Project background The raw materials sector is entering a new era that requires companies to transform their operations, create new business models and foster a digital culture. In this context, the minerals industry is facing a changing talent landscape, necessitating of new skillsets in their workforce. Companies need to ensure that their staffs are properly constituted to support this transformation process. In the raw materials sector, technology is not an end in itself. The greatest impact will come from embedding different new technologies as an integrated whole and all across the mining value chain. Each opportunity is significant in itself, but achieving the full potential of all opportunities is possible only if they are pursued in an integrated way. The key to do this is to have cross-functional teams that understand both mining operations and the technologies and are able to integrate new technologies into operations. Companies must be able to get the right people with thenecessary skill set to maximize value creation. Miners must prepare their workforce today to meet the demands of tomorrow’s digital age, or risk…