15 - 16 July 2025
The Nile Ritz-Carlton Cairo
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SUPPORTED BY
ADVANCING
EXPLORATION FOR FUTURE
COMMERCIAL DISCOVERIES
Spotlighting technology and innovation, the new technical sessions provide a deep dive on the latest project advances, best practices and innovative solutions shaping the mining, minerals and metals industry.
Created by industry experts, the presentations promise an enriching experience with expert-led insights and showcases highlighting the future of mining, exploration and geology.
EXPLORE THE TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT SESSION TOPICS AND SPEAKERS
ADDRESSING 6 TECHNICAL CATEGORIES
CATEGORY 1
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
- Field structural analysis
- Airborne gravity gradiometers
- Drones
- Seismic surveillance
- Electromagnetic and magnetic ground penetrating radar
CATEGORY 2
CRITICAL MINERALS AND METALS
- 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
CATEGORY 3
SUSTAINABLE MINING
- 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
CATEGORY 4
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
CATEGORY 5
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
CATEGORY 6
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
