Business View Magazine | September 2022

29 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 9 HATCH LTD . Whereas most of their competitors tend to home in on construction or project management expertise, Hatch likes to be technical experts and assist during the nascent stages to see where they can find value savings, add value engineering, and really drive a successful project for their clients. “We are a global company, but we operate as one Hatch – one flat, connected organization,” Jolly says. “We think globally and act locally. So, wherever there’s a local problem, we can get into it. But we’re not limited to local, or even national, personnel. We really try and glean our expertise from all over the world so that we ensure that we’re bringing the best minds to the table.” For years, Hatch has been the go-to company for metallurgical projects, and the firm remains proud of the roots that line its spine. “It really drove some of the initial growth in our business,” Jolly affirms. “I believe we’re now on every single underground mining project in North America in some capacity.” Hatch counts among its metals clients some of the top mining and metals companies in the world, including Alcan, Alcoa, BHP, Barrick Gold, BlueScope, Glencore, Rio Tinto, and Vale. “We probably don’t have the longest client list, but what we do have is a comprehensive list and repeat clients, and we like it that way,” Jolly insists. “In energy, it could be regulators, could be government agencies, could be the actual utility. We also spend a lot of time with technology developers, so I think it’s a spectrum with a lot of variety, which tends to keep things more interesting.” On the metals side, they even have some technology that they’ve patented and sold. “We’re an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for high-temperature, high-pressure reactor furnaces,” Jolly says. “Hard-to-melt metals, that’s our specialty. We’re very dominant in the spaces of platinum, titanium, and ferronickel. We’ve retained a lot of the skills that came