Soaring solar raw materials prices could thwart REPowerEU plans

• 30 5月 2022

The REPowerEU initiative has the potential to add at least 420 gigawatts (GW) of solar installations by 2030; however, rising solar raw material costs could become the stumbling block to achieving this goal, says Wood Mackenzie.

Metals and mining: predictions for 2024

• 30 1月 2024

Watch for technology milestones, broadening regulation and a fervent focus on costs in the metals and mining sector in the year ahead. How will companies respond?

How a changing steel market is forcing iron ore supply to adapt

• 05 10月 2023

Falling demand and a bigger price premium for higher grades

Corporate Strategy & Analytics Service

Corporate level strategic analysis and portfolio benchmarking of Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables and Metals & Mining sectors to underpin board level decisions.

Coal Forum 2023 panel: decarbonisation in real time in Australia

• 05 9月 2023

At this year’s Coal and the Future of Energy Forum in Brisbane, panellists Bob Mckerrow (Thiess), Erik Isokangas (Mining3) and Rory Simington (Wood Mackenzie) discussed the challenges of decarbonisation within the mining industry. We break down some of our biggest takeaways.

Six factors shaping the lithium market

• 31 5月 2023

Understanding lithium market nuances is vital to forecasting future demand, supply and pricing

Golden opportunities to drive down mining and metals carbon emissions

• 22 6月 2023

While there may not be a single silver decarbonisation bullet, there are emerging and significant opportunities in the mining and processing sectors to leave fossil fuels behind.

Future-facing commodities: your questions answered

• 04 5月 2023

Our experts tackle everything from lithium demand to the rare earth elements at risk of substitution, and from copper and aluminium competition to green hydrogen costs.

Horizons Live: The Big Ban

• 30 6月 2022

Watch on demand as we answer your questions about the consequences of the Ukraine war on commodities, and how governments, companies and investors must respond as the outlook for energy is transformed.

Gold miners on track to align with 2°C climate target by 2030

• 23 6月 2021

The global gold industry is broadly on track to align with a 2°C climate target by the end of the current decade. However, more action is required if the industry is to meet – and surpass – the 1.5°C mark, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK).

Royalties reform could dampen investors’ appetite for Chile’s copper sector

• 29 6月 2021

Proposed changes to Chile’s mining royalty regime will not have a drastic impact on the country’s production landscape in the near-term. However, analysis from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk company (Nasdaq:VRSK), indicates there is clear risk the amendments could compromise continued appetite to make large-scale, long-term investments in Chile’s copper sector.

Carbon removals: the 'net' in net zero

• 19 9月 2024

The world is not decarbonising quickly enough to reach net zero.

Scrap metals to remain underutilised despite availability and rising demand

• 26 11月 2020

Scrap metals demand growth is expected to outpace primary metals over the next two decades. However, it will remain underutilised compared to its overall availability, says Wood Mackenzie.

Metals & Mining

• 01 12月 2020

Gain flexible access to objective research within and across individual commodities — as well as the analysts driving it.

Webinar: IMO 2020 impact on upstream producers, LNG and bulks

• 07 5月 2019

Join us on this upcoming webinar where our industry experts will discuss how and where the ripples will be felt as we edge nearer to the implementation date of 1st January 2020.

Featured Reports

• 09 8月 2018

We're highlighting our most popular reports. Gain instant access to detailed data — by the numbers and with visualisation — to address business challenges and make better, more strategic decisions.

Global copper market to see another year of volatile prices

• 22 1月 2020

As we look to 2020, copper is faced with a finely balanced market. For now, positive investor sentiment around copper’s fundamentals is supporting higher prices.

Policy developments to shape global steel markets in 2020

• 21 1月 2020

Chinese steel demand will likely peak this year at 890 million tonnes, a growth of 1.5%, according to Wood Mackenzie. With China responsible for half of global steel demand, Chinese government policy remains core to Wood Mackenzie’s view.

Geopolitical tensions set to maintain gold’s allure in 2020

• 28 1月 2020

Gold is poised to perform strongly in 2020, with geopolitical risk set to remain elevated, according to Wood Mackenzie.

Uncertainty to cloud global nickel market outlook in 2020

• 29 1月 2020

All eyes will be on the Indonesian nickel market in 2020. The knives may be out for the country’s nascent stainless industry but the staggering potential for expansion in NPI may reduce the impact of the nickel ore export ban to a minor inconvenience. Although the global battery sector share of nickel demand is much smaller than other metals, getting the quantity of nickel that EVs will need by the mid-2020s will remain a challenge.

Chinese smelters critical to zinc market balance in 2020

• 30 1月 2020

The most important driver of the zinc market in 2020 will be the performance of the world’s zinc smelting industry, according to Wood Mackenzie.

Electric vehicles – the story so far

• 10 10月 2018

How will the rise of electric vehicles impact the future of transport and the natural resources industry? In 2018, our experts have been exploring what that means for oil, metals and power markets around the world.

Is Vale's S11D project a game changer?

• 10 8月 2016

With Vale’s new major project S11D nearing its late-2016 production start date, we look at the economics of one of the largest undeveloped resources of high grade, direct shipping iron ore known in the world.

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Royalty increases in Brazil: a renewed burden for iron ore miners or a threat to their international competitiveness?

• 28 4月 2017

The new mining code may become effective in less than four months, meaning extra costs for local mining companies.

Iron Ore Product Suite

Gain clarity with industry-leading iron ore research and analysis in this fast-changing landscape

Zinc Product Suite

Leading zinc market research and analysis gives you insight into the entire zinc value chain today and how it will evolve

The pathway to net-zero for miners

• 06 7月 2020

Metals enable the energy transition through their use in low-carbon technologies, but the production of metal is emissions-intensive. How can the metals and mining industry ramp up production to meet demand while finding its way to net-zero emissions? Is electrification the answer? Read on to find out.

How has Covid-19 changed the metals and mining outlook?

• 22 7月 2020

Tracking the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on metals, bulk commodities and battery raw materials.