Foreign Investment in the Latin America Mining Sector, A Risk Assessment

April 2009 | John Price, Miami

After centuries of mining activity, many of the best remaining geological yields are found increasingly in nations and geographies that are subject to considerable risk. That reality obliges the mining industry to be a leader in the field of risk management. Few industries spend more energy and expertise than mining in the research and quantification of risk, in its multiple forms. The ability to finance risk, and then manage it though the operational life of a mine, can, simply put, define the success of a mining firm.

Moving South: Why the Automobile Industry Crisis in the US is Good News for Mexico

December 2007 | Enrique Orellana

Cloudy Days in Detroit

2007 will be remembered as a historic year for the global automotive industry. For the first time the US was displaced by Japan as the number one vehicle producer in the world, while a Japanese brand, Toyota, overtook GM as the world’s largest carmaker. For the first time in a decade, US car sales will slip below the 16 million mark in 2007, a drop of 1.3% over the previous year. The US continues to be the largest market for vehicle sales, but one that is shrinking, and with a recession looming vehicles sales are not expected to recover in the short term.

Latin America's Security Sector: Where Crime Pushes Growth

September 2007 | Thomas Rideg

Security is growing to be a major industry in most markets around the planet and Latin America is not lagging behind. Priorities throughout different areas of the globe on security issues differ: while industrialized nations are concerned with terrorism, developing nations are mostly concerned with crime. The general trend in security in Latin America is to protect the white collar class from violence derived from the disparity of wealth in the region.

BRAZIL’S RECORD-BREAKING AUTOMOBILE DEMAND: CAN SUPPLY KEEP PACE?

August 2007 | Thomas Rideg

Access to credit, economic stability, and lowered interest rates have increased consumer confidence and boosted car sales in Brazil to the highest levels in the country’s history. Is this growth sustainable?