Authors: L. Mottola, M. Lipsett and M. Scoble
CIM Bulletin, v 92, No. 1030, p 45-52, May 1999
Abstract
This paper characterizes the important features of Electronic Commerce and demonstrates how it is
transforming industrial sectors. It reviews how Electronic Commerce is a business strategy and examines
supply chain integration, knowledge management, and human/machine communications. It aims to
consider what would be required for a mining company to operate as an electronic business. It attempts to
provide a vision of some future electronic mining scenarios.