don’t know where things come from”