The MMTA’s International Minor Metals Conference 2022

The MMTA’s International Minor Metals Conference will be held at the Cutlers Hall, Sheffield 11-13 April 2022.

The current fees for MMTA is £1100 plus VAT for MMTA Members and £1500 plus VAT for Non-Members.

As part of the conference we are delighted to announce that ICD Europe Ltd and ICD Alloys & Metals LLC are sponsoring a Scramble 4 Ball Tournament on Sunday 10th April. This will take place at the beautiful Lindrick Golf Club, a short 30 minute drive from Sheffield.

The fee is £150 per person and this includes return transport, green fees, brunch, drinks and a Prize Giving Reception. We will depart Sheffield at 10:45hrs and return at approximately 19:30hrs.  Please note that the fee does not include the hire of golf shoes or golf clubs, these can be rented from the club.

Places are limited so early booking is advisable.

 

Field Trips during the MMTA’s Minor Metals conference.

Monday April 11 – Visit to The AMRC’s Factory 2050

The AMRC Factory 2050 is the UK’s first state of the art factory, entirely dedicated to conducting collaborative research into reconfigurable digitally assisted assembly, component manufacturing and machining technologies and is capable of rapidly switching production between different high-value components and one-off parts.

Factory 2050 is the first building to be completed on the University of Sheffield’s new Advanced Manufacturing Campus. The 6,730 sq m landmark circular glass building and rectangular extension is home to the AMRC’s Integrated Manufacturing Group (IMG).

There are places for 30 people only on this trip. If you would like to take part please email [email protected]

Wednesday April 13 – visit to Sheffield Forgemaster’s forge & melt shop

The origins of Sheffield Forgemasters date back to the 1750s as a small blacksmith forge. Edward Vickers, a traditional mill owner, set up the foundations for the business as a modern steel producer in 1805. Since then the company has been associated  with many famous steel industry names such as English Steel, Firth Brown, British Steel and River Don Castings.

Sheffield Forgemasters is now capable of producing the largest and most technically challenging cast and forged steel components in the world.

This visit is limited to 20 people maximum. If you would like to take part please email [email protected]

You will need to notify your shoe size, chest size and waist size in order that PPE is ready on your arrival. We will also require your passport details.

Please register through the MMTA’s conference organisers : https://metalevents.com/product/mmtas-international-minor-metals-conference

 

Conference Agenda

Sunday 10th April

Golf Day – Four ball golf tournament at Lindrick Golf Course kindly sponsored by ICD Europe and ICD Alloys & Metals.
Separate booking required – please email [email protected]

 

Monday April 11

17.00 – MMTA AGM

17:45 -20.00  Registration & Welcome reception for all attendees at The Cutler’s Hall

 

Tuesday April 12

09:00 Registration and Coffee sponsored by Exotech

09:15 Opening remarks
09:20 Welcome remarks by Donna Vareha-Walsh, Chair, MMTA, USA;
09:25 “Made in Sheffield and the history of The Cutlers’ Hall”, by Charles Turner DL, Deputy Lieutenant for South Yorkshire, Chairman of the Sheffield Assay Office, Member of the Company of Cutlers and Managing Director, Durham Duplex, Sheffield, UK;
09:40 “Strategy and policy for critical minerals”, by Edmund Ward, Head of Manufacturing & Strategy, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, UK:

Session 1: Aerospace in a post-Covid world
10:00 “Sustainability at Rolls-Royce – reduce, reuse and recycle”, by Wavell Coulson,  Rolls-Royce, UK;
10:30 “Cirium, The numbers: Impact of Covid-19 on aviation and the outlook”, by Rachel Humphries, Director of Communications, Cirium, UK
11:00 – 11:45 Coffee sponsored by Exotech

Session 2: The future is green: The future is minor metals
11:45 “Rhenium’s potential in the green hydrogen industry”, by a speaker from Molymet, Chile;
12:15 “A presentation about space age technology”, by Ian Mellor, Technology & Materials Discovery Centre, Metalysis, UK;
12:45 “Developments in recovering minor metals and rare earths”, by Sebastien Farnaud, Professor in Bio-Innovation & Enterprise, Research Centre for Sport, Exercise & Life Sciences, Coventry University and Leigh Cassidy, Lead Scientist, SEM World, Aberdeen, UK;

12:45 – 14:30 Luncheon

14:30-15:30 Panel discussion: Pricing panel: process; formulation; oversight; scrutiny, and compliance.

Peter Hannah, Senior Price Development Manager, Fastmarkets, UK
Caroline Messecar, Senior Reporter (rare earths, electronic metals), Argus Media, UK;
Annalisa Jeffries, Manager, Methodology Price Group Platts Global, UK;

15:30-18:00 Real Ale Pub Afternoon at Cutlers’ Hall  kindly sponsored by Advanced Alloys Services

Wednesday April 13

09:00 Registration desk reopens

09:30-10:30 Panel discussion: Supply chain issues and how minor metals are responding globally to COVID19 disruption
Stephen Hall, Managing Director, Advanced Alloys Ltd, UK;
James Peer, Director, Maritime House, UK;
Joel Nields, Director Sales, Exotech, USA;
Simon Boon, VP, Sovereign International Metals & Alloys, UK;

10:30-11:00 Coffee kindly sponsored by Exotech

Session 3 – New markets and the supply chain

11:00 “An update on tantalum – supply chain developments”, by William Millman, Mines, Minerals, Metals & Markets Ltd, UK;
11:30 “Indium and supply chain structures”, by speaker TBA, Indium Corp, USA;
12:00 “Alternative supplies of battery raw materials”,  by Jeff Townsend, Founder, Critical Materials Association, UK;
12:30 Closing remarks
12:40 Luncheon and Close

 

Attendees 

ACI Industries

Advanced Alloy Services Ltd

Advanced Material Japan Corp

Alfred H. Knight International

Ambatovy

American Flux & Metals LLC

AMG Superalloys UK Ltd

Ampere Alloys

Argus Media

A&R Merchants Inc

ATI

Atlantic Alloys

Avon Specialty Metals

Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

Buss & Buss Spezialmetalle GmbH

Camco Alloys & Metals

Carbomax SA

CCMA LLC

Cellmark Metals

Cirium

Climax Molybdenum Company

Climax Molybdenum UK Ltd

Codelco

Coventry University

Critical Minerals Association

C. Steinweg (Baltimore) Inc

C. Steinweg – Handelsveem

Darton Commodities Limited

DLA

Donald McArthy Trading Pte Ltd

Earth Metals LLC

E&C Trading

Elemental Metals

ELG Metals Inc

ELG Utica Alloys

Environmetals LLC

Eurofins EAG Laboratories

Euromet SA

Euro-Rijn Global Logistics BV

Eutectix

Exotech Inc

Fastmarkets

Finamet Corporation Ltd

Firth Rixsom Limited

Framatome – Cezus Inc

Gerald Metals

Glencore International AG

GRBC Resources

Greystone Alloys

Guixi Da Sanyuan Industry Group

Hempel Intermétaux SA

Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co KG

ICD Europe Ltd

IMS Stainless & Alloys OU

Indium Corporation of America

Innovative Tech Off

Jean Goldschmidt International S.A.

Kemet Corporation

KGHM Polska Miedz SA

Kymera International

Less Common Metals Ltd

Lipmann Walton

LS-Nikko Copper

Maritime House

MBR Metals

Metal Solutions

Metal Tech

Metallurgical Products India Pvt Ltd

Metalysis

Metherma KG

Metraco N.V.

Minchem Limited

Mines, Minerals, Metals & Markets

Molybdenos y Metales S.A.

MTALX Ltd

Nimag (Pty) Ltd

Norilsk Nickel USA Inc

Peak Alloys

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Plansee SE

Platts Global

Plaxys

Prime Alloys Ltd

Prime Metals & Alloys

RC Inspection Group

Rhenium Alloys Inc

RJH Trading Limited

Rolls-Royce PLC

S&A Alloys Inc

Sargon Holdings Inc

Select Alloys & Materials

SEM World

Siegfried Jacob Metallwerke GmbH & Co KG

SJM Alloys & Metals Limited

Sovereign International Metals & Alloys (SIMA)

Specialty Metals Resources

Ssp B.V.

Stachow-Metall GmbH

Strategic Metal Investments

Taniobis

Tantalum and Niobium Study Center

Telex Metals LLC

Terra Commodities

Titan International

Todini & Co

Traxys North America

Umicore Precious Metals Refining

VanEck

Vital Materials Co Ltd

WASA

William Rowland Ltd

Wogen Resources Ltd

Womet GmbH