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Mining Strategies in ‘The Twilight Zone’

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Management, Media, Mining, Strategy

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Earlier in the year, we published a pair of Strictly Boardroom articles on MiningNews.net looking at the flaws of typical 'rationalist' strategic planning and then some alternatives to this way of doing strategy. Rationalist strategy is that developed by the likes of Frederick W. Taylor, Peter Drucker, Michael Porter, microeconomists, game theorists and the likes of McKinsey & Company and…
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Seven strategies for the rare earths industry (Australian Resources & Investment)

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Book Reviews, Exploration, Mining, Publications, Recommended

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There is an article I authored in this month's Australian Resources & Investment magazine entitled "Seven strategies for the rare earths industry". As the title suggests the article outlines seven strategies for rare earths miners: The First Mover; The Niche; The Fast-Follower; The Disrupter; The By-Product; The Experimentalist; and The Alternative Road. The article concludes by making the point that…
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