Technical Audit Projects
Client |
Location |
Description |
Sample Benefits |
| A & W Troy (Innophos) | Mexico | Sulfuric acid, Prayon phosacid | Many modifications identified - total investment $7.7m, increase in margins $15.5m. |
| Apatit Fertilizers | Kirovsk, Russia | Phosphate Beneficiation | Independent Technical Assessment |
| Agrium Inc. | Conda, Idaho | Mine, beneficiation, Singmaster Breyer phosacid | Complete audit - many small projects identified with returns from 30% to 500% |
| Agrium Inc. | Redwater, Canada | Prayon phosacid | Improved flow through flash cooler reducing downtime |
| Cargill Crop Nutrition (Mosaic) | Bartow, Florida | Prayon phosacid | Changed operation of ball mills at low cost resulting in increased P2O5 recovery worth over $750,000 per year |
| ICS | Senegal | Restructuring of Fertilizer Industry | Ongoing |
| LIFOSA | Kedainiai, Lithuania |
Waste Minimization |
Total of $10,000 invested in 8 small projects with ROI ranging from 144% to 2660%. |
|
PCS Phosphates |
White Springs, FL | Prayon phosacid | Improvements to flash cooling system identified |
| Texuna Group | Uzbekistan | Mine & Fertilizer Plants |
Audit for restructuring of Fertilizer Industry |
| Ultrafertil, SA | Cubatão, Brazil | Dorr phosacid |
Steam savings worth over $1,000,000 a year identified. |
Due Dilligence Projects
Our staff combines managerial expertise, technical capabilities, and common-sense financial and business knowledge to provide comprehensive consulting services to assist our clients in meeting their objectives.
Although due diligence is routinely performed when acquiring or selling a business, it's often conducted quickly and is narrowly focusing on how a company has historically performed technically and financially. In other words, businesses focus on the past rather than the future of the combined companies.
Traditional financial, legal, and environmental due diligence is crucial to the success of any acquisition; however, we've found it insufficient in predicting the long-term success of a transaction. Instead we recommend a multidisciplinary approach. In addition to financial due diligence, businesses should focus on four other, sometimes neglected, areas of due diligence: strategy, information technology (IT), operations, and human capital, including the organization's culture.
Our Due Diligence team comprises experts in mining and beneficiation, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid and fertilizers, and company management.
Client |
Location |
Description |
| A & W Americas | Charleston, VA | Environmental assessment for joint venture at Copebras, Brazil. |
| Agrifos | New York, NY | Acquisition of Mobil Pasadena Plant. |
| Behre Dolbear | Denver, CO | Acquisition of Oxy White Springs by Mulberry Phosphates |
| Mulberry Phosphates | Mulberry, FL | Loan for Piney Point Revamp. |
Expert Witness Projects
Our team has represented clients in depositions and court appearances against contractors, and other suppliers.
Client |
Location |
Description |
| Agrifos | London | Arbitration related to demurrage charges after Tropical Storm Alison. |
| Duke Energy | Chicago | Arbitration related to cost overruns and technical errors on a Power plant in Guatemala |