FOUNDER, PRESIDENT AND CEO, TURNER MINING GROUP
"We have seen a growing demand for contract mining among junior metal mining companies. We see immense opportunities in the Western and Southwestern regions, spanning Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and Idaho."
After five months in Lima and more than 130 interviews, the conversations with C-executives along the Peruvian mining value chain touched on various topics. These included production targets, drilling results, the benefits of new technologies like the so-called “digital twins” to replicate reality in a virtual environment, and even the use of cartridge valves. However, a recurring theme in almost every interview, and perhaps the most significant one in relevance, is Peru's loss of its position as the second-largest copper producer to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
As the energy transition progresses, the United States faces a critical decision: reclaim domestic production or risk surrendering the fate of green energy to foreign control.
Brazil will find itself in the international spotlight later this year as it takes on the rotating presidency of the G20 in 2024 and prepares to host world leaders from the world's biggest economies in Rio de Janeiro this November.
Across the hydrocarbon value chain, the chemical industry is making some of the hardest market calculations it has done in years – possibly ever – as demand, supply, and everything that links the two in the convoluted global value chain have not followed any “normal” pattern since the start of the pandemic.
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A confluence of factors attracting new players