Hedging in the Mining Industry Strategy‚ Control and Governance Contents Foreword Chapter 1: Executive summary Chapter 2: To hedge or not to hedge? Considering a strategy 1 2–4 5 – 12 Chapter 3: What tools are available? Implementing the hedging strategy 13 – 24 Chapter 4: How do we control and monitor a hedging programme? 25 – 36 Chapter 5: How‚ why and to whom do we communicate our risk-management strategy? 37 – 44 Chapter 6: What are the accounting implications? 45 – 49 Appendix
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BLACK SAND MINING : Sand has become a very important mineral for our society due to its many uses. It can be used for making concrete‚ filling roads‚ building sites‚ brick-making‚ making glass‚ sandpapers‚ reclamations‚ and etc. The advantage of black sand mining is that the black sand is the one of the raw materials that used in making a metal that we used in building different establishments and buildings and also our houses. Aside from that ‚ families that is near in the black sand mining will have
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Data Mining: Introduction Lecture Notes for Chapter 1 Introduction to Data Mining by Tan‚ Steinbach‚ Kumar © Tan‚Steinbach‚ Kumar Introduction to Data Mining 4/18/2004 1 Why Mine Data? Commercial Viewpoint O Lots of data is being collected and warehoused – Web data‚ e-commerce – purchases at department/ grocery stores – Bank/Credit Card transactions O Computers have become cheaper and more powerful O Competitive Pressure is Strong – Provide better‚ customized services for an edge (e.g
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1. What are the business benefits of taking the time and effort required to create and operate data warehouses such as those described in the case? Do you see any disadvantages? Is there any reason that all companies shouldn’t use data warehousing technology? Information is the most important tool when making business decisions. As O’Brien and Marakas stated‚ “Today’s business enterprises cannot survive or succeed without quality data about their internal operations and external environment.”
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The crises of the gold mining sector The critical issue facing the mining industry according to Zoli Diliza chief executive‚ chamber of mines is ensuring that the mineral policies of South Africa aligns with the highest standard of administrative justice‚ promote an internationally accepted level of security of tenure and invariably promote an enabling environment that will attract investors into south Africa‚ hence‚ improving her competitiveness. Gold’s rarity‚ beauty and durability have ensured
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TAX BRIEF IN THE MINING SECTOR OF GHANA 1.0 Introduction The mining sector is one of the major extractive industries in Ghana. It is estimated that the sector contributes about 41% of total export earnings and 5% of Ghana’s GDP. The sector is dominant with Foreign Direct Investment (“FDI”) with little local participation. 1.1 Legal Framework The Fiscal Regimes that regulate the sector in Ghana are: The Minerals and Mining Act‚ 2006 (Act 703) as amended The Internal Revenue Service Act‚2000
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Do you think coal mining is worth the risk? Coal mining is worth the work because of what we get out of it. We get electricity out of it‚ we get jobs out of it (mining jobs) but everything good always has a bad side‚ we get health hazards like black lung disease. I think that coal mining is useful because of all the things above other than the bad one of course‚ otherwise everything is nice about it. You get jobs‚ it costs a small amount for a large amount of it‚ and you get electricity out of it
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Uranium mining and its effects on the environment is a major concern today. Although uranium can be helpful‚ there are risks that have a negative impact on the health of humans‚ animals; as well as effects on air‚ soil and water. Uranium is a hard‚ dense‚ malleable‚ silver-white‚ radioactive metal which can be used as an abundant source of concentrated energy. Uranium is a naturally occurring element found in low levels within rock‚ soil‚ air and water. It is the highest numbered element to be
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_____________________________________________________ RESEARCHING SECTION 3: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY Assessment question Evaluate business conduct in the mining industry using three ethical principles of the Global Business Standards Codex. Type your responses in the boxes below: Full Harvard style reference Cragg‚ W & Greenbaum‚ A 2002‚ ‘Reasoning about Responsibilities: Mining Company Managers on What Stakeholders are Owed’‚ Journal of Business Ethics‚ vol. 39‚ no.3‚ pp.319-335‚ viewed 7 April 2014‚ Main
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Antarctica is a continent which is rich in minerals but due to the Antarctic treaty mining has been banned from this area. I strongly agree that people should not mine this area for many reasons. They include‚ breakdown of peace‚ destruction of the environment‚ no major gain for the world‚ it would encourage disputes between the countries who have claimed a piece of Antarctica and it is against the laws of the treaty. Firstly‚ Antarctica is the one and only continent in the world which has never
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