Join Project Blue and the MMTA at the Critical Materials Forum: London 2026 during LME Week for an afternoon of market insight, discussion and networking focused on the key dynamics shaping critical material supply chains.

Highlights from our agenda include:

The Shifting Critical Material World Order: How geopolitics, AI, defence, energy security and industrial policy are reshaping global commodity markets

  • Introduction – Jack Bedder, Project Blue

  • How geopolitics is reshaping critical material supply chains – Jan Giese, Tradium

  • Can Europe build a competitive battery materials midstream – Thomas Wolf, BASF

  • New drivers of commodity markets: AI, Defence and Semiconductors – Jessica Roberts, Project Blue

  • The copper market in an age of energy security policy – Nick Pickens, Project Blue

Panel Discussion: What does the Shifting Critical Material World Order mean for markets?

  • Scott Yarham, Project Blue

  • Additional speakers to be announced

Our Forum is free to attend, but space is limited. Invite your colleagues and join the industry for an afternoon of high-value networking in London.