A global aluminum company needed help developing a strategy for a specific type of aluminum mill product. The team first developed a detailed assessment of the various aerospace, automotive, and other industrial markets and then calibrated the competitive positioning of other global suppliers. The team then identified specific market niches that the client needed to enter aggressively and also a suite of related products that would broaden the client’s product portfolio. CRA helped the client develop an investment strategy on the basis of this effort.
Mining arbitrations in practice: Filing trends, shifting geography, and claimant recovery
Building on CRA’s 2023 study of disputes involving mineral assets, Tiago Duarte-Silva and Swati Kanoria examine over 150 investor-State mining arbitrations...