Conference Program
Once again in 2025, a world-class array of speakers will deliver a programme of insightful Keynote Addresses and Fireside Chats, taking part in Panel Discussions with experts from right across the mining value chain.
The Future Minerals Forum 2025 will provide more opportunities than ever before to hear from a host of eminent and illustrious names. These will represent the metals and minerals industry as well as contributors from the governmental, investment, multilateral and NGO sectors.
They will discuss the importance of minerals and metals to solving some of the planet’s biggestchallenges. They will also analyse the great opportunities the super region represents as a largely untapped source of critical minerals and reflect, frankly and genuinely, the issues that the minerals industry needs to address to succeed – predominantly sustainability and how to maximize the contribution minerals can make to society.
Why The Future Minerals Forum?
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.
Watch recorded insights at FMF24 sessionsNations 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
Miners and investors are increasingly looking at new regions with attractive resource endowment
Themes for FMF 2025
Ministerial Roundtable theme
‘Towards a Grand Bargain’
A commitment between governments, industry and communities to drive more investment in minerals and development through value addition in supplier countries.
Conference central theme
‘Year of impact’
Turning action into positive impact by tackling the tough issues
‘Year of impact’
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New voices on critical mineral -
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Delivering value chain and processing investment in supplier countries -
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Minerals’ contribution to society -
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Green technology powering the AI revolution -
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Country and project showcases
New voices on critical mineral
- Downstream perspectives (car makers, renewable energy, infrastructure developers (China, Korea, Japan)
- Regional perspectives: Latin America, East and South-East Asia, East Africa,West Africa, North Africa)
- Global perspectives: IEA, OECD, critical minerals outlook and initiatives, impact of new technologies (e.g. batteries) EV manufacturing
Delivering value chain and processing investment in supplier countries
- Value chain creation and processing hubs
- Exploration, infrastructure projects, finance market development
- Emergence of GCC as a global metals hub
- Short v long term investment
- Making sustainability affordable (ESG risk, cost reduction, regional expectations, certification, social development, nature positive;
- Policy environment: critical minerals framework and value chain (mid and downstream – processing, recycling, circular)
Minerals’ contribution to society
- From action to impact, winning hearts and minds for a global cause,
- Integrating planning for maximising social benefits (jobs, social infrastructure, education, procurement, energy, transport, water)
- Capacity building; NextGen talent development; progress on centers of excellence creation
- Future Minerals barometer – informing and generating a new narrative on minerals
Green technology powering the AI revolution
- Minerals for the AI revolution (energy and materials)
- Technology deployment at scale
- Water management
- Decarbonization
- Mine design 2.0 – cross disciplinary collaboration
- Integrated infrastructure design – win win for mineral production and community development
Country and project showcases
- Mineral and manufacturing potential
- Regulatory environment
- Value addition
- Intra-regional value chains
- Investable projects
Forging New Business Connections
The 2025 Forum’s bespoke networking service will enable Forum delegates to connect with companies and professionals of interest before and during the event.
Artificial Intelligence-based technology will serve to identify industry preferences and suggest relevant and appropriate business matches.
The networking service will allow participants to research those registered as delegates or exhibitors and reach out to arrange meetingsvia a chat function.
Meetings can be scheduled prior to the event using the platform, creating the possibility for valuable networking opportunities to be easily set up between event attendees.
Information Hub
The FMF aims to be at the forefront of mineral conversations by publishing its signature research to inform better decisions. Its core focus is shaping critical minerals conversations through thought leadership.
“Together, we can maximize the potential of supplier countries to help the world achieve its future ambitions. The key to our success lies in effective collaboration and cooperation.”
H.E. Bandar Alkhorayef
Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources,
Saudi Arabia
A Unique Chance To Hear From A Host Of
Eminent And Illustrious Names
Keynote Addresses, Fireside Chats and Panel Discussions with leading experts from across the mining value chain
Typically, 75% of speakers at FMF are CEOs, and one-third of attendees at C-level and above
Analysis of opportunities and the issues the minerals industry needs to address
Other sessions include Country Showcases, giving nations the opportunity to unveil opportunities available in their minerals sectors
FMF brings countries and private sectors together, providing a space for regional and international action.
The super region of Africa, Western, and Central Asia and other mineral host countries, represents a canvas on which to develop modern mining and mineral industries that meet ever-higher societal expectations of sustainability.
Minerals will make the future possible, and the Future Minerals Forum is about how this region, its governments, miners, investors, and other stakeholders can make that happen.
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