CRA was retained in an arbitration regarding a supply contract of lithium carbonate and hydroxide. CRA consultants examined past free on board (FOB) prices, market proxies, and brine refining prices. We opined on the economic validity of the reasons for the respondent’s breach and on the appropriateness of the contracted benchmark.
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...