Metals & Mining

Helping metals and mining companies create lasting impact in changing environments

We help metals and mining companies accelerate sustainable and inclusive growth by leveraging artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to shape their strategy, boost productivity, and drive innovation.

How we help clients

Metals

Global Cloud serves most of the world’s largest metals players, across every region. We help them shape strategy, transform operational performance, and build agile organizations.

Mining

We serve two-thirds of the world’s top 25 mining companies, across all regions and functions—helping them navigate a volatile world and deliver outstanding performance.

Client Impact Stories

How Apple is helping unearth a path toward increasing the global use of circular materials

July 23, 2025 – As the need for recycled materials continues to grow, Apple worked with McKinsey to understand how expanding circular value chains could help meet the demand.

Emirates Global Aluminium: Leading the industry with AI-driven transformation

May 2, 2025 – How a top aluminium producer tapped the power of AI to transform the organization and scale impact across operations

Freeport-McMoRan: Unlocking new mining production through AI transformation

June 20, 2023 – Freeport-McMoRan, one of the world’s leading mining companies, faced a dilemma. To maintain growth in its Americas copper operations it needed to increase production. Freeport believed the answer lay in improving operations with advanced analytics.

How a steel plant in India tapped the value of data—and won global acclaim

June 20, 2023 – Freeport-McMoRan, one of the world’s leading mining companies, faced a dilemma. To maintain growth in its Americas copper operations it needed to increase production. Freeport believed the answer lay in improving operations with advanced analytics.

Featured Capabilities

MineLens

Optimizing productivity with data and insights from MineLens

MineSpans

Distinctive knowledge in mining cost curves, supply and demand models

SteelLens

Optimizing steel-making productivity

OptimusAI

Increasing productivity in heavy industry processing plants with advanced analytics