Metals & mining

Clean energy technologies such as electric vehicles (EVs), batteries, and energy storage, along with clean power generation, are set to grow dramatically over the next decade. This growth will drive significant demand for critical minerals, including copper, nickel, cobalt, lithium, manganese, graphite, and rare earth elements (REEs).

A stable and adequate supply of these minerals will be essential to support clean energy deployment. Some critical minerals, such as copper, nickel, and manganese, will play key roles across both EVs and clean power generation, while demand growth for others is likely to vary widely.

Meanwhile, metals and mining operators must meet rising demand while reducing their environmental footprint, improving sustainability performance, and maintaining profitability.

How ADI can help

ADI Analytics brings deep expertise, extensive experience, and a robust suite of models, analytics, and databases covering the global metals and mining sector.

We help clients across a wide range of needs, including asset and portfolio strategy development, M&A support, operational benchmarking and cost optimization, supply chain assessment and procurement strategy, and technology evaluation.

Our teams also deliver actionable market research and competitive intelligence to support investment decisions and growth initiatives in a rapidly evolving industry.

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