The Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia (MIM) released a detailed plan for the second Future Mining Forum (FMF).
Future Minerals Forum 2022
FMF, scheduled to be held in Riyadh from January 10 to 12, 2023, will bring together mining industry leaders, including government and corporate executives from around the world.
In order to address the most relevant issues facing the sector, the Forum will open on 10 January and hold a ministerial round table-an event of high-level government representatives and non-governmental organizations. There will be more than 200 speakers on topics including the global outlook and future of the mining industry, the role of the sector in energy transformation and the contribution of mining to social development.
International speakers include BHP CEO Mike Henry and President Lucid MotorsAndrew Liveris, Roy Harvey, President and CEO of Alcoa, President and CEO of MosaicJoc O'Rourke, Gerd Muller, Director-General of UNIDO, Rohitesh Dhawan, President and CEO of ICMM, CEO of Ma'adenRobert Wilt, President and CEO of Barrick GoldMark Bristow, founder and executive co-chairman of Ivanhoe MinesRobert Friedland, Trafigura CEO Jeremy Weir, Eurasian Resources Group CEOBenedikt Sobotka, Mark Mobius, founder of Mobius Capital Partners, Evy Hambro, head of theme and Industry Investment, BlackRock, Vivek Chaand Segal, Chairman and Co-founder of Motherson Group, Sheila Khama, former CEO of De Beers Botswana, Executive Vice President of Vale Iron Mine, CEO of Australian Mining and Resources Aboriginal Women (IWIMRA)Florence Drummond, Antofagasta CEO Ivá n Arriagada, and MIT (MITDonald Sadoway, professor of material chemistry.
FMF 2023 has confirmed that sponsors include industry heavyweights such as Headstream Capital Partners LLP, ERG, Siemens and Barrick Gold.