About Saudi Arabia's Future Minerals Forum
Simon Lobach
I recently joined this mailing list. I am a Swiss National Science Foundation fellow affiliated to the University of Vienna and the Geneva Graduate Institute. I work on the political ecology of aluminium, copper and graphite production.
I recently had the opportunity to attend the Future Minerals Forum taking place in Saudi Arabia. This recurring event is, as long as the Gulf Region is not too much involved in geopolitical warfare, becoming something of a “Davos of the mining sector”.
What struck me most is how developing countries are increasingly turning to Saudi Arabia to channel funding into their mining sectors, as other sources of investment – from European countries, for example – are perceived as being too demanding in terms of social and environmental requirements. This raises, in my view, a number of important questions.
I wrote this blogpost about it, which you can read here: https://miningbeyondhotair.org/2026/02/19/dawn-of-a-global-cause-what-if-saudi-arabia-became-a-major-mining-hub/.
Happy reading, and I would be very interested in your thoughts.
Best regards,
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