Mining and molten materials

Build groundbreaking resilience


FM has been partnering with clients to build strategies that help prevent loss and ensure business continuity, so that mining facilities can minimise downtime and maximise output. Complex environments and exposures demand expert knowledge and understanding of the steel-making, aluminium-smelting and glass-processing industries with molten-material exposures to help protect against their unique hazards.

Loss prevention & risk engineering expertise

  • Over 50 years' experience in the mining sector, leveraging historical mining and climate risk data
  • Specialist mining and molten materials engineers located across the globe
  • Location-based customised reporting 
  • Site-based assessments
  • Predictive analytics to help build comprehensive risk management plans

Capacity, coverage and stability 

  • Up to US$2B capacity
  • Coverage for your large-scale mining or molten materials operations
  • Award-winning claims process 
  • In house adjustors
  • End-to-end supply chain coverage 

Why FM?

Through a mutual partnership, FM brings mining clients insurance protection together with specialist loss prevention solutions to keep operations going and growing strong.
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    Climate resilience product suite

    Keep your business going strong. Prioritize risk improvement with an engineering and research-based insurance partner. Learn how our Climate Resilience Product Suite can help you take control in an ever-changing climate.
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  • FM resilience index

    Use our validated data to support supply chain and global expansion decisions.

    New risk factors to capture the resilience of a country’s business environment for:

    • Macro factors such as political, economic and social risk.
    • Physical factors that can directly affect your property and tangible assets.

    Validated that locations in countries ranked in the top 50 of the Index recover more than 30% faster from property losses, on average, than locations in other countries.

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    FM data sheets

    Tap into nearly two centuries of experience by using our data sheets to help reduce the chance of property loss.

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Contact an industry expert

  • Jonathan Nelson

    Senior engineering technical specialist

    Principal Engineer - Mining and Molten Materials

    • FM - San Francisco)
    • 1333 N. California Blvd.
      Suite 200
      Walnut Creek, CA 94596
      United States
    • Phone: +1 (925) 934-2200
      Fax: +1 (925) 934-0789