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    Future Minerals Forum ministerial steering group: implications for projects and ESG

    January 14, 2026|

    Reviewed by Tom Sullivan

    Future Minerals Forum ministerial steering group: implications for projects and ESG

    First reported on International Mining – News

    30 Second Briefing

    The 5th Ministerial Roundtable at the Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh has concluded with the creation of a new ministerial steering group to shape future agendas on mineral security and supply-chain resilience. Convened by Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, the roundtable gathered producing and consuming countries from Africa, Asia and Europe to discuss cross-border investment frameworks and shared ESG standards. The steering group will coordinate between forums, aiming to turn high-level commitments on responsible mining and critical minerals into specific policy and project pipelines.

    Technical Brief

    • For other regions, the model offers a template for multi-country coordination on mineral security without creating a new treaty body.

    Our Take

    Saudi Arabia appears only sporadically in our 77 Policy stories, so the Future Minerals Forum’s ministerial steering group signals the country’s push to move from hosting events in Riyadh to actively shaping regional minerals governance.

    With the 5th Ministerial Roundtable now embedded in a sustainability-tagged forum, operators can expect ESG, localisation and supply-chain transparency for critical minerals to feature more heavily in any policy signals emerging from FMF.

    Across the 1141 tag-matched pieces on Projects and Sustainability, most multi-country minerals platforms are convened by OECD or African institutions, so a Riyadh-centred initiative gives Gulf and broader MENA interests a stronger venue to influence standards and investment terms.

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