Turning Talk Into Action
Ministerial Roundtable: 9 January 2024
Conference and Exhibition: 10-11 January 2024
Under The Patronage of The Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Turning Talk Into Action
Global demand for minerals and metals will grow exponentially in the coming years and decades to meet the needs of modern society and enable the energy transition.
Nation will seek to secure supply of these critical minerals.
Host countries and communities will want a fair share of the benefits from their resources.
New sources of supply will need to be found.
Minerals and investors are increasingly looking at new regions with attractive resource endowment.
Convened by Saudi Arabia, the Future Minerals Forum (FMF) is a platform designed to enable the creation of resilient mineral value chains in the vast resouce rich super region of Africa, Western and Central Asia.
Saudi Arabia has the vision, the mineral endowment, a large market, regional relationships, and the right geography to become a hub for the mineral value chain.
The Future Minerals Forum (FMF) brings countries and private sectors together to turn talk to action.
Participants (13,000 in-person & 13,000 virtual)
CEOs from leading organizations
(minerals and metal value chain)
International and Regional Speakers
Countries
Sponsors and Exhibitors
Government Minister & Country Delegations
High Profile & Strategic Conference Sessions
International Development Organizations
Featuring more than 40 Sessions, topics include:
The Conference offers delegates with a great opportunity to engage in high level strategic and technical conversations to learn, acquire insights and contribute to shape the future of the minerals.
Developing a global critical mineral strategy.
Incorporating centers of excellence into regional strategies.
Establishing a global transparent standard for mineral supply.
Creating green metal value chains applying new technologies.
Host to 150+ exhibitors and industry sponsors that will bespoke solutions and services to the mineral value chain. Exhibit where 2000+ key buyers and industry experts from 150+ countries are projected to attend to find, specify and purchase new services and products.
The exhibition offers organizaitons the opportunity to presnt the value and specialized services they can bring to the industry.
BECOME A SPONSOR > BOOK A STAND >The time is now and the place is here to start a global conversation about future minerals.
Promote the minerals super rich regions of Africa, Wester and Central Asia
Create a multistakeholder space for discussing the complex challenges and identifying solutions for supplying the minerals the world needs
Attract investment in developing minerals value chain across the super region
Minister of Energy
Saudi Arabia
Governor
Public Investment Fund (PIF)
Minister of Education
Saudi Arabia
Minister of Transport and Logistic Services
Minister of Finance
Saudi Arabia
Minister of Mines and Minerals Development
Zambia
Minister of Solid Minerals Development
Nigeria
Minister of Lands and Natural Resources
Ghana
Minister of Energy and Mineral Development
Uganda
Minister of Mines
Democratic Republic of Congo
Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources
Saudi Arabia
Minister of Economy and Planning
Saudi Arabia
Minister of State for Industry and Economy
UK
Chief Executive Officer
Vale
Chairman
Anglo American
Chairman
Vale Base Metals
Chief Executive Officer
Maaden
Chief Executive Officer, Executive Chairman
Trafigura
Chief Executive Officer
Barrick Group
Founder & Executive Co-Chairman
Ivanhoe Mines
Vice Chairman & Chief Investment Officer
CMOC Group Limited
Senior Vice President and Country Manager (Brazil)
AECOM
Co-Founder
AEON Collective
Co-Founder
AEON Collective
Chairman
Tosçelik
Vice President Business Development Green Hydrogen
ACWA Power
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Africa Battery Initiative
Deputy CEO - Mining & Metals
Ajlan & Bros Holdings
Chief Executive Officer
Alcoa
Regional Director, Africa & Australia
Anglo American
Director, Strategy and Sustainability
Anglo American
Managing Director
ARCH Emerging Markets Partners
Chief Executive Officer
AusIMM
Head of Natural Resources (EMEA)
Barclays Investment Bank
Journalist / Former BBC News
Deputy Chairman
Bermuda Commercial Bank
Head of Mining and Metals
BloombergNEF
Managing Director
BMO Capital Markets
President and Chief Executive Officer
Boliden
Global Chair, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
and Chief Advisor, WEF Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders
Managing Director and Partner
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Partner and Co Head Energy and Resources
Brunswick Group
Chief Executive Officer
Centamin
Research Director and Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Center of Innovation and Circular Economy
Chief Operating Officer
Central Mining Holding Co
Global Head of Metals and Mining
Citi
Board Chair and Managing Director
Clareo
Managing Founder
Clear Earth Hub
Professor of Geophysics and Vice President for Global Initiatives
Colorado School of Mines
Visiting Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy
Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
CoTec Holdings
Managing Partner
Cove Capital
Head of Consulting, EMEA
CRU
Non-Executive Director of Listed companies and former Chief Executive Officer
De Beers Botswana
President and Director
Defense Metals Corporation
Executive Chairman
Development Partner Institute
Principal
Discovery Group
Executive Vice President Operations
DRA Saudi Arabia
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
EIT RawMaterials
Legal and Engagement Director
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
Co-Founder and Senior Partner
Embellie Advisory
Executive Chairman
EMR Capital
Chief Executive Officer
EPC Asia Pacific
Chief Executive Officer
ESNAD
VP of Inspection
ESNAD
Vice President of Digital Development
ESNAD
Head of Corporate Development
Eurasian Resources Group (ERG)
Global Mining and Metals Leader
EY
Chief Executive Officer
Eurasian Resources Group (ERG)
Managing Director
Fannon Global Advisors and former inaugural U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources
Chief Executive Officer
Ferroglobe
President and Chief Executive Officer
Fiore Group of Companies
Group Chief Executive Officer
FLSmidth
Invited Professor at Seoul National University
Former Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy of the Republic of Korea
Chairman
Foulath Holding
Chairman
Global Mining Association of China (GMAC)
Chief Executive Officer
Gold & Mineral Co
Partner Alumnus
Goldman Sachs
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Graphjet Technology
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
GreyWolf Management
Group Head of Wholesales Banking
Gulf International Bank (GIB)
Principal and Mining Strategist
Hallgarten & Company
Vice-Chairman
Hatch
Senior Associate
Herbert Smith Freehills
Partner and Africa Chair
Herbert Smith Freehills
Managing Director, Global Head of Metals, Mining and Transition Materials
HSBC
CTO
Mine Business Unit, Huawei
Executive Vice Chairman and Director
i-Pulse
Managing Director, Global Head of Metals Sales and Origination
ICBC Standard Bank
Chief Executive Officer
IDOBA
Chief Operating Officer
Industrial Development Corporation
Global Solutions Head
Innomotics
Head of Global Projects and Accounts
Innomotics
Managing Partner
Innovation Architects
Founder
Insight Mining Experts
Head of Global Material Stewardship
International Copper Association
President and Chief Executive Officer
International Council on Mining & Metals (ICMM)
Secretary General
International Energy Forum
Secretary General
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Regional Director
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ivanhoe Electric
President
Ivanhoe Mining
Chairman
Jean Boulle Group
Vice President of Energy and Industry
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
Chief Executive Officer
KAZ Minerals
Partner, Global Head of Metals and Mining practice
Kearney
Partner, Metals and Mining practice
Kearney
Founder
Livista Energy
Chief Executive Officer
London Metal Exchange
Senior Managing Director
M Klein and Company
Executive Vice President, Base Metals & New Minerals Business Unit
Ma’aden
Chief Investment Officer
Manara Minerals
Professor Emeritus of Materials Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chief Operating Officer
Maverick Biometals
Partner
McKinseys & Co
Founder
Melbourne Mining Club
Chairman
Melbourne Mining Club
Chairman
MENA Hydrogen Alliance
President and Chief Executive Officer
Metso
Chief Executive Officer
Minerals Council of South Africa
Executive Chair
Mining3
Broadcaster and Entrepreneur
Africa Worldwide Media
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Modern Industrial Investment Holding Group
Vice Minister for Industry
Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia
Chief Innovation Officer
Newlab
Portfolio Manager
Ninety One
Independent Non-Executive Director & Chairman
NinetyOne
Managing Partner
Olive Tree Capital
Chief Product Officer
Open Mineral
Vice President Digital Solutions
Orica
Managing Partner
Orion Resource Partners
Managing Partner
Pacific Road Capital
Co-Founder and President
Pathway Capital
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder
Phoenix Tailings
Chief Executive Officer
Piranha Company
Chief Executive Officer
Power Metal Resources
Vice Dean of Graduate Studies for Academic Programs and Development
Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
Director of the Industrials and Mining Sector
Public Investment Fund (PIF)
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Pure Lithium Corporation
Senior Strategic Advisory Partner
Resource Capital Funds
Fellow in Energy, Minerals and Materials
Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
Chief Executive Officer
Russian Direct Investment Fund
Senior Executive Vice President
Sandstorm Gold Royalties
Chief Executive Officer
Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR)
Saudi Chemicals Comoany
Chief Executive Officer
Saudi Exim Bank
Chief Executive Officer
Saudi Red Bricks
former Chief Executive Officer
Siemens
Global Head Metals and Mining
Standard Chartered Bank
Board Member & CEO
Tasnee
Chief Executive Officer
Tau-Ken Samruk
Partner
Taylor David Lawyers
Chief Executive Officer
TAQA
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
TechMet
Chief Executive Officer
Teck (Virtual)
Vice President
TENMAK
Chief Executive Officer
The Connect Africa Network
Director General
The Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
Director
The Long View Consulting
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Mosaic Company
Mining Sector Leader, Department of Earth Sciences
The Natural History Museum
Founder
UNIMETALS
Chief Executive Officer
United Cement Industrial Company
Head, Global Economic Monitoring
United Nations
Chief Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer
Vale Base Metals
Chief Executive Officer
Verdigris Strategic
Partner and Co-Founder
Vision Blue Resources
Founder
Women in Mining Central America
Managing Director
Women in Mining UK
President
World Resources Forum
Vice President, Battery Materials - Growth
Worley
Chairman of the Board (KSA)
Worley Arabia
Vice President
Zijin Mining Group
President & Board Director
Norin Mining
President and Chief Executive Officer
Royal Road Minerals
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner
The Energy and Minerals Group
Senior Executive Advisor
PwC
Chair
Lundin Mining
Executive Director
Standard Chartered Bank
Chief Executive Officer
ARGAS
Head of Mining
EAS Advisors
Former Minister of State for Energy
United Kingdom
Commissioner
Geoscience Data Analytics Center (GDAC)
Minister, Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
Somalia
Chief Executive Officer
National Center for Environmental Compliance
Vice President, Characterization and Field Development Geosciences
Saudi Aramco
Senior Director of Corporate Communications and knowledge
Saudi Geological Survey, Editor In Chef Arduna (Geology and mining) Journal
Board Member
Traxys
Journalist and News Anchor
Al Arabiya
Minister-Delegate, Supply of Strategic Minerals and Metals
France
Cabinet Secretary for Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs
Government of Kenya
Chief Executive Officer
Austrian Mining and Steel Association and Austrian Non-Ferrous Metals Association
Minister of Mines and Mining Development
Zimbabwe
Managing Director
E.Treanor Media
Assistant Deputy Minister of Mining Enablement
Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia
Chairman
Saudi Gold Refinery Company
Chief Executive
Al Haytham Mining Company
Vice President of Explosives Sector, Saudi Chemical
Senior Representative, AMAK
Chief Operating Officer
Allonnia
Director of Strategy, Program and Content
FMF
Associate Professor, Economics and Business
Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines
Executive Chairman
Merdeka Group
former US Special Envoy
Great Lakes and Sahel Regions of Africa
Chief Executive Director
Global AI
Chief of Strategy and Business
Prince Mohammed bin Salman Reserve Development Authority
Deputy Coordinator, Cellule Technique de Coordination et de Plantification Minière (CTCPM)
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Ministry of Mines
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Squadrone Infra and Mining Private Limited
Director General
Nigeria Geological Survey Agency
Board Member and Managing Director
ALS Arabia
General Manager of Mining Investment
Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources
President
Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu
Chief Executive Officer
National Industrial Development and Logistics Program (NIDLP)
Anchor and Correspondent
CNBC
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Envoy for Climate Affairs
Saudi Arabia
Governor
Saline Water Conversion Corporation(SWCC)
Minister of Industry and Construction
Kazakhstan
Chief Executive Officer
Minerals Commission of Ghana
Minister of Economic Affairs
Finland
Executive Vice-President and Head – Minerals and Metals
Larsen & Toubro
Minister of Energy
Pakistan
Chief Scientific Advisor
UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Director of Global
University of Exeter
Regional Director, Saudi Arabia and Levant
Invest Northern Ireland
Regional Manager
CDE Group
International Sales Director
EvoQuip
Chief Executive Officer
Sensoteq
Global Business Development Manager
Terex Washing System
Business Development Manager
Tesab
Principal Vice President and Metals and Mining General Manager for Europe, Africa and the Middle East
Bechtel
Senior Expert
Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC)
Senior Expert
Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC)
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Maaden
Director-General
Department of Mineral Resources and Energy
Chief Executive Officer of Council
Geoscience
Exploration Development Manager, Ministry of Mining and Mineral Resources
Saudi Arabia
Business Development Manager, Ministry of Mining and Mineral Resources
Saudi Arabia
Regional Director, UK and Saudi Arabia
MSA Mining Consulting UK
Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources
US Department of State
Managing Director
Pakistan Minerals Private Limited
Managing Director
Mari Petroleum Company Limited
Partner
White & Case
Senior Advisor
RB&A Partner
Senior Associate Exploration Geologist
Watts, Griffis and McQuat (WGM)
Senior Advisor to the President
United States of America
President and Chair of the Board of Directors Export-Import Bank of the United States
Managing Director and Senior Partner and the Global Leader in Climate and Sustainability for Industrial Goods
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
CCEO, Clouder Vista and Associate, Ambassador Partnership
Ambassador Partnership
Chairman
JCHX Mining Management
Board Member and Executive Vice Chairman
Huayou Cobalt
CEO
NextSource
At the Future Minerals Forum, you will have the opportunity to network with industry experts, government officials, and investors, sharing success stories from around the world.
