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[email protected] or 0428 154 653 Shift Miner is published by Fitzroy Publishing Pty Ltd A.B.N 72122739879 36B Williams St Rockhampton QLD 4700 - PO Box 1440 Rockhampton QLD 4700 November 27, 2017 3 Shift Miner Magazine www.shiftminer.com News Expansion has to happen is a problem not seen for a while. “However, new risks are the number one risk to mining ”Due to significant project emerging as the industry switches businesses surveyed. overruns and poorly timed M&A, to growth and while there will be According to EY companies there have been significant relatively less cash commitments are scrambling to get efficiencies impairments across the industry, for debt reduction purposes, out of their businesses by applying and management remains mining and metals companies digital technology to areas like cautious about allocating cash for have signalled intentions to return how they buy and maintain expansion projects,” EY says.