Global Experience

Our international experience is extensive, including EU, Central & Eastern Europe, North America, Russia/CIS, Arab Gulf States, India and Pakistan, China, ASEAN, North Africa, South Africa and Latin America.

Our clients have included international bodies (EC, IBRD, IFC, EBRD, UNIDO, UNECE), national governments, investment banks, law firms, and national and international steel companies world wide.

Examples of project work carried out by members of the team over the period 2003-2006 include:

  • Review of the Czech national steel restructuring plan and individual company business plans: Irish Development International project for the European Commission
  • Review of the Croatian national steel restructuring plan: PriceWaterhouseCoopers project for the European Commission
  • Advice on the privatisation of Niksic steelworks, Montenegro: PE project for European Agency for Reconstruction
  • Technical and commercial audit of a seamless tube mill in Italy for a prospective buyer
  • Due diligence on privatisation of Erdemir steel company, Turkey, for a prospective buyer
  • Technical due diligence, reviews and expert witness work relating to mills in UK, Eire, Russia, Romania, Estonia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines
  • Profit improvement plan for a central European steel plant
  • Turnaround plan for a Czech rolling mill
  • Management assistance to Laiwu steel company, China, for Asian Development Bank
  • Research and writing a 300 page report “Steel in the New Europe: the impact of globalisation, accession and environmental policy” for Metal Bulletin
  • Research and writing a 2 volume report “Global steel and its raw materials: outlook to 2015” for Metal Bulletin
  • Advice and training on harmonisation of Russian technical regulations for steel construction, HTSPE project for the EU Tacis programme
  • Feasibility study at a Ukrainian mill for OeKB, the Austrian export credit guarantee institution.
  • Feasibility study of a cold rolling mill in Nigeria for a merchant bank.