GSA Participated in SMM Africa Critical Minerals Conference 2026 in Lusaka, Zambia
Delegates from GSA joined global mining executives, policy experts, institutional investors, and key industry stakeholders in Lusaka, Zambia, for the SMM Africa Critical Minerals Conference 2026, held on September 15–16.
Hosted by Shanghai Metals Market (SMM), the two-day high-level gathering served as a premier platform for face-to-face exchanges centered on accelerating critical minerals development, supply chain security, and sustainable mining cooperation across Zambia and the broader African continent.
Key Themes & Strategic Deliberations
The conference featured an intensive, professional agenda focused on unlocking Africa’s rich reserves of transition minerals, such as copper, cobalt, lithium, and rare earths, essential for the global energy transition.
Core topics addressed during the summit included:
- Resource Development & Investment: Unlocking capital flows for high-impact exploration and production projects across sub-Saharan Africa.
- Supply Chain Resilience: Strengthening supply-demand matchups and building a transparent, mutually beneficial China-Africa mining ecosystem.
- Green Energy Transition: Implementing sustainable mining technologies and decarbonization practices within local extraction operations.
- Value Addition & Downstream Processing: Developing local processing capacities to maximize regional economic value from critical mineral reserves.
Fostering Deeper China-Africa Mining Collaboration
Throughout the summit, GSA representatives engaged directly with project developers, international investors, and government representatives. The event facilitated numerous direct business pairings, project showcases, and strategic dialogues designed to convert potential into actionable partnerships.
GSA leaves the SMM Africa Critical Minerals Conference with renewed motivation and a sharp focus on turning the strategic connections, supply chain matchups, and insights gained in Lusaka into actionable, sustainable partnerships that will help drive the future of Africa’s critical minerals landscape.
