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Nobody owns the problem, nobody buys the fix, why BHP and Thiess say mining tech stalls long before it reaches the procurement desk

Ask a METS supplier why a promising technology stalled inside a major miner, and procurement is usually the first suspect, but ask the people running procurement, and the answer points somewhere else.

The base case is zero. The reality is 20 per cent over. Mining’s most expensive assumption isn’t going away.

Will Kendall has a line that lands with the quiet force of something everyone in the room already knew but hadn’t quite said out loud: "Base case is cost overruns of over 20 per cent," Will says, "That’s your base case.

The contractor recovery has a forward visibility problem, and the JV model is quietly rewriting how junior projects get built

There are two stories inside Grant Thornton's latest mining contractors report, and the one getting most of the attention is the wrong one.

Contractors strike gold as profit sharing reshapes the rules of mining and turns service providers into project partners

Australia’s contract mining sector is undergoing a quiet revolution—one that could fundamentally reshape the relationship between contractors and mine owners.

Perenti posts record $1.73B revenue but faces cash flow setbacks, Botswana project struggles, and mining services decline as it reaffirms FY25 guidance

ASX-listed mining services group Perenti Limited (ASX: PRN) has posted record half-year revenue with a 6 percent increase from 1H24, but flagged challenges in its Mining Services and idoba division, payment delays, and project underperformance in Botswana.