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Bechtel’s Impact Report

Advanced Materials

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Unlocking Resources for the Future

The mining sector is critical to underpinning the energy transition as the shift toward clean energy drives a huge increase in the need for the commodities that our customers produce.

Our customers’ are unlocking the resources for the future enabling the transition to electromobility, renewable energy, digitization, and smart infrastructure. And as the global population continues to grow, our customers are mining for the key ingredients to boost agricultural productivity and deliver social and economic growth for a better future.

The mining industry is looking to extract these vital resources to support net zero in a way that is more sustainable than the past, more attuned to local stakeholders / traditional landowners, and more focused on net zero and water usage. Bechtel has a critical role in supporting these efforts alongside our customers.

For Bechtel, the challenge is to deliver these commodities more efficiently and more responsibly so as to meet the world’s ESG expectations and enable energy transition, electromobility, urbanization, and food security. Mining and metals customers rely on Bechtel to deliver their world class assets including copper and gold concentrators, industrial water supply systems, iron ore and bauxite bulk materials handling facilities, refineries, aluminum smelters, and phosphate plants.

By aligning everything we do to our customers’ goals, Bechtel can help achieve operational and performance excellence. We combine industry-leading innovation and integrated EPC for greater capital efficiency, and our unwavering commitment to safety, quality, and ethics helps us ensure we leave a lasting positive legacy in the communities we serve.