New York, New York calls for talk about mining's future

Mining executives, lawyers, bankers and consultants come together again in New York for the 6th annual Current Trends in Mining Finance conference, which starts later this month. Given the continued evolution of the world geopolitical, financial and commodities-supply landscape over the past year, where will their focus be in 2018?

Alastair Sharp in Toronto

The mining industry is emerging from a years-long funk, with the attention of bankers turning from distressed asset sales to opportunities to fund growth. Executives are less likely to believe in vague prophesies of technological salvation and more likely to be automating processes and building up sensor-driven data collection, while at least one advisor awaits the emergence of premium commodity pricing for projects with a strong social and environmental pedigree.