Uranium: A primer for dispute practitioners
In this Insights piece, CRA’s Jim Burrows and Saurabh Singh, assess the trends in uranium supply, demand, and prices and examine the potential impact of...
CRA has successfully supported a wide variety of arbitrations in the mining arena, including breach of contract, international licensing disputes, and trade controversies. Our team integrates expertise in economics, corporate finance, materials science, geology, chemical engineering, and industrial organization. We have consulted directly with major mining corporations as well as the governmental agencies that regulate them.
Our expertise covers the entire industry including: iron and steel; light, base, refractory and precious metals; coal and coke; aerospace materials; and Industrial minerals and materials.
Engagements
- 01Valuation and oppression damages on behalf of minority shareholders of top-5 copper mining assetCRA assisted counsel to dissenting minority shareholders in a multi-billion arbitration claim related to the acquisition by Rio Tinto, the majority shareholder...View engagement
- 02CRA assists Tribunal in treaty arbitration launched by junior mining company, with $0 awarded out of claimed $1.1 billionJames Burrows and Tiago Duarte-Silva opined, inter alia, on the market value of that project and on the value of the portion of Eco Oro’s concession that had...View engagement
- 03CRA assists Romania and its counsel in their victory against $6.7 billion claim by Gabriel Resources (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/31)Gabriel Resources alleged that Romania had breached two bilateral investment treaties, including the obligation to not expropriate without compensation. The...View engagement