Critical Minerals: Strategy, Investment & In-Country Value
The energy transition moved the world’s strategic dependency from oil wells to ore bodies — the producing countries that capture value this cycle will be the ones that negotiated for it deliberately.
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Copper, cobalt, lithium, graphite, rare earths — the minerals of the energy transition sit disproportionately in Africa and the developing world, and every producing government, bank and mining operator now faces the same questions. This programme works them in order: demand and supply honestly read — which minerals, which decade, which price risks; the geopolitics of supply chains and the partnership choices they force; project economics from resource to refinery, and where value actually accrues; beneficiation and in-country value — what processing at home genuinely requires in power, skills and capital, and when it makes sense; and the negotiation itself — fiscal terms, local content, infrastructure and community obligations — worked from both the government and investor chairs on realistic cases. For ministries and state miners, banks financing the cycle, and operators positioning for it.
What you will do
Who attends
Ministry of mines, finance and planning officials; state mining companies and sovereign funds; banks and DFIs financing the cycle; mining operators and developers; advisors, lawyers and off-takers entering the sector.
Programme agenda
Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for
I.The new dependency
- Demand by mineral and decade: batteries, grids, magnets — read honestly
- Supply-chain geopolitics: processing concentration and partnership choices
- Price cycles and the discipline they impose on national plans
II.The value question
- Project economics from ore body to refinery gate
- Beneficiation: power, skills, capital — the honest bill of requirements
- In-country value beyond processing: services, employment, linkages
III.The negotiation
- Fiscal terms: royalties, equity, stabilisation — the real trade-offs
- Local content, infrastructure and community obligations that hold
- A full negotiation worked from both chairs on a realistic case
Frequently asked
Do the programmes cover the energy transition as well as conventional operations?
Both. The curriculum spans oil and gas operations, drilling project and risk management, ESG, and the global energy transition — including how conventional operators finance and sequence the shift. Participants leave able to weigh transition decisions with the same rigour they apply to an operating asset.
Is project finance for energy and infrastructure covered?
Yes — advanced project finance analysis and modelling, PPP and infrastructure finance, and the financing of oil, gas and mining projects all sit in the curriculum. Participants leave able to build and stress a project-finance model and defend the structure to lenders and boards.
How do we enrol a team on an energy programme?
Send an enquiry or brochure request from the programme page; a senior practitioner responds within one business day with the brochure and the options for your group. Team cohorts are arranged through that proposal — including a private, in-house edition when the whole unit should train together.
Who typically attends the energy and utilities programmes?
Engineers, operations managers, project and commercial leaders, and HSE and finance professionals from oil and gas, power, utilities and mining. Regulators and national companies attend alongside private operators, which sharpens the discussion on both sides.
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