Mining

Arizona’s copper reserves, formed millions of years ago, are critical to America’s energy transition and tech growth. With demand set to surge, Ivanhoe Electric’s Santa Cruz Copper Mine project aims to help secure US supply and strengthen competitiveness. The project financing is the first transaction in the Americas for Societe Generale under the Emerging...

As global copper demand is ever-growing, largely driven by demand for renewable infrastructure, Latin America, and particularly Chile, is in a leading position for copper production. The latest of several copper mining projects in the country, El Espino, will be partly funded with a $375 million financing. Leveraging its decade-long expertise in copper mining...

The EU Commission released the Critical Raw Materials Act, which includes set of actions to ensure the EU's access to a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials. Our expert, Christophe Roux, Regional Head of Mining, Metals and Industries Finance, EMEA, answers some of the questions raised by the growing importance of “Critical Minerals” in this...

Lenaig Trenaux, Global Head of Mining, Metals and Industries Finance at Societe Generale gives us her views on the battery sector in this video (transcript below).

Guinea Alumina Corporation launched its first exports of bauxite, a strategic mineral to produce aluminum. Zoom on this monumental project that has greatly contributed to the Guinean economy and created thousands of jobs.