Welcome to Core Consultants

Core Consultants is a leading, independent mining consultancy practice which offers a broad spectrum of services exclusively to the international mining and metallurgical industries as well as those corporations affiliated to the resource industry.

Renowned for commodity market intelligence, Core Consultants has built a reputation for unrivalled bespoke research in the fields of bulk, base, ferroalloy and minor metals and minerals. Our clients include a range of merchant banks, international mining publishing corporations, private and listed mining and exploration companies as well as industry associations.

Our Services include:

Advisory Services & Consultancy:
Core Consultants provides an economic and financial opinion and analysis of potential commodity, exploration and mining investments according to specific client briefs and advises on market access, opportunities and strategies. Additionally, we facilitate foreign direct investors wishing to partner with or acquire African mining companies by short listing investment opportunities and facilitating the negotiation process. >> Read more

Customer Satisfaction Surveys:
Core Consultants conducts customer satisfaction surveys on behalf of the marketing teams of multinational mining houses. The response of the surveys is presented using Crystal Reporting along with a report summarizing response trends and recommendations for improvement in customer satisfaction. >> Read more

Excel Modelling:
Core Consultants provides customised valuation and financial analysis excel models. Our models are flexible, creative and comprehensive. Further they may be VBA enabled or linked to a data base. Our models are seen as an important planning tool and enable companies to perform sensitivity analyses on their operations with respect to a number of key input variables. >> Read more

Research:
Core Consultants' research division authors and publishes commodity outlook reports. These reports include customised reports in accordance with specific client briefs as well as regular report subscriptions and in-depth studies. Our reports detail the outlook for supply, demand, trade and price. Upcoming titles include: "Quarterly Trends in the Ferrochrome & Stainless Steel Industry", "A Monthly Outlook for Rare Earth Elements", "An In-depth Review of Sino-African Relations in the Mining Industry," "A Quarterly Outlook of Iron Ore Markets." >> Read more

Training:

Core Consultants recognises the need for skills development and upliftment of South African mine workers. The cyclical nature of the resource industry often results in large number of retrenchments with miners having limited skills to seek other employment. We offer mineworkers matric tutoring, personal finance and basic computer literacy skills. >> Read more