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Thematic Analysis
FDI Trends in Europe (2025)
Europe experienced a robust growth phase characterized by increased project numbers and capital expenditures from 2023 to 2024, . Europe's share in opened Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects, dominated by Western Europe, rose to 40% in 2024. Despite visible FDI opportunity, Eurozone GDP growth stunted at 0.9% in 2024, with structural issues like low productivity, rapidly increasing bond yields, and energy costs weighing on industrial competitiveness Despite healthy levels of inward Greenfield FDI recorded in 2024, Europe’s FDI climate is facing the...
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Analyst Opinions
Decarbonizing the Steel Industry: Assessing Trends, Technologies, Challenges and Case Studies
The steel industry is responsible for approximately 8% of global CO₂ emissions and is considered a hard-to-abate industry due to its reliance on coal to meet energy and feedstock demands in primary production. In addition, according to the World Economic Forum, steel demand is projected to rise 30% by 2050 and will be bolstered by the roll-out of energy transition technologies such as wind power. As a result, decarbonizing the steel industry has become crucial for achieving net-zero goals. This...
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Thematic Analysis
FDI Trends in North America (2025)
Canada’s FDI outlook remains rife with economic uncertainty, being intrinsically linked to the US. According to GlobalData’s FDI Database, the US constitutes approximately 45% of the 371 (announced) FDI projects in Canada’s inward FDI pipeline (from 2023 to close of Q2 2025). Prime Minister Mark Carney initially adopted a tough rhetoric, indicating a desire to renegotiate the USCMA trading agreement. Though, the current state-of-play reads that Canada has filed a WTO dispute contesting US tariff obligations, while elevated 35% tariffs...
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Thematic Analysis
Cloud Computing in Mining: Strategic Intelligence
Mining companies are investing in Cloud computing technologies to enhance productivity, safety, cost efficiency, and mineral discovery. Cloud, as a theme, has matured significantly. Over the past 20 years, cloud computing has evolved to the point where leading mining companies in the cloud computing theme spend between 30% and 50% of their external information and communication technology (ICT) budget on cloud computing, according to GlobalData. With only the largest major mining companies spending such sums on cloud, most of the...
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Thematic Analysis
FDI Trends in Africa (2025)
Overall, Africa’s share of global FDI remains small, however, investment opportunities across the continent are increasingly viewed as a growth frontier, presenting competitive long-term benefits. Notably, Africa continues to offer higher average profitability on FDI relative to other regions, despite ample structural deficiencies fueling a high-risk premium; this is supported by the fact that the largest 40 companies in Africa have annualized returns of 12.9% in the last year. GlobalData’s FDI Team expects FDI to diversifyaway from traditional, extractive industries...
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Thematic Analysis
Materials M&A Deals Q1 2025 - Top Themes: Strategic Intelligence
This report analyzes the disruptive themes that have driven M&A activity in Q1 2025 in the Materials Sector.
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Analyst Opinions
Agentic AI: Sector Impact and Innovations
As AI agents move from proof-of-concept to large-scale deployments, they are showing significant potential to improve operational efficiency, decision-making, and personalization. Emerging vendors like Hippocratic AI (healthcare), Boosted.AI (financial services), Agentech (financial services), FleetWorks (transportation, infrastructure, and logistics), Harvey (legal and compliance), and Pando (transportation, infrastructure, and logistics) are at the forefront of this transformation. Their tools, which integrate advanced reasoning frameworks, multi-agent collaboration models, and intelligent retrieval techniques, are creating scalable and adaptable AI systems that cater to sector-specific...
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Thematic Analysis
Future of Work in Mining - Strategic Intelligence
Mining companies are investing in future of work technologies to enhance productivity, safety, cost efficiency, and mineral discovery. The impact of future of work technologies in mining is already significant and will only grow in the coming years. The future of work will transform mining The technologies comprising GlobalData’s future of work framework are revolutionizing the mining sector. Automation can enhance productivity and safety by removing workers from hazardous environments and operating continuously. Visualization tools improve mine mapping, training, and...
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Thematic Analysis
Net Zero Strategies in the Mining Sector - Strategic Intelligence
Net Zero Strategies in Mining Strategic Report Overview Intense regulatory pressure on emissions means companies in all sectors need a net zero strategy. Most mining companies have set 2050 as the target year for achieving net zero carbon emissions. In the interim (2025-2035), they will implement shorter-term emission reduction goals, typically aiming for around a 30% reduction by 2030. The “Net Zero Strategies in Mining” strategic intelligence report offers a comprehensive analysis of the key approaches being implemented by companies...
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Thematic Analysis
Blockchain in Mining - Strategic Intelligence
Blockchain in Mining Strategic Intelligence Report Overview The mining industry’s supply chain is complex, but implementing blockchain-based platforms can enable material tracing. Meanwhile, mining companies can use blockchain to maintain digital records of the entire mineral value chain, capture every attribute, and update documents when the process demands an upgrade. The ‘Blockchain in Mining’ strategic intelligence report gives an in-depth insight into the blockchain theme and how it will impact the Mining sector. It further entails a deep-dive analysis of...
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