Name: Mining Indaba
Start: 2026-02-09T10:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-02-12T15:30:00+02:00
Location: CTICC

Daniel Litvin

Founder & CEO Resource Resolutions

Daniel Litvin is Founder & CEO of Resource Resolutions, a new venture dedicated to the resolution of conflict and societal division over natural resources. Daniel is also Visiting Senior Fellow at the Grantham Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics.

Previously, Daniel founded and ran Critical Resource, which he grew to be a leading provider of advice to natural resource and energy firms and their investors on sustainability, 'license to operate' and geo-political risks. Critical Resource was acquired by ERM, the world’s largest sustainability consulting firm, in 2020.

Prior to Critical Resource, Daniel was an advisor to McKinsey and Rio Tinto leadership on sustainability issues, a senior research fellow at Chatham House on energy geopolitics, and - at the start of his career - resources and environment correspondent at 'The Economist'.

He is author of the book, ‘Empires of Profit’ - a history of the political challenges facing big corporations, from the East India Company onwards. Daniel holds an MSc in anthropology and development from LSE, and a BA in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University

2026 Agenda Sessions

Who will benefit from the geopolitical scramble for critical minerals in Africa?

Foreign powers including the US, Europe, China, and Middle Eastern players are racing to secure access to critical mineral supplies in Africa to safeguard the development of their own strategic industries - clean energy, defence, IT, etc. But will this process support the critical needs of African countries and communities for sustainable and just development – or will it end up entrenching the global and local inequalities and injustices of the past?

Tuesday 10 February 11:00 - 11:45 Ngorongoro Crater Stage (CTICC1 - Level 2)