10.00 – 11.30 | SESSION 1: KEY CHALLENGES, PROSPECTS AND CHANGE DRIVERS IN THE MINING INDUSTRY – FOCUS ON CENTRAL ASIA | Sary Arka Hall 1 |
· Key risks in 2018-19.
· Metals and materials of the future. Impact on changing mining and metals industries. · Changes in the national policy of producers and consumers of mining products – world trends. · Digital revolution in mining. · Changes in the role of human resources in the automatization of mining sector. |
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Moderator: MIKE BEARE, Director and Corporate Consultant, SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd. | ||
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10:00 | TIMUR TOKTABAYEV, Vice Minister for Investments and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan | |
10:15 | Green and sustainable extractive sector: Kazakhstan and broader perspective.
Agris Preimanis, Director for Kazakhstan, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
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10:30 | The main vectors for further regulatory mining reform in Kazakhstan.
MAXIM KONONOV, Deputy Executive Director, Republican Association of Mining and Metallurgical Enterprises |
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10:45 | Kyzyl – Project greenfield establishment.
Kenbeyil Isayev, Technical Director, LLC “Bakyrchik Mining Venture” (Polymetal International) |
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11:00 | Global Mineral Resource and Valuation Reporting Standards – their Evolution, Convergence and Effectiveness.
MATTHEW MULLINS, Director, Tecoma Strategies / Chairman, SAMCODES Standards Committee |
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11:15 | Perceptions of political risk in Central Asia.
Livia Paggi, Head of Political Risk, GPW |