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A MISUNDERSTOOD INDUSTRY
After several years of being immersed in
the mining industry, Law moved to the UK
to further her education with an MBA from
the London Business School.
This opened a pathway into more corporate
roles, and Law took up the position of senior
manager of business analysis at Newmont
Mining Corporation in Colorado in the US.
After completing her education, Law
could have gone anywhere and done
anything – but she stuck with mining.
The decision was easy, she says.
“I have always loved mining. I love the scale
of it, the big machinery and often being in a
remote location. With mining, you can work
anywhere in the world – from the most remote
places to the biggest cities,” she says.
Law welcomes the strides that the mining
industry has made in the past decade to
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achieve diversity at the highest levels
of leadership – especially on boards.
However, she believes the industry has
more work to do to communicate the
benefits it provides to communities
where mining sites are in operation.
“I think mining undersells itself as an
industry,” says Law. “It gets a bad rap,
but it does a huge amount of good in the
places where it goes. There’s nothing like
a mine to create wealth in some of the
most remote places on the planet.”
Mining has a long-term future alongside
carbon-neutral economies, she says.
“The move towards decarbonisation
requires minerals. For example, the
batteries for electric cars need nickel,
lithium and copper. You cannot harness
the sun and wind without something
that’s either grown or mined.”
