Summary

McKinsey Metals & Mining Seminar

The metals and mining industry continues to navigate a period of profound change. Shifts in global growth and trade flows, the energy transition, evolving supply chains, and changing cost structures are reshaping markets and creating new opportunities and strategic considerations for industry leaders.

Drawing on MineSpans, McKinsey’s proprietary market intelligence solution, and insights from McKinsey commodity experts, the seminar will explore:

  • The macroeconomic outlook and implications for metals and mining
  • The evolution of supply, demand, market balances, and costs
  • The growing influence of AI and physical AI on commodity markets
  • Emerging developments in trade, technology, supply chains, and the energy transition
  • Key uncertainties and structural shifts affecting commodity markets
  • The implications for industry participants and the signals to watch

Our sessions will cover the steel, aluminum, copper & zinc, and battery raw material commodity markets, with new perspectives on rare earth elements, tin and sulfur.

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Agenda

Here's what's scheduled for the event.

20 October 2026

13:30 BST

Base Metals Panel

14:00 BST

Copper, Zinc, Sulfur

15:00 BST

Energy Transition Panel

15:30 BST

Battery Materials, Rare Earth Elements, Tin

16:30 BST

Steel, Aluminum

17:00 BST

Networking Reception - Cocktail hour