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How Data and AI Are Driving the Procurement Revolution

In today’s data-driven world, there’s more access to information than ever before. Maybe even too much. Take the domestic meat industry for example where the landscape has shifted dramatically, especially since the USDA began tracking volume and price on every ribeye and strip loin under the 1999 Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act. The sheer amount of […]

The Next Frontier in Mining: new technologies and marketing

The following white paper does a deep dive on emerging trends including: An in-depth look at the benefits of marketing innovation How data analytics are at the core of marketing innovation Action steps to progress your marketing journey How will this next innovation impact mining? Download this white paper to learn...

Whether You Call It Trading or Not, Your Company is Taking Market Positions

Introduction: Market Risk at Commodities-Driven Companies When an investor buys a stock, she is taking a position, placing a bet on the stock’s value going up so that she can sell it later for a profit. In commodities industries like food processing and mining, many executives see their companies solely...

Humans or Machines: Which makes better decisions?

Experts agree the amount of damage done was relatively minor, but the episodes reopened the issue of whether we have grown too dependent on technology, specifically, automation that makes important decisions for us. There’s no doubt automation is a boon in many respects. From next-day package delivery to ATMs to...

What happens next for mining equities – recovery or dead cat bounce?

Figure 1. Performance of Mining Equities vs General Equity Markets The Euromoney Mining Index covers 152 mining stocks across 24 markets and is a good proxy for mining sector equity prices. The EMIX World Index is highly representative of global equities across all sectors and cover approximately 85% of the...

Should you care about dividends – mining and progressive dividends?

This generous dividend policy had been backed by extremely strong commitments from management. Andrew Mackenzie, CEO of BHP Billiton, said in August last year “You shouldn’t doubt our commitment to maintain the progressive dividend…Over my dead body sounds a little strong but it’s almost right”. In December 2015, Sam Walsh,...

Where Meat-Buying Intuition Meets Artificial Intelligence

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