More than ever, the fast evolving mineral recycling sector has an essential and increasing role to play as consuming markets, and goverments, undergo a major rethink on the future of strategic and sustainable mineral sourcing.
Mineral Recycling Forum 2026 will provide an invaluable opportunity to take the pulse of this evolving sector through expert presentations from leading players, informative discussion, and all-important networking with those active in the business.
Programme*
WEDNESDAY 15 APRIL
16:30 Registration
18:00 Welcome Reception sponsored by 
THURSDAY 16 APRIL
07:30 Registration
INTRODUCTION | OVERVIEWS
09:00 Welcome & Introduction
Mike O’Driscoll, Director, IMFORMED, UK
09:30 The EU Circular Economy Act: can legislative initiatives recognise & prioritise the role of minerals as advanced circular economy solutions?
Dr Aurela Shtiza, Director – Industrial Affairs & Raw Materials, IMA-Europe, Belgium
10:00 COFFEE sponsored by 
ALUMINA | LI-ION BATTERIES | PHOSPHATE
11:00 Recycling gamma-alumina from catalysts
Yongdon Joo, CEO, Korea Material Co. Ltd, South Korea
11:30 Li-ion battery recycling status & outlook
Adam Webb, Head of Energy Raw Materials, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, USA
12:00 RevoCaP: Enabling Europe’s phosphorus independence with calcium phosphate from sewage sludge ash
Dr Philipp Theuring, Market Developer, Easymining Germany GmbH, Germany
12:30 LUNCH sponsored by 
CaCO3 & CaO FROM MINE WASTE & SLAG
14:00 Unlocking the value of oil shale waste: 500m tonnes of opportunity
Kirsti Aeg, Oil Shale Ash Application Development Manager & Vesta Kaljuste, Mining Waste Applications Development Manager, Enefit Industry OÜ, Estonia
14:30 Overlooked treasures – value from “waste”: two case studies; tailings & slag
Dekel Golan, Head Business Development, CarbonBlue, Israel
15:00 COFFEE
REFRACTORIES 1: OVERVIEW | GLASS | CEMENT | N. AMERICA
15:30 The hard truths about recycling and the road to circularity
Dr. Jennifer Astoveza, Strategic Marketing Lead & Sales – Minerals (Global), MIRECO-RHI Magnesita, France
16:00 Glass refractory recycling developments
Werner Odreitz, CEO, REF Minerals GmbH, Germany
16:30 Recycling in the cement industry
Dr. Volker Wagner, Global Refractory Manager, Heidelberg Materials AG, Germany
17:00 North American refractory recycling strategy & market outlook
Celio Cavalcante, VP of Marketing, Solutions, R&D and Sustainability NAM, RHI Magnesita, USA
17:30 End of Conference Day 1 | Networking Drinks Reception
*subject to change
Programme Outline
Wednesday 15 April 2025
18:00 Welcome Reception & Networking
sponsored by 
Thursday 16 April 2025
09:00-17:30 Presentations & Discussion
Friday 17 April 2025
09:00-12:30 Presentations & Discussion
Coffee sponsored by
Lunches sponsored by 
FRIDAY 17 APRIL
MINERAL PROCESSING
09:00 Combining secondary raw materials: the potential of adding value by briquetting
Felix Heinicke, Senior Process Manager, Köppern Aufbereitungstechnik, Germany
09:30 Driving circularity in minerals & slag processing through vertical milling excellence
Tobias Korz, Senior Sales Manager, Loesche GmbH, Germany
10:00 COFFEE
REFRACTORIES 2: SPINEL-CORUNDUM | INDIA | CARBON FOOTPRINT
11:00 Reinventing refractories: How US-Made spinel-corundum aggregates processed from waste could break the industry’s dependence on imports
Ellis Sullivan, CEO, ElementUSA, USA
11:30 Green refractories in India
Ishan Agarwal, Head Operations and Business Development, Jai Balajee Trading Co. – JBTC, India
12:00 Impact of Secondary Raw Materials on the Product Carbon Footprint of refractories
Dr Kathrin Weber, Head of Research & Development, Refratechnik Cement GmbH
12:30 END OF CONFERENCE & LUNCH sponsored by
*subject to change
