Mine to Market

Practical Frameworks for Mining Project Evaluation
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-39762-5
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 162 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 364 g

This book examines the practical and economic logic behind mining project evaluation, bridging the gap between technical quality and finance ability. It provides a comprehensive framework that connects geology, mining, processing, product marketability, logistics, costs, cash flow, risk, and project maturity. By focusing on real-world decision-making, it equips professionals to understand how a mineral resource becomes, or fails to become, a financeable mining project. It also offers practical tools to improve project screening, technical review, and due diligence processes.

• Explains how geology, processing, logistics, and finance ability interact to shape project outcomes.
• Provides tools like checklists, due diligence questions, and rapid projectreading logic for immediate application.
• Highlights the distinction between geological attractiveness and real economic strength.
• Demonstrates how project maturity, sensitivity, and sequencing affect investment credibility.
• Includes applied calculation methods to test assumptions and challenge unrealistic presentations.

The book is intended for mining professionals, project evaluators, and decision-makers seeking a clear, practical framework for assessing mining projects.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wall, Georg

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Projektmanagement
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Allgemeines
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Bergbau, Hüttenwesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Foundational Concepts: From Mineralisation to Resource. Chapter 2. The Economics of a Mineral Deposit. Chapter 3. Practical Application and Decision Tools. Chapter 4. Synthesis: From Resource to Financeable Project.

Über Autor(innen)

Georg Wall, CEng, is a mineral processing and mining engineer with extensive expertise in mineral project evaluation, technical due diligence, techno-economic analysis, operational improvement, and project governance. His interdisciplinary background combines university studies in mineral processing and mining engineering with practical
technical experience in software development. He is a Professional Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (MIMMM, UK), and Qualified for Minerals Reporting (QMR). Over more than two decades, he has contributed to international mining assignments across different commodities, jurisdictions, project stages, and operating environments. His work has included geological and mine modelling, CAPEX/OPEX estimation, strategic mine planning, technical due diligence, operational improvement, and technical governance. He has held senior roles as independent consultant, lead engineer, chief mining engineer, project manager, and vice president of operations, working across Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, and the CIS region. His work focuses on the integrated logic of mining projects, linking geology, mining, processing, product quality, logistics, economics, risk, and investment
logic to deliver practical solutions in mining projects.