Antamina Mining - Moving Mountains Case Study Analysis

Antamina Case Study Analysis Introduction Context The Antamina Mining Company (â€Å"CMA†) faced a set of critical decisions related to technical, logistical, political and financial challenges for establishing copper and zinc mining operations in a remote area of the Northern Peruvian Andes in the 1990s. This analysis is based primarily on the SEKN Case Study from March 5, 2007, entitled â€Å"Moving Mountains: The Case of the Antamina Mining Company†. Specifically, we considered the following questions that were raised by CMA’s General Manager within the case: 1) In the first Environmental Impact Assessment (†EIA†) that CMA published in 1998, the company laid out a plan to transport concentrate from the mine to a port facility near†¦show more content†¦|issues, higher safety risk = | | |TMI Others due to possible |(+)Improved economy – |(+)More new jobs |(+)Cargo safer w/ |higher Financing risk | | |impact on PNH) |tourism / trade | |hermetically sealed trucks |(+)Lower CAPEX, (-)Higher | | | | | | |OPEX than pipeline | |New ‘Southern’ |(-)More expensive than existing |(+)New access routes; |(+)Provides local |(+)Std. construction |(-)Much greater upfront CAPEX | |Route |infrastructure; (+)No local |(+)Opportunities for |trucking / road |project; (+)Closer road |($140MM) than central | | |resistance; (+)Catalyst for |economic development, |maintenance jobs; |enables easier maintenance |route;(-)Higher OPEX than | | |additional local economic |including tourism