Programme*
Fluorine Forum 2026 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 26 OCTOBER
16:00 REGISTRATION
18:00 WELCOME RECEPTION at Ristorante Delfino, Isola Bella (5min boat ride from hotel)
TUESDAY 27 OCTOBER
07:30 REGISTRATION
INTRODUCTION | PFAS IMPACT
09:00 Welcome & Introduction
Mike O’Driscoll, Director, IMFORMED, UK
09:30 PFAS latest developments & what it means for the EU fluoroproducts market
Patricia Muñoz, Sector Manager, FluoroProducts & PFAS for Europe (FPP4EU), & Angelica Candido, Sector Manager, European Fluorocarbons Technical Committee (EFCTC), CEFIC, Belgium
10:00 COFFEE
sponsored by 
COST INPUTS: LOGISTICS | SULPHURIC ACID | PROJECT FINANCE
11:00 Shipping market impact on fluorspar freight
Robert van Muiden, Managing Director, Rotterdam Bulk Logistics (RoBuLog), Netherlands
11:30 Navigating sulphur & sulphuric acid markets through geopolitical shifts
Freda Gordon, Director, Acuity Commodities, UK
12:00 From waste streams to fluorine supply: Financing global projects
Ben Banwart, CEO, InterIndustrial & Fluorcycle, USA
12:30 LUNCH
NEW SOURCES: AUSTRALIA | EUROPE | USA
14:00 Introducing Australia’s first fluorite source: the Speewah Fluorite Project
Grant Wilson, Executive Chairman, Tivan Ltd, Australia
14:30 Redevelopment of fluorspar mining in Northern Europe (UK & Germany)
Peter Robinson, Chairman, Fluorspar Ventures Ltd, UK & Konstantin Deichsel, Manager Business Development, Deutsche Flussspat GmbH, Germany
15:00 Lost Sheep Fluorspar Mine Project, USA: latest progress on imminent supply to market
Niklas Lüdemann, Head of Business Development, Cremer Erzkontor GmbH, Germany
15:30 Hicks Dome: an unconventional fluorspar deposit for future critical minerals markets
Laurence M. Nuelle, Vice President of Critical Minerals Development, Hicks Dome, LLC, USA
16:00 Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar Project: fast tracking acidspar production in the USA
John Lee, CEO, CleanTech Vanadium Mining Corp., Canada
16:30 COFFEE & THEMED ROUNDTABLE NETWORKING SESSION
Themed & hosted Roundtables for informal networking & discussion
NEW SOURCES/PROJECTS
Peter Robinson, Chairman Fluorspar Ventures Ltd; Ben Banwart, CEO, InterIndustrial & Fluorcycle, USA
GLOBAL SUPPLY/LOGISTICS
Robert van Muiden, Managing Director, Rotterdam Bulk Logistics
PFAS/FLUOROCHEMICALS
Samantha Wietlisbach, Head of Minerals Research, S&P Global; Patricia Muñoz, Sector Manager, FluoroProducts & PFAS for Europe, CEFIC
METALLURGICAL MARKETS
Thabile Seerane, Critical Materials Researcher, Project Blue, South Africa
BATTERY MARKET
TBC
17:30 CLOSE OF DAY 1 & NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION
* subject to change
WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS: MONGOLIA | SOUTH AFRICA | ITALY
09:00 Overview of Mongolia’s re-evaluated fluorspar reserves & policy and legal framework supporting foreign investment
Tsevegmed Sandiv, VP Mongolian Association of Fluorite Miners, Manufacturers & Exporters, Mongolia
09:30 South Africa’s role in enhancing security of supply: New fluorochemicals and fluorspar capacity
Ivan Radebe, Director, Fluorchemicals South Africa Pty Ltd, South Africa
10:00 LIFE SYNFLUOR Circular fluorine chemistry in operation: First results from the Demonstration Plant
Michele Lavanga, Head of Special Projects & Dr Luca Pala, R&D Manager, Fluorsid, Italy
10:30 COFFEE
sponsored by
MARKETS: FLUOROCHEMICALS | ALUMINIUM | HF APPLICATIONS
11:30 Hydrofluoric acid overview & outlook for fluorochemicals
Samantha Wietlisbach, Global Lead – Inorganics and Minerals Research and Analysis, S&P Global, Switzerland
12:00 The aluminium market & demand for aluminium fluoride
Thabile Seerane, Critical Materials Researcher, Project Blue, South Africa
12:30 Developments in HF chemistry and usage in battery, life science, refrigerants and plastics
Dr Max Braun, General Manager, FluorInnovation LLCFZ, UAE
13:00 LUNCH & CLOSE OF FORUM
*subject to change
The Tree of Fluorine Life
whose many branches will be well tended at Fluorine Forum 2026
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.