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Mining & Metals
Mining and metals companies play a pivotal role in an evolving world – supplying the materials that drive industrial growth and enable our transition to a more sustainable, low carbon digital future.
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mining and metals practitioners across 150 countries ready to help clients today
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mining and metals companies trust EY to help them create long-term value
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investment in data, tech and AI to develop innovative solutions for complex challenges
Solving your complex challenges
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CHALLENGE
Capital discipline and growth
Buying and building to meet demand is becoming more difficult. Miners must balance discipline and returns with a new approach to preserving and deploying capital.
HOW EY CAN HELP
EY helps miners invest in the future while maximizing revenue today and protecting the core business.
- Balanced capital strategies: developing balanced buy or build growth strategies aligned with shareholder expectations and future demand.
- Optimized portfolios: prioritizing assets with high-growth, high-margin markets and divesting low-performing assets to free up capital.
- M&A, partnerships and innovative funding solutions: pursuing transactions, district partnerships and new financing options to enable growth while mitigating costs and risks.
- AI-enhanced operating efficiency: leveraging AI, real-time analytics and digital tools to improve capital allocation discipline and project execution, offset rising costs, and safeguard the economic viability of projects.
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Energy and Resources Strategy Consulting
EY-Parthenon energy strategy consulting teams help C-suites drive future value-creation.
CHALLENGE
Optimizing operations and productivity
Complex and variable ore bodies are pushing up costs while undermining productivity and output predictability.
HOW EY CAN HELP
EY helps companies manage the day-to-day drivers of costs and productivity and deploy proven processes and technologies that uplift operational performance.
- Asset performance and reliability: using advanced analytics and predictive maintenance to extend asset life, reduce downtime and improve safety across complex operations.
- Intelligent operations: integrating sector-specific EY platforms and data-driven insights to optimize performance, efficiency and decision-making at scale.
- Integrated planning: creating a connected approach to planning, scheduling and execution through digital twins and real-time data to enhance throughput and performance across the value chain.
FEATURED
In this webcast, industry leaders will explore the top 10 business risks and opportunities for the mining and metals sector in 2026. Watch now to learn how miners are navigating geopolitical headwinds while driving transformational growth.
CHALLENGE
Strengthening license to operate
Higher expectations from communities, investors and governments mean miners must meet commitments around responsible mining – doing what is right, not just what is regulated.
HOW EY CAN HELP
EY helps miners reframe their license to operate as an opportunity, not an obligation, to strengthen trust and reputation.
- Stronger community partnerships: systematically engaging with communities across the mining lifecycle, to build trust and create shared value.
- Positive closure strategies: collaborating with stakeholders to repurpose mine assets, restore ecosystems and ensure a sustainable, value-added legacy.
- Trusted regulatory relationships: proactively engaging with governments and regulators to articulate the value of mining and shape policy and permitting.
- Robust, traceable reporting: leveraging AI and digital to enhance sustainability reporting to improve transparency and avoid greenwashing claims.
FEATURED
As the mining sector invests over US$50 billion in closing mines and managing legacy sites, new risks and opportunities are emerging. Hear insights from Bjorn Weeks and Allison Brown in a discussion moderated by Paul Mitchell, EY Global Mining & Metals Leader.
CHALLENGE
Digital and innovation
Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) and tech offer huge potential to create value across the mining lifecycle, but success depends on linking initiatives to strategy and use cases.
HOW EY CAN HELP
EY helps miners focus on digital transformation aligned to business needs. Combining strong governance, unified platforms, robust talent pipelines and collaboration drives innovation and creates a culture of experimentation to develop consistent, scalable and trustworthy:
- High-impact digital initiatives: aligning initiatives with strategy and developing use cases that solve real business issues to create tangible value
- Innovative collaborations: forging broad partnerships, including through the EY partner ecosystem, universities and companies outside the sector to develop and scale innovation at speed.
- Robust data foundations and governance: building a unified tech platform, breaking down data silos and establishing clear governance structures.
- Future-focused talent and culture: helping companies attract and upskill talent and create a culture of innovation.
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Digital Mine
EY Digital Mine combines deep industry knowledge and advanced technological solutions to create a strategic, staged pathway to digital transformation.
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