VP, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIAL SALES, EXYN TECHNOLOGIES
"The average miner from just 10 years ago would have been far more apprehensive about operating a drone underground compared to the average miner today."
HEALTH SCIENCES REGIONAL DIRECTOR - ASIA PACIFIC, RAMBOLL
"Singapore plays a pivotal role in trying to align the varied regulatory requirements through initiatives like the Asian Regulatory Cooperation Project (ARCP)."
"We expect that the mining regulatory framework will improve in the short term since the current Brazilian solid waste characterization standards (ABNT-NBR 10.004) are inadequate for mining."
"2022 was a record production year, which is a key milestone: For the first time, we reached 1.4 million tons of granulated urea, which is above the designed plant capacity."
"In 2023, we conducted trials and testing for new wireless detonator systems, which show promising potential for enhancing underground mining operations and addressing various mining challenges."
DIRECTOR OF MINING SERVICES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, INTERA
"INTERA helps our mining clients to better understand the risks and opportunities associated with water throughout the mining life cycle by providing the tools and information to make well-informed decisions that reduce development and closure schedules."
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.