To thrive amid the demands and exigencies that the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) presents, mining companies will need a new strategic approach – one that considers not only the full range of industry shifts and risks, but that also provides executives with an enterprise-wide view of their value drivers. It is for this reason that professional services firm Deloitte publishes its yearly ‘Tracking the Trends’ report, in which the firm discusses some of the trends affecting the mining industry.