Future Minerals Forum 2024 (A) | Future Minerals Forum | 9 January 2024 | King Abdul Aziz International Conference Center, Al Hada, Riyadh 12912, Saudi Arabia

Future economic growth and prosperity requires robust supply of minerals and metals.

Demand for commodities like copper, steel and aluminium has increased exponentially to sustain our growing need for essential materials and power.

These drivers for consumption can only continue to proceed if the mineral and metal value chains’ capacity and logistics are at pace.

The adoption of ‘green metals’ and establishment of ‘industrial hubs’ in an emerging minerals super region that stretches from Africa through the Middle East and into Central and East Asia will have a huge impact on the future development of resilient supply chains of minerals and metals.

These countries hold large resource endowments that present a strategic base for all minerals deemed critical to our future.

Coming together, they increase their share of mineral output and promote themselves as international champions to the world.

2024 Speakers

H.E. Yasir Al-Rumayyan
Governor, Public Investment Fund (PIF)

H.E. Yousef bin Abdullah Al-Benyan
Minister of Education, Saudi Arabia

H.E. Saleh Al-Jasser
Minister of Transport and Logistic Services

H.E. Mohammed Al Jadaan
Minister of Finance, Saudi Arabia

H.E. Paul Kabuswe
Minister of Mines and Minerals Development, Zambia

H.E. Dele Alake
Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Nigeria

Hon. Samuel Jinapor
Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Ghana

Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu
Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda

H.E. Antoinette N’Samba Kalambayi
Minister of Mines, Democratic Republic of Congo

Eduardo Bartolomeo
Chief Executive Officer, Vale

Stuart Chambers
Chairman, Anglo American

Mark Cutifani
Chairman, Vale Base Metals

Bob Wilt
Chief Executive Officer, Maaden

Jeremy Weir
Chief Executive Officer, Executive Chairman, Trafigura

Mark Bristow
Chief Executive Officer, Barrick Group

Robert Friedland
Founder & Executive Co-Chairman, Ivanhoe Mines

Steele Li
Vice Chairman & Chief Investment Officer, CMOC Group Limited

Vicente Mello
Senior Vice President and Country Manager (Brazil), AECOM

Princess Mashael Alshalan
Co-Founder, AEON Collective

Princess Noura bint Turki Al-Saud
Co-Founder, AEON Collective

Fuat Tosyali
Chairman, Tosçelik

Driss Berraho
Vice President Business Development Green Hydrogen, ACWA Power

Dr. Alawi Swabury
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Africa Battery Initiative

Mike Brown
Deputy CEO - Mining & Metals, Ajlan & Bros Holdings

William Oplinger
Chief Executive Officer, Alcoa

Themba Mkhwanazi
Regional Director, Africa & Australia, Anglo American

Helena Nonka
Director, Strategy and Sustainability, Anglo American

Amanda van Dyke
Managing Partner, ARCH Emerging Markets Partners

Stephen Durkin
Chief Executive Officer, AusIMM

Philip Lindop
Head of Natural Resources (EMEA), Barclays Investment Bank

David Eades
Journalist / Former BBC News

Chris Maybury
Deputy Chairman, Bermuda Commercial Bank

Dr. Kwasi Ampofo
Head of Mining and Metals, BloombergNEF

Rahim Bapoo
Managing Director, BMO Capital Markets

Mikael Staffas
President and Chief Executive Officer, Boliden

Rich Lesser
Global Chair, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Chief Advisor, WEF Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders

Martin Feth
Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Carole Cable
Partner and Co Head Energy and Resources, Brunswick Group

Martin Horgan
Chief Executive Officer, Centamin

Gracelin Baskaran
Research Director and Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Petar Ostojic
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Center of Innovation and Circular Economy

Eng. Ali Saeed AlQahtani
Chief Operating Officer, Central Mining Holding Co

William Husband
Global Head of Metals and Mining, Citi

Peter Bryant
Board Chair and Managing Director, Clareo

Anna Poberezhna
Managing Founder, Clear Earth Hub

Dr. John Bradford
Professor of Geophysics and Vice President for Global Initiatives, Colorado School of Mines

Juan Carlos Jobet
Visiting Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)

Julian Treger
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, CoTec Holdings

Pini Althaus
Managing Partner, Cove Capital

Victor Rodriguez
Head of Consulting, EMEA, CRU

Sheila Khama
Non-Executive Director of Listed companies and former Chief Executive Officer, De Beers Botswana

Luisa Moreno
President and Director, Defense Metals Corporation

Florence Drummond
Executive Chairman, Development Partner Institute

Jim Paterson
Principal, Discovery Group

Sheik Abdur Rashid Kader
Executive Vice President Operations, DRA Saudi Arabia

Bernd Schäfer
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, EIT RawMaterials

Andrew Irvine
Legal and Engagement Director, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)

Remi Piet
Co-Founder and Senior Partner, Embellie Advisory

Owen Hegarty
Executive Chairman, EMR Capital

Pascal Lacourie
Chief Executive Officer, EPC Asia Pacific

Ibrahim Al-Nassar
Chief Executive Officer, ESNAD

Ameen AlGhamdi
VP of Inspection, ESNAD

Majed AlHumaid
Vice President of Digital Development, ESNAD

Jonathan Cordero
Head of Corporate Development, Eurasian Resources Group (ERG)

Paul Mitchell
Global Mining and Metals Leader, EY

Benedikt Sobotka
Chief Executive Officer, Eurasian Resources Group (ERG)

Hon. Frank Fannon
Managing Director, Fannon Global Advisors and former inaugural U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources

Marco Levi
Chief Executive Officer, Ferroglobe

Frank Giustra
President and Chief Executive Officer, Fiore Group of Companies

Mikko Keto
Group Chief Executive Officer, FLSmidth

Dr. Hyung Hwan Joo
Invited Professor at Seoul National University, Former Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy of the Republic of Korea

Meshary Al-Judaimi
Chairman, Foulath Holding

Peter Arkell
Chairman, Global Mining Association of China (GMAC)

Brian Hosking
Chief Executive Officer, Gold & Mineral Co

Jeff Currie
Partner Alumnus, Goldman Sachs

Aiden Lee
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Graphjet Technology

Dr. Kanat Kudaibergen
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, GreyWolf Management

Khaled Abbas
Group Head of Wholesales Banking, Gulf International Bank (GIB)

Christopher Ecclestone
Principal and Mining Strategist, Hallgarten & Company

Joe Lombard
Vice-Chairman, Hatch

Ernst Müller
Senior Associate, Herbert Smith Freehills

Peter Leon
Partner and Africa Chair, Herbert Smith Freehills

Michael Willoughby
Managing Director, Global Head of Metals, Mining and Transition Materials, HSBC

Linda Han
Chief Executive Officer, Mine Business Unit, Huawei

Hirofumi Katase
Executive Vice Chairman and Director, i-Pulse

Tom Kendall
Managing Director, Global Head of Metals Sales and Origination, ICBC Standard Bank

Sarah Coleman
Chief Executive Officer, IDOBA

Joanne Bate
Chief Operating Officer, Industrial Development Corporation

Oliver Beck
Global Solutions Head, Innomotics

Nils Janssen
Head of Global Projects and Accounts, Innomotics

Roby Stancel
Managing Partner, Innovation Architects

Dr. Patience Mpofu
Founder, Insight Mining Experts

Louise Assem
Head of Global Material Stewardship, International Copper Association

Rohitesh Dhawan
President and Chief Executive Officer, International Council on Mining & Metals (ICMM)

Joseph McGonigle
Secretary General, International Energy Forum

Sergio Mujica
Secretary General, International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

Dr. Hany El Shaer
Regional Director, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Taylor Melvin
President and Chief Executive Officer, Ivanhoe Electric

Marna Cloete
President, Ivanhoe Mining

Jean-Raymond Boulle
Chairman, Jean Boulle Group

Dr. Saeed Al Shihri
Vice President of Energy and Industry, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)

Andrew Southam
Chief Executive Officer, KAZ Minerals

Igor Hulak
Partner, Global Head of Metals and Mining practice, Kearney

Konstantin Lyakhov
Partner, Metals and Mining practice, Kearney

Roland Getreide
Founder, Livista Energy

Matthew Chamberlain
Chief Executive Officer, London Metal Exchange

Cyrus Hiramanek
Senior Managing Director, M Klein and Company

Duncan Bradford
Executive Vice President, Base Metals & New Minerals Business Unit, Ma’aden

Tarmo Haehnsen
Chief Investment Officer, Manara Minerals

Dr. Donald R. Sadoway
Professor Emeritus of Materials Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jesse Evans
Chief Operating Officer, Maverick Biometals

Agesan Rajagopaul
Partner, McKinseys & Co

Gavan Collery
Founder, Melbourne Mining Club

Richard Morrow
Chairman, Melbourne Mining Club

Frank Wouters
Chairman, MENA Hydrogen Alliance

Pekka Vauramo
President and Chief Executive Officer, Metso

Mzila Mthenjane
Chief Executive Officer, Minerals Council of South Africa

Dr. Jacqui Coombes
Executive Chair, Mining3

Tumi Makgabo
Broadcaster and Entrepreneur, Africa Worldwide Media

Abdulaziz Al Hamwah
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Modern Industrial Investment Holding Group

H.E. Khalil Ibrahim Ibn Salamah
Vice Minister for Industry, Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia

Satish Rao
Chief Innovation Officer, Newlab

George Cheveley
Portfolio Manager, Ninety One

Gareth Penny
Independent Non-Executive Director & Chairman, NinetyOne

Yamen Al-Hajjar
Managing Partner, Olive Tree Capital

James Rilet
Chief Product Officer, Open Mineral

Rajkumar Mathiravedu
Vice President Digital Solutions, Orica

Michael Barton
Managing Partner, Orion Resource Partners

Matt Fifield
Managing Partner, Pacific Road Capital

Marcel De Groot
Co-Founder and President, Pathway Capital

Nick Myers
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Phoenix Tailings

Sahibzada Tariq
Chief Executive Officer, Piranha Company

Sean Wade
Chief Executive Officer, Power Metal Resources

Dr Thamraa Al Shahrani
Vice Dean of Graduate Studies for Academic Programs and Development, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University

Farid Habib
Director of the Industrials and Mining Sector, Public Investment Fund (PIF)

Emilie Bodoin
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Pure Lithium Corporation

Ross Bhappu
Senior Strategic Advisory Partner, Resource Capital Funds

Michelle Michot Foss
Fellow in Energy, Minerals and Materials, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University

Kirill Dmitriev
Chief Executive Officer, Russian Direct Investment Fund

David Awram
Senior Executive Vice President, Sandstorm Gold Royalties

Dr. Bashar Al Malik
Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR)

Abdulraham Al Mosaeed
Saudi Chemicals Comoany

H.E. Saad Alkhalb
Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Exim Bank

Sheikh Khalid Ahmed Al-Amoudi
Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Red Bricks

Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld
former Chief Executive Officer, Siemens

Richard Horrocks-Taylor
Global Head Metals and Mining, Standard Chartered Bank

Mutlaq H. Al-Morished
Board Member & CEO, Tasnee

Bakyt Chirchikbayev
Chief Executive Officer, Tau-Ken Samruk

Scott Taylor
Partner, Taylor David Lawyers

Khalid Nouh
Chief Executive Officer, TAQA

Brian Menell
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, TechMet

Jonathan Price
Chief Executive Officer, Teck (Virtual)

Dr. Orkun Hasekioglu
Vice President, TENMAK

Veronica Bolton Smith
Chief Executive Officer, The Connect Africa Network

Kimmo Tiilikainen
Director General, The Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)

Wendy Tyrrell
Director, The Long View Consulting

Bruce Bodine
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Mosaic Company

Dr. Robin N. Armstrong
Mining Sector Leader, Department of Earth Sciences, The Natural History Museum

Alec Sellem
Founder, UNIMETALS

Eng. Mohammad Dakhilallah Almatrafi
Chief Executive Officer, United Cement Industrial Company

Dr. Hamid Rashid
Head, Global Economic Monitoring, United Nations

Emily Olson
Chief Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer, Vale Base Metals

Jay Hambro
Chief Executive Officer, Verdigris Strategic

Andrew Trahar
Partner and Co-Founder, Vision Blue Resources

Ana Gabriela Juárez
Founder, Women in Mining Central America

Dr. Stacy Hope
Managing Director, Women in Mining UK

Dr. Bruno Oberle
President, World Resources Forum

Greg Pitt
Vice President, Battery Materials - Growth, Worley

Eissa Aqeeli
Chairman of the Board (KSA), Worley Arabia

Shaoyang Shen
Vice President, Zijin Mining Group

Geng Yi
President & Board Director, Norin Mining

Dr. Tim Coughlin
President and Chief Executive Officer, Royal Road Minerals

John Raymond
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner, The Energy and Minerals Group

Dr. Manal Abdel-Samad
Senior Executive Advisor, PwC

Adam Lundin
Chair, Lundin Mining

Ling Lu
Executive Director, Standard Chartered Bank

Moath Al Rawi
Chief Executive Officer, ARGAS

Rogier de la Rambelje
Head of Mining, EAS Advisors

Charles Hendry
Former Minister of State for Energy, United Kingdom

Rob Wood
Commissioner, Geoscience Data Analytics Center (GDAC)

H.E. Dr Abdirizak Omar
Minister, Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Somalia

Eng. Ali Bin Saeed Al-Ghamdi
Chief Executive Officer, National Center for Environmental Compliance

Saleh M Saleh
Vice President, Characterization and Field Development Geosciences, Saudi Aramco

Rana Zumai
Senior Director of Corporate Communications and knowledge, Saudi Geological Survey, Editor In Chef Arduna (Geology and mining) Journal

Alec Machiels
Board Member, Traxys

Fatma Fahad
Journalist and News Anchor, Al Arabiya

Benjamin Gallezot
Minister-Delegate, Supply of Strategic Minerals and Metals, France

H.E. Salim Mvurya
Cabinet Secretary for Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs, Government of Kenya

Dr. Roman Stiftner
Chief Executive Officer, Austrian Mining and Steel Association and Austrian Non-Ferrous Metals Association

Hon. Soda Zhemu
Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Zimbabwe

Dr. Muhammad Al Saggaf
President, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM)

Eithne Treanor
Managing Director, E.Treanor Media

Suliman Al-Othaim
Chairman, Saudi Gold Refinery Company

Abdulrahman Al-Moseed
Vice President of Explosives Sector, Saudi Chemical, Senior Representative, AMAK

Chuck Price
Chief Operating Officer, Allonnia

Aldo Pennini
Director of Strategy, Program and Content, FMF

Ian Lange
Associate Professor, Economics and Business, Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines

Andrew Starkey
Executive Chairman, Merdeka Group

The Hon. J. Peter Pham
former US Special Envoy, Great Lakes and Sahel Regions of Africa

Richard Rothenberg
Chief Executive Director, Global AI

Kamal A. Al Juhani
Board Member and Managing Director, ALS Arabia

Ahmed Al-Aqeel
General Manager of Mining Investment, Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources

H.E. Eng. Khalid Mohammed Al-Salem
President, Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu

H.E. Suliman Al-Mazroua
Chief Executive Officer, National Industrial Development and Logistics Program (NIDLP)

H.E. Eng. Abdullah Alabdulkareim
Governor, Saline Water Conversion Corporation(SWCC)

Kanat Sharlapaev
Minister of Industry and Construction, Kazakhstan

T. Kumaresan
Executive Vice-President and Head – Minerals and Metals, Larsen & Toubro

Amos Hochstein
Senior Advisor to the President, United States of America

Reta Jo Lewis
President and Chair of the Board of Directors Export-Import Bank of the United States

2024 Sponsors and Partners

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Adwan Industries
• AGC
• Alnafie Steel
• Alqahtani Holding
• BCG
• Economic Cities and Special Zones Authority
• ERG
• Gold and Minerals
• GIB
• Huawei
• MCS
• Alemad Alarabi Engineering Consultancy
• Nesma and Partners
• Rajhi Steel
• SAR
• Comedat
• Saudi Dolomite
• Saudi Red Bricks
• Saudi Gold Refinery
• Tasnee
• Traxys
• Worley

LEAD COUNTRY PARTNERS:
• Northern Ireland
• MOE Pakistan
• Great Britain and Northern Ireland

TECHNOLOGY SPONSOR:
• Ivanhoe Electric

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Abdul Latif Jameel Machinery
• AECOM
• Al Drees
• ALS Arabia
• Basic Materials Treatment Factory
• Barrick
• BSMC
• DRA
• FLS
• Golden Compass
• GW Resources
• Hatch
• IDC
• Larsen and Toubro
• Metso
• Open Mineral
• Phoenix Tailings
• Royal Road Arabia
• Samir Odeh
• Innomotics
• SMP
• TAQA
• United Cement Industrial Company

VIP LOUNGE SPONSOR:
• Front End

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Al Amri Labs
• BGP Arabia
• Fluor
• Saleh Abdulaziz Al Rashed and Sons
• Saudi Lime Industries Company

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Bechtel
• BMO
• Nicola Mining
• Transoceanic Minerals

SPEAKER LOUNGE SPONSOR:
• Ajlan and Bros Mining and Metals

FOUNDING PARTNERS:
• MAADEN
• Ministry of Investment
• Aramco
• ESNAD Saudi Mining Services
• SNB

STRATEGIC PARTNERS:
• Aljan and Bros Mining and Metals
• AMAK
• Arab Basalt Fiber Company
• Foulath
• Industrial Center
• Local Content and Government Procurement
• Manara Minerals
• Modon
• National Committee for Cement Companies
• National Industrial Development and Logistics Program
• Royal Commission of Jubail and Yanbu
• Saline Water Conversion Corporation
• Saudi Chemical Company Limited
• Saudi Exports Development Authority
• Saudi Industrial Development Fund
• The Exim Bank
• Saudi Geological Survey
• Tasnee
• Tosyali Holding
• Vale
• Zahid Group