New World Metals Conference

The 2022 New World Metals Investment Series, brought to you by Vertical Events, is the 16th annual conference since it first started back in 2006. What was previously a one-day event held in Perth is now being run as a series of three one-day shows – one day in Perth, one day in Sydney and one day in Melbourne. New World Metals features many resources companies dealing in lithium, graphite, vanadium, cobalt, manganese, magnesium, zinc, helium, hydrogen, rare earths and other minerals associated with technology, battery storage and emission free power transmission. Keynote speakers include Eddie Rigg from Argonaut, Trevor Beardsmore from the Geological Survey of Western Australia, and Alex Tonks from CRU. 

One of the biggest trends in the market at the moment is the move by end users to seek greater control over their supply chain as demand for lithium, copper, and nickel continues to surge beyond future supplies. We’ve seen this play out in various ways, the most notable example being with global automakers beginning to invest upstream in mining companies.

One of Australia’s most established and respected industry journalists, Barry FitzGerald, notes that the global call for secure and growing supplies of critical metals is proving to be a major stimulus for both ASX producers and explorers. He says there is a growing list of metals which are seen to be critical to global decarbonisation and electrification efforts in pursuit of net zero emission targets.