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Excellence Categories – These categories look at achievements in our  core areas of excellence and include everything from Covid-19 Response to Social Impact.

Sector Excellence – These categories look at achievements within each individual market sub-sector and can include everything from notable business expansion through innovation to diversity and environmental initiatives.

Firms of the Year – These categories look at achievements by specific types of companies and includes everything from new market entrants to finance and legal firms.

Deals of the Year – The most notable finance and M&A deals from the research period.

 

*Please note that we also have awards for individuals, the winners of which will be announced in our Awards Report alongside the other category winners

Excellence Categories

COVID-19 RESPONSE

  • Anglo American Platinum
  • B2Gold
  • Glencore
  • New Gold
  • The Minerals Council South Africa

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

  • BHP
  • Clean TeQ Water
  • Glencore
  • Itochu, Shell International
  • Nornickel
  • OceanaGold
  • Rio Tinto, Australian Renewable Energy Agency
  • Vale, Kobe Steel, Mitsui
  • Wärtsilä, Schneider

INNOVATION

  • Antofagasta/Universal Field Robots (UFR)
  • Critical Elements/GoldSpot Discoveries
  • Debswana Mining Company
  • Earth AI
  • newGen Group
  • Nornickel
  • Sandvik Mining, Rock Technology, Exyn Technologies
  • Urban Mine
  • West Virginia University

PRODUCT LAUNCH & R&D

  • Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation
  • DeepGreen Metals
  • FERRIT
  • The Collaborative Consortium for Coarse Particle Processing Research (CPR)
  • University of Exeter

SAFETY

  • Caterpillar, Guardhat
  • Continental AG
  • INCIMMET SA
  • newGen Group
  • Sandvik
  • TBT, DNA-Blast Group

SOCIAL IMPACT

  • Australia-Africa Minerals & Energy Group, BHP
  • B2Gold
  • Decipher
  • Ford
  • HILT CRC
  • Nornickel
  • Orion Minerals
  • Scotland Fife, National Pride
  • Tesla
  • Wintawari Guruma Aboriginal Corporation (WGAC)

Sector Excellence

BASE METALS

  • Cleveland-Cliffs
  • Codelco, Microsoft
  • Cornish Lithium, Source Certain International
  • Critical Elements
  • Giga Metals
  • Lion Battery Technologies, Florida International University
  • Minera Salar Blanco, Mitsui
  • Nornickel
  • Piedmont Lithium
  • Rio Tinto

COMMODITIES

  • ABB
  • BMA, Daunia
  • Ford
  • Glencore
  • IBM, Royal Dutch Shell
  • Itochu, Shell International
  • XCHG

EXPLORATION

  • Design 1st
  • Deswik, RGS Environmental
  • Earth AI
  • Imago
  • Sandvik Mining, Rock Technology, Exyn Technologies
  • University of Exeter
  • Urban Mine

PRECIOUS METALS AND MINERALS

  • ALROSA
  • B2Gold
  • Everledger, JD.com
  • Itronics
  • Lion Battery Technologies

PROCESSING

  • Amira Global/ColdBlock Technologies
  • Caterpillar
  • Fenner Dunlop
  • Huawei, Shanxi Cloud Era Technology, Jinneng Holding Group
  • Macarthur Minerals
  • METS Ignited
  • Rhosonics Analytical
  • Rio Tinto
  • Sandvik
  • The Collaborative Consortium for Coarse Particle Processing Research (CPR)

RARE EARTH METALS

  • The US Department of Energy
  • West Virginia University

TRANSPORTATION

  • BHP, Toyota
  • Epiroc
  • FERRIT
  • Fortescue Metals Group, Williams Advanced Engineering
  • Imerys & MachineMax
  • Normet
  • Vale, Progress Rail

Firm of the Year

DISRUPTOR

  • Resolution Systems
  • RockMass Technologies
  • StrikePoint Gold

FINANCE

  • Bank of America
  • Bank of Montreal
  • Barclays
  • BNP Paribas
  • Canaccord Genuity Group
  • Citigroup
  • HSBC Holdings
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co/J.P. Morgan Securities
  • Morgan Stanley

LEGAL

  • Allen & Overy
  • Ashurst
  • Blake, Cassels & Graydon
  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell
  • Davis Polk & Wardwell
  • DLA Piper
  • Dorsey & Whitney
  • Herbert Smith Freehills
  • HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
  • Jones Day
  • Linklaters
  • Stikeman Elliott

NEWCOMER

  • Axora
  • Epiroc
  • Pensana
  • Vulcan Energy

PRIVATE EQUITY/VC

  • Apollo Global Management
  • KPS Capital Partners
  • Resource Capital Funds

SME

  • Australian Mines
  • CITIC Seram Energy
  • Orion Minerals
  • Taseko Mines
  • PT Dahana

Deal of the Year

FINANCE

  • CSN Mineracao
  • PT Ladangbaja Murni
  • Tianqi Lithium Terminates

M&A (impact)

  • Beijing Shougang acquires stake in Shougang Jingtang Iron & Steel United
  • Cleveland-Cliffs acquires ArcelorMittal USA
  • Endeavour Mining acquires Teranga Gold
  • Fortuna Silver Mines acquires Roxgold
  • IGO acquires Tianqi Australian lithium assets
  • Northern Star and Saracen Mineral Holdings merger
  • Nova Resources acquires Kaz Minerals
  • Orocobre and Galaxy Resources merge
  • Prony Resources acquires Vale Nouvelle-Calédonie
  • Sandvik acquires DSI Underground
  • Shanxi Xishan Coal acquires stake in Shanxi Fenxi Mining
  • ZCCM Investments acquires remaining stake in Mopani Copper Mines

M&A (innovation)

  • Bentley Systems acquires Seequent
  • Elliott Management acquires stake in Thiess
  • MP Materials and Fortress Value Acquisition Corp. merger
  • WSP acquires Golder Associates