Business

Your assignment is to: Appraise the strategic direction Rio Tinto is taking with their ‘Mine of the Future’ project within a framework of the theories and concepts studied in LB5230 Managing Strategic Resources and Operations (ch’s 1 to 5 in particular from the text book, combined with evidence and statistics from the McKinsey Global Institute paper on ‘Disruptive Technologies’).

I. Who is Rio Tinto?
 Provide a snapshot of Rio Tinto the company globally, and then focus on the Iron Ore business unit in Western Australia
II. Recent history and evolution of the “Mine of the Future” concept
 Where did the concept originate and what is its strategic intent?
III. Status of the components that currently make up the “Mine of the Future” Iron Ore project
 Perth control centre
 Mine site based
 Trucks
 Loaders
 Process and wash plants
 Port based
 Trains
 Ship loaders
 Other?
IV. Sustainable mining and logistics within Rio Tinto
 Identify and elaborate on sustainability aspects of Rio Tinto iron ore operations, supply chain and global logistics footprint
V. Where is the intersection of strategy, operations, technology and mining of our mineral natural resources heading over the coming decade?
 Identify future trends around managing strategic resources and operations in:
 Australia
 Globally