This report includes Mining Journal’s Investment Risk Index, a robust system for rating jurisdictions across multiple metrics covering Legal, Governance, Social, Fiscal and Infrastructure risks.
It is weighted toward hard, established risk-related indices but also includes perceived risk, which comes from the findings of a refocused World Risk Survey.
Inside this report:
- Investment Risk Index rates jurisdictions across five risk categories: Legal, Governance, Social, Fiscal and Infrastructure.
- Includes MineHutte’s Regulatory Risk Rating for mining codes globally, along with its Corruption Risk Index.
- ‘Hard Risk’ numbers are gathered from established risk metrics and combined with ‘Risk Perception’ numbers gathered from our World Risk Survey.
- Scores weighted toward Hard numbers to provide stability and transparency to ratings year-on-year.
- Separate General Risk section ranks and assesses headlining Business and Operating risks on severity, manageability and trend (increasing or receding).
- More than 3,800 unique and aggregated datapoints and some 30,000 words of analysis,discussion and thought leadership.
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Introduction
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Welcome to the World Risk Report 2018
It's been another risky 12 months in mining.
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Foreword: Risk management needs innovation
Miners must continue to rise to the challenge of an evolving risk landscape.
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General Risk Perception
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General Risk Perception: Introduction and Methodology
The 2018 survey recorded responses from 759 industry professionals.
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General Risk Perception: Management risk the missing link
Markets naturally rate various risks but executive competence remains tough to quantify.
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General Risk Perception: Business Risk Discussion
At the extreme end of the ratings, a grim picture develops.
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General Risk Perception: Mining inherently a risk-management business
There are still significant opportunities for improvement in how we manage risks.
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General Risk Perception: Operating Risk Discussion
A deer in the headlights on the softer risks?
Investment Risk Index
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Investment Risk Index: Methodology
The Investment Risk Index methodology is based on an in-depth industry consultation process.
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Investment Risk Index: Executive Summary
Last year, in the World Risk Report’s first outing, we opened by stating matter-of-factly that the world was becoming a riskier place.
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Legal Risk Leader: Legal foundation needed for sustainable sector
Codes that are attractive to investors do not have to be exploitative for host nations.
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Legal Risk Charts: Hard Risk, Perceived Risk and Risk Index
Legal: Hard risk ratings, Perceived risk ratings and Investment Risk Index charts.
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Legal Risk Discussion
The disappointments of the world in terms of mining code quality have failed to show signs of improvement over the past year.
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Governance Risk Leader: Broadening the scope of governance assessments
Civic space and comprehensive transparency build foundations for stable mining projects.
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Governance Risk Charts: Hard Risk, Perceived Risk and Risk Index
Governance Hard Risk Ratings, Governance Perceived Risk Ratings and Governance Investment Risk Index.
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Governance Risk Discussion
Governance in the developing world is improving, but the developed world displays limited improvement.
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Social Risk Leader: Prevent, not repair
Political, environmental and social factors can be as important a success factor for miners as geological and commercial fundamentals.
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Social Risk Charts: Hard Risk, Perceived Risk and Risk Index
Social Hard risk ratings, Perceived risk ratings and Investment Risk Index charts.
PARTNER CONTENT
Social Risk Partner Content: Miners must become socially aware
We can mitigate, prepare for, and adapt to the realisation of risk.
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Social Risk Discussion
The world is, by the smallest of margins, a riskier place from a social perspective.
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Fiscal Risk Leader: No watertight agreements
Tax policy has become the battleground for a broadening array of political objectives.
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Fiscal Risk Charts: Hard Risk, Perceived Risk and Risk Index
Fiscal Hard risk ratings, Perceived risk ratings and Investment Risk Index charts.
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Fiscal Risk Discussion
Tax regimes can change very rapidly and to an alarming degree.
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Infrastructure Risk Leader: The tyranny of distance
Improvements are needed but we can conquer the infrastructure world.
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Infrastructure Risk Charts: Hard Risk, Perceived Risk and Risk Index
Infrastructure Hard risk ratings, Perceived risk ratings and Investment Risk Index charts.
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Infrastructure Risk Discussion
The overall average score across the globe was largely unmoved this year.
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Reference Tables
Complete Investment Risk Index data, jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction.
