Monday 17th October
18:00 – 20:00 – Registration and Welcome Reception
Tuesday 18th October
08:30 – Registration desk reopens
09:15 – Opening remarks by Rachel Carnac, Joint Managing Director, Metal Events Ltd., UK;
SESSION 1
09:20hrs “Market overview”, by David Merriman, Research Director, Wood Mackenzie, UK;
09:45hrs “Sustainable rare earth supply: A dream or a real possibility”, by Dudley Kingsnorth, Non-Executive Chairman, Australian Rare Earths, Australia;
10:10hrs “A global perspective on rare earth criticality & Southern Africa’s potential role”, by Nils Backeberg, Founder & Director, Project Blue, South Africa;
10:35hrs Coffee Break kindly sponsored by MP Materials
SESSION 2
11:30hrs “MP Materials: Restoring the full U.S. rare earth supply chain”, by Michael Rosenthal, Founder & Chief Operating Officer, MP Materials, USA;
11:55hsr “Lynas: Developing a non – Chinese rare earth supply chain”, by Pol Le Roux, Vice President Downstream, Lynas Rare Earths, Australia;
12:20hrs A presentation by Mark Smith, Chairman & CEO, Niocorp Developments Ltd,, USA;
12:45hrs Luncheon kindly sponsored by Nicorp Developments Ltd
SESSION 3
14:15hrs “An overview of the Eneabba Rare Earth Refinery”, by Owen Gray, General Manager Market Development, Iluka Resources, Australia;
14:40hrs “RareX – Sustainable rare earths”, by Jeremy Robinson, Managing Director & Founder, RareX, Australia;
15:05hrs A presentation by Louis Moreno, President & VP of Exploration, Defense Metals, Canada;
15:30hrs Tea Break
16:00hrs “Developing a new rare earth supply chain in Europe”, by Paul Atherly, Chairman, Pensana Plc, UK;
16:25hrs “Vietnam’s potential for rare earths supply and toll processing”, by Luu Tuan, Director, Vietnam Rare Earths, Vietnam;
16:50hrs “Emerging resources of rare earths in India and exploitation strategies”, by Deependra Singh, Chairman & Managing Director, IREL (India) Limited;
17:30hrs Networking drinks
Wednesday 19th October
SESSION 4
09:00hrs “Production of rare earth metals, an essential link in the magnet supply chain”, by Ian Higgins, Managing Director, Less Common Metals, UK;
09:50hrs “Advances in magnet technology for the aerospace and defence industries”, by Aaron Williams, Director, Strategic Technologies & Business Development, USA;
10:15hrs A presentation by Neo Performance Materials
10:40hrs Coffee kindly sponsored by MP Materials
SESSION 5
11:30hrs “Development of a process to extract REE’s from phosphogypsum stacks”, by Dave Dodd Rainbow Rare Earths Ltd – London Stock Exchange) & Wes Berry, VP & CTO K-Technologies, USA;
11:55hrs “Opportunities and challenges: Building the rare earth element supply chain”, by Muhammad Imran, Vice-President, Rare Earth Elements Division, SRC, Canada;
12:15hrs “A presentation by Geoff Atkins, Managing Director, Vital Metals Limited, Australia;
12:40hrs Luncheon kindly sponsored by Niocorp Developments
Please note this programme is provisional and may be subject to change.
Aclara
Applied Materials
Arnold Magnetics
Australian Rare Earths
Baotou Tianhe Magnetics Technology Co. Ltd
Blue Line Corp
Bose Corporation
Commerce Resources
Defense Metals Corp
Elementus Minerals
Geomega Resources
Geophysx Jamaica
Heraeus AMLOY Technologies GmbH
Iluka Resources
Imperial Mining Group Limited
IREL (India) Limited
JackLifton LLC
JL Mag Rare-Earth Co Ltd
Kalyani Steels Limited
K-Technologies
Less Common Metals
Luxfer MEL Technologies
Lynas Rare Earths
Magneto Dynamic LLC
Materion Corporation
Minchem Limited
MP Materials
Nanoscale Powders LLC
Neo Chemicals & Oxides LLC
Niocorp Development
Project Blue
Quadrant International
Rainbow Rare Earth Ltd
Rare Earth Salts Separations & Refining
RareX
RCMPA Polishing Powders
REEtec
Samsung Electro Magnetics
Search Minerals Inc
Selten Metal
Solvay
TAM International LP
The Anchor House
Toyota Tsusho Corporation
Toyota Tsusho Material Incorporated
Traxys Europe SA
Treibacher Industrie AG
Tronox
United Minerals and Chemical Corp
USA Rare Earth LLC
Vietnam Rare Earths
Vital Metals Limited
Wood Mackenzie
The current fee is £1150 for all registrations received and paid for by 1st September after which time the fee will rise.
The fee includes the cost of all receptions, conference sessions, luncheon, tea/coffee and event documentation. It does not include accommodation or flights to and from the event venue.
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Cancellations, Refunds & Transfers:
A full refund (subject to a 25% handling charge will be made for all written cancellations received up until four calendar months (124 days) before the meeting. A 50% refund will be made for written cancellations received between two and four calendar months before the meeting is held. Cancellations made in the last two calendar months (62 days) will receive no refund. A substitute with a representative from your own company may be made at any time. Joining information and a list of participants will not be available until 14 days before the event. Delegates are responsible for organising and paying for their own transport, insurance and accommodation.