Publications

April 1995
Case

Phelps Dodge Corporation

By: W. Carl Kester and Kendall Backstrand

A prolonged decline in copper prices prompts Phelps Dodge, one of the world's largest independent copper companies, to consider corporate diversification as a means of protecting itself from copper price volatility. View Details

Keywords: Diversification; Price; Volatility; Risk Management; Mining Industry; Arizona; United States

October 1975 (Revised April 1980)
Case

Gulfport Mining, Inc.

By: Thomas R. Piper

Keywords: Mining Industry

2010
Thesis

Out of Norway falls aluminium: the Norwegian aluminium industry in the international economy, 1908-1940

Keywords: History; Metals and Minerals; Mining Industry; Norway

January 1997
Case

Dr. Sergio Ceccuzzi and SMI: Negotiating Cross-Border Acquisitions in Europe (B)

By: James K. Sebenius

Since the 1960s, SMI has quietly executed a series of brilliantly negotiated takeovers throughout Europe, often acquiring companies much larger than itself. Despite formidable obstacles, SMI has managed to acquire state-owned competitors in Italy and France, as well as... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Corporate Governance; International Relations; Negotiation Tactics; Consolidation; Mining Industry; Europe

July 1979
Case

Coal Strike of 1977-78 (B)

By: D. Quinn Mills and Richard O. von Werssowetz

Keywords: Labor Unions; Labor and Management Relations; Mining Industry

July 1979 (Revised December 1981)
Case

Coal Strike of 1977-78 (A)

By: D. Quinn Mills and Richard O. von Werssowetz

Keywords: Labor Unions; Labor and Management Relations; Mining Industry

August 1978
Case

Alcan Aluminium Ltd. (A)

By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Julie H. Hertenstein

Keywords: Mining Industry

06 Sep 2018
Cold Call Podcast

Should US Companies Still Care About the Paris Climate Change Agreement?

Keywords: Re: Vincent Pons; Mining; Mining

March 1997
Background Note

Copper and Zinc Markets 1996

By: Peter Tufano

Provides background information on copper and zinc markets as of mid-1996. Discusses supply and demand conditions, forecasts of the spot prices of the metals, and contracts for future delivery (forwards, futures, and options). View Details

Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Metals and Minerals; Supply and Industry; Mining Industry

Conference Presentation

Evaluating the Management of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Project

By: J. Ronald Fox

Keywords: Management; Projects; Mining Industry; Alaska

October 2001 (Revised March 2006)
Case

Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (A), The

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Carrie Ferman

On June 6, 2000, the World Bank's and IFC's board of directors was scheduled to vote on whether to approve funding for the $4 billion Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline project. Although the project presented a unique opportunity to alleviate poverty in... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Negotiation; Ethics; Social Issues; Economic Sectors; Investment; Cost vs Benefits; Project Finance; Developing Countries and Economies; Corporate Finance; Mining Industry; Chad; Cameroon

July 1998 (Revised April 2000)
Teaching Note

Freeport Indonesia TN

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Teaching Note for (9-796-124). View Details

Keywords: Mining Industry; Indonesia

April 1998
Case

Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (C)

By: H. Kent Bowen and Barbara Feinberg

Jim Sharpe, president of Extrusion Technology, describes the first five years at the aluminum extrusion company he purchased. He begins with day one as he introduced himself to the employees in 1987 and assured them of the company's continuity. Over the next two years,... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Forecasting and Prediction; Cost Management; Profit; Innovation Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Mining Industry

April 1997 (Revised October 2005)
Teaching Note

Workplace Safety at Alcoa (A) (TN)

By: H. Kent Bowen

Teaching Note for (9-692-042). View Details

Keywords: Mining Industry

July 1979 (Revised December 1984)
Case

Coal Strike of 1977-78 (C)

By: D. Quinn Mills and Richard O. von Werssowetz

Keywords: Labor Unions; Labor and Management Relations; Mining Industry

June 1990
Teaching Note

Ashamu Holdings Ltd. (B) (Abridged), Teaching Note

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Mining Industry; Nigeria

February 1998
Case

Lyondell Petrochemical Company

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Daniel P. Erikson

In August 1994, Lyondell Petrochemical Co.'s corporate parent and largest single shareholder effectively shed its stock, resulting in the resignation of 5 of its 11 directors. The remaining outside directors immediately acted to overhaul the executive compensation plan... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Design; Business or Company Management; Management Teams; Mining Industry

February 1979
Supplement

Alcan Aluminium Ltd. (B)

By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Julie H. Hertenstein

Keywords: Mining Industry