Resources

THE REVOLUTION WILL BE TELEVISED

PR strategies for the next big mining boom

Over the next decade, McKinsey forecasts predict growth in demand for Li-ion batteries to increase at batteries at a compound rate of 30 % per year. Lithium demand alone is expected to grow from 500,000 metric tons in 2021 to four million metric tons in 2030. Add similar cobalt, nickel, graphite, and manganese markets, and it becomes clear what may drive the next big mining boom.

Shared values

Social license for resource companies

Is your organisation operating in a responsible way? Do you have a history of good actions, or have you reformed or improved how you operate in line with the cultural and societal nuances of the communities in which you work? Do you feel you have a social licence to operate where you see opportunity, or are you viewed with suspicion in the way many big corporations are today?

Engage in the climate conversation

Does the media understand your climate response ?

As Aristotle once observed, nature abhors a vacuum. This is true in our responses to climate and the conversations we choose to have in the media. Most of what we see in the news about the resource sector on climate change is overwhelmingly negative. Is the public getting the whole story, or are the absence of conversations with the media from the sector creating a vacuum other voices are filling? Is it time for more positive voices from the resource sector to fill the void?

The era of a ‘business media only’ PR strategy is over

Resources Public Relations 2.0

Traditionally, Public Relations for the Resources sector focused more on language than imagery. That was fine for newspapers, where readers took the time to read articles; however, today, images drive all media.

2.2 B PEOPLE GLOBALLY STILL DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER

Are you getting enough exposure for your community outreach?

Your community outreach programs are not just important to the communities in which you operate; they also play a broader role in how you are perceived in public and by key decision-makers. Many resource companies don’t get the media exposure they deserve around these activities. Lookatmedia™ can help.

Positive media exposure

‘This is important!’

Bill Gates is famously quoted as saying, ‘If I were down to my last dollar, I would spend it on public relations’. This one statement by one of the world’s most innovative businessmen encapsulates the role of Public Relations and Media exposure in successful companies.