Tracking the trends 2026
Working together to create lasting value through mining and metals
The top 10 trends shaping the mining and metals sector
This year’s Tracking the trends report explores how collaboration—across industry, governments, technology companies, and communities—can drive transformation. From effective portfolio management and deep purpose to future-ready workforces and AI-enabled operations, discover practical pathways to turn complexity into collective progress.
By connecting people, ideas and technology, we can realise the potential of the sector, together.
Q&A with Lucas Cary, Rio Tinto
In the video, Lucas Cary offers a client lens on the trends shaping 2026.
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The question for the mining and metals industry is no longer whether we can supply the materials that power global progress, but how we do so in a way that uplifts people, economies and ecosystems alike. True transformation will likely depend on working together—creating the trust, agility and shared vision needed to turn complexity into collective progress.
- Ian Sanders, Global Mining & Metals sector leader
