Lead Sponsor

Anglo American is a leading global mining company and our products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world-class competitive operations, with a broad range of future development options, provides many of the future-enabling metals and minerals for a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast growing every day demands of billions of consumers. With our people at the heart of our business, we use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and to mine, process, move and market our products to our customers – safely and sustainably. 

As a responsible producer of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum group metals, premium quality iron ore and steelmaking coal, and nickel – with crop nutrients in development – we are committed to being carbon neutral across our operations by 2040. More broadly, our Sustainable Mining Plan commits us to a series of stretching goals to ensure we work towards a healthy environment, creating thriving communities and building trust as a corporate leader. We work together with our business partners and diverse stakeholders to unlock enduring value from precious natural resources for the benefit of the communities and countries in which we operate, for society as a whole, and for our shareholders. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.

https://www.angloamerican.com/

Lead Sponsor

BHP is a world-leading resources company. We extract and process minerals with more than 72,000 employees and contractors, primarily in Australia and the Americas. We aim to have the best capabilities, best commodities and best assets to create long term value and high returns. We are among the world’s top producers of major commodities, including iron ore, metallurgical coal and copper. We also have substantial interests in oil, gas, nickel and energy coal. 

https://www.bhp.com/

Lead Sponsor

Our materials are essential for the low-carbon transition. Aluminium for lightweight cars. Copper to help things work more efficiently – from renewables to the power in your home. Iron ore for the steel in our electricity infrastructure. Lithium for electric vehicles and battery storage. And many of the materials we produce are essential for the things in everyday life too: Borates that help crops grow, titanium for paint – and diamonds that celebrate the best things in life.

We work in 35 countries – in mines, smelters and refineries, as well as in sales offices, data centres, research and development labs and with artificial intelligence. We aim to deliver superior returns to our shareholders throughout the cycle by meeting our stakeholders’ needs, allocating capital with discipline, and investing in high-quality projects and in industries with solid, long-term fundamentals. 

https://www.riotinto.com/en

Lead Sponsor

Vale is a global mining company whose mission is to transform natural resources into prosperity and sustainable development. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro and operating on five continents, Vale is one of the world’s top producers of iron ore and nickel. The Company’s integrated logistics network includes approximately two thousand kilometers of railways, multiple sea terminals and ten ports in Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia and Oman.

With a firm commitment to the highest standards of governance, Vale is constantly striving to be recognized as one of the world’s safest mining companies, to amplify the environmental engagement of our shareholders and stakeholders alike and to invest in mitigating mining-related impacts. Our goal is to promote transparency in management while actively advancing environmental awareness, biodiversity protection and sustainable development.

Vale has announced an investment between $4 bi and $6 billion to reduce absolute emissions direct and indirect by 33% by 2030, based on the terms established by the Paris Agreement. In addition, the Company has announced its intention to go net-zero emissions by 2050.  Vale protects one million hectares of native flora and fauna located in the vicinity of its operations worldwide, and currently plans to restore and protect an additional 500 thousand hectares of land by the end of this decade.

http://www.vale.com/en/

Founding Banking Partner 

We are a leading international banking group, with a presence in 59 of the world’s most dynamic markets and serving clients in a further 83. Our purpose is to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, and our heritage and values are expressed in our brand promise, here for good. 

Standard Chartered PLC is listed on the London and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges.

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https://www.sc.com/en/

Associate Sponsor

ABB (ABBN: SIX Swiss Ex) is a leading global technology company that energizes the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. By connecting software to its electrification, robotics, automation and motion portfolio, ABB pushes the boundaries of technology to drive performance to new levels. With a history of excellence stretching back more than 130 years, when ABB’s first electrical motor for a mine hoist was commissioned in Sweden, the company’s success is driven by about 105,000 talented employees in over 100 countries. ABB continues to deliver electrification, automation and digital solutions, industry-specific products and lifecycle services for mine operators and takes action to work together with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and technology innovators in the journey towards zero emissions and the realization of a sustainable society.

https://new.abb.com/mining/

Associate Sponsor

FLSmidth delivers sustainable productivity to the global mining and cement industries. We deliver market-leading engineering, equipment and service solutions to our customers enabling them to improve performance, drive down costs and reduce environmental impact. With MissionZero, our 2030 ambition is to enable zero emission and zero waste (water, energy) in cement production and mining. Our operations span the globe and our 11,700 employees are present in more than 60 countries. In 2019, FLSmidth generated revenue of DKK 20,6 billion.

https://www.flsmidth.com/

Associate Sponsor

ING is a global financial institution with a strong European base, offering banking services through its operating company ING Bank. The purpose of ING Bank is empowering people to stay a step ahead in life and in business. ING Bank’s more than 57,000 employees offer retail and wholesale banking services to customers in over 40 countries. 

ING Group shares are listed on the exchanges of Amsterdam (INGA NA, INGA.AS), Brussels and on the New York Stock Exchange (ADRs: ING US, ING.N).

Sustainability is an integral part of ING’s strategy, evidenced by ING’s leading position in sector benchmarks. ING's Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating by MSCI was affirmed 'AA' in December 2021. As of September 2021, Sustainalytics considers ING’s management of ESG material risk to be ‘strong’, and in June 2022 ING received an ESG rating of 'strong' from S&P Global Ratings. ING Group shares are also included in major sustainability and ESG index products of leading providers STOXX, Morningstar and FTSE Russell.

https://www.ing.com/

Associate Sponsor

Ivanhoe Mines is a leading Canadian diversified mining company focused on mineral exploration, development, and production. The company has a portfolio of world-class assets and is committed to becoming a global leader in the supply of critical resources required to transition to an electric, low-carbon, sustainable world.

Ivanhoe is advancing its four principal mining and exploration projects in Southern Africa: the Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), one of the highest-grade, fastest growing major copper mining operation in the world; the Platreef palladium, rhodium, nickel, platinum, copper and gold discovery in South Africa; the historic Kipushi zinc-copper-lead-germanium mine in the DRC; and the expansive exploration program for new copper discoveries on Ivanhoe’s Western Foreland exploration licences, near Kamoa-Kakula.

Ivanhoe is an industry pioneer in environmental, social and corporate governance that generates outstanding returns for our shareholders and stakeholders.

https://ivanhoemines.com/

Associate Sponsor

At Spencer Stuart, we know how much leadership matters. We are trusted by organizations around the world to help them make the senior-level leadership decisions that have a lasting impact on their enterprises. Through our executive search, board and leadership advisory services, we help build and enhance high-performing teams for select clients ranging from major multinationals to emerging companies to nonprofit institutions.

Privately held since 1956, we focus on delivering knowledge, insight and results through the collaborative efforts of a team of experts — now spanning more than 60 offices, over 30 countries and more than 50 practice specialties. Boards and leaders consistently turn to Spencer Stuart to help address their evolving leadership needs in areas such as senior-level executive search, board recruitment, board effectiveness, succession planning, in-depth senior management assessment, employee engagement and many other facets of culture and organizational effectiveness.

https://www.spencerstuart.com/

Associate Sponsor

Teck is one of Canada’s leading mining companies, focused on providing products that are essential to building a better quality of life for people around the globe. Teck is committed to responsible mining and mineral development with major business units focused on copper, zinc, and steelmaking coal, as well as investments in energy assets. Copper, zinc and high-quality steelmaking coal are required for the transition to a low-carbon world. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, Teck’s shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols TECK.A and TECK.B and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TECK.

https://www.teck.com 

Associate Sponsor

Founded in 1871, The Weir Group PLC is one of the world’s leading engineering businesses with a purpose to make its mining and infrastructure customers’ operations more sustainable and efficient. Weir’s highly engineered technology enables critical resources to be produced using less energy, water and waste while reducing customers’ total cost of ownership. The Group is ideally positioned to benefit from structural trends that support long-term demand for its technology including the need for more essential metals to support economic development and carbon transition. The Group has c.11,000 employees operating in over 60 countries with a presence in every major mining region of the world.

https://www.global.weir/

Associate Sponsor

We’re the global experts on gold. Leveraging our broad knowledge and experience, we work to improve understanding of the gold market and underscore gold’s value to individuals, investors, and the world at large. Collaboration is the cornerstone of our approach. We’re an association whose members are the world’s most forward-thinking gold mining companies. Combining the insights of our members and other industry partners, we seek to unlock gold’s evolving role as a catalyst for advancements that meet societal needs. We develop standards, expand access to gold, and tackle barriers to adoption to stimulate demand and support a vibrant and sustainable future for the gold market. From our offices in Beijing, London, Mumbai, New York, Shanghai, and Singapore, we deliver positive impact worldwide.

www.gold.org

Associate Sponsor

Yamana Gold Inc. is a Canadian-based precious metals producer with significant gold and silver production, development stage properties, exploration properties, and land positions throughout the Americas, including Canada, Brazil, Chile and Argentina. Yamana plans to continue to build on this base through expansion and optimization initiatives at existing operating mines, development of new mines, the advancement of its exploration properties and, at times, by targeting other consolidation opportunities with a primary focus in the Americas. 

https://www.yamana.com/

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