Programme*
Fluorine Forum 2023 will bring together a panel of leading experts to examine and discuss the latest trends and developments in fluorine minerals supply and market demand.
The conference will be essential to all those active or with an interest in the fluorine mineral supply chain, from exploring, developing and mining fluorspar sources and alternative F sources, through logistics and processing, to end use applications and market demand trends.
MONDAY 16 OCTOBER
17:00 Registration
19:00 Welcome Reception
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TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER
07:30 Registration
INTRODUCTION | OVERVIEWS: SUPPLY | SHIPPING
09:00 Welcome & Introduction
Ismene Clarke, Director & Mike O’Driscoll, Director, IMFORMED, UK
09:30 Fluorspar market overview
Alison Saxby, Research Director, Project Blue, UK
10:00 The state of mineral logistics: shipping market review
Robert van Muiden, Managing Owner, RoBuLog – Rotterdam Bulk Logistics, the Netherlands
10:30 COFFEE
CHINA MARKET | MONGOLIA SUPPLY
11:30 Fluorochemical industry new development trends in China
Lingyun Li, Vice Chairman, Do-Fluoride New Materials Co. Ltd, China
12:00 Development of the Delgerkhaan fluorspar deposit, north-east Mongolia
Hattori Junichi, Chairman, Wayo Fluorite LLC, Japan
12:30 Mongolia’s fluorspar sector prospects & objectives
Tsevegmed Sandiv, Vice Chairman, Mongolian Association of Fluorite Miners, Mongolia
13:00 LUNCH
NEW SOURCE POTENTIAL: ITALY | GERMANY | SOUTH AFRICA | AUSTRALIA
14:30 Rejuvenating the Silius fluorspar mine, Sardinia, Italy
Umberto Gioia, Managing Director, Mineraria Gerrei Srl, Italy
15:00 Re-opening the Käfersteige Mine in Pforzheim, Germany
Simon Bodensteiner, Managing Director, Deutsche Flussspat GmbH, Germany
15:30 The potential for new fluorspar mines and developments in South Africa
Allan Daniel Saad, Project Manager & Consulting Geologist, Red Sands Mining and Exploration cc, South Africa
16:00 Australia: a new frontier for fluorspar supply from Tasmania
Joseph Gutnick, Director, Mazel Resources Pty Ltd, Australia
16:30 COFFEE &
ROUNDTABLE NETWORKING SESSION
Informal networking & discussion among themed & hosted Roundtables
THEME | Roundtable Host
NEW SOURCES/SUPPLY Allan Saad, Director, Red Sands Mining and Exploration cc, South Africa
CHINA Ann Song, Managing Director, Luoyang Aurora Minechem Co. Ltd, China
MONGOLIA Tsevegmed Sandiv, Vice Chairman, Mongolian Assoc. of Fluorite Miners, Mongolia
LOGISTICS Robert van Muiden, Managing Owner, RoBuLog – Rotterdam Bulk Logistics, the Netherlands
FLUOROPOLYMERS Bruno Ameduri, Senior Research Director, CNRS, Institut Charles Gerhardt, France
CRITICAL MINERALS/BATTERIES Peter Robinson, Managing Director, Fluorspar Ventures Ltd, UK
17:30 CLOSE OF DAY 1
NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION
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Programme Outline
Monday 16 October
18:00 Welcome Reception & Networking
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Tuesday 17 October
Drinks reception sponsored by
09:00-17:30 Presentations & Discussion
Wednesday 18 October
09:00-13:30 Presentations & Discussion
WEDNESDAY 18 OCTOBER
MARKETS 1: BATTERIES | WELDING
09:00 Fluorspar’s role in electric vehicles and the energy transition
Simon Moores, CEO, & Jessica Roberts, Head of Forecasting, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, UK
09:30 Fluorine: the fundamental element on the path to net zero
Samantha Wietlisbach, Director Minerals Research and Analysis, S&P Global Commodity Insights, Switzerland
10:00 Fluorspar use in the welding market
Corwin Miller, Sourcing Manager, Lincoln Electric Co., USA
10:30 COFFEE
MARKETS 2: FLUOROPOLYMERS
11:30 The EU PFAS restriction proposal & its impact on the EU fluoropolymers market
Nicolas Robin, Director Fluoropolymers Group, Plastics Europe, Belgium
12:00 Fluorochemicals – key ingredients in OPTICALization of super-big data world
Dr Dexi Weng, Managing Director, Dexyan Global Poly Research Institute, USA
12:30 The overall situation of poly- or perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and recycling of fluoropolymers
Bruno Ameduri, Senior Research Director, CNRS, Institut Charles Gerhardt, France
13:00 Revolutionising fluorochemical production: developing an HF-free fluorination process
Gabriele Pupo, CEO, Fluorok, UK
13:30 LUNCH & CLOSE OF CONFERENCE
*subject to change
The Tree of Fluorine Life
whose many branches will be well tended at Fluorine Forum 2023
Source: Eurofluor (CTEF, Comité Technique Européen du Fluor), the Association representing the major producers and users of hydrogen fluoride (HF) and fluoride chemicals in Europe.