Financing Global Mining: The complete picture

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Rod Morrison, Editor of Project Finance International, has brought together a first-rate group of contributors to analyse the keys issues and trends in mining finance.

METALS PRICE RISK

  • Precious Metals - Looking ahead to 2007 Matthew Turner, Senior Commodity Analyst and Travis Hough, Commodity Analyst, Virtual Mining
  • Base Metals - Looking ahead to 2007 Gary Mead and Matthew Turner, Senior Commodity Analysts, Virtual Metals
  • Long-term concentrate contracts as a tool for risk management Eero Rautalahti, Partner, Curtis Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle

RISK

  • Impact of the equator principles on mining and metals finance in emerging markets Christopher Langdon, Senior Associate, White & Case
  • Building lasting agreements with governments - Key issues for the mining sector Chris Morgan, Principal, Chris Morgan Associates Limited
  • Mining: a political risk analysis Alisa Lockwood, Deputy Head of Eurasia division and Paul McGrath, Deputy Head of Latin America division, Exclusive Analysis
  • Mining finance and resource nationalism Elizabeth Stephens, Political Risk Analyst and Nick Robson, Partner, Jardine Lloyd Thompson
  • Bridging the gap between physical and financial perspectives John Warwick, Director of Mining; Mark Mounde, Senior Mining Engineer and Peter Robinson, Mining Finance Consultant - IMC Group Consulting

LEGAL CODES

  • CIS - Good times and bad habits Morgan Carroll, Associate, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP.
  • The new legal environment in South Africa Peter Leon, Senior Partner, Webber Wentzel Bowens
  • Latin America - New challenges, same history Richard Malish, Attorney, Thompson & Knight

CAPITAL MARKETS

  • Convertible bond financing in the mining sector Douglas Decker and Nick Smith, Convertible Bond Origination, Barclays Capital
  • Multilaterals dig deep for development Barry Marshall, Reporter, Project Finance International
  • Credit ratings in the current strong metals pricing environment Robert Mantse, Head of Mining and Metals at DBRS, Toronto, Canada
  • Mining companies: a guide to listing on the London stock exchange Emma de Ronde, Associate (Corporate Finance), Norton Rose

M&A

  • M&A in 2007 and the structure of the mining industry By Magnus Ericsson, President; and Damian Brett, Mineral Economist, Raw Materials Group
  • The process of mergers and acquisitions in the mining industry Tim Williams, Director, Mining and Metals, Ernst & Young LLP

MINING COMPANIES

  • Lives and loves of the average mining exec Ken Gooding London AIM-listed companies set for rollercoaster Robert Tyerman
  • The outlook for Australian mining companies Brian Gomex
  • Prospects for South African mining companies Gareth Tredway

CASE STUDIES

  • Fortescue ushers in a new mining era John Estes, Partner and Burr Henly, Special Counsel, Sullivan & Cromwell, Melbourne; and Christine Spillane and Stewart Robertson, Partners, Sullivan & Cromwell, London.
  • CVRD - A mining M&A tale for the 21st century Alan Gersten, Latin American Reporter, Project Finance International
  • Uranium prices enriched Antony Collins, Senior Reporter, Project Finance International
  • Kwale: high risks for low prices Barry Marshall, Reporter, Project Finance International
  • Project financing of the Ahafo gold mine Nabil Khodadad, Partner, Chadbourne and Parke, and Thomas Mahoney, Treasurer, Newmont Mining Corporation
  • ‘Cudos’ to Lumwana Pramod Vijayasankar, Director; and Russell Amor, Associate Director, Mining & Metals Standard Chartered Bank