Battery, Mining and Industries

Our Battery, Mining and Industries expertise provides advisory and financing solutions tailored to companies and projects in the battery, mining, and industrial sectors, as well as across the associated metals and minerals value chains.

We place strong emphasis on energy transition, reindustrialisation, and reshoring issue.

We support a broad spectrum of client, from major industry players to startups, junior companies, and mid‑tier companies, to cover mining and metals companies, Original Equipment Manufacturers, and industrial groups. We also help them navigate new technologies, geopolitical dynamics, and new regulatory frameworks as they progress toward net‑zero carbon objectives.

We operate globally, with coverage across Europe, the UK, the Americas, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and Africa.
 

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Our solutions

Advisory, structured corporate finance and project finance funding solutions for:

  • Miners and metal producers
  • Start ups
  • Funds
  • JVs
  • Industrials

... in fiels covering minerals transformation and metals transformation, battery gigafactories, semi-conductors, PV factories and the circular economy
 

Financing of large and diversified mining and metals companies as well as participants in targeted downstream industries

Success stories

13 Jan 2026
Financing the First Significant US Copper Mine in Two Decades
Arizona’s copper reserves, formed millions of years ago, are critical to America’s energy transition and tech growth....
Clients' successes
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...
Financing the First Significant US Copper Mine in Two Decades
18 Nov 2025
Pioneering Sustainable Fuel Projects in France
Elyse Energy, a French industrial SME leading the way in low-carbon molecule production, has successfully secured...
Clients' successes
Elyse Energy, a French industrial SME leading the way in low-carbon molecule production, has successfully secured strategic financing for two sustainable fuel projects to support the energy transition in maritime and air transport, including defense, as well as in industry. Societe Generale acted as Financial Advisor and Mandated Lead Arranger (MLA), in...
Pioneering Sustainable Fuel Projects in France
23 Sep 2025
Making Japan’s first LTDA-backed BESS project a reality
Hexa Energy Services’ first battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Japan, developed under the country’s new...
Clients' successes
Hexa Energy Services’ first battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Japan, developed under the country’s new long-term capacity payment regime, has set a template for the industry. Societe Generale acted as Mandated Lead Arranger and Hedge Provider for the financing of the first Tagawa BESS project.
Making Japan’s first LTDA-backed BESS project a reality
01 Aug 2025
Fuelling Zenobē’s European EV Expansion
Investment in large-scale rechargeable battery solutions is critical to enabling the uptake of electric vehicles and...
News & Insights
Investment in large-scale rechargeable battery solutions is critical to enabling the uptake of electric vehicles and renewable power and to supporting the decarbonisation of Europe’s automotive sector.
Fuelling Zenobē’s European EV Expansion
09 May 2025
Enabling EV adoption with the AESC UK Plant 2
To finance its second battery manufacturing plant in the UK, AESC Group Ltd, one of the world's leading battery...
Clients' successes
To finance its second battery manufacturing plant in the UK, AESC Group Ltd, one of the world's leading battery technology companies, benefitted from Societe Generale’s expertise and experience in this sector.
Enabling EV adoption with the AESC UK Plant 2
25 Oct 2024
Supporting the world's first large-scale green steel plant with a groundbreaking water treatment facility
Stegra and John Laing have entered a Private-to-Private Partnership (PtPP) to create a Water Treatment Plant (WTP) for...
Clients' successes
Stegra and John Laing have entered a Private-to-Private Partnership (PtPP) to create a Water Treatment Plant (WTP) for Stegra's industrial site in Boden, Sweden. The WTP will support the world's first large-scale green steel plant, reducing CO2 emissions by up to 95% and treating wastewater.
Supporting the world's first large-scale green steel plant with a groundbreaking water treatment facility
21 Oct 2024
Powering Fuel Cell Expansion in the Northeast US
New projects using fuel cell technology that turn natural gas into electricity without combustion will help reduce...
Oil & Gas
New projects using fuel cell technology that turn natural gas into electricity without combustion will help reduce carbon emissions while delivering reliable power in New Jersey and Connecticut.
Powering Fuel Cell Expansion in the Northeast US
18 Jun 2024
Leveraging Renewable Energy to Boost Chile’s - And the World’s - Copper Supply
Copper demand is on the rise, driven in large part by the global energy transition and the sustainable urbanization of...
Clients' successes
Copper demand is on the rise, driven in large part by the global energy transition and the sustainable urbanization of emerging economies.
Leveraging Renewable Energy to Boost Chile’s - And the World’s - Copper Supply

Our Experts' Views

03 Nov 2025
Can Europe establish sovereignty in critical raw materials?
As the global energy transition accelerates, the strategic importance of critical raw materials, such as lithium,...
Expert views
As the global energy transition accelerates, the strategic importance of critical raw materials, such as lithium, copper, cobalt, and rare earth minerals, has never been clearer.
Can Europe establish sovereignty in critical raw materials?
18 Sep 2025
Nuclear’s Global Renaissance: Pragmatism, Innovation, and the Path to Net Zero
By Olivier Musset, Global Co-Head of Finance & Advisory, Energy Plus Group, Battery, Mining & Industries.
Expert views
By Olivier Musset, Global Co-Head of Finance & Advisory, Energy Plus Group, Battery, Mining & Industries.
Nuclear’s Global Renaissance: Pragmatism, Innovation, and the Path to Net Zero
12 Sep 2025
Supporting the decarbonisation of Australian mining
By Aaron Borg, Head of Battery, Mining & Industries for Australia, and Campbell Webster, Director, Energy+ Group for...
Expert views
By Aaron Borg, Head of Battery, Mining & Industries for Australia, and Campbell Webster, Director, Energy+ Group for Australia & New Zealand, at Societe Generale
Supporting the decarbonisation of Australian mining
24 Jun 2025
BESS – Emerging Asset to Essential Infrastructure
The recent closing of the substantially merchant battery financing, Constantine, along with the Zenobe led-Eccles...
Expert views
The recent closing of the substantially merchant battery financing, Constantine, along with the Zenobe led-Eccles project have drawn attention to the development of the Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) asset class. These transactions highlight an increase in the number of financings in Europe, particularly in the UK.
BESS – Emerging Asset to Essential Infrastructure
18 Feb 2025
The transition in the automotive industry: navigating the shift to electric and autonomous vehicles
By Societe Generale experts Nicolas Sanson, Head of Automotive and Mobility Investment Banking and Christophe Hadjal,...
Expert views
By Societe Generale experts Nicolas Sanson, Head of Automotive and Mobility Investment Banking and Christophe Hadjal, Regional sector Head of Battery, Mining and Industries for Europe.
The transition in the automotive industry: navigating the shift to electric and autonomous vehicles
12 Nov 2024
Why decarbonising European steel is harder than it seems
Christophe Roux, Head of metals, mining and industries EMEA at Societe Generale, explores the challenges facing Europe's...
Expert views
Christophe Roux, Head of metals, mining and industries EMEA at Societe Generale, explores the challenges facing Europe's steel industry as it moves toward decarbonisation, in an article published in “Mining Technology” on October 25, 2024.
Why decarbonising European steel is harder than it seems
02 Jul 2024
EV charging infrastructures in Europe: Business models and financing
Extensive and affordable access to public charging infrastructure is needed for the mass-market switch to electric...
Expert views
Extensive and affordable access to public charging infrastructure is needed for the mass-market switch to electric transport.
EV charging infrastructures in Europe: Business models and financing
03 Jun 2024
Turning vision into reality for a sustainable EV solutions pioneer
From gigafactories to green ammonia, bankable new business models are key to accelerating the energy transition.
Expert views
From gigafactories to green ammonia, bankable new business models are key to accelerating the energy transition.
Turning vision into reality for a sustainable EV solutions pioneer

Awards and Rankings

21 Nov 2025
Societe Generale awarded at the IJGlobal ESG Awards 2025
Societe Generale wins “ESG Global Financial Adviser of the Year" and “ESG APAC Lender of the Year” at the IJGlobal ESG...
Awards & Rankings
Societe Generale wins “ESG Global Financial Adviser of the Year" and “ESG APAC Lender of the Year” at the IJGlobal ESG Awards 2025
Societe Generale awarded at the IJGlobal ESG Awards 2025
06 May 2025
IJGlobal Awards 2024
Societe Generale awarded Financial Adviser of the Year for Europe plus numerous "Deals of the Year" across all regions
Awards & Rankings
Societe Generale awarded Financial Adviser of the Year for Europe plus numerous "Deals of the Year" across all regions
IJGlobal Awards 2024
06 Mar 2025
Societe Generale wins 10 awards in sustainable finance
Global Finance has announced the winners of its fifth annual Sustainable Finance Awards for 2025 and the selections for...
Awards & Rankings
Global Finance has announced the winners of its fifth annual Sustainable Finance Awards for 2025 and the selections for its annual Investment Bank Awards
Societe Generale wins 10 awards in sustainable finance
05 Nov 2024
Societe Generale awarded in the IJGlobal ESG Awards 2024
Societe Generale awarded both "APAC ESG Lender of the Year" and "North America ESG Lender of the Year" at the IJGlobal...
Awards & Rankings
Societe Generale awarded both "APAC ESG Lender of the Year" and "North America ESG Lender of the Year" at the IJGlobal ESG Awards 2024
Societe Generale awarded in the IJGlobal ESG Awards 2024