As the minerals industry strives towards sustainable development in the 2020s, the recycling of waste products – whether from mine tailings or industrial waste – to generate “Secondary Raw Materials” (SRM) is emerging fast as an important additional source of industrial minerals for a range of consuming markets.

Tomorrow’s “mining” will in large part be efficient and economic utilisation of today’s industrial waste.

• But how to go about getting involved in this sector?

• Whether to invest in an in-house business/plant?

• Partner with an independent recycler?

• Who’s doing what already & how?

• And crucially, what impact will it have on customers and markets?

Confirmed Speakers

Producing high-quality, recycled mineral fillers derived from coarse mine tailings.
Arnout Lugtmeijer, CEO, Trisector, Estonia

Challenges & progress in recycling of speciality glass & glass-ceramics
Dr. Jörn Besinger, Project Lead Circular Economy, SCHOTT AG, Germany

Industrial recycling of sodium and magnesium salts
Dr Stefan Schlag, Managing Director, Salt Market Information, Switzerland

Recycling of Critical Raw Materials in the Nordics
Bard Bergfald, CEO, Bergfald Environmental Consultants, Norway

The LIFE-SYNFLUOR project: recovering fluorspar and precipitated silica from fertiliser production waste
Dr Luca Pala, Director of Research & Development, Fluorsid SpA, Italy

Smart research strategies to boost secondary raw material use in refractories: andalusite-based refractories as a case study
Dr. Kerstin Hauke, Research Associate, Forschungsgemeinschaft Feuerfest eV, Germany

MgO-C recycling: what are the key features of this material to replace primary MgO?
Dr Helge Jansen, Managing Director, Refratechnik Steel, Germany

Recycling spent refractories: what shall we do to maximise CO2 emission saving?
Marc Faverjon, Sales Engineer, Deref SpA, Italy

Recycling induction furnace refractory lining & other projects in Turkey
Nafiz Özdemir, General Manager, SİMBİO REFCYCLE, Turkey

Update on graphite recycling in South Korea
Yongdon Joo, CEO, Korea Material Co. Ltd, South Korea

REFCYCLE: Developments in glass refractories dismantling, recycling and waste management
Werner Odreitz, CEO, REF Minerals GmbH, Germany

Refractory recycling: comparison on using conventional and alternative comminution processes
Dr. Karl Friedrich, Research Associate, Dept. Mineral Resources Engineering, University of Leoben, Austria

It’s all about sorting: the future of refractory recycling
Alexander Leitner, Head of Pioneer Research, RHI Magnesita, Austria & Lucas Zimmermann, Head of Project Management, MIRECO, Germany

Remining, Recycling, & Reshoring of Critical Minerals for the Refractory Industry
Ellis Sullivan, CEO and founder of ROC Minerals, USA