LME Week 2026: what's on guide

The LME Dinner is our annual flagship social gathering and each year it takes place on the Tuesday evening of LME Week in October.

The LME Dinner brings together guests from the worldwide metals community. It gives us all the opportunity to come together, and, for us at the LME, to say thanks to our key stakeholders.

Hosted by The London Metal Exchange.

Join government, finance, and industry leaders in London for a day of elevated networking, impactful conversations, and data-driven analysis of the battery supply chain.

Our annual Benchmark Summit features expert insights across the energy transition ecosystem - from raw materials, to cell production and downstream demand markets.

This year's event will feature our exclusive investor meetings programme - Benchmark Connect - matching battery supply chain companies with qualified investors, downstream buyers and government stakeholders actively looking to deploy capital, secure offtake and build lasting partnerships.

Hosted by Benchmark.

Mining & Critical Minerals Europe Conference & Exhibition is the region’s largest international critical minerals, commodities, investment, clean energy and low‑carbon technologies show, bringing together the entire mineral resources value chain to London.

Join over 200 senior‑level executives from 15+ countries, including governments, mining companies, investors, energy firms, technology providers, banks, industry associations and global stakeholders - all participating in two days of partnering, networking, business matching, and strategic dialogue.

Hosted by Spire Events.

Join the CRU Breakfast on at The Waldorf Hilton, London.

In a volatile world, distinguishing long-term trends from short-term shocks is critical. CRU’s experts will provide clarity on the new demand currents from AI and the energy transition, and the emerging fault lines in supply for copper, aluminium, and battery metals.

This event is essential for anyone looking to navigate the challenges of this critical decade and identify where the most compelling opportunities lie.

Hosted by Cru.

Chile is a long established mining leader and has exciting new prospects. This event brings together government, industry and investors to discuss how Chile’s new Government is boosting investment, competitiveness and production through regulatory reform and legal certainty.

The event is free to attend, but pre-registration is essential to secure your place and to access the venue.

Hosted by The Anglo Chilean Society.

The metals and mining industry continues to navigate a period of profound change. Shifts in global growth and trade flows, the energy transition, evolving supply chains, and changing cost structures are reshaping markets and creating new opportunities and strategic considerations for industry leaders.

Drawing on MineSpans, McKinsey’s proprietary market intelligence solution, and insights from McKinsey commodity experts, the seminar will explore:

The macroeconomic outlook and implications for metals and mining
The evolution of supply, demand, market balances, and costs
The growing influence of AI and physical AI on commodity markets
Emerging developments in trade, technology, supply chains, and the energy transition
Key uncertainties and structural shifts affecting commodity markets
The implications for industry participants and the signals to watch
The sessions will cover the steel, aluminum, copper & zinc, and battery raw material commodity markets, with new perspectives on rare earth elements, tin and sulfur.

Register today to secure your spot.

Hosted by: McKinsey.

Join Project Blue and the MMTA at the Critical Materials Forum: London 2026 during LME Week for an afternoon of market insight, discussion and networking focused on the key dynamics shaping critical material supply chains. Forum is free to attend, register below.

Hosted by MMTA and Project Blue.

Under the theme “Connecting Global Industrial Chains, Co-creating a New Future for Non-Ferrous Metals”, we look forward to joining hands with our global counterparts to jointly build a more efficient, resilient, green, and sustainable new ecosystem for the global industry.

Hosted by China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CNIA).

Most players in the metals markets now have some kind of AI story. Rather fewer have a clear view of where AI genuinely belongs in their business - and where it simply doesn’t.

This breakfast session, hosted by Sinara, steps away from the demos and the hype to ask a more useful question: what can realistically be achieved with AI across the metals trading lifecycle today? We will look at which parts of the lifecycle, from research and pricing through execution, operations, logistics and risk, are genuinely ripe for the current generation of LLMs, which are best left alone for now, and how to tell the difference before committing budget. For regulated firms, getting these decisions wrong can easily carry consequences beyond just wasted effort.

Join us over breakfast for a candid, practitioner-level discussion.

Hosted by Sinara.

This EBRD-hosted event will bring together offtakers, MDBs, DFIs, commercial banks, investment funds, mining companies, policymakers and other stakeholders to explore how stronger collaboration across the critical raw materials (CRM) value chain can improve project bankability and mobilise investment. Discussions will focus on the role of offtake agreements, risk-sharing mechanisms, innovative financing solutions and practical approaches to developing sustainable, resilient and diversified CRM supply chains.

Agenda

09:30 - 11:00 | Panel Discussion

Aligning Offtake Demand and Financing to Unlock CRM Investment

A high-level discussion between offtakers, MDBs, DFIs and financial institutions on improving CRM project bankability, managing risks and strengthening financing frameworks across the value chain.

11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break & Networking

Hosted by EBRD.