Looking ahead to 2026: Trends and expectations for International Arbitration
Across both investor-state and commercial cases, quantum debates have recently turned on attribution under concurrent shocks, the interaction of contract terms...
CRA has successfully supported a wide variety of arbitrations in the mining arena, including breach of contract, international licensing disputes, and trade controversies. Our team integrates expertise in economics, corporate finance, materials science, geology, chemical engineering, and industrial organization. We have consulted directly with major mining corporations as well as the governmental agencies that regulate them.
Our expertise covers the entire industry including: iron and steel; light, base, refractory and precious metals; coal and coke; aerospace materials; and Industrial minerals and materials.
Engagements
- 01Valuation and oppression damages on behalf of minority shareholders of top-5 copper mining assetCRA assisted counsel to dissenting minority shareholders in a multi-billion arbitration claim related to the acquisition by Rio Tinto, the majority shareholder...View engagement
- 02Obligations under long-term supply agreementHe submitted expert reports and testified on the obligations of the respondent associated with the long-term supply agreement.View engagement
- 03CRA assists Tribunal in treaty arbitration launched by junior mining company, with $0 awarded out of claimed $1.1 billionJames Burrows and Tiago Duarte-Silva opined, inter alia, on the market value of that project and on the value of the portion of Eco Oro’s concession that had...View engagement