"Just by developing known reserves, even without exploration success, Chile can increase its copper production by around 2 million t/y and its lithium production by around 1 million t/y."
"While it's always easier to deny a certain service if you don't yet have the technical expertise in a particular area, in the long-term it is advantageous to explore the possibility of investing in that area with the customer."
"ME Elecmetal is working on several initiatives with mining companies to make changes to processes and products, such as upgrades to mill liners that allow mining operations to run more safely and efficiently."
APAC SALES DIRECTOR AND SINGAPORE COUNTRY HEAD, INFINEUM
"A combination of unprecedented shipping costs coupled with steeply rising raw material costs and challenges around securing raw materials has had the entire additives industry struggling to pass on their costs."
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.