The XV anniversary International Mining Conference "Barents" will be held in the city of miners on November 12-13.‑The Arctic Economic Partnership: a Look into the Future."
Leading experts, government officials and the business community will gather in the Murmansk Region to discuss the strategic development of the Arctic mineral resource complex. The main topic of the conference is "Developing the potential of the Arctic's mineral resources based on a closed-loop economy: best practices."
The key event will be a visiting meeting of the Supreme Mining Council of Russia and the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation on Energy Strategy and Development of the Fuel and energy complex. The focus is on the practice of supporting the development of mineral resources of Arctic projects in terms of energy supply, extraction, processing, logistics and sales, as well as strengthening technological sovereignty and expanding industrial cooperation.
The meeting will be attended by representatives of federal executive and legislative authorities, government authorities of the Murmansk region, the Supreme Mining Council, the scientific and expert community, industry associations and the mining industry.
The business program of the two‑day forum also includes plenary and breakout sessions, discussion and B2B platforms, an exhibition, a press conference and the signing of cooperation agreements. The thematic sections will be organized on the basis of the leading scientific and production centers of the region — the Federal Research Center of the KSC RAS, the branch of the Murmansk Arctic University in Apatity, the site of JSC Northwestern Phosphorus Company and the Kola NPP.
The choice of the Murmansk Region as a site underlines its role as one of the key centers of the mining and processing industry in Russia, where strategically important enterprises are concentrated, including members of the Association "Mining Industrialists of Russia" — JSC Apatit and JSC NWFC, as well as the Kola NPP. Over the past 14 years, the conference has established itself as an effective platform for sharing experiences, finding solutions to industry challenges, and forming new partnerships.
Traditionally, the organizers are the Government of the Murmansk Region, NP "Miners of Russia", the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation and the Federal Research Center Kola Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The operator of the conference is the Union "Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Murmansk Region" / Severnaya.
You can get additional information on the conference website. Correspondence address: Russia, 183038, Murmansk, lane. Rusanova, 10.
/Ministry of Arctic Development and Economy of the Murmansk Region/