Metals capabilities

RPMGlobal’s experience and capabilities in metals operations are unsurpassed in the global mining industry.

With over 50 years of experience and one global team of experts, no one is better placed to provide you with the support you need. Whether it be Base metals, Laterictic ore, Iron ore, Battery Minerals, Precious metals or Uranium, RPM has experts that can support your organisation to advance to the next stage.

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50+

years of experience in metallifirous mining

15,000+

studies and reviews across all key mining regions of the world

180+

Battery mineral projects completed

RPMGlobal has completed over 1,000 base metals projects globally, spanning more than 50 countries.

We have worked in the major metallogenic regions around the world including:

  • Proterozoic/Archaean Base Metal Provinces (Broken Hill, Mt Isa, McArthur River) – Australia
  • Gawler IOCG Provence – Australia
  • North America Porphyry Terrain – USA and Canada
  • Andean Porphyry Terrain – Chile, Peru and Argentina
  • Mississippi Valley Pb-Zn
  • North American Clastic Dominated Pb-Zn Deposits
  • Indonesia – New Guinea – Philippines Porphyry Terrain
  • East Eurasia Scarn and Vein Deposits – China and Russia
  • Central Asia Porphyry Belt – Mongolia and Kazakhstan
  • West Australia Achaean Craton Nickel – Australia

RPMGlobal has completed over 100 battery mineral projects.

Considered to be the industry expert on battery minerals we have worked on projects spanning the globe including:

  • Hardrock Lithium (spodumeme) – Western Australia
  • Sulphide Cobalt & Nickel – Western Australia
  • Oxide Cobalt – Copper Belt – DRC
  • Laterite Nickel & Cobalt – Australia, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Philippines
  • Brine Lithium – Chile & Argentina
  • Graphite (metamorphic) – Australia, Mozambique and South Korea
  • Lithium (spodumeme) – Ontario, California

Metals resources

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Base Metals Capability Profile

RPMGlobal has completed over 1,000 base metals projects globally, spanning more than 50 countries. We have worked in the major metallogenic regions around the world.

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Battery Minerals Capability Profile

RPMGlobal has completed over 100 battery mineral projects spanning the globe.

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Consulting & Advisory Capability Profile

Our proven approach helps us derive the greatest economic gains for our clients through accurate, practical advice combined with the application of our technology solutions.

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ESG Capability Profile

We specialise in impact assessment and planning services, environmental and social due diligence evaluations and audits of mining projects located throughout the world.

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Iron Ore Capability Profile

RPMGlobal has completed over 500 iron ore projects globally, spanning more than 25 countries.

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Precious Metals Capability Profile

RPMGlobal has completed over 2,000 precious metals projects globally, spanning more than 60 countries.

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Uranium Capability Profile

RPMGlobal has completed over 180 uranium and rare earth elements (REE) projects spanning the globe, across all the major uranium provinces.

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Lateritic Ore Capability Profile

RPMGlobal has completed over one hundred lateritic ore projects globally, spanning more than 15 countries.

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RPMGlobal helps leading miner chart path toward decarbonisation

RPMGlobal adopted a dynamic and strategic approach to the project scope that allowed solutions to be developed and changed in response to study results and client feedback.

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Asset Management

Diversified gold miner drives down maintenance costs using AMT

With AMT’s Dynamic Life Cycle Costing (DLCC) engine, a global top 10 gold producer was able to easily track maintenance spend discrepancies and meet budget requirements.

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#143 – Practical Considerations for the Decarbonisation of Mining

This quarter’s edition examines the many steps and opportunities that the mining industry can adopt on their decarbonisation journey.

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#142 – Carbon’s footprint in relation to the processing of precious and base metal ores

This quarter’s edition investigates the presence of carbon in relation to the processing of primary ores which can be problematical and impact recoveries.

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#141 – Geometallurgy – How to Distinguish the Difference Between a Successful Program and Rabbit Hole

This quarter’s edition investigates the value of a strong Geometallurgy program in reducing the technical risk associated with project evaluation, mine planning and operations.

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#134 – Graphite – Not all Flakes are Equal

Graphite is one of the three common allotropes of carbon (the other two are amorphous and diamond). It forms with a hexagonal crystal structure arranged in layers and is the most stable form of carbon under standard conditions.

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#108 – Electronic Metals and Rare Earth Oxides

Several years ago, the author used a historic 15th century Portuguese bookcover in a college lecture. The picture illustrated the dangers of world exploration with a two mast sailing ship breaking up near shore, and all the crew jumping overboard to swim to safety.

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#130 – Pressure Leaching – Coming of Age or Has it Been Here for a Long Time

RPMGlobal has been recently been involved with several reviews of pressure oxidation facilities including application in gold, silver, copper and aluminum.

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#128 – Minimum Engineering Study Requirement

The evaluation of a mining project from exploration through development and production is a lengthy and complicated process.

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#120 – Surface Mining Technology – Managing the Paradigm Shift

Mining is essentially a materials management process where materials are classified, excavated, moved to a desired location, processed at a cost and sold for a price. ‘How much is that cost and can it be reduced?’ is the age-old question.

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#112 – Phosphates & Your Future

Phosphate is an essential component of the human body and necessary in the human diet. The primary source in the human diet is from plants produced by intensive crop development in favourable agricultural areas around the world.

Through frameworks, technology and deep domain knowledge we bring solutions to miners to systemise operational improvement and continue to improve cost structures, increase productivity and create value across the whole mining value chain.

Mining Project services

We bring solutions to miners to systemise operational improvements and continue to improve cost structures, increase productivity, reduce carbon emissions and create value across the whole mining value chain.

Investor services

We partner with investment firms to deliver the deep domain and technical expertise that the mining industry expect.

Operational services

We bring greater visibility and understanding of the impact of your current practices, across physicals, financials and emissions, on business decisions before they are made.

ESG services

Establishing and maintaining your unique framework for ESG is where RPM ESG Services can assist.

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