The Mining and Metals industry plays a critical role in the global economy, supplying the essential materials that underpin energy, transport, construction and many other sectors. As demand, technologies and operating conditions evolve, changes across the industry have far-reaching implications for interconnected value chains and societies.
Bringing together leading executives from across the sector, the Mining and Metals Industry Community provides a platform for peer exchange, strategic dialogue and collaboration. Members share perspectives, experiences and emerging insights to help shape the future of the industry.
Through proactive collaboration, the community seeks to advance a more responsible, productive and resilient industry. For the year ahead, the community has identified minerals and metals supply chain resilience as a key priority. This work is shaped by broader trends transforming the industry, including geopolitical fragmentation, the energy and technology transition, decarbonization, rising expectations around responsible mining and social licence, and the growing role of innovation, digital technologies and AI in improving productivity, resilience and sustainability.
Most discussions about critical minerals focus on lithium, copper and rare earths but platinum group metals are unique because they already sit at the intersection of cleaner mobility, en...
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) region stands on the cusp of a new industrial era, propelled by rising global demand for critical minerals essential to the green transit...
The consumption of metals has increased alongside the development of industry, leading to the extraction of more ore. However, ore extraction is also becoming more difficult, particularly...
