Event Programme
3 February - 6 February
Monday 3rd Feb
Main Stage
3 February
08:49 - 08:51
CTICC
Main Stage
Welcome & Official Opening: Mining Indaba 2020
Speakers
Liezel van der Westhuizen
Mpho Makwana
3 February
08:55 - 09:15
CTICC
Main Stage
Welcome to Mining Indaba from the DMRE
Speakers
Hon. Gwede Mantashe
3 February
09:15 - 09:45
CTICC
Main Stage
Presidential Address - Sierra Leone
Speakers
His Excellency Julius Maada Bio
3 February
10:15 - 10:45
CTICC
Main Stage
Prime Ministerial Address - Democratic Republic of Congo
Speakers
Hon. Prof. Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba
3 February
10:45 - 10:50
CTICC
Main Stage
3 February
10:50 - 11:30
CTICC
- Sustainability of operations
- Decarbonisation of the supply chain
- Industry response to climate change
- Realigning mining’s image problem with its role in global electrification
- Mining materials as the cornerstone of the energy transition
Main Stage
The Brand of Mining: Connecting the Future of Mining With Next-Generation Values
- Sustainability of operations
- Decarbonisation of the supply chain
- Industry response to climate change
- Realigning mining’s image problem with its role in global electrification
- Mining materials as the cornerstone of the energy transition
Speakers
Mark Cutifani
3 February
11:30 - 11:50
CTICC
Main Stage
3 February
11:50 - 12:10
CTICC
Main Stage
3 February
12:10 - 12:30
CTICC
Main Stage
Company Insights
Updates from Newmont Africa
Speakers
Francois Hardy
3 February
12:30 - 12:50
CTICC
Main Stage
Company Insight and Q&A
Updates from Vedanta Resources
Speakers
Deshnee Naidoo
Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan
3 February
12:50 - 13:10
CTICC
Main Stage
Company Insight and Q&A
Updates from AngloGold Ashanti
Speakers
Kelvin Dushinsky
3 February
13:10 - 14:00
Networking Lunch
3 February
14:00 - 14:20
CTICC
Main Stage
Insight From the Minerals Council of SA
Speakers
Mxolisi Mgojo
3 February
14:20 - 15:00
CTICC
- Examining the government’s policy and their current view of the mining sector
- How does the mining sector see this policy developing further?
- Where can bridges be built in policy and long-term operational growth?
- The role of cobalt end-users in supply chain transparency
- Do African battery metals producers have to be concerned about the United States new Minerals Security Act to begin reducing the United States’ dependence on foreign minerals?
- Positioning DRC in a positive investment light
Main Stage
Examining the DRC: The rise of copper & cobalt and where next for the mining code and mining under the new administration?
- Examining the government’s policy and their current view of the mining sector
- How does the mining sector see this policy developing further?
- Where can bridges be built in policy and long-term operational growth?
- The role of cobalt end-users in supply chain transparency
- Do African battery metals producers have to be concerned about the United States new Minerals Security Act to begin reducing the United States’ dependence on foreign minerals?
- Positioning DRC in a positive investment light
Moderators
Anthony Carroll
Hon. Willy Kitobo Samsoni
Speakers
Cyrille Mutombo
Kirsten Lori Hund
Kwasi Ampofo
Louis Watum
3 February
15:00 - 16:00
CTICC
- DRC: Kamoa-Kakula project - 1.2 million MT in 2018 – Ivanhoe Mines & Zijin Mining Group + CITIC Metal Africa Investments
- Zambia: 870,000 MT in 2018 - Barrick Gold’s Lumwana, First Quantum Minerals’ Kansanshi, Mopani Copper Mines (majority owned by Glencore) and Konkola Copper Mines, (subsidiary of Vedanta Resources) – 4 mines represent 80% of the country’s yearly copper production
- World Bank – smart mining
Main Stage
Increasing Battery Metals Production to Boost Africa's Stake in The Vital Global Battery Market
In May 2019, Sarah Maryssael, Tesla’s global supply manager for battery metals, told a closed-door Washington gathering of miners, regulators and lawmakers that the automaker sees a shortage of key EV minerals coming in the near future, including copper.
- DRC: Kamoa-Kakula project - 1.2 million MT in 2018 – Ivanhoe Mines & Zijin Mining Group + CITIC Metal Africa Investments
- Zambia: 870,000 MT in 2018 - Barrick Gold’s Lumwana, First Quantum Minerals’ Kansanshi, Mopani Copper Mines (majority owned by Glencore) and Konkola Copper Mines, (subsidiary of Vedanta Resources) – 4 mines represent 80% of the country’s yearly copper production
- World Bank – smart mining
Moderators
Steven Fox
Speakers
Fortune Mojapelo
