Programme*
Fluorine Forum 2024 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 14 OCTOBER
16:30 REGISTRATION
18:00 WELCOME RECEPTION
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TUESDAY 15 OCTOBER
08:00 REGISTRATION
INTRODUCTION | OVERVIEW | CHINA
09:00 Welcome & Introduction
Ismene Clarke, Director & Mike O’Driscoll, Director, IMFORMED, UK
09:30 China fluorspar supply review
Yuan Zhaohui, Secretary General Fluorspar Committee, China Non-metallic Minerals Industry Assoc., China
10:00 COFFEE
MONGOLIA
11:00 Mongolian fluorite deposits and their geochemical characteristics
Dr Tumenbayar Baatar & Banzragch Janchiv, Geological Consultants, Mongolia
11:30 Current conditions & prospects of fluorspar deposits & occurrences in Mongolia on geological basis
Munkhbileg Namsrai, Head of Mineral Resources Study, National Geological Survey, Mongolia
12:00 Development & outlook for the Dai Uul Fluorspar Project
James Rodriguez de Castro, Founder & CEO, Mongolian Minerals Pte Ltd, Hong Kong
12:15 Mongolia & its role in the fluorine industry
Ehab Eltayeb, Business Developer, Nahas Mining Energy Resources LLC, Mongolia
12:30 Government policy in the industry & mineral resources
Delgerjargal Batjargal, Head of Statistical Research Division, Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, Mongolia
13:00 LUNCH
POTENTIAL NEW SUPPLY SOURCES
14:30 Lost Sheep Fluorspar Project, Delta, Utah: Progress & Outlook
James Walker, CEO, Ares Strategic Mining, Canada
15:00 Pakistan’s fluorspar industry: Emerging trends, future prospects and unlocking the potential for acidspar plant development
Shahid Hamid Jafri, CEO, Perfect Associates, Pakistan
15:30 Challenges & opportunities faced by Western fluorspar miners from renewable energy revolution
Peter Robinson, Managing Director, Fluorspar Ventures, UK
16:00 COFFEE & THEMED ROUNDTABLE NETWORKING SESSION
NEW SOURCES & SUPPLY | MONGOLIA | CHINA | FLUOROCHEMICALS | BATTERIES
17:00 CLOSE OF DAY 1
NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION sponsored by 
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Programme Outline
Monday 14 October
18:00 Welcome Reception
sponsored by
Tuesday 15 October
09:00-17:30 Presentations & Discussion
18:00 Drinks reception sponsored by
Wednesday 16 October
09:00-13:00 Presentations & Discussion
Thursday 17 October
FIELD TRIP: Mongolczechmetall
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WEDNESDAY 16 OCTOBER
MARKETS 1: BATTERIES | CHEMICALS | HF | JAPAN
08:00 Benchmark Breakfast Briefing: Fluorine in the Battery and EV age
Daan De Jonge, Product Director of Critical Mineral and Multi-Commodity & Shruti Kashyap, Product Director – Anode, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, UK
09:00 Hydrofluoric Acid: Accelerating the e-mobility journey – Asian Supply and Demand outlook for Li-ion batteries and fluorochemicals
Samantha Wietlisbach, Director Minerals Research, S&P Global Commodity Insights, Switzerland
09:30 Fluorspar and HF supply through an economic lens
Alison Saxby, Research Director, Project Blue, UK
10:00 Fluorite use & production technology in Japan
Hattori Junichi, Chairman, Wayo Fluorite LLC, Japan
10:30 COFFEE
MARKETS 2: DIGITAL | ALUMINIUM | STEEL
11:30 Fluorspar’s key role in the steel industry: current status & outlook
Lungile Skhosana, Analyst, Project Blue, South Africa
12:00 Production of aluminium fluoride from low-grade aluminium-containing raw materials
Dr Aleksei Morozkov, Deputy Director Dept. of Science and Technology, JSC “NIUIF”, PhosAgro, Russia
12:30 LUNCH & CLOSE OF FORUM
THURSDAY 17 OCTOBER FIELD TRIP
Mongolczechmetall, Chuluut Tsagaan Del
Itinerary*
07:45 Meet lobby of Shangri-La Hotel, Ulaanbaatar
08:00 Depart by bus (70km, approx. 2hrs)
10:00 Mongolczechmetall LLC: Welcome & Safety Briefing
10:30 Mine & plant tour
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Depart for Shangri-La Hotel, Ulaanbaatar (2-4hrs pending traffic)
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The Tree of Fluorine Life
whose many branches will be well tended at Fluorine Forum 2024
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.