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Rashid Kader
EVP OPERATIONS - EMEA REGION AND PRESIDENT SAUDI ARABIA, DRA GLOBAL
"We have opened our analytical laboratory division, QLS, in Riyadh in 2024 to provide a variety of services including sample analysis, metallurgical testwork and water analysis for exploration and process plant samples across various commodities."
Víctor Morales and Rajkumar Mathiravedu
VP EMEA MINING (VM) AND SENIOR VP DIGITAL SOLUTIONS (RM), ORICA
"We are excited about establishing a center of excellence for digital innovation in partnership with the local ecosystem."
Rob McEwen
CHIEF OWNER, MCEWEN MINING
"Saudi’s big embrace of mining is something that is not happening anywhere else in the world, except China."
Sean Wade
CEO, POWER METAL RESOURCES
"KSA offers an incredible opportunity for foreign investment, especially in mining, where openness to external partnerships has grown exponentially."
Adam Ginster
FOUNDING PARTNER MIDDLE EAST AFRICA REGION, HOFFMANN REED
"As the focus shifts toward securing licenses and moving into early-stage development and production, the demand for skills, especially in geology, will continue to grow."
Bernard Kaninda
REGION PRESIDENT SALES AND SERVICES EMEA, FLSMIDTH (FLS)
"Saudi Arabia’s commitment to becoming a hub for the mineral value chain aligns perfectly with FLS’ strategy of providing full flow sheet technology and services."
Abdullah Alznaedi
CEO - EXPLOSIVES SECTOR, SAUDI CHEMICAL COMPANY HOLDING
"Over the past five decades, Saudi Chemical Company Limited has expanded its footprint with three state-of-the-art production facilities for civil explosives across the Kingdom."
Norinao Sato and Fazel Majlessi
PRESIDENT AND CEO (NS) AND MATERIALS BU HEAD (FM), YOKOGAWA MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
"Our goal is to help make operations cleaner and more efficient while bringing in new tech that keeps Saudi Arabia competitive globally."
Rémi Piet
CO-FOUNDER AND SENIOR PARTNER, EMBELLIE ADVISORY
"We act as a bridge between the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources and global companies looking to engage with the country’s mining and processing sectors."
Sean Wade
CEO, POWER METAL RESOURCES
"KSA offers an incredible opportunity for foreign investment, especially in mining, where openness to external partnerships has grown exponentially."
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It is said that mining is a patient industry. Current demand projections are not. Demand for minerals deemed ‘critical’ is set to increase almost fourfold by 2030, according to the UN. Demand for nickel, cobalt and lithium is predicted to double, triple and rise ten-fold, respectively, between 2022 and 2050. The world will need to mine more copper between 2018 and 2050 than it has mined throughout history. 2050 is also the deadline to curb emissions before reaching a point of ‘no return.’ The pace of mineral demand and the consequences of not meeting it force the industry to act fast and take more risks. Mining cannot afford to be a patient industry anymore. The scramble for supply drives miners back to geological credentials, and therefore to places like the African Central Copperbelt.
It is said that mining is a patient industry. Current demand projections are not. Demand for minerals deemed ‘critical’ is set to increase almost fourfold by 2030, according to the UN. Demand for nickel, cobalt and lithium is predicted to double, triple and rise ten-fold, respectively, between 2022 and 2050. The world will need to mine more copper between 2018 and 2050 than it has mined throughout history. 2050 is also the deadline to curb emissions before reaching a point of ‘no return.’ The pace of mineral demand and the consequences of not meeting it force the industry to act fast and take more risks. Mining cannot afford to be a patient industry anymore. The scramble for supply drives miners back to geological credentials, and therefore to places like the African Central Copperbelt.
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