SHAPING THE FUTURE OF MINING WITH TECHNOLOGY
Spotlighting technology and innovation, the technical sessions at the Egypt Mining Forum provide a deep dive on the latest project advances, sustainable best practices and innovative cutting-edge technologies and solutions being deployed across the mining, minerals and metals industry.
Created by industry experts, the technical session presentations promise an enriching experience with expert-led insights and showcases highlighting how technology is shaping the future of mining, accelerating commercial exploration and driving new mineral discoveries.
SUBMIT ABSTRACTS ACROSS 8 TECHNICAL CATEGORIES
EXPLORATION AND MINING GEOLOGY
- Remote sensing and geophysics
- Structural geology
- 3D geological modelling and laser scanning
- Mineral resources estimation
- Mineral exploration targeting
- Exploration sample, analysis
- Exploration geochemistry
- Mineral exploration project planning
- Lithium extraction from geothermal and oilfield brines
- Field structural analysis
- Airborne gravity gradiometers
- Drones
- Seismic surveillance
- Electromagnetic and magnetic ground penetrating radar
CRITICAL MINERALS, METALS AND SUSTAINABLE MINING
- Lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, graphite
- Copper, aluminium
- Gold
- Tantalite
- Rare earth minerals and modern mining techniques
- Supply and demand for energy transition
- Energy storage for EV and battery performance
- Ethical, sustainable and responsible mining practices
- Mine electrification
- Green mining
- Environmental, social and governance (ESG)
- GHG emissions, carbon footprint and energy efficiency
- Recycling and circular opportunities and challenges
- Air pollution and wastewater management
- Environmental impacts and contamination
- Renewable energies integration
- Decarbonisation and net-zero
MINE ENGINEERING, PLANNING, OPERATIONS AND PROCESSES
- Underground and surface mine construction and maintenance
- Mine closure and decommissioning
- Extraction efficiency and optimisation
- Automated surface drilling
- Mine safety and occupational health and safety
- Extractive metallurgy and mineral processing
- Laboratory separation, grading and quality control
- Tailings recovery, handling, use and disposal
- Advanced shaft and tunnel boring systems
EXPLORATION AND MINING DATA
- Data transparency
- Big data security and privacy
- Ethical data analytics
- Data driven reasoning and learning
- Data analysis: algorithms, modelling, visualisation and statistics
- Data mining: clustering, classification and association
INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
- Mineral and metallurgy extraction technology
- Geospatial tools and non-invasive exploration tech
- Artificial intelligence
- Digital transformation
- Operational intelligence (OI)
- Digital twin infrastructure and workflows
- Smart mining, robotics, IoT, automation
- Advanced manufacturing and technology
- Automonous technologies
- Technology for inclusive growth and workforce skills upgrade
- Refining process simulation and optimisation
- GPS, wireless and remote sensing for hard to access mining environments
- Innovation for increased productivity
- Precious metals plasma technology
- Wearable technologies – real time visibility in times of emergency
NEW FOR 2025
HEALTH, SAFETY, SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENT
- Safety culture and safety management systems, human factors and performance
- The role of leadership within HSE
- Mining health and safety value and supply chains management
- Preparedness, best practices, emergency response and mitigating environmental risks
- Occupational safety awareness
- Process safety: accident prevention and lessons learnt
- Stakeholder engagement, community awareness, and health, safety and environmental related Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes
- Innovation and use of digital technologies to improve HSE, wearable technology
NEW FOR 2025
MINING ECONOMICS AND EXPLORATION FINANCING
- Financing sources of exploration and associated risks
- Assessing mineral investment vs exploration expenditure
- Mining investment risk assessment for Nation’s along the Chinese Belt and Road initiative
- Methodology to calculate investment potential of mineral resource base in areas of new development
- Incentives and risk control schemes in emerging economies for junior mining companies exploration works
NEW FOR 2025
MIDSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM MINING INDUSTRIES
- Gold extraction and refining value chain outlook
- Copper and bauxite deposit smelters projects and world outlook to support global future energy demand
- Impact of base metals supply chain on the future of heavy industries product supply and demand
- Challenges of oil shale exploitation in light of future emerging energy demands
- Low grade P205 phosphate beneficiation challenges in filterers market
- Infrastructure to support global trade of minerals and metals
- Phosphate demand outlook, downstream implications vs global geopolitical challenges
