1 MINING INDUSTRY - OVERVIEW AND RISKS FACTORS Definition of the Industry The mining industry encompasses a wide range of companies involved in different supply chain positions that represent exploration, development, extraction, processing, refining and sale of minerals and coal. With respect to the diverse set of business factors that affect the mining process, the business risk rating for the mining industry would be best qualified in terms of a credit rating of BBB (low). The justification
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Vision, Mission & Values and Generic Strategy MGMT90146 Strategic Management Week2 Tom Osegowitsch and Dean Xu 1 Today’s Agenda House-keeping Vision, Mission & Values; Generic Strategy Yellow Tail Case Capstone: more tips, team formation. 2 Reference Textbooks Grant, R.M. “Contemporary Strategy Analysis” (recent editions) Blackwell Publishing Dess, G.G., Lumpkin, G.T., & Eisner A.B. “Strategic Management” (recent editions), McGraw-Hill Barney
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Business risks facing mining and metals 2012–2013 Organizations that succeed do so because they are best able to optimize the risk and reward equation for both strategic and operational issues. Contents The Ernst & Young business risk radar for mining and metals Executive summary The top 10 business risks 1. Resource nationalism 2. Skills shortage 3. Infrastructure access 4. Cost inflation 5. Capital project execution 6. Social license to operate Editorial — Prospects and perils: facing
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← ASIA MARKETS ← MAY 11, 2010, 10:35 A.M. ET Chinese Stocks Fall on Tightening Fears By SHRI NAVARATNAM and LESLIE SHAFFER in Singapore and V. PHANI KUMAR in Hong Kong Hong Kong and mainland Chinese shares slid as the fear of monetary tightening by Beijing resurfaced after economic data revealed consumer and property prices continued to rise on the mainland. Most Asian markets declined. Several markets opened higher following a hefty increase overnight on Wall Street, but their
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1 MINING INDUSTRY - OVERVIEW AND RISKS FACTORS Definition of the Industry The mining industry encompasses a wide range of companies involved in different supply chain positions that represent exploration, development, extraction, processing, refining and sale of minerals and coal. With respect to the diverse set of business factors that affect the mining process, the business risk rating for the mining industry would be best qualified in terms of a credit rating of BBB (low). The justification
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Corporate Financial Analysis 25743 Autumn Semester 2012 Assignment 1 ON Done By: Student Name Ai Ling HONG Wendy LUONG David PARK Peichao WANG Ying ZHU Student Number 11261308 11159249 11174354 11282047 10679140 Page 1 Table of Contents: 1. Business Description 2. Whitehaven Coal Ltd’s Performance Vs ASX200 Energy Index 2.1 Profitability Ratios 2.2 Asset Utilization Ratios 2.3 Capitalisation Ratios 2.4 Market Ratios 3. Quality of Financial Data 4. Revenue & Profitability Growth
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1. Why does a fall in the value of the Australian dollar against the U.S. dollar benefit Billabong? This is all part of the foreign exchange risk in doing international business. Future payments or distributions that are payable in foreign currency carry the risk that the foreign currency will depreciate in value before the foreign currency payment is received and is exchanged into US dollars. (Kelley, 2001) Billabong relied solely on the foreign exchange market. US had 50 percent of the company’s
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economies of scale because it has the ability to mass produce products. (iv) In coal mining industry in Australia there numbers of firms in mining industry, however there are four major companies that dominates coal mining industry – Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, Xstrata and Anglo American – together account for well over half of total Australian black-coal production. b. (i) Capital intensive industry refers to industry that requires substantial amount of capital in the production of goods. In Australia
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Global iron ore supply has historically been dominated by the “Big 4” iron ore producers: Vale, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Anglo American, who have in turn acted as price-setters for the rest of the industry. In recent years, the emergence of Fortescue Metals has challenged their dominance; however, the sector remains dominated by a few key players.
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It is a central tenet of advocates of the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) that corporations receive a social sanction from society that requires that they, in return, contribute to the growth and development of that society. There is little argument as to the existence of this sanction but considerable debate as to whether it requires more of the corporation than the obvious: enhancing the society by creating and delivering products and services consumers want, providing
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