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Covington represents mining & metals industry clients in various anti-corruption, competition, corporate, dispute resolution, environmental, insurance coverage, intellectual property, legislative, policy, regulatory, and trade matters.
Our clients include leading producers of bauxite, copper, gold, silver, iodine, iron, lithium, zinc, molybdenum, construction aggregates, and phosphates (and its derivative products), as well as financiers and major equipment suppliers to mining companies.
We are strategic advisors guiding clients through the complex issues driving the industry’s key business decisions.
Joy Global Acquisition of Mining Equipment Manufacturer
Represented Joy Global in its $1.5 billion acquisition of International Mining Machinery Holdings Ltd.
Newmont Mining and Sumitomo in Arbitration
Representation of a joint venture of Newmont Mining and Sumitomo in an arbitration under UNCITRAL Rules relating to the Indonesian government’s efforts to terminate an agreement regarding exploitation of copper and gold resources.
“Rare Earths” WTO dispute
Advised a sovereign state and other stakeholders regarding a WTO dispute with respect to China’s restrictions on the export of commodities and “rare earth” minerals.
High Profile Section 337 Dispute Between U.S. Steel and the Chinese Steel Industry
Representation of Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. in a trade secret, antitrust and false designation of origin dispute in the International Trade Commission involving processes for making Advanced High Strength Steel. In November 2016, Sturgis Sobin, Derek Ludwin, and James O’Connell were named “Litigators of the Week” by American Lawyer for an initial determination at the ITC on behalf of our client. This was the first price-fixing case in almost 40 years at the agency, terminating U.S. Steel’s antitrust claim.
- Mining Journal, “World’s Top Mining Law Firms” (2015)
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