2026 Agenda Sessions

Is mining's ESG agenda losing momentum?

Are mining’s ESG priorities evolving or diluting? WHAT IF mining’s ESG priorities – decarbonisation, inclusion and diversity – could be strategically positioned as equally important to shifting business strategies, global geopolitics and commodity price fluctuation? Gain insights into what it takes to keep sustainability and equity at the heart of mining’s uncertain economic future.

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How can governments and miners build partnerships that deliver long-term value?

Minerals offer multi-generational development opportunities for the communities where they are mined, but has the balance of who carries that responsibility become too one-sided? If miners feel they shoulder too much of the development burden, will they lose interest in certain regions? Or should governments demand more value addition from industry?

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Can Africa’s battery minerals market keep pace with technology shifts and global tensions?

Battery mineral markets are complex and ever changing. In a world where technological advancement can make a mineral no longer needed for a battery and geopolitical volatility can cause nations to rethink the immediate needs of the next energy transition, how can you know what mineral to invest in, and does this pose an existential threat to Africa’s critical minerals market?

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Can you make mining more sustainable?

Mining has a huge impact on the environment around it, both from a nature perspective and a people perspective. Will you, Africa’s next generation of mining professionals, be able to make mining more sustainable where past generations have failed? Put your ideas to make mining more sustainable to our panel of experts who will discuss if your idea is lightning  in a bottle or a pipe dream with no feasibility. Join to have your say on Africa’s mining future.

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