Digging Deeper: Unearthing Canadian opportunities from global mining trends
Tom Butler
Mining has never been more important. As well as providing the metals we need for our daily lives, the transition to a low-carbon economy is already creating new opportunities for the mining sector.
In addition to the much publicised demand for cobalt, lithium and rare earths needed to make batteries and power electric vehicles, we will need more steel for wind turbines, more copper for electric motors and more aluminium, too.
ICMM's Tom Butler will outline global trends in the mining sector, explain why we must mine with principles and highlight how Canadian companies are already part of the solution.
About the speaker:
Tom Butler became CEO of International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) in July 2015. Before that, he spent 18 years with the International Finance Corporation (part of the World Bank Group) in the infrastructure and natural resource teams, with much of that time focused on mining and power projects in Africa. From 2011, Tom was IFC's Global Head of Mining, where he led a multi-disciplinary team of specialists responsible for IFC's financing of mining exploration and development in emerging market countries, all in accordance with IFC's environmental and social Performance Standards.
Tom began his career as an officer in the British army. Prior to joining IFC, he was a project manager and engineer with oil and gas industry service companies Technip and Schlumberger. He holds an engineering degree from Cambridge University in the UK, and an MBA from INSEAD in France.
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