19th International Rare Earths Conference

The Metal Events‘ 19th International Rare Earths Conference returns to San Antonio, Texas, in 2023. 

Registration and welcome reception on 18th October, following on from the Scandium Symposium

Register HERE

 

Programme

Wednesday 18^th October

18:00hrs Registration desk opens

18:00hrs Welcome Reception

Thursday 19^th October

08:00hrs Registration desk re-opens

09:00hrs Opening remarks by Rachel Carnac, Joint Managing Director, Metal Events, United Kingdom

Session 1:

09:10hrs “Does a detachment from the Chinese rare earth market threaten the global energy transition?”, by David Merriman, Director Research, Project Blue, United Kingdom;

09:35hrs “All rare earth supply chains begin at a mine”, by Dudley Kingsnorth, Non-Executive Chairman, Australia Rare Earth, Australia;

10:05hrs “LCM- metal and alloy production in a Western supply chain”, by Albert Slot, Managing Director, Less Common Metals, United Kingdom;

10:30hrs Coffee Break

Session 2:

11:30hrs “US REE supply chain issues: What is the Federal Government R&D doing to address this problem?”, by Grant Bromhal, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Resource Sustainability and Acting Director of the Mineral Sustainability Division, DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy & Carbon Management, DOE, USA;

11:55hrs “A National Security perspective on rare earth elements”, by Matt Zolnowski, Global Fellow at the Wilson Center and President of Greyfriars LLC, USA;

12:20hrs Panel Discussion with:

Debra Bennethum, Global Commodity Manager EV Critical Materials Purchasing, General Motors, USA;
Dudley Kingsnorth, Non-Executive Chairman, Australia Rare Earth, Australia;
David Merriman, Director Research, Project Blue, United Kingdom;
Scott Honan, Chief Operating Officer, NioCorp Developments Ltd., USA;

13:00hrs – 14:30hrs Luncheon kindly sponsored by Energy Fuels

Session 3:

14:30hrs “REE:  “Lights, heavies, and scandium from North America’s second largest REE resource”, by Scott Honan, Chief Operating Officer, NioCorp Developments Ltd., USA;

14.55hrs “America’s leading producer of critical materials for the clean energy transition”, by Mark Chalmers, President, Energy Fuels, USA;

15:20hrs “Wicheeda – The next source of rare earth for the ever-increasing critical demand”, by Luisa Moreno, President and Director of Defense Metals Corp, Canada;

15:35hrs “How Rainbow Rare Earths is driving the green revolution”, by George Bennett, Chief Executive Officer, Rainbow Rare Earths, United Kingdom;

 15:50hrs Q&A and Close

 

Friday 20^th October

Session 4:

09:30hrs “Lynas – sailing through the rare earth market”, by Pol Le Roux, Chief Operating Officer, Lynas Rare Earths, Australia;

09:55hrs “Rare earth chlorides and fluorides: The role they play in making rare earth metal for magnets”, by Bill Cohen, VP & GM, Current Chemicals, USA;

10:20hrs “Will demand for rare earth magnets outstrip supply? What is the impact on key energy transition applications?!”, by Ross Embleton, Senior Analyst, Metals & Mining – Rare earths, Wood Mackenzie, United Kingdom;

10:45hrs Coffee Break

Session 5:

11:45hrs “Aclara Resources: A DyTb opportunity”, by Ramón Barúa, CEO, Aclara Resources, Chile;

12:00hrs “Torngat Metals’ goal : Become the world’s largest supplier of dysprosium”, by Christine Burow, Chief Marketing Officer, Torngat Metals, Canada;

12:15hrs “De-risking Western Supply Requires Innovation – A Case Study in Novel Rare Earth Separation Technology”, by Pat Ryan, Chairman & CEO, Ucore Rare Metals, Canada;

12.30hrs Closing remarks

12:30hrs Close of conference and luncheon kindly sponsored by Energy Fuels

This is a provisional programme and is subject to change.