We provide independent economic analysis to decision-makers in mining and land-use intensive sectors, including agriculture, forestry, and fisheries. We help clients quantify socio-economic im-pacts, understand contributions through taxes and royalties, and navigate how regulation, permit-ting, and political priorities affect investment across jurisdictions.
Our team combines deep sector knowledge with a track record of delivering analyses that hold up to scrutiny, from investors and authorities to the public. We draw on expertise across the public sector and private enterprise, with particular experience in the Nordics and the Arctic, where energy costs, labour markets, distance to market, and downstream logistics shape investment viability in ways that generic models miss.
As independent experts, we have no stake in the outcome of our analyses — which is what makes our work credible whether you need a robust case for a permitting process, an honest assessment of a business case, or evidence for a policy debate.
Resilience, autonomy, and security of supply have become strategic imperatives — not just for individual companies, but for nations and the European bloc. For raw materials in particular, Europe’s exposure to concentrated supply chains has moved from a commercial risk to a geopolitical priority.
We help private and public clients understand what this shift means for their specific situation: how policy is evolving, where the opportunities lie, and what the barriers to investment and growth are.
Our analyses support clients to:
• Secure supply chains for critical minerals and technologies essential to European strategic autonomy
• Build resilience against global trade shocks and supply disruptions
• Quantify how investment, regulation, or development decisions affect their case commercially, politically, and in the eyes of the public
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We support governments in developing national mineral strategies and sector policies. Our economic analysis and sector insight helps identify the conditions needed to attract investment, manage resource wealth, and build a competitive and sustainable minerals sector.
We conduct comprehensive economic impact assessments for mining projects, We help authorities and companies quantify socio-economic contributions — including jobs, tax revenues, and royalties — and understand the conditions needed to unlock and sustain them. Our work gives clients the robust evidence needed for permitting processes and stakeholder engagement.
We produce comparative analyses of tax and royalty regimes, clarifying economic contributions to public finances and supporting strategic decisions on investment attractiveness and sector competitiveness.
We provide rigorous economic analysis of how natural resource regulation affects sectors and the wider value chains they sustain. We help both public authorities and industry stakeholders quantify regulatory impacts, assess trade-offs between policy objectives and sector competitiveness, and identify policy designs that achieve their goals without unnecessary economic burden. This includes CO₂ taxation, nitrogen quota design, and quota systems in fisheries.
We conduct funding gap analyses, state aid compliance assessments, and third-party profitability evaluations for projects linked to critical raw materials and green technologies. Our work supports robust financing decisions for both project developers and the public bodies considering support measures.
We help governments and companies improve the predictability and efficiency of permitting processes without compromising regulatory standards. Our work covers reviewing existing frameworks, identifying international best practice, and developing practical solutions that balance speed with robust oversight.
We provide scenario-based market and cost analyses, including sensitivity testing and stress-testing of key assumptions. Our assessments help clients understand the risks and opportunities ahead, supporting strategic decisions in markets shaped by policy change, commodity volatility, and the energy transition.
