SPECIAL STUDIES
Frequently we are asked
to undertake a one-off type of study, which usually involves one or several
of the 12 practice areas discussed herein.
Examples of such studies done by us have included:
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Providing the framework for enabling a base metals company to establish the commercial terms with its principal engineering contractor; |
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Customized investigation, done on behalf of a medium-sized U.S. coal company, of the future potential of a metallurgical coal sales contract; |
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Providing views for a major conglomerate active in the minerals business for environmental issues involving coke plants; |
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Providing an analysis, for a major coal company, of the affect of Judge Charles Hayden's rule on valley fills and mountaintop mining; |
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Acting as a pricing expert in a dispute between a major coal mining producer and an electric utility; |
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Determining competitive practices in project management fees done for a consortium of banks; |
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Preparing a white paper on electric utility deregulation done for a major coal company; |
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Acting as the line management of a coal company for an oil company client; |
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Providing litigation support to the Department of Justice on a tax issue being litigated by the U.S. Government and a major steel company; |
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Providing a market overview and price scenario, as well as production and cost trends for six metal mining companies in Brazil, done for a major international investment bank; |
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Inventorying of relevant U.N. studies of precious and base metals in Central America; |
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Development of a database for perlite and diatomite for use by an industrial minerals company seeking an acquisition' |
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Acting as one of the three person arbitration personnel in a dispute between the Japanese steel industry and a large Canadian coal company; |
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Survey of environmental requirements of the North American minerals/metals industry; |
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Providing an opinion to a major investment bank as to project status during construction of a gold mine development project; |
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Evaluation of a new technology involving the demoisturization of bituminous coal for an investor; |
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Judgments as to the availability and commercial terms of direct investment capital for a coal company. |
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Formation of an LBO for a medium-sized coal company owned by a large capital equipment company; |
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Acting as an arbitrator on a contract dispute involving two metal mining companies; |
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Providing our views of the relevant economics in a commercial dispute between a coal producer and an electric utility; |
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Providing, to a major Canadian law firm and its client, our views on the strategy and tactics of settlement discussions in a dispute between a mining equipment manufacturer and a minerals producer. |
