Critical Materials Forum - Cape Town 2025

Join Project Blue and Investec for a free networking event on the sidelines of the Mining Indaba. Our event will take place at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town

1:30pm Registration and networking
2:00pm Welcome - Marnus Terblance, Investec
2:10pm Africas role in energy transition supply chains - Dr Nils Backeberg, Project Blue

Coppers role in energy transition

2:30pm Copper - Loyce Mpangala, Project Blue
2:45pm Copper costs and by-products - Ying Lu, Project Blue

Other key African critical materials

3:00pm Tantalum - Kyle Pronk, Project Blue
3:10pm Tin & Tungsten - Luke Adriaans, Project Blue
3:25pm Manganese & Chrome - Tanisha Schultz, Project Blue
3:45pm Li-ion battery materials - Dominic Wells, Project Blue

Discussion and networking

4:05pm Panel discussion (with industry guests)
4:30pm Drinks and networking 

Investec
14 Dock Road
Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
Cape Town
8001
South Africa

Map: Investec