Strategic and Scarce Minerals: Exploration, Reproduction, Utilization
In an effort to ensure Russia’s technological sovereignty, geological exploration is currently pivoting towards the raw materials needed to solve this problem: lithium, niobium, tantalum, chromium, zirconium, manganese, and other types of minerals. Russia has one of the largest mineral resource bases in the world and is not only capable of fully meeting its own needs for scarce raw materials, but also entering the world market by exporting its own products with high added value. It is essential to establish technological chains for processing raw materials that are strategic for the Russian economy, and to incentivize industry to develop high-end technologies. What plans are in place for the exploration, extraction, processing, and use of scarce raw materials? What difficulties do companies face when developing deposits? What is the best way to protect the environment while further developing the country’s mineral resource base?
Moderator
Kirill Tokarev,
Editor-in-Chief, Anchor, RBC
Panellists
Igor Demidov,
General Director, Polar Lithium
Alexander Kozlov,
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation
Mosa Mabuza,
Chief Executive Officer, Council for Geoscience (CGS) (online)
Julius Mattai,
Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Sierra Leone
Mohamed Basheer Abdalla Mennawi,
Minister of Minerals of the Republic of the Sudan
Evgeny Petrov,
Head, Federal Agency for Subsoil Use
Sergey Radkov,
Acting Director General, Rosgeologia
Mikhail Yurin,
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation