Mining Economics Explained: A Guide for Boards, Executives, Managers and Investors

As a long time mine planner in industrial metals and materials, I got a great deal of good information from Craig Hutton's Mining Economics book. He gives excellent methodology and background science for practical evaluation of prospective mine projects. I highly recommend this book. There is a fraudulent one star review that has nothing to do with the actual book here. It appears to be a hit piece by some sort of anti-everything enviro activist. I googled Craig Hutton and I couldn't find anything about the anti-science person they are attempting to smear. I reported the review for abuse.

Excellent text

As a private investor and mining industry professional I found Craig's book to be highly relevant not only in the current commodities climate and inevitable boom, but mainly for me as investor to forge a deeper understanding of mining economics.

This guy engages in endless conspiracy theories around vaccines and masks etc etc, how can you believe anything he says when he himself doesn’t seem to believe in basic science

I thought this book would simply delve into the processes and companies in the mining industry. However it also incorporates economic models, past performances and assumptions as well as professional recommendations on improving business and strategic thinking. I've been introduced to a new school of thought of design thinking and innovation. Great book, it briefly reiterates points throughout so there are running themes and ideas.

Highly repetitive, unidimensional, and surficial analysis.

Craig Hutton does a fantastic job of consolidating industry knowledge and creating recommendations regarding the planning, development and operation of mines. He explores issues regarding the life of mines, feasibility studies, production curves and assessing mine feasibility and viability. The book is comprehensive and its good to see all his sources are listed at the end of chapters for the purposes of transparency and accuracy. Minor complaints include the repetitive nature of some chapters particularly in those regarding mine strategy, the occasional grammatical error and some diagrams are especially hard to read and grainy. Would still consider it a solid read!

More practical examples are required to be a more insightful reference.

I can’t comment on the book content but the quality of printing and binding was below par. Pages truncated, bound backwards and upside down. Page text cut off. See images. I asked for a refund.