Mining Industry Consulting and Information Services

Complementing our market-leading database, SNL Metals & Mining provides strategic consulting services to mineral explorers, mine developers, commodity producers, equipment suppliers, the service sector, financiers, trade associations and governments.

The SNL mining database covers over 3,500 listed companies and 40,000 projects, and the consulting team augments this unrivalled source material with trend analysis, in-depth data assessment and industry surveys. Clients are spread throughout the world, across the commodities and amongst all the sectors, from junior explorers to financial institutions and governments.

Services include:

• Tracking supply of base/precious metals and bulk commodities
• Demand fundamentals
• Price forecasting

• Sector research for strategic planning
• Market sizing for new equipment business development
• Consumable market studies; power and fuel

• Asset due diligence
• Operational benchmarking
• Selecting criteria-based investment targets

• Local content and linkages
• Estimating mining’s contribution to the economy
• Structuring resource engagement policies

• Addressing shared concerns through public engagement
• Translating shared values to shared tools
• Increasing shared knowledge between society and industry

SNL Metals & Mining's consulting team is based in London, with additional staff across six international offices.