Management Consulting

In the last half-century, BOYD has provided consultant services with mining industry executives to better manage their businesses and to improve their competitive positions.

As mine management consultants, we partner with our clients-reserve owners, producers and consumers and manufacturers in the mining industry infrastructure. BOYD provides management consultant services in all aspects of each assignment to ensure its investment to provide positive results over time. As a mine management consultant, our goal is to ensure our clients gain the critical information to evaluate options and make the difficult decisions needed to sustain their competitive advantage in the mining industry.

Tapping BOYD's Expertise.

Our clients have benefited from practical technical solutions to virtually every kind of problem the mining industry faces today. As experienced mining consultants, BOYD offers a variety of mine management consultant services dealing with the spectrum of management problems, such as staffing, strategic planning, goal-setting, and defining organizational responsibilities.

These services complement our mining engineering and technical services, resulting in the transfer of BOYD mining expertise to your organization.

• Mine Restructuring
• Strategic Planning
• Evaluation of Mine Management, Labor, and Administrative Operations
• Improving Accountability to Support Business Unit and Corporate Strategies
• Providing Solid Recommendations to Reduce Mine Product Cost and Improve Mine Productivity
• Devising Strategies to Enter New Market Areas
• Evaluating Domestic and International Market Competitiveness
• Developing Centralized Process Control Systems
• Benchmarking of Mine Operations, Barge-Loading, Port Facilities, and Material Processing.

Brikis Financial Services Company/Resultant Management Group

Brikis Financial Services Company (BFSC) and BOYD Mining and Geological Consultants form a strategic working relationship. BFSC and Resultant Management Group (RMG), an affiliated arm of BOYD, work together focusing on the successful application of corporate finance products and services in the energy, mining, and utility industries.

BFSC, primarily through its President, George Brikis, brings over 20 years of finance and banking experience to the partnership. BOYD, a world leader in mining, energy, and geological consulting, and RMG together contribute a broad range of professional services including portfolio value maximization, value-creating opportunities, mine operational improvement action plans, selling and purchasing of mining properties, and all aspects of due diligence.

This combined team provides creative, objective ideas and solutions for energy industry challenges, drawing upon the complementary strengths and experiences of BFSC and Boyd/RMG. The team’s opinions and recommendations, drawn from differing backgrounds, are a catalyst for positive change. The mission is to cost-effectively apply these creative solutions and ideas, working proactively with senior management to achieve improvements in overall financial performance.


Example Projects Include:

• Prepared a prospectus of the undeveloped coal holdings of a coal producer in the Pittsburgh No. 8 Seam in Ohio County, West Virginia, and Washington County, Pennsylvania. The prospectus included information on coal and property control, seam thickness, geology and quality, mining potential, transportation, and markets. Maintained a data room in BOYD’s office which was visited by various potential buyers



• Completed a detailed report on an operating company in the state of Indiana and prepared an information memorandum for submission to potential property buyers. By assignment, BOYD:
  
  
  • Reviewed coal sales contracts and contract mining agreements.
  • Confirmed reasonability of coal reserves and quality estimates.
  • Assessed current operating costs, future mine plans, and cost projections.
  • Reviewed environmental liabilities.
  • Valued the operation on a discounted cash flow of future earnings.
  
  
  
• Retained to assist in the sale of client’s coal holdings in the eastern US. Studied all aspects of the operation, prepared an independent report and offering memorandum, identified potential buyers, and established a controlled data room.



• Retained by Seller to complete a technical analysis of a coal operation located in North Dakota and to advise on future strategic planning, including possible sale of the operation. Our senior staff worked closely with the mining company’s senior management negotiating the sale of the property.

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