Extractive Industries Sector background explored

• Inquiry page: Extractive Industries
• Watch the Committee meeting on Parliament TV
• Business, Innovation and Skills Committee

The first panel of witnesses will be questioned to provide the Committee with the background to the issues in the extractive industries sector; in the second panel, the EITI will be questioned on the global standards for the industry; and lastly, the final panel will focus on extracting in the UK.

Witnesses

Tuesday 19 November, Committee Room 6

At 9.30am

• David Hargreaves, Mining Consultant and Publisher, Week in Mining
• Ros Lund, Senior Manager, Mining on Top
• Ben Peachey, Communications Director, International Council on Mining and Metals
• Ken Cronin, CEO, UK Onshore Operators Group

At 10.30am

• Eddie Rich, Deputy Head, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

At 11.15am

• Robert Fenton, Business Consultant and Secretary, Mining Association of the UK
• Nigel Jackson, Chairman, CBI Minerals Group
• David Odling, Energy Policy Manager, Oil & Gas UK
• Stuart Hoult, Director of Mining, UK Coal
• Nigel Holmes, Corporate Affairs Manager, GDF Suez E&P UK and spokesperson for Oil and Gas Independents Association

Further information

• About Parliament: Select Committees
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