Mining projects continue to struggle with a familiar and costly challenge: capital overruns and inefficiencies that undermine project viability and erode investor confidence. With just 17% of mining projects delivered on time and on budget, compared to 60% in sectors like tech and manufacturing, it’s time to move beyond blame and toward shared accountability.
This webinar will help you unpack the difference between capital overruns and capital efficiency, and why understanding both is critical to addressing root causes, not just treating symptoms.
Adding urgency to the conversation, EY has identified capital as the number one risk facing the mining sector, stating: “Tough financing and macroeconomic conditions are making it more difficult for miners to raise capital despite the growing need for critical minerals. Investors now expect a strong focus on capital discipline and returns through dividends and share buybacks, and this drives greater scrutiny of how investment capital is deployed.”
Unless the industry takes decisive action, capital migration will continue, diverting investment away from mining and into sectors offering lower risk and more predictable returns. This session will explore how mining can reverse that trend through better execution, transparency, and capital discipline; restoring trust and attracting the investment needed to meet future demand.
Key focus areas:
- Ore variability: better orebody knowledge and modelling to guide capital decisions.
- Operating practices: how internal decision-making shapes project outcomes.
- Process plant & infrastructure design: innovations to reduce material take-off.
- Engineering standards: moving from “templates” to clean-sheet approaches.
- Procurement: measuring value beyond input costs.
- Technology adoption: financing and risk-adjusted approaches to innovation.
- Governance & discipline: protecting the integrity of business cases.
- Workforce continuity: capturing and sharing lessons learned.
This is a rare opportunity to bring value chain partners together to reimagine project delivery. The outcome: a practical, collaborative framework that restores trust, attracts investment, and lifts capital efficiency across the sector.
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