— Solutions by Industry: Metals & Mining —
Don't go digging for essential Capex data. Have it on demand.
Finario provides the system to match the scale of your organization's ambition.
When capital intensity is measured in billions,


the costs of poor decisions can compound fast.
Metals & mining companies operate at the intersection of commodity volatility, geopolitical risk, long-horizon asset lifecycles, and mounting ESG scrutiny. The margin for capital allocation error is razor thin, and the consequences of getting it wrong can be felt for decades.
Combat Price Volatility
Metal prices can swing dramatically within a single budget cycle, fundamentally altering project economics. Finario’s dynamic reforecasting and scenario modeling tools keep capital plans current, enabling decisive reallocation when markets move, not months later.
Energy Transition & Decarbonization
Electrifying mining operations, integrating renewable energy, and meeting emissions-reduction targets are driving significant non-discretionary Capex. Finario surfaces these obligations alongside growth investments with their own metrics and incentive accounting.
Mine Development & Expansion
Greenfield vs. brownfield. Expansion vs. optimization. These are high-stakes capital decisions in any industry, with long payback horizons. Finario’s business case architecture and risk/benefit tools give finance and operations a shared framework for these decisions.
Asset Reliability & Sustaining Capex
Heavy equipment failures don’t just create cost overruns; they halt production entirely. Balancing sustaining Capex with expansion investment across multiple operating sites requires the portfolio visibility and prioritization rigor that Finario was built to provide.
Capital programs at this scale
require a system built for the depth.
Decades-Long Asset Lifecycles
A mine development decision made today can commit capital and define cost structures for 20 to 40 years.
The business case rigor, scenario analysis, and post-completion learning required to optimize decisions at this horizon demand purpose-built enterprise capital planning infrastructure.
Multi-Site, Multi-Jurisdiction Complexity
Metals & mining companies often operate
across dozens of sites spanning multiple countries, currencies, and regulatory regimes.
Consolidating capital data across this footprint, with live ERP actuals and consistent ROI models, is impossible without a purpose-built system connecting every site to a single source of truth.
Geopolitical & Regulatory Exposure
Purpose-built for the capital intensity
of metals & mining operations.
From a $50K equipment overhaul to a $2B mine development — every project in the same system, with the same rigor.
Standardized Business Case Templates
Leverage consistent evaluation criteria across maintenance, growth, automation, and ESG projects, so that capital competes on merit across every plant and format.
Automated Multi-Level Approval Workflows
Route requests by project type, value, and division. You won’t have to chase approvals in emails, texts and spreadsheets. Have a full audit trail at every step.
Real-Time ERP Actuals Integration
Connect SAP, Oracle, JDE, or Microsoft so that project-level actuals update your forecasts automatically, to always reflect today’s reality, not last month’s.
Commodity Price & Scenario Modeling
Stress-test project economics against commodity price ranges, energy cost assumptions, and regulatory scenarios before committing capital to long-horizon decisions.
Dynamic Portfolio Reallocation
Stack-rank projects across your capital portfolio using consistent ROI criteria. When commodity markets or geopolitical conditions shift, redirect capital with visibility and confidence.
Post-Completion Reviews & Continuous Improvement
Close the loop on every project. Build an institutional memory that connects promised returns to actual outcomes, and sharpens every future capital decision.
Industrial Revelation:
Metals & Mining
From commodity price swings to energy transition mandates and geopolitical complexity, metals & mining companies are managing some of the most consequential capital programs in any industry. Hear how leading organizations are rethinking their capital planning strategies — and what the highest performers do differently.
We deployed Finario globally in just five months for nearly 2,000 users, which was far faster than any other enterprise software we’ve previously implemented.
GROUP PROCESS FINANCE DIRECTOR, MINERALS MINING
The one version of the truth, to me, is a major benefit of Finario. I hang my hat on that quite a lot.
MANAGER, CAPITALÂ PROCUREMENT & ENGINEERING, METALS RECYCLING
We were impressed by Finario’s range and attractive total cost of ownership.
FINANCIAL PLANNING & ANALYSIS EXECUTIVE, METALS MANUFACTURING