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The EY Americas Metals & Mining Center of Excellence is the gateway to leading-edge services and innovation. We empower companies across the Americas to tackle today’s challenges and shape a sustainable future, setting them apart in a rapidly evolving industry.
The EY Americas Metals & Mining Center of Excellence (CoE) is an innovation hub, driving value through collaboration with technical mining specialists, EY professionals and networks across the Americas. As the energy transition transforms the sector, we empower clients to advance digital operations, elevate technical excellence and deepen industry collaboration, with solutions and services tailored to the evolving needs of the metals and minerals industry.
CoE capabilities and offerings
Harnessing the power of collaboration
Through close collaboration with key industry players, EY teams are bringing leading-edge services and innovation to our clients. To see the unique skills and knowledge these relationships bring, click below.
By teaming with Beryl Mining Services, the CoE delivers tailored technical services for the mining sector, leveraging significant operational experience from fieldwork, supervision and implementation of designs for mine and tailings operations. This collaboration prioritizes your needs, providing high-caliber solutions that drive operational excellence by integrating industry-leading practices with education, training and mentorship to deepen understanding of design and operations.
Working alongside BSC, the CoE empowers you to gain a competitive edge through advanced analytics and smart technologies. Combining powerful simulation modeling with practical operational insights, we can help you identify and unlock hidden value across your mining operations.From digital twin solutions that optimize production processes to immersive reality training that enhances workforce capabilities, this collaboration delivers data-driven solutions that enhance operational performance and drive sustainable prosperity for your organization and its people.
Through collaboration with EELO Solutions, a distinctive energy, resource and carbon management firm, the CoE assists with navigating the energy transition through environmental, social and governance (ESG) scenario planning; energy and resource optimization; and carbon emission reduction. We help develop, implement, monitor and track a strategic management plan tailored to your needs.
By collaborating with EMM, the CoE empowers you to navigate environmental and planning risks while achieving sustainable outcomes. Leveraging EMM’s deep technical expertise and industry insights, we implement impactful solutions that drive meaningful change. This collaboration helps make sure that you are well-equipped to thrive within complex political and regulatory landscapes, enabling you to achieve your sustainability goals and operational success.
Through our strategic relationship with Exyn Technologies, a leader in autonomous aerial robots and mapping solutions, the CoE empowers you to safely explore hazardous locations. Exyn’s Nexys, a modular mapping ecosystem, quickly captures accurate, colorized, real-time 3D point clouds across various configurations, autonomy levels and environments, including GPS-denied areas. Exyn’s terrestrial robots and drones intelligently navigate and adapt to complex surroundings in real time, enhancing your operational safety and efficiency.
We have joined forces with NORCAT to shape the future of mining, delivering essential knowledge, capabilities and infrastructure to drive business transformation. This collaboration enhances the CoE to:
Connect you with the world’s only operating mine serving as a place to develop, test and demonstrate emerging technologies poised to transform the global mining industry
Offer access to leading technology tested and de-risked in the CoE, ready for deployment in your business
Empower metals and mineral companies of all sizes to codevelop innovative and sustainable solutions
In working closely with Sympact, an innovative women-owned sustainability think tank and hands-on ESG consultancy, the CoE helps you achieve outstanding social performance. Together, we design and implement practical solutions and actionable strategies that drive social sustainability and enhance your ESG performance, creating meaningful impact at a systems level.
By collaborating with USC Consulting Group, the Metals and Mining Center of Excellence (CoE) empowers organizations to achieve substantial operational improvements that translate to better financial performance. Our focus spans key areas, including technical services, mining, processing, maintenance and supply chain — driving enhancements in management operating systems that result in greater productivity and efficiency.
By collaborating with Xtivity, the CoE empowers asset-intensive companies to enhance equipment reliability, improve cash flow and boost operational efficiency while mitigating enterprise risk. With Xtivity’s cloud-based software, you can significantly improve parts availability, minimize working capital investment and gain greater visibility into critical maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) supply chain data and performance.
Metals and Mining
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The EY Americas Metals & Mining Center of Excellence team
Our leadership team spans from Canada and US to Latin America, bringing together a diverse ecosystem of professionals and executives dedicated to driving innovation and excellence in the metals and minerals sector.