Company
A leading commodity consultancy with expertise in future technologies and mobility. SFA (Oxford) is a world-renowned authority on platinum-group metals and provides market intelligence on strategic and precious metals for industrial applications, clean automobiles and technologies for future smart cities, as well as on evolving jewellery trends and investment.
For more than 15 years, the SFA (Oxford) team has successfully undertaken complex assignments for producers, fabricators, end-users, recyclers and investors, whilst compiling the most comprehensive, independent supply and demand database.
We work confidentially in support of each client’s specific requirements, augmenting strategic decision-making and adding value to a portfolio of companies that spans the entire value chain, from mine to market. Consequently, we have built up a unique network of loyal, long-standing clients to become renowned and trusted advisors throughout the industry.
"SFA (Oxford) provides us with critical market intelligence on the global supply situation for PGMs. In particular, their fundamental understanding of PGM production cost developments helps us anticipate and understand the possible changes in supply. To our thinking, SFA (Oxford) is the only source we would consider for this type of information."
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A deep understanding of the impact of technologies on commodities
SFA (Oxford)’s proven industry experience with strong links from mine sites to end-users, as well as a unique insight into the complex global commodities marketplace, is what gives us our competitive edge.
Our extensive knowledge base is accumulated from constant interaction with end-users, consultancy work, monitoring of new production capacity and closures, technological developments, trade data, macroeconomic drivers and industrial indices. Much of the data associated with end-users is very difficult to obtain and we have succeeded in acquiring this data over a number of years through industry-sponsored research and interaction with stakeholders.
SFA (Oxford)’s expertise and granular analysis on tomorrow’s technologies and their implication for commodities continues to augment our clients’ business needs and investment decisions.
The Team
SFA (Oxford) has eleven dedicated consulting analysts, each a specialist in a particular part of the value chain, which when combined with our industry associates as necessary, allow us to diversify our research beyond the scope of most consultancies, acting as a ‘think tank’ for many clients, identifying and validating strategic opportunities.
Stephen A. Forrest
Chairman, Principal Consultant & Engineer, Chairman of the Executive Committee
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Beresford Clarke
Managing Director & Head of Research, Member of the Executive Committee
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Dr Jenny Watts
Principal Analyst: Automotive Demand & Technology, Member of the Executive Committee
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Samantha Trickey
Principal Analyst: Supply, Geology & Mining; Member of the Executive Committee
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Dr Ralph Grimble
Principal Market Analyst: Commodities & Financial Markets; Member of the Executive Committee
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Consulting
At the core of SFA (Oxford)’s business is bespoke consulting. We provide detailed, tailored assessments of strategic investment opportunities using our extensive industry expertise to evaluate the impact of the challenges affecting the industry.
What we offer
Reports
SFA (Oxford) provides regular market intelligence on the PGM metals, other strategic commodities such as lithium and cobalt, and bespoke deep-dive analysis into new and existing opaque markets.
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