Panel discussion during the IEFA Conference of Montreal 2023, featuring Ivan Vella, Chief Executive, Aluminum, Rio Tinto; Cesar Inostroza, Chief Executive Officer, Mining and Metals, SNC-Lavalin; Nathalie Camden, Associate Deputy Minister of Mines, Québec; Moderated by Philippe Ouzilleau, Assistant Professor, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill Institute for Advanced Materials.

The mining sector is at the heart of the energy transition: renewable energy powered systems require a greater amount of minerals than their fossil fuel counterparts, driving a fierce competition that has taken the public and private sector by storm, which has led prices of coveted minerals to skyrocket beyond measure. How can security of mineral supply be achieved without resulting in a more expensive or delayed energy transition? With production concentrated in a few geographies, how can current geopolitical instability further stretch existing challenges surrounding supply security? How can recycling and circularity ease strained value chains while lessening carbon emissions?

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