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World Mining Congress Speakers

Prof. Marek Cała

Prof. Marek Cała
Chairman of the World Mining Congress, Poland

Dr. Michael Karmis

Dr. Michael Karmis
Stonie Barker - Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research, USA

Alexander Machkevitch

Alexander  Machkevitch
The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Eurasian Resources Group S.à r.l.

Benedikt Sobotka

Benedikt Sobotka
Chief Executive Officer, Eurasian Resources Group S.à r.l.

Michael Hitch

Michael Hitch
Professor of the University of New South Wales, Australia

Igor Finogenov

Igor Finogenov
President of Polymetal UK JSC

Kairat Kelimbetov

Kairat Kelimbetov
Governor, Astana International Financial Center

Dean McPherson

Dean McPherson
Head of Global Mining for the TMX Group Ltd

Dr Hua Guo

Dr Hua Guo
Research Director, CSIRO Energy, Australia, Chairman of the WMC 2021

Maxim Baranov

Maxim Baranov
Director, PwC Kazakhstan

Tadeusz Koscinski

Tadeusz Koscinski
Deputy Economic Development Minister of Poland

Bahtiyar Krykpyshev

Bahtiyar Krykpyshev
Chairman of the Board, «Kazakhmys Corporation» PLC

Ольга Алгаерова

Ольга Алгаерова
Olga Algayerova

Robert Barnes

Robert Barnes
Global Head of Primary Markets and CEO Turquoise, London Stock Exchange Group

Dolgorsuren Sumiyabazar

Dolgorsuren Sumiyabazar
Minister of Mining and Heavy industry of Mongolia

Jukka Maksimainen

Jukka Maksimainen
Senior Partner, Global Leader of the Mining service line at McKinsey&Company

Heads of Government, Ministers of the mining countries, and First heads of Industrial Corporations and international experts traditionally take part in the «АММ» forum.

Speakers of the last Forums:

  • Nursultan Nazarbayev

    Nursultan Nazarbayev

    President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Oleg Soskovets

    Oleg Soskovets

    President of the Association of Financial and Industrial Groups of Russia
  • Jozef Dubinski

    Jozef Dubinski

    Chairman of the World Mining Congress International Organizing Committee
  • Nicola Popovic

    Nicola Popovic

    Chairman of the Management Board of Kazzinc LLP
  • Felix Vulis

    Felix Vulis

    Chief Executive Officer of ENRC PLC
  • Karim Massimov

    Karim Massimov

    The Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Corina Hebestreit

    Corina Hebestreit

    Director, Euromines
  • Kevin Fitzpatrick

    Kevin Fitzpatrick

    Chief Financial Officer Micromine
  • David Cox

    David Cox

    Vice president Metals Economics Group
  • Laurie Hutton

    Laurie Hutton

    President of Geological Society of Australia ( GSA)
  • Roland Oberhänsli

    Roland Oberhänsli

    President of he International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS)
  • Volker Steinbach

    Volker Steinbach

    Head of Department Energy and Mineral Resources (BGR)