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Interpreting mining & metals markets

Many metals markets are poorly documented beyond the macro level of data on supply, demand, stocks and price. We answer the questions about their markets to which our clients need detailed and accurate answers.

Bringing miners and investors together

We help our clients find and choose the right investor for their developing financial and technical resource needs.

Evaluating the commercial and technical options of potential mines

We provide detailed evaluations of all the commercial and technical options open to those seeking to develop a new mine. This often becomes the key part of a pre- or bankable feasibility study to maximise the business potential of their ore body finds.

Strengthening the management team – executive search

As mining companies develop, they frequently need to attract experienced directors and senior management to join: we bring “top decile” executives to short list for our clients.

Business development – business models, strategies and plans

We work closely with senior management to think through how the company will develop, documenting this in detail as the company’s business plan.

Measuring and enhancing competitiveness

We measure and diagnose the competitiveness of our mining clients and work with them to continually enhance it.

Value chain analytics

We clarify, quantify and interpret the structural, financial and other trends and changes occurring in our clients’ value chains, identifying the challenges that need to be addressed.

Management of global metals associations

We advise metals associations how they can deliver more value to members and the sector; we then implement this with them and measure the quantified added value achieved.

Strategy & Marketing Consultants
for the Metals and Mining Sector since 1972

Gorham & Partners has been in operation since 1972. We advise exclusively businesses in the mining and metals sector. Our clients include large cap global mining companies, mining development and exploration companies, junior miners and global metals associations. We have business experience across the complete spectrum of all metals and minerals. The company has a core team of 12 consultants based in London and works with a worldwide network of associate consultants expert in the metals and mining sector.

Strategic Solutions that Produce Measurable Results

Gorham & Partners’ consulting approach is not based on or beholden to any particular consulting product. We apply proven analytical methods to the unique needs of each mining client. These deliver practical ideas and market driven solutions that produce measurable business benefits to the client company.

Featured Projects

Programme review for the World Gold Council

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Formation of the International Diamond Board

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Benchmarking for Nickel Institute

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What our clients say:

Gorham & Partners influenced our thinking about how to promote our products at end use application level. We had traditionally seen this as primarily “consumer advertising – led”. G&P shifted our thinking very significantly towards a business model of influencing all levels of our sector value chain, from the sale of the mined product through all intermediate stages through to the final consumer. This change had profound implications for the type of marketing organisation we needed which is increasingly guiding our thinking.
Executive Director global mining group
As the newly appointed CEO I sensed we were not delivering enough or relevant business value to our member companies, the global mining concerns who make up over 85% of our industry’s world output. I chose G&P to help address this dilemma. They carried out an innovative benchmarking exercise comparing our association with three other global metals organisations. They worked fast, delivered valuable insights into how the emphasis of our work should be refocused. This convinced the Board of the need for a real change of course and greater resources. G&P has made a major contribution to our quest of delivering enhanced value to our global sector
Newly appointed CEO of global metals association
We promote consumer demand through a variety of marketing programmes across major international markets. I need to demonstrate credibly to our members that the membership fee is value for money: that the added value we create through our programmes produces a worthwhile financial return. G&P has designed and implemented for us a bespoke impact measurement approach: it shows objectively how much added value in dollars our organisation is creating for our members. G&P have proved they have innovative marketing ideas and are extremely effective at translating them into practice – we use this method as one of our primary, regular annual measure of how well we are performing
Chief Executive of international precious metals organisation
In my view the marketing function is underutilised in the metals sector. G&P has a valuable set of marketing concepts and tools which collectively shift a metals business away from the commodity mindset towards a value adding model. They have provided me with food for thought as I am seeking to make a more innovative and comprehensive use of marketing as we go forward
President of a Scandinavian base metals business
Gorham and Partners have worked for my association since 1992. They have been great partners for the last 15 years and are today still. G&P have provided strong support in understanding the dynamic markets for base metals products and in developing demand growth worldwide. G&P are bright quick and flexible and bring innovative, strategic ideas that have market impact. Finally, G&P think creatively and challenge our thinking in areas important to our industry such as inter-materials competition and substitution
President of a global base metals association
We have used G&P as our strategic advisers over several years. They led our strategic review to determine what critical initiatives the global sector we represent should entrust to us; this helped us map out our future role and activities and define the type of leadership role the institute should grow into. G&P understood the challenges faced by the metals sectors, they are independent thinkers and punch above their weight. Implementing our new role has meant attracting and recruiting the right calibre of executives to a number of key new positions. G&P has helped us do this too in a highly professional way
Secretary General of an international metals institute
Gorham & Partners consulting toolbox for metals sector businesses resonates with my company. They have developed an approach to value adding by a metals company which sits well our value proposition which is to make our customers more successful by offering metals-based solutions to their business challenges. G&P’s value adding model for metals companies offers an innovative range of marketing and value chain concepts
Vice President Business Development of a European metals fabricator
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