Imagine a world without mining. Many people do.
![](https://servedbyadbutler.com/error/blank.gif)
They see mining as environmentally harmful, dangerous to health and wellbeing, and ultimately obsolete as green energy advances.
One that’s absolutely vital to global prosperity, the energy transition and 1.5º C climate goals, as well as growth for emerging economies.
In short, what could be the world’s best-kept secret must be told: one of the Earth’s oldest industries is also one of the most forward-looking, and most essential to the future.
As mining is continually reinvented and reimagined, lands of opportunity – the Middle East, North and East Africa, and Central Asia – have huge potential to complement global mining’s transformation, and underline the sector’s importance to economic, social and environmental aims.