{"podcast":{"title":"Dig Deep","slug":"dig-deep-806880","podcast_index_feed_id":806880,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/USVL2635439643","website_url":"https://www.digdeeptheminingpodcast.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/5d680c2c-4791-11f0-9685-3f34819aca87/image/31ea95bd9df07102a933c2799d56237b.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Rob Tyson","episode_count":655,"summary":"In this podcast, we discuss, educate and talk about industry news and hot topics, company reviews and live interviews with mining professionals and leading figures in the mining industry. Introducing your host Rob Tyson, Founder and Director of Mining International, a leading recruitment and headhunting agency based in the UK specialising in mining across the globe. We source and discover new talent to fill those difficult or challenging vacancies our clients have.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-07T08:21:50.247963+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dig-deep-806880"},"episode":{"title":"Delivering Mining Projects in Emerging Markets: Culture, Governance, and Front-End Strategy with Richard Bowley","slug":"delivering-mining-projects-in-emerging-markets-culture-governance-and-front-end-strategy-with-richard-bowley","published_at":"2026-08-17T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dig-deep-806880/delivering-mining-projects-in-emerging-markets-culture-governance-and-front-end-strategy-with-richard-bowley","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dig-deep-806880","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/USVL2074487512.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/USVL2074487512.mp3","summary":"In this episode we chat to Richard Bowley, who is a highly experienced mining executive who has spent more than 20 years leading projects across emerging markets.   We discuss and explore the realities of delivering mining projects in challenging jurisdictions, the importance of leadership, governance and ESG, why projects run over budget and behind schedule, and the lessons Richard has learned from advising companies, investors and governments throughout his career. KEY TAKEAWAYS Cultural integration and local relationship-building are just as critical to project survival in emerging markets as technical engineering. Front-end engineering investment during feasibility studies prevents massive downstream capital blowouts and schedule delays. Governance failures undermine entire ESG efforts, as a lack of transparency quickly erodes trust with host governments and local stakeholders. Owner teams must empower appointed EPC/EPCM contractors to execute their roles rather than micromanaging and hindering project delivery. BEST MOMENTS \"Look at your feet... You're not in London now. So whatever you think you know, park it.\" \"If you just go into a country and think it's about technical delivery, you will fail. 100%.\" \"10% extra on engineering at the front end of any feasibility study, for me, is critical.\" \"Everything you do well instantly becomes destroyed because if the governance aspects of a project or a business in any country become questionable, that trust that you've built... just gets torn down.\" VALUABLE RESOURCES Mail:        ⁠rob@mining-international.org⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/⁠ X:              ⁠https://twitter.com/MiningR…","meta_description":"In this episode we chat to Richard Bowley, who is a highly experienced mining executive who has spent more than 20 years leading projects across emerging…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2564,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dig-deep-806880/episodes/delivering-mining-projects-in-emerging-markets-culture-governance-and-front-end-strategy-with-richard-bowley/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dig-deep-806880/delivering-mining-projects-in-emerging-markets-culture-governance-and-front-end-strategy-with-richard-bowley.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}