Our expert consultants bring decades of operational experience to every project

MCI Group offers a broad range of professional advisory services

Our team of industry professionals delivers comprehensive solutions backed by proprietary data and analytical tools. With over 20 years of global project experience, we provide independent, objective advice to clients worldwide.

Techno-Commercial Services

• Business restructuring, especially relevant to metal sector firms that may be in administration, or about to embark on the path to privatisation. Our restructuring specialists have led major turnaround programmes across Europe and the Middle East. See our business turnaround page or contact our steel experts for a no-obligation preliminary discussion.
  
  
• Technical facility reviews, assessing plant and equipment installation issues and modernisation options (including assessments of capital investment plans and vendor offers). Our reviews utilize comprehensive capex cost databases and benchmarking data from 1,300+ global steel investments.
  
  
• Performance improvement support from professional steel experts with extensive operational experience. Such support can include a 1-2 day site visit by one of our technical experts, in order to identify critical performance issues and 'low hanging fruit' type opportunities for cost reduction / profit improvement. Recent MCI clients have shown especial interest in energy efficiency issues, and advice regarding improvements to their greenhouse gas emission levels (and carbon footprint).
  
  
• Bankable feasibility studies for investment in greenfield or brownfield metal sector projects including iron, steel, aluminium, copper, and covering upstream investment (DRI, iron or steelmaking) and downstream modernisation (flat, long or tubular products). Our feasibility specialists have completed major studies for World Bank, IFC, and private investors across 30+ countries. For further information see our feasibility study page.
  
  
• We also offer concept studies - smaller versions of full feasibility studies - for clients wishing to undertake 'high-level' or preliminary appraisals. As with feasibility studies, these investigations typically address market, technical and financial matters; often identifying key issues or knowledge gaps that must be addressed prior to progressing to feasibility study stage. Contact our team to discuss your project requirements.
  
  
• Due diligence assessments for acquirers, banks, venture capital funds or other financiers. Our due diligence specialists have assessed assets ranging from $50m to $5bn across all major steel-producing regions. We provide comprehensive technical, commercial, and operational assessments backed by independent market data and cost benchmarking. For typical project, see one of our due diligence case study pages.
  
  
• Lender's engineer support, from experts who have undertaken similar steel sector roles covering coke plant modernisation, pellet plant, DRI, EAF melt shop caster, hot strip mill and bar mill investments in Bahrain, India, Turkey, Egypt, UAE, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.
  
  
• Market entry studies, quantifying opportunities for steel sector volume or value enhancement (including downstream expansion). Our studies utilize comprehensive steel capacity databases, price forecasts, and competitive intelligence. Studies can be desk-based, or can include field research conducted by our regional specialists.
  
  
• Optimisation of routes to market, with emphasis on steel distribution issues (investment in stockholding opertions, service centres or other vertical integration options).
  
  
• Metal company valuations based on financial assessments (sometimes underpinned by market and technical investigations) using discounted cash flow techniques that also identify project IRRs and payback times; and usually map out the critical determinants of project risk. Our valuations are supported by proprietary cost models and market forecasts developed by industry-leading economists.
  
  

Expert Witness Services

• Expert witness support in metal sector litigation on a broad range of topics - for example with non-delivery issues, trading disputes, rust damage, other breach of contract - where we provide expert reports to help clients resolve third party disputes. Our expert witnesses have testified in 40+ international arbitrations and bring decades of industry experience to each case.
  
  
• As standard practice prior to commencement of any expert witness work, we conduct thorough conflict of interest checks and prepare a written letter of engagement identifying the specific experts who we propose to be involved. Our expert witness credentials are recognized by leading academic institutions and government agencies.
  
  

To learn more, visit our steel expert or metal expert witness pages.

All products and professional services above are offered at a pre-agreed price that is communicated to the client in writing in advance. Please contact us for a no-obligation conversation and written proposal / draft letter of engagement.

For further enquiries about our services, please contact info@metalsconsultinginternational.com or call +44 (0) 775 149 0885.