Why Mining

For thousands of years, mining has been a major force behind economic growth across the world and has played a crucial role in the advancement of human civilisation, providing the metals and minerals needed to create anything from prehistoric implements to today’s cutting-edge technologies. In many developing countries, the sector continues to perform a vital function that is important to each and every economy.

The mining sector is receiving increased global attention in recent years for the role it plays as a supplier of minerals necessary to manufacture the clean technologies for a low carbon energy future. According to the World Bank, the demand for minerals and metals like lithium, graphite, and nickel, needed to enable the wider energy transition, is expected to grow by 500% by 2050 as global economies step up their decarbonisation efforts.

Whilst playing a crucial role to achieve global net-zero targets, the mining industry must also address rising ESG concerns from investors and stakeholders, plus establish its green mining roadmap to ensure minerals and metals are produced in an environmentally sustainable and sensitive manner with ethical considerations. Collectively, these merging dynamics provide the mining sector both opportunities and challenges.

The Egypt Mining Forum will bring together top government officials, global mining industry leaders, climate and sustainability experts, technologists, economists and international financial institutions offering a high-level holistic platform to strategise and discuss how the mining sector is decarbonising its operations for a sustainable future. The Forum will also explore how the industry is increasing project investment to meet growing demand for raw materials.

Spread across two days, the Forum is composed of panel discussions and keynote speeches that have been carefully curated to address the most pressing issues facing today’s thriving global mining industry.