The 2021 MINExpo International conference was held in Las Vegas, NV Sept. 13–15 with approximately 22,000 in-person attendees. Sustainability, innovation, harnessing the latest technology and the workforce were key themes. The three-day event kicked off with a keynote roundtable discussion that included Mark Bristow, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Barrick Gold Corp., Jimmy Brock, president and CEO of CONSOL Energy, Jeffrey Dawes, president and CEO of Komatsu Mining Corp., Denise Johnson, group president for Resource Industries, Caterpillar Inc., and Paul Lang, president and CEO of Arch Resources Inc. A.B. Stoddard, associate editor and columnist for RealClearPolitics moderated the talk.
