The Covid-19 pandemic has amplified the issues of overreliance on certain mineral sources and the vulnerability of mineral supply chains.

More than ever, the fast evolving mineral recycling sector has an essential and increasing role to play as consuming markets, and goverments, undergo a major rethink on the future of strategic and sustainable mineral sourcing.

Mineral Recycling Forum 2022 will provide an invaluable opportunity to take the pulse of this evolving sector through expert presentations from leading players, informative discussion, and all-important networking with those active in the business.

Programme*

MONDAY 28 March

18.00 Welcome Reception

TUESDAY 29 March

OVERVIEWS
09.00 Welcome & Introduction
Mike O’Driscoll & Ismene Clarke, Directors, IMFORMED, UK

09.30 Industrial minerals and recycling concepts and technology for the industry
Frédéric Jouffret, Imerys VP Global Science & Technology, & Chairman Imerys Talc Europe, France

10.00 COFFEE BREAK

MINERAL FLOWS | BRINES
11.00 Optimisation of mineral flows: matching the policy and business perspectives
Shirshah Amerkhail, Sustainability Advisor, IMA-Europe, Belgium

11.30 Brine recycling: Salts Plus
Stefan Schlag, Director Inorganic Chemicals & Minerals, S&P Global Commodity Insights, Switzerland

12.00 LUNCH

LITHIUM BATTERIES | BAUXITE
14.00 Li-ion battery market and its mineral recycling future
Robert Colbourn, Publisher, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, UK

14.30 Bauxite tailings valorisation: From test works to industrial scale up
Thomas Baumann, Sales & Business Development Manager, AKW Apparate + Verfahren GmbH, Germany

15.00 COFFEE BREAK

SLAG | METALLURGICAL WASTE

15.30 Challenges for the slag value chain in Europe
Thomas Reiche, Chairman, Euroslag, & Managing Director, FEhS-Institut für Baustoff-Forschung eV, Germany

16.00 Combined mining & metallurgical know-how – insights into recycling of metallurgical slags, bricks & dust
Dr Jan Lampke, Head of Sales & Projects, Haver Engineering GmbH, Germany

16.30 CLOSE OF DAY 1

* subject to change