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Wednesday 18th October
18:00hrs Registration desk opens
18:00hrs Welcome Reception
Thursday 19th October
08:00hrs Registration desk re-opens
09:00hrs Opening remarks by Rachel Carnac, Joint Managing Director, Metal Events, United Kingdom
SESSION 1:
09:10hrs “Does a detachment from the Chinese rare earth market threaten the global energy transition?”, by David Merriman, Director Research, Project Blue, United Kingdom;
09:35hrs “All rare earth supply chains begin at a mine”, by Dudley Kingsnorth, Non-Executive Chairman, Australia Rare Earth, Australia;
10:05hrs “LCM- metal and alloy production in a Western supply chain”, by Albert Slot, Managing Director, Less Common Metals, United Kingdom;
10:30hrs Coffee Break
SESSION 2:
11:30hrs “US REE supply chain issues: What is the Federal Government R&D doing to address this problem?”, by Grant Bromhal, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Resource Sustainability and Acting Director of the Mineral Sustainability Division, DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy & Carbon Management, DOE, USA;
11:55hrs “A National Security perspective on rare earth elements”, by Matt Zolnowski, Global Fellow at the Wilson Center and President of Greyfriars LLC, USA;
12:20hrs Panel Discussion with:
Debra Bennethum, Global Commodity Manager EV Critical Materials Purchasing, General Motors, USA;
Dudley Kingsnorth, Non-Executive Chairman, Australia Rare Earth, Australia;
David Merriman, Director Research, Project Blue, United Kingdom;
Scott Honan, Chief Operating Officer, NioCorp Developments Ltd., USA;
13:00hrs – 14:30hrs Luncheon kindly sponsored by Energy Fuels
SESSION 3:
14:30hrs “REE: “Lights, heavies, and scandium from North America’s second largest REE resource”, by Scott Honan, Chief Operating Officer, NioCorp Developments Ltd., USA;
14.55hrs “America’s leading producer of critical materials for the clean energy transition”, by Mark Chalmers, President, Energy Fuels, USA;
15:20hrs “Wicheeda – The next source of rare earth for the ever-increasing critical demand”, by Luisa Moreno, President and Director of Defense Metals Corp, Canada;
15:35hrs “How Rainbow Rare Earths is driving the green revolution”, by George Bennett, Chief Executive Officer, Rainbow Rare Earths, United Kingdom;
15:50hrs Q&A and Close
Friday 20th October
Session 4:
09:30hrs “Lynas – sailing through the rare earth market”, by Pol Le Roux, Chief Operating Officer, Lynas Rare Earths, Australia;
09:55hrs “Rare earth chlorides and fluorides: The role they play in making rare earth metal for magnets”, by Bill Cohen, VP & GM, Current Chemicals, USA;
10:20hrs “Will demand for rare earth magnets outstrip supply? What is the impact on key energy transition applications?!”, by Ross Embleton, Senior Analyst, Metals & Mining – Rare earths, Wood Mackenzie, United Kingdom;
10:45hrs Coffee Break
Session 5:
11:45hrs “Aclara Resources: A DyTb opportunity”, by Ramón Barúa, CEO, Aclara Resources, Chile;
12:00hrs “Torngat Metals’ goal : Become the world’s largest supplier of dysprosium”, by Christine Burow, Chief Marketing Officer, Torngat Metals, Canada;
12:15hrs “De-risking Western Supply Requires Innovation – A Case Study in Novel Rare Earth Separation Technology”, by Pat Ryan, Chairman & CEO, Ucore Rare Metals, Canada;
12.30hrs Closing remarks
12:30hrs Close of conference and luncheon kindly sponsored by Energy Fuels
This is a provisional programme and is subject to change.
Aclara Resources
Advanced Material Japan Corporation
Alpha GeoLogic
Appia Rare Earths & Uranium Group
Applied Materials
Ara Partners
Australian Strategic Metals
Baotou Tianhe Magnetics Technology Co Ltd
Base Resources
BASF Metals LLC
Beijing Co-broad Co Ltd
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
Blue Line Corp
Brooks Automation
Carester
Commerce Resources Corp
CoorsTek
Creative Engineers Inc
Cyclic Materials
Defense Metals
Energy Fuels
Entellus
Fastmarkets
Fujian Changting Golden Dragon Rare Earth Co Ltd
Gasbarre
General Motors
Geomega Resources Inc
Geophysx Jamaica Ltd
Ginger International Trade & Investment Pte Ltd
Greyfriars LLC
Hefa Rare Earth Canada
HREE-USA LLC
Idaho Strategic Resources Ltd
Illinois State Geological Survey
Iluka Resources
IM Technologies LLC
Induction Iron Inc
Integrated Technologies Group Inc
Japan Organization for Metals & Energy Security
JOGMEC
John Elder Consulting
Kay Investment
K-Technologies Inc
Kyros Global Group
Less Common Metals
Magnetic Oil LP
Meteoric Resources
Mkango Resources
Mongolian National Rare Earth Corp LLC
Moody Engineering Inc
MP Materials
Nanoscale Powders
Nees Consulting LLC
Neo Chemicals & Oxides
Neo Materials
New Elements
NioCorp Developments Ltd
Noveon Magnetics Inc.
Ocean Partners
Orano Mining
OUSD A&S ICAM Office
Palm Commodities International LLC
Peak Rare Earths
Pensana Plc
Phone In Mag-Electronics Co Ltd
Proterial America Ltd
Rainbow Rare Earths
Ramaco Resources
Rare Earth Technologies
Reaction Jets
REEtec
Resource Capital Funds
Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC)
Schaeffler Automotive Buehl GmbH & Co. KG
SCP Resource Finance
Serra Verde
Shenghe Resources Overseas Development
Shepherd Technologies
Shimadzu Industrial Equipment USA
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd
Shin-Etsu Magnetics Inc
Sojitz Corporation
Solvay
Stifel
Sumitomo Corporation of Americas
Sunshine Energy Engineering Ltd
TAM International LP
Tenova Goodfellow Inc
The Anchor House
Toyota Tsusho Corporation
Toyota Tsusho Material Incorporated
Tradium GmbH
Tronox
Traxys Europe SA
Treibacher Industrie AG
Treibacher Industrie North America Inc
Tussar Corp
Ucore Rare Metals
Visionary Fiber Technologies Inc
Wolftree Group
Wood Mackenzie
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