Sunday Highlights
The Ministerial Symposium began with a strong foundation of leadership and vision for the future of African mining.
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Content Highlights
Welcome Address
Frans Baleni, Executive Board Chairman of Investing in African Mining Indaba, delivered the Welcome Address, officially setting the stage for the day.
National Address
The Welcome Address was followed by the National Address from Hon. Gwede Mantashe, Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Republic of South Africa, followed by opening Remarks by H.E. Albert Muchanga, Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals (ETTIM), African Union Commission.
Opening Remarks
H.E. Albert Muchanga, Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry, and Minerals (ETTIM) at the African Union Commission, delivered the Opening Remarks, kicking off key discussions. He emphasised the need for Africa to invest in its mining capacity, value addition, and human capital, stating that exporting minerals while importing poverty must change.
Forging a United African Mining Front
Collaboration for sustainable development focused on the need for Africa to position itself as a unified global source of PGMs while ensuring mutual benefit. They emphasised balancing national and continental interests to future-proof the industry through value addition and pragmatic action. Discussions highlighted the importance of local transformation, regional infrastructure, strong global partnerships, and investment frameworks that drive industrialisation and a resilient, value-adding mineral chain.
Transforming Africa’s Mining Future – A Game-Changing Partnership!
Hyve Events SA and DMPR have officially strengthened their collaboration to solidify Mining Indaba as the leading platform for policy, investment, and sustainable growth in African mining. This partnership will drive impactful discussions, regional cooperation, and socio-economic development.
Closing Remarks
As the closing speaker of this year’s symposium, Mzila Mthenjane, CEO of Minerals Council South Africa capped our day of collaborative and regional integration focus with a poignant summary, “In God we trust, Africa will do the rest.
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Tomorrow's Content Highlights
Investing In African Mining Indaba 2025 Opening Ceremony performance
Join us for the highly anticipated inaugural ceremony which sets the stage for the week ahead.
How do we future-proof African communities from the effects of climate change?
- How is climate instability affecting African mining and African mining communities?
- What solutions are miners, governments, local leaders adopting to support climate change adaptation in mining communities?
- How can a pursuit of co-benefits in miners’ community development and national policy efforts build greater resilience to a changing climate? (case studies)
Evolving African policy and value - developing a mutually beneficial mineral blueprint
- Are measures to restrict exports of raw minerals increasing local value addition?
- Why are producers increasingly leveraging their minerals towards securing greater local content and participation in domestic mining activities from foreign players?
- Looking at the long-standing regional development protocols, how can partners support sustainable investments into local mining value chains whilst also promoting transparent & equitable policy?
Future-Proofing African mining today - Uncovering the Top 5 elements for success
- The government factor: A landscape that offers investment-friendly options for increased infrastructure development spend, improved permitting processes and downstream value-addition is the dream. Can it be turned Into reality?
- The investment factor: Future demand for metals has never looked brighter, but are investors willing to provide the required capital at every stage of the mining life cycle?
- The community factor: Mining means job creation and economic opportunities, but is that enough to win the support of local communities for new projects?
- The talent factor: Artificial intelligence holds the future to technology adoption in mining - is tomorrow's mining generation prepared at a tertiary education level for this, and what does their integration with the existing workforce look like?
- The market factor: Are downstream buyers ready to play their part, including buying critical minerals from “risky” jurisdictions?”
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