Behn Meyer was established in Singapore in 1840 and has become a dominant force in chemical distribution across ASEAN, constantly adding new facilities and services that strengthen its offering.
“With the formation of Enterprise Singapore, our role is to grow stronger Singapore enterprises. Building on the foundation of the two previous organizations, we now have increased and improved resources to be more effective on both the domestic and international fronts.”
“Rather than seeing the market adoption of sustainable products as a challenge, I view it as a process of educating the entire value chain; a matter of technological proliferation […]”
MACIG 2025 - Mining in Africa Country Investment Guide
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.