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
