A December 2025 London gathering, Resourcing Tomorrow 2025, brings together the world’s largest mining companies to discuss coordinated risk mitigation, capital deployment, and supply chain resilience in response to geopolitical, technological, and environmental pressures shaping the sector.

Confirmed participants include BHP Group, Rio Tinto, Vale, and Freeport-McMoRan, with the event located near European capital markets and regulatory bodies to facilitate engagement with investors, sovereign funds, and policymakers.

Geopolitical risk mitigation and supply chain resilience are central, with strategies for geographic diversification, strategic reserves, and alternative sources including recycling and exploring unconventional sources.

Technology integration and autonomous mining development require standardized safety, interoperability, and shared training, while environmental monitoring, waste management, and water use optimization are harmonized across operations.

ESG standards harmonization and carbon neutrality pathways emphasize shared energy, offsetting, and reporting protocols, along with community engagement and Indigenous rights standardization.

Investment mobilization is centered on critical mineral project development, sustainable technology adoption, regional development, and utilization of shared infrastructure to reduce costs and accelerate deployment.

Energy transition and EV growth drive multiple demand scenarios; copper infrastructure, nickel processing, and shared infrastructure initiatives are key topics to enable supply to meet electrification timelines.

A government roundtable at the London Stock Exchange on December 1 will align regulatory directions across jurisdictions, aiming to streamline permitting, enable public-private infrastructure, facilitate tech transfer, and adjust trade policies.

Post-COP30 policy translation will guide carbon reduction, sustainable mining tech adoption, Indigenous rights, and biodiversity commitments, with the London ESG-capital ecosystem enabling rapid deployment of compliant investments.

The forum focuses on critical minerals supply chain vulnerabilities (lithium, rare earths, cobalt) and aims to diversify supply sources and reduce concentration risks through collaboration across processing, transportation, and regional development.

Regional development coordination and Africa/LATAM mineral corridor projects are highlighted to address infrastructure, local employment, and capacity building in DRC, Zambia, South Africa, Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia.

The event could catalyze sector-wide shifts through 2030, establishing permanent coordination in mining strategy and operations, while outcomes depend on meeting demand and sustainability targets.