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Takayuki Inagaki
MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CEO, MITSUI CHEMICALS ASIA PACIFIC (MCAP)
"We will shift from the concept of producing and selling goods to being an independent design business that creates new solutions which are not confined to tangible goods."
Peter Staartjes
CEO, ANDINO HOLDINGS
"Last year Andikem was ranked in the top 10 distributors in Latin America by revenue and has demonstrated we are a relevant player for commodity manufacturers and consumers, which is the core of our business."
Jorge Buckup
PRESIDENT LATIN AMERICA, UNIVAR SOLUTIONS
"Our global-to-local structure gives us the pathway to introduce new sustainable solutions faster and make a real impact."
Jun Saplad
REGION PRESIDENT APAC AND SVP ASIA TASTE, DSM-FIRMENICH
"As a combined force, we have identified lots of opportunities in the APAC market."
Josephine Moh
VICE PRESIDENT AND HEAD, CHEMICALS & MATERIALS, SINGAPORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD (EDB)
"With strong foundations in infrastructure, talent, and innovation capabilities in Singapore, we continue to welcome investments in the chemicals space and break new ground in the industry."
Ignacio Gonzalez Crende
PRESIDENT, VOPAK BRAZIL
"As momentum for new energies, hydrogen, ammonia, and sustainable feedstocks grows, we see a bigger interest in infrastructure for storing these products – this will be a big part of our growth."
Andreas Igerl
PRESIDENT APAC, IMCD GROUP
"We focus on what we can influence, growing our specialty project pipelines and focusing on further supplier expansion."
Sudheer Vijapurapu
MANAGING DIRECTOR, NEW ASIA SHIPBROKERS (NAS)
"Our business has experienced significant growth in the past 12 months, largely driven by the biofuel sector and related feedstock movements, which now constitute 50-60% of our portfolio."
Miguel Benedetto
GENERAL DIRECTOR, ANIQ (CHEMICAL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF MEXICO)
"The stronger Pemex will be, the stronger Mexico will be in developing the raw materials critical for the development of all manufacturing industries, from electronics to automotive and pharma."
Manuel Díaz
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, APLA
“We begin to foresee a gradual improvement in economies, with a greater participation of our products, particularly in sectors such as automotive, construction and mass consumption.”
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It is said that mining is a patient industry. Current demand projections are not. Demand for minerals deemed ‘critical’ is set to increase almost fourfold by 2030, according to the UN. Demand for nickel, cobalt and lithium is predicted to double, triple and rise ten-fold, respectively, between 2022 and 2050. The world will need to mine more copper between 2018 and 2050 than it has mined throughout history. 2050 is also the deadline to curb emissions before reaching a point of ‘no return.’ The pace of mineral demand and the consequences of not meeting it force the industry to act fast and take more risks. Mining cannot afford to be a patient industry anymore. The scramble for supply drives miners back to geological credentials, and therefore to places like the African Central Copperbelt.
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