India Mining Week 2026: Global Connect Draws 19 Missions

Representatives of diplomatic missions from 19 countries came together in New Delhi for India Mining: Global Connect, an international outreach meeting held in the run-up to India Mining Week 2026. The Week itself, described as the country’s largest conference-cum-exhibition for mining and minerals, will run from 15 to 17 November 2026 at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi.

Who is organising it

The event is being put together by the Ministry of Coal and the Ministry of Mines along with the mining industry. The outreach meeting was hosted by Satish Chandra Dubey, Minister of State for Coal and Mines, and Rupinder Brar, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Coal. The minister asked partner countries to help send their leading mining companies, large investors and senior delegates, and said he would welcome mining ministers from those countries as well.

The theme of the appeal

Rupinder Brar built her address on the idea of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, the world as one family, to make the case for partnership in mining. She pointed out that India is now the world’s fourth-largest economy and that minerals and mining will carry part of the weight of that growth, and she invited the global mining community to bring its ideas and experience to the November meeting.

The size of the November event

Which countries came to the outreach

Missions from Malawi, Sri Lanka, Mozambique, Algeria, the United States of America, Chile, Bhutan, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Russia, Iraq, Morocco, Venezuela, Spain, Poland, Mongolia, Zambia, France and Ghana took part, and the US Chamber of Commerce joined them. Talks covered country delegations, business delegations, speakers, technical experts, equipment makers, investors and research institutions.

Why critical minerals sit at the centre

The subjects marked out for the November meeting run across coal, metals, critical minerals, mineral exploration, mining technology, automation, mine safety, sustainability, mineral processing and resource efficiency. With India widening its work on critical minerals, resource security and domestic manufacturing, cooperation across the mining value chain matters more than it once did, and the Week is meant to be the place where countries and firms show what they can offer.