2027 Agenda

The mining industry's most valuable assets are the minerals beneath the ground – wrong! Access to shared, and reliable, power, transport corridors and water is increasingly determining which projects attract capital. Today’s reality is a moderate deposit with world-class infrastructure can outperform a world-class deposit constrained by infrastructure bottlenecks. Has infrastructure become mining's new competitive advantage, and how can partnerships between industry, governments and investors unlock projects that would otherwise never move beyond the drawing board?

Leadership Imperatives:

• Has infrastructure become a more important investment criteria than the ore body itself?
• What infrastructure partnerships are proving most effective at unlocking new mining districts and investment?