Programme*
Fluorine Forum 2025 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.
WEDNESDAY 22 OCTOBER
16:00 REGISTRATION
18:00 WELCOME RECEPTION at Ristorante Italia, Isola Pescatori
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TUESDAY 15 OCTOBER
08:00 REGISTRATION
INTRODUCTION | KEYNOTE OVERVIEW
09:00 Welcome & Introduction
Mike O’Driscoll, Director, IMFORMED, UK
09:30 Fluorspar supply & demand outlook
Alison Saxby, Research Director, Project Blue, UK
10:00 COFFEE
SUPPLY DEVELOPMENTS: CHINA | ITALY | MEXICO
11:00 China’s fluorspar supply, demand & market review
Eileen Hao, Managing Director, Australia Minerals & Resources, Australia
11:30 Unlocking Silius’ geological potential: reserves upgrading of Europe’s largest fluorite deposit
Simone Cirinei, Mining Geologist, Mineraria Gerrai, Italy
12:00 Fluorspar’s future: Northern Mexico’s untapped deposits
Alberto Ramos, Operations Managing Director, Grupo MIRASA, Mexico
12:30 LUNCH
ALTERNATIVE SUPPLY DEVELOPMENTS: FSA | HF | ALF3
14:00 Life Synfluor: circular economy applied to fluorine chemistry
Michele Lavanga, Special Projects Director, Fluorsid, Italy
14:30 Production of fluorine from phosphate rock mine waste
Hind Ouchair, Business Development Director, Fluoralpha, Morocco
15:00 HF & AlF3 from aluminium smelter waste
Dr Mark Cooksey, Managing Director & CEO, ABx Group Ltd, Australia
15:30 New developments in AHF purification
Julian Mache, Technology Manager Fluorine, BUSS ChemTech AG, Switzerland
16:00 COFFEE & THEMED ROUNDTABLE NETWORKING SESSION
NEW SOURCES & SUPPLY | PROCESSING | FLUOROCHEMICALS | BATTERIES
17:00 CLOSE OF DAY 1 & NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION
* subject to change
Programme Outline
Wednesday 22 October
18:00 Welcome Reception
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Thursday 23 October
09:00-17:00 Presentations & Discussion
17:00 Drinks reception
Friday 24 October
09:00-13:00 Presentations & Discussion
FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER
MARKETS 1: FLUOROCHEMICALS | NEW ENERGY | BATTERIES
09:00 Fluorochemicals review and market outlook
Samantha Wietlisbach, Head of Inorganics and Minerals Research, S&P Global Commodity Insights, Switzerland
09:30 HF in new energy applications
Oliver Rhode, Director Business Development, Alkeemia SpA, Germany
10:00 Scaling-up HF-free production of fluorochemicals: New routes towards Li-ion battery electrolyte salts
Dr Gabriele Pupo, CEO, FluoRok Ltd, UK
10:30 COFFEE
MARKETS 2: SEMICONDUCTORS | CEMENT | NUCLEAR
11:30 Fluorochemicals with irreplaceable applications in semiconductor materials processing
Dr Robert Syvret, Owner, Fluorine Chemistry and Technology, LLC, USA
12:00 Fluorspar usage in cement production
Hakan Tamer, General Manager, Tamer Mining, Turkey
12:30 Nuclear renaissance & the impact on the fluorochemical value chain
Chris Potgieter, Director Business Development, BFluor Chemicals (Pty) Ltd, South Africa
13:00 LUNCH & CLOSE OF FORUM
*subject to change
The Tree of Fluorine Life
whose many branches will be well tended at Fluorine Forum 2025
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.