
Mining for Value
A Blueprint to Eliminate Chaos, Scale Production and Unlock Latent Capacity
Alexander Franklin(Author)
Grammar Factory Publishing
Published on 15. May 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-998528-61-5 (ISBN)
Description
The plan promises predictability, yet the reality is a constant firefight.
For decades, the mining industry has been missing targets, burning out its best people and disappointing stakeholders. Despite technological advances, sites are working as hard as ever, relying on heroics and workarounds just to hit guidance. With each action, the operational debt against the mine's future reliability only compounds.
We've blamed the people, geology, equipment, technology, and even the market. But the real problem has been hiding in plain sight.
Mining For Value exposes the Execution Gap: the growing expanse between strategic ambition and operational reality. This book is your blueprint for building Operational Capability. This is the invisible engine on every site that determines whether smart strategy translates to dollars in the bank or another high interest loan against future performance.
Stop trying to outwork a broken system.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
230 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-998528-61-5 (9781998528615)
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ALEXANDER FRANKLIN is a Chartered Engineer and Managing Director at First Principles Consulting. Frustrated by the value trapped in engineering operations, he stepped away from traditional project work to find a better way. This book blends his diverse, global expertise across sectors with a value investor's mindset to help bridge the gap between the boardroom and the blast site.