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Mining Industry Primer

Learn how mining companies explore, extract, process, and sell resources, and how ESG and economics shape this global industry.

By FifthElement
Self-Paced
Free

This Primer is created by Primerli to help professionals with no prior industry experience learn the basics of the industry in under an hour. This Primer covers all Mining Industry essentials, including what it takes to explore, extract, process, and sell mined ores. It focuses on the business models of major players like Glencore, BHP, Rio Tinto, and Vale. Key topics include: the product landscape, mining techniques, value chain activities, market players, economics, and ESG-related trends shaping the future of mining.

Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Market-side (Demand)
  • Mine-side (Supply)
  • Value Chain
  • Market Players
  • Economics
  • ESG
  • Wrap-up
Skills
Mining Geology Gold Mining Coal Mining Mining Engineering Surface Mining Extractive Metallurgy Mineral Processing Underground Mining
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