For an industry client contemplating a major investment to develop a copper mine in Latin America, CRA provided economic analysis. The success of the mine depended on the level of copper prices, and CRA’s task was to forecast those prices. Secondary analysis included evaluating the world mine/smelter/refinery capacity balance and helping the client decide how far to integrate the facility and projecting regional production and consumption imbalances to suggest areas of marketing potential.
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...