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According to McKinsey, US$5.4 trillion in capital investment may be required by 2035 to meet projected demand.

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Mining has rarely lacked for complexity, and the industry's most persistent constraint seems simple to understand but difficult to solve: people. Driven by electrification, defence, infrastructure and...

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