Plenary session 1

Plenary session 1

Forecasts of global commodity and financial markets development. Roadmap for the improvement of legislation in subsoil use regulation in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Key business risks and new opportunities. Mining Digitisation. Prospects for the growth of foreign investments in mining and greenfield exploration. New opportunities and financing tools in the mining industry.

Plenary session 2

Plenary session 2

Transition period for subsurface use contracts. Reporting by final beneficiaries of subsoil use. Implementation of the first-come, first-served principle. Changes in the obligations of the subsoil user. Changes in the composition and types of project documents, depending on the types of minerals. Measures to ensure company’s obligations relating to the exploitation of the deposit. Implementation …

Technical session 2

Technical session 2

What has changed in the financial and investment market with the adoption of the Subsoil Use Code of Kazakhstan? Foreign investment in the mining sector of Kazakhstan: a retrospective, case studies, and the experience of investors. Assessment of the JSC “Kazatomprom” IPO and prospects of raising money in the equity markets for mining companies operating …

Technical session 4

Technical session 4

Technical factors in the optimisation of mining production. Identifying priority KPI in the selection of production economic optimisation models. What are the priorities? Content, tonnage or extraction? How should we teach geologists, miners and enrichers to think about aspects of financial and economic feasibility? Cut-off grade as a key indicator of the economics of mining …

Technical session 5

Technical session 5

Traditional and innovative geophysical, mineralogical and geochemical prospecting methods. The main trends in modern exploration techniques. New level of geological data management. Organisation of electric prospecting works and interpretation of magnetotelluric and magnetovariational sounding data. Fundamentals of automated field geometrisation. Practical examples of discoveries of hidden mineralisation and potential ore fields using traditional and digital …

Panel discussion 2

Panel discussion 2

Legislative changes for the development of Industry 4.0 in Kazakhstan. The National Plan for Digital Transformation in the Kazakhstani mining industry. The experience of creating technology parks and innovative hubs. The future of the mining labour market in Kazakhstan. Next Generation Workforce tools. Future skills in the mining sector: how to achieve “fitness for purpose”. …