Capabilities

Strategy and analytics for capital-intensive technology decisions.

From early screening to fleet- and project-scale investment cases, delivered through consulting capabilities paired with a custom techno-economic modelling toolkit.

Consulting capabilities

Where we add value

Technology Strategy & Evaluation

  • Fleet transition and value-led decarbonisation strategy
  • Technical-maturity, feasibility and optioneering analysis
  • Value-Ease technology screening and prioritisation
  • Techno-economic analysis and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) modelling
  • Prototype design and demonstration planning

Heavy-Haul Rail & Mine Fleets

  • Heavy-haul locomotive and train design and operation (diesel-electric and electric)
  • Novel battery-electric and hybrid platforms
  • Heavy Mine and Mobile Equipment (HME) fleet transition across all major pathways
  • Infrastructure strategy, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) engagement and prototype programs

Mining & Mineral Processing

  • Supply risk and ramp-up analysis (Li, Ni, Co, REE, Mn)
  • Project due diligence and portfolio prioritisation
  • Flowsheet evaluation and investment cases
  • Deep domain expertise in mineral processing

Collaborative Advisory

  • Facilitation of complex problem-solving and alignment workshops
  • Research integration with universities
  • Stakeholder, government and OEM alignment
  • Formulating winning themes for government grants
Analytics & simulation

A custom techno-economic modelling toolkit

Every model is built around the client's data, operations and constraints, capturing complexity that generic tools miss. Options are screened and evaluated, then the survivors are deep-modelled.

1

Operational & technical analysis

Model the operation from real data: energy and duty cycles for a fleet, or unit operations, metallurgy and recovery for a process.

2

Screen & shortlist

Value-Ease screening and technical-maturity / feasibility optioneering, triaging the field to the options worth deep analysis.

3

Techno-economic modelling

Full cost-and-value modelling of each shortlisted option: total cost of ownership for a decarbonisation decision, or recovery, net present value and ramp-up risk for a processing or project decision.

4

Scenario & risk analysis

Sensitivities, staging and risk: investment timing and procurement strategy, or production ramp-up and supply-risk scenarios.