Mining Finance and Economy

Net Present Value, or NPV, is a key tool for judging if an investment could be profitable. It finds the ...Read more

The construction a Life-of-Mine financial model for a gold project helps figure out if it’s economically viable in the long ...Read more

For an ore body to be produced, there needs to be enough profitability after taking into consideration the cost of ...Read more

Elasticity of demand is very important for bulky products such as iron ore and coal due to the fact that ...Read more

Sensitivity analysis refers to a method whereby the impact of changing one or more independent variables on the outcome variable ...Read more

Currency fluctuation is another term used for exchange rate volatility, which is the fluctuating value of a currency with respect ...Read more

The Discounted Cash Flow model is a way of valuing an investment based on its estimated future cash flows and ...Read more

Although increasing production rates will help in improving the short-term financial flows, this is typically going to require even more ...Read more

When it comes to the economics of mining, it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to describe the industry without ...Read more

Simulation models enable mining engineers to consider various designs, plans, and operational assumptions without spending capital resources, thereby decreasing the ...Read more