In this episode we chat to Mikael Staffas, President & CEO of Boliden, who are a metals company with a focus on sustainable development. Operating on a global scale, their roots are Nordic and their core competence lies within the fields of exploration, mining, smelting and metal recycling and employ around 6,000 employees with a multi-billion turnover.
Mikael with an engineering physics degree, has a wealth of experience in corporate and executive management, leading or all on the boards of many organisations throughout his career. Mikael talks about his extensive career, Boliden and also the climate transition in the mining sector, in essence doing fossil free mining which he is very passionate about.
KEY TAKEAWAYS

Being safe and conservative has helped Boliden to stake out their claim as one of the most reliable companies working today.
Despite being conservative when it comes to risk, Boliden have realised the value in investing in technology and pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the market.
There is now scale when it comes to sustainability, however, Boliden's record speaks for itself. Being more sustainable is the key to implementing generational revenue.
Boliden have smaller settlements around their operations. This is something that has been designed strategically, so that their people may live in the area in which they operate.

BEST MOMENTS
'We're big and small at the same time'
'We are competing on a global market'
'Safety is extremely important'
'We have some of the most productive mines in the world'
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Rob Tyson is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specialising in all areas of mining across the globe from first-world to third-world countries from Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. We source, headhunt, and discover new and top talent through a targeted approach and search methodology and have a proven track record in sourcing and positioning exceptional candidates into our clients' organisations in any mining discipline or level. Mining International provides a transparent, informative, and trusted consultancy service to our candidates and clients to help them develop their careers and business goals and objectives in this ever-changing marketplace.
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Rob Tyson is an established recruiter in the mining and quarrying sector and decided to produce the “Dig Deep” The Mining Podcast to provide valuable and informative content around the mining industry. He has a passion and desire to promote the industry and the podcast aims to offer the mining community an insight into people’s experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.