FT Metals & Mining Summit 2026
14 October 2026 – 16 October 2026
The Landmark London, London, United Kingdom
The FT Metals & Mining Summit is a Financial Times Live hybrid (in-person and digital) event held at The Landmark London on 14-16 October 2026, with the first day devoted to a Precious Metals Symposium. It brings together mining and metals CEOs, investors, policymakers and delegates to discuss strategic minerals and economic security, capital flows into strategic metals, demand from electrification, AI infrastructure and defence, midstream processing, supply constraints and governance. The programme combines main-stage interviews and panels, closed-door roundtables and networking.
104 speakers
Organiser (1)
Media Partner (1)
Sponsors (22)
Kpler · FLS · Vale Base Metals · Integra Capital · Refute · Trafigura · Fleet Space Technologies · DPM Metals · Vedanta Group · Sigma Lithium · Valterra Platinum · World Gold Council · Rio Tinto · Anglo American · BHP · TechMet · Mercuria · Teck Resources · Volcán Compañía Minera · AlixPartners · Baker Botts · Centalion
Association Partners (3)
European Metals · Euromines · Women in Mining UK
Knowledge Partner (1)
Speakers (104)
- Sabih Behzad Head of Digital Assets & Currencies Transformation, MD, Deutsche Bank
- Gustavo Pimenta CEO, Vale
- Brian Menell TechMet Ltd
- David Tait CEO, World Gold Council
- Vandita Pant BHP
- Carlos Francisco Fernandez CEO and Co-Founder, FinkaMetals
- Catherine Raw Chief Development Officer (CDO), BHP
- Rohitesh Dhawan President & Chief Executive Officer, ICMM
- Bill Cobb Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Freeport McMoRan
- Lucy Crane Managing Director, Women in Mining UK, Consultant,, Women in Mining UK
- Nikou Asgari Digital Markets Correspondent, Financial Times
- Helaina Matza Chief Strategic Development Officer, TechMet
- Morgan Bazilian Director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy and Professor, Colorado School of Mines
- Gillian Tett Editor-at-large, US, Financial Times
- Paul Gait Senior Vice President, Strategy, Anglo American
- Agit Singh Executive Head of Processing Operations, Valterra Platinum
- Alex Hamer Assistant Companies News Editor, Financial Times
- Alhassane Barry Partner, Global Head of Mining and Metals (Non-U.S., Baker Botts
- Alice Ross Acting Assisting Companies News Editor, Financial Times
- Amanda Mueller Technical Advisor & Strategic Development Lead, Integra
- Ana Carbal-Gardner CEO, Sigma Lithium
- Antti Aitio Chief Technology Officer, Elysia Battery Intelligence
- Antti Koulumies CEO, Terrafame
- Audrey Robertson Assistant Secretary of Energy, Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation, United States Department of Energy
- Baraka Kabemba CEO, GECAMINES
- Ben Ayre Director of Metals and Minerals Data, Kpler
- Bernardo Fontaine Chair, Codelco
- Bernd Schaefer CEO, EIT RawMaterials
- Biro Conde Managing Director, DFC, West & Central Africa, US International Development Finance Corporation
- Bogolo Kenewendo Minister of Minerals and Energy, Botswana
- Camilla Hodgson Commodities correspondent, Financial Times
- Charlotte Yonge Senior Fund Manager, Troy Asset Management
- Chris McDonald Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Industry), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) & Department for Business and Trade (DBT), UK Government
- Christopher McCleave Chief Technical Officer, Vale Base Metals
- Dave Gallagher Global Head of Structured Finance,, Trafigura
- David Greely Chief Strategy Officer, Abaxx Technologies
- Devan Pillay Segment President of Heavy Industries, Schneider Electric
- Diana Culillas CEO, Swiss Better Gold Association
- Diane Garrett Executive Chairman and CEO, Hycroft
- Dominic Raab Special Envoy - ASGM, World Gold Council
- Duncan Wanblad CEO, Anglo American
- Emma Gagen Director of Data and Research, ICMM
- Eric Kalala CEO, Entreprise Générale du Cobalt, DRC
- Evy Hambro Global Head of Thematic and Sector Investing, BlackRock
- Felicity Gooding Group Chief Financial Officer, Vulcan Energy
- Flavia Tata Nardini Co-founder and CEO, Fleet Space Technologies
- Frank Ha Director and CEO, Tianqi Lithium
- Geoff Dyer Latin America Editor, FT
- George Cheveley Portfolio Manager, Ninety One
- Gillian Doran Chief Financial Office & Executive director, AngloGold Ashanti
- Ian Cockerill CEO, Endeavour Mining
- James Watson Director General, European Metals
- Jan Metzger Global Head of Coverage Banking, Standard Chartered
- Jeff Currie Chief Strategy Officer of Energy Pathways, Carlyle
- Jim Rutherford Director, Ionic Rare Earths
- Joachim Braun Division President, Process Industries, ABB
- John P. Gallagher Senior Advisor & Deputy Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary of War, Pentagon
- John Reade Senior Marketing Strategist (Europe and Asia), World Gold Council
- Julie Steinberg Property Correspondent, Financial Times
- Kostas Bintas Global Head of Metals & Minerals, MERCURIA ENERGY TRADING SA
- Kuswantoro Pranabudi Director of Corporate Strategy, Business Development and Portfolio, MIND ID
- Laura Konkel Senior Counsel, Akin Gump
- Leslie Hook World News Editor, Financial Times
- Liam Condon CEO, Johnson Matthey
- Loic Jonchery Senior Metals Trader, Centalion
- Luis Lucero Secretary For Mining, Ministry of Economy, Republic of Argentina
- Marcelo Bacci Chief Financial Officer, Vale
- Marie-Chantal Kaninda President, Chair of the Board, Glencore DRC
- Mark Podlasly CEO, First Nations Major Projects Coalition
- Martin Perez de Solay Perez de Solay CEO, Glencore Argentina
- Matt Hadfield Head of Metals and Minerals Assets, Trafigura
- Maximo Pacheco Chairman, Codelco
- Michel Van Hoey Senior Partner, McKinsey
- Mike Oswin Global Head of Market Stricture and Digital Innovation, World Gold Council
- Nicholas Snowdon Head of Metals and Mining Research, Mercuria
- Patrick Schein Chairman, Alliance for Responsible Mining
- Paul Carne EMEA Delegated Chief Investment Officer, Aon Investments
- Paula Cousins Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer, Weir
- Peter Marrone Chairman and CEO, Allied Gold
- Phesto Musonda Board Chairperson, ZCCM-IH
- Philip Newman Managing Director, Metals Focus
- Randy Smallwood Chair, Wheaton Precious Metals
- Rebecca Seidl-Inglesby Partner, Baker Botts
- Rebecca Tomkinson Agent General, Western Australia in the United Kingdom/Europe Region
- Ricardo Romero Executive Vice President, Volcan
- Richard Horrocks-Taylor Global Head Natural Resources, Standard Chartered
- Richard Sellschop Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
- Robert Friedland Founder and Executive Co-Chairman, Ivanhoe Mines
- Robert Johnston Director of Energy and Natural Resources Policy, University of Calgary
- Robin Kolvenbach Co-CEO, Argor Heraeus
- Ruth Crowell CEO, LBMA
- Sammy Gayamfi CEO, GoldBod
- Shaun Usmar CEO, Vale Base Metals
- Shaun Verner Managing Director and CEO, Syrah Resources
- Shayne McGuire Portfolio Manager, Emerging Markets & Gold Fund, Teacher Retirement System of Texas
- Sheila Murray Chair of the Board, Teck Resources
- Sibusiso Ndlovu Director Metals & Mining M&A,, Standard Chartered
- Simon Trott CEO, Rio Tinto
- Suki Cooper Global Head, Commodities Research, Standard Chartered
- Toni Laaksonen CEO, FLSmidth
- Turki A. Al-Babtain Deputy Minister for Mining Development, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Tzveta Tchorbadjieva Interim CEO, Anglo American in Chile
- Vance Scott Global Co-Leader, Energy & Process Industries, Partner & Managing Director, AlixPartners
- Vivek Kapoor Global Mining, Metals and Minerals Segment Leader, Schneider Electric