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Jessica Pringle

President, Asia Pacific

Metso

metso.com

Jessica Pringle is President, Asia Pacific at Metso. With over 20 years of deep operational, commercial, and executive leadership experience, Jessica’s career spans key leadership roles with Rio Tinto, BHP, Fortescue Metals Group, St Barbara, and Worley.

Beginning her career as a graduate mining engineer with Rio Tinto, Jessica became BHP’s first female Mining Manager in WA Iron Ore, led Fortescue’s Solomon Hub, one of the world’s largest autonomous mining operations, and has overseen major EPC/EPCM delivery portfolios and customer partnerships across Asia Pacific.

She has been recognised as AFR BOSS Young Executive of the Year, Telstra Business Women’s Awards WA Winner, and is a graduate of the CEW Executive Leaders Program.

Renowned for her “boots-on-ground” leadership, Jessica is widely respected for driving safe, high-performance cultures and delivering value for customers, communities, and stakeholders.

Presenting On

07 : 30 - Tue, 27 Oct

Tue, 27 Oct
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07:30 - 12:10 AEDT
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280 min

The Global Resources Reset: Security, Supply Chains and the New Era of Resource Leadership

STREAM: Plenary Theatre

07:30 - 08:30
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60 min

Registration

08:30 - 08:35
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5 min

Welcome to Country

Uncle Allen Madden, Gadigal Elder, Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council

08:35 - 08:40
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5 min

Welcome from IMARC

Holly Ransom, Emcee, IMARC

08:40 - 08:45
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5 min

Host Partner Ministerial Welcoming

Hon. Courtney Houssos MLC, Minister for Finance, Minister for Domestic Manufacturing and Government Procurement, and Minister for Natural Resources, NSW Government

08:45 - 08:50
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5 min

Host Partner Premier’s Address

Hon. Chris Minns, Premier, NSW Government

08:50 - 09:00
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10 min

Australian Government Ministerial Address

Hon. Madeleine King MP, Minister for Resources and Minister for Northern Australia, Department of Industry, Science and Resources, Australian Government

09:00 - 09:10
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10 min

International Ministerial Address: Oman

HE. Mohsin bin Hamad Al Hadhrami, Undersecretary, Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Sultanate of Oman

09:10 - 09:30
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20 min

Keynote Interview: The Global Resources Reset: Geopolitics, Industrial Policy and the Race for Strategic Supply Chains

09:30 - 10:15
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45 min

Keynote Panel Discussion: Building Resilient Mineral Supply Chains - Why Cooperation with Partners Matters

10:15 - 10:20
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5 min

United States Ambassadorial Address

H.E. Dr. David Brat, Ambassador of the United States of America to Australia, U.S. Embassy in Australia

10:20 - 10:50
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30 min

Keynote Panel Discussion: The U.S. Critical Minerals Strategy: Building Secure Supply Chains with Australia and Allied Partners

10:50 - 11:30
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40 min

Keynote Panel Discussion: Australia's Competitive Edge: Turning Global Demand into Projects, Processing and Prosperity

11:30 - 12:10
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40 min

Keynote Panel Discussion: From Mine to Manufacturing: Building Competitive Processing and Refining Capability

14 : 25 - Tue, 27 Oct

Tue, 27 Oct
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14:25 - 17:30 AEDT
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185 min

Energy Efficiency & Decarbonisation Strategies

STREAM: Thiess Operational Excellence

14:25 - 14:30
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5 min

Welcoming Remarks

Laura McGlennon, Student, University of Queensland

14:30 - 14:50
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20 min

Extending Asset Life with Hybrid Retrofit Technology

Cameron Lynn, Senior Specialist - Asset Decarbonisation, Thiess

14:50 - 15:10
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20 min

Building the World’s First Net Zero Gold Mine

Michael Williams, Sustainability Superintendent, Bellevue Gold

15:10 - 15:30
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20 min

Zijin Longking

Luke Matias, Executive Director, Zijin Longking Australia

15:30 - 15:50
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20 min

Turning Advanced Lubricant Technology into Mining Productivity

Sean Phillips, Head of Sales and Marketing Lubricants, Ampol

15:50 - 16:10
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20 min

Smart, Practical Path to Reliability, Productivity and Lower Resource Use

Jane Carland, Managing Director, Castrol Australia

16:10 - 16:20
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10 min

Delivering Firm, Renewable Steam for Minerals Processing

Masayori Yoshino, Chief Executive Officer, FPR Energy

16:20 - 16:25
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5 min

Beyond Diesel: How Zinc-Air Long Duration Energy Storage Unlocks Round-the-Clock Renewables at Remote Mines

Andrew Friedenthal, Director of Market Development, e-Zinc

16:25 - 16:30
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5 min

Protecting Critical Power Infrastructure: Managing Transformer Oil Spill Risk in Mining Operations

Carla Smiderle, Director of Sales & Marketing, Albarrie Canada

16:30 - 17:30
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60 min

Panel Discussion: Developing Optimal Operations that combine Reliability, Sustainability, Energy & Cost Efficiency

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