Global Energy Landscape Reshaping: A Dialogue On Mining –Documentary Report On The 2025 Future Of Mining Australia Forum

On July 1–2, 2025, the 2025 Future of Mining Australia Forum was grandly held in Perth, the capital of Western Australia. As the most influential exchange platform for mineral resources and energy transition in the Asia-Pacific region, the summit attracted representatives from various fields, including global mining, new energy, finance, and policymaking, to gather for this grand event. 

The summit focused on new trends in mineral development against the backdrop of energy transition, covering topics such as securing critical minerals (e.g., lithium, nickel, rare earths), green mining technologies, renewable energy integration, and global supply chain restructuring. As one of the world's leading mineral exporters, Australia's stable policy environment, mature mining technologies, and stringent requirements for clean energy transition are attracting increasing attention from international capital and industrial chain enterprises.

The conference not only showcased Australia's central role in global minerals and green energy transition but also served as a key platform for representatives from the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and other regions to explore future resource collaboration pathways. During the conference, under the organization of Mohamed Hage OAM, National Chairman of the Australia Arab Chamber of Commerce, a closed-door exchange session on minerals and new energy was co-chaired by Aisha AI Tobi, Chargé d'Affaires of Oman to Australia, and Mattar Bin Salim AI Badi, CEO of Oman's Minerals Development Oman (MDO). Representing Chinese enterprises, Zhang Jie, President of Hong Kong Global Intelligent Manufacturing Investment Co., Ltd., was invited to attend and engaged in dialogue with representatives from the Middle East and Asia-Pacific on the coordinated development of "resources + energy."

The Omani delegation presented at the meeting that Oman is accelerating its transition toward clean energy and diversified mineral structures through its "Vision 2040" strategy. Large-scale renewable energy projects, including the Dhofar wind power project, Ibri II photovoltaic power station, and Manah I & II photovoltaic plans, are being progressively advanced. Meanwhile, the national platform Hydrom is promoting green hydrogen land auctions and project implementation, aiming to establish the Port of Duqm as a hydrogen export hub to Europe.

Oman expressed that it highly welcomes enterprises with international project experience and technological integration capabilities to participate in areas such as wind-solar power generation, electrolytic hydrogen production, energy storage, grid modernization, and port infrastructure construction, providing solutions for green energy exports and local industrial upgrading. Chinese representatives also expressed interest in Oman's "bridging role" in the Middle East's energy transition, noting that its policy stability and resource potential provide a favorable environment for Chinese enterprises to establish operations.

Participants unanimously agreed that, amid the global accelerated transition to low-carbon development, Australia—as a key exporter of mining and clean energy technologies and systems—naturally serves as an innovation and collaboration platform. This conference not only demonstrated Australia's systemic capabilities in green mining practices, renewable energy integration, and industrial standard development, but also provided a neutral third-party platform connecting resource-rich Middle Eastern nations with Asian manufacturing and investment capacities.

Representatives generally stated that cross-regional resource exchanges through the Australian platform can achieve transparent, fair, and sustainable cooperation mechanisms, which are of positive significance for promoting the green development of future global strategic resources.

It is reported that after the conference, Chinese representatives and those from multiple countries will continue in-depth discussions on mineral investments, green hydrogen applications, port logistics coordination, and other areas, with plans for on-site inspections and technical exchanges to lay the groundwork for future resource and energy synergy.