Project Management for Mining

This book provides a standardized approach of proven techniques for effective project management within the challenging and complex world of mining regardless of magnitude or location. The practices described address international and domestic projects, grassroots and brownfield, with capital costs ranging up to multibillions. The book identifies the roles, responsibility and accountabilities of the individuals involved, provides a skeleton for various documents that compose the mining industry's soundest practices, helps identify the interrelationships between the parties and multiple disciplines, provides steps to characterize the project's viability, and includes appropriate processes and implementation While the emphasis is on metal mining, personnel serving the energy, industrial, and agricultural minerals worlds will find similar value. Using the practices presented, the project manager can control and coordinate the project activities and find best practices for steering development through senior management approval and on-site execution. This book can serve as a reference text as well as for training project personnel.