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Prices are down, but should we be investing in lithium refining?
Prices are down, but should we be investing in lithium refining?

Smelt, refine, manufacture, add value?

Lithium prices are down, but should we be investing in refining?

Northvolt is cutting back when it should be growing - what’s gone wrong?
Northvolt is cutting back when it should be growing - what’s gone wrong?

Why is Northvolt scaling back when it should be expanding at pace?

Transformation is a core process, not a one-off activity
Transformation is a core process, not a one-off activity

Most transformations don’t achieve their objectives. How can you beat the odds?

What should a country’s minerals strategy look like?
What should a country’s minerals strategy look like?

How to review a country’s minerals strategy from a standing start, in a week…

Are you growing faster than your peers?
Are you growing faster than your peers?

Announcing RokitPad™ - a rapid diagnostic to evaluate and RokitLaunch™ your growth - to ensure you are set on the right trajectory, not missing important opportunities, and have a systematic plan and process to manage your flight…

What does Energy Transition Strategy really mean for a miner?
What does Energy Transition Strategy really mean for a miner?

Back in December, Rio Tinto announced it was ‘reluctantly’ seeking acquisition opportunities (check out the Financial TImes 15 December 2022). It wants to buy critical minerals assets such as nickel and lithium. But it’s not exactly a strategy…

NDA Transformation Office
NDA Transformation Office
Lomond digital acquisition targeting
Lomond digital acquisition targeting
‘Competitive advantage’ for the minerals industry has changed
‘Competitive advantage’ for the minerals industry has changed

In the new world, where your resource is, with whom you’ve partnered, and who has significant control over it are potentially as or more important as its inherent quality…

Building required gigafactory capacity will require cross-value chain partnerships
Building required gigafactory capacity will require cross-value chain partnerships

At Surrey Hills Strategy, we foresee up to 50% of planned and announced European battery gigafactory projects will fail. This won't be random…

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    Value

    What drives VALUE in your organisation?

    3-4 week ‘Value Driver’ diagnostic

    To connect CEO with the front line, you need a rigorous understanding of value and what drives it. Which assets, people, customers, products, systems offer the greatest potential for improvement?

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  • ORGANISATIONAL AGILITY INDEX

    Agility

    How AGILE are you?

    3 week ‘Organisational Agility’ diagnostic

    Agile isn’t just for IT. Yes, effective organisations need clear accountabilities and hierarchies. But agility is vital to succeed in our tumultuous times. We have developed the Agile Organisation Index and toolkit for organisational agility to help you target improvement.

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  • Scale-up

    Is your SCALE-UP on track?

    4-week ‘Scale-up Readiness Index’ diagnostic

    From hard lessons learned through the Johnson Matthey and BritishVolt scale-up experience, Surrey Hills Strategy has developed the Scaleup Readiness Index. Diagnose the greatest risks to your scale-up and prioritise a plan to derisk them.

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