MMTA International Minor Metals Conference 2023

 

 

 

For our 50th Anniversary, the MMTA International Minor Metals Conference is returning to North America.

The MMTA International Minor Metals Conference will be held on 24-26 April 2023 at the Grand Bohemian Hotel, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. Please scroll below to review current attending companies.
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Conference rates:

MMTA members

Final rate – £1200

Non-members

Final rate  – £1600

For details and to register, see https://metalevents.com/events/mmtas-international-minor-metals-conference or contact admin@mmta.co.uk

 

Conference Agenda:

Sunday April 23

10:00hrs – 19:30hrs – Four ball golf tournament at the Bermuda Run Country Club kindly sponsored by ICD Europe and ICD Alloys & Metal

Separate booking required – please email jill@metalevents.com

Monday April 24

16:50 Registration

17:00 MMTA’s AGM

18:00-20:00 – Welcome reception for all attendees kindly sponsored by CCMA LLC

Tuesday April 25

08:30 Registration and Coffee sponsored by Exotech

Session 1: Global outlook and metal supply chains
09:00 Opening remarks by Rachel Carnac, Joint Managing Director, Metal Events Limited, UK:
09:05 Welcome remarks by Chair, MMTA;
09:15 “The global macro-economic outlook and impact on metals markets and supply chains”, Ed Meir, President, Senior Commodity Analyst, Marex, USA;
09:45 “The impact of geopolitics on critical metals supply chains and its effect on energy security”, by Dan Pickard, Elected Chair of Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Critical Minerals and Nonferrous Metals

10:15-11:00 Coffee sponsored by Exotech

Session 2: Developments in key metal markets
11:00 “Molybdenum Market Update; Toward a Sustainable World”, by Chris Gnann, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Climax Molybdenum;
11:30 “Developments in the tantalum sector and the outlook for growth and sustainability”,  by Andrew O’Donovan, CEO, Global Advanced Metals, USA;
12:00 “The impact of recycling super-alloy revert”, by Stephen Hall, Managing Director, Advanced Alloys Ltd, UK;
12:30 “A presentation on hafnium” by Andrew Matheson, President, OnG Commodities LLC, USA;
13:00– 14:30 Luncheon

14:30-15:30  Sesson 3: Panel discussion: evolving minor metal sectors and key issues

Joel Nields, Director Sales, Exotech, USA;

Dan Bowman, Director, Avon Specialty Metals, UK;

John Porter , Vice President, CCMA LLC, USA;

Brian O’Neil, Business Unit Manager Indium, American Iron & Metal, USA;

Melvin Hill, Business manager – Rare Earths,  GE Chaplin, USA;

15:30-18:00 Ale tasting networking event hosted by Advanced Alloys Services, UK;

 

Wednesday April 26
09:00-11:00 Coffee sponsored by Exotech

Session 4: Transport markets and minor metals
09:30 “Battery market and bottlenecks in the supply chain”, by Scott Yarham, Regional Pricing Director – Metals, EMEA, S&P Global Commodity Insights, UK;
10:00  “Aerospace and minor metals: the challenges and outlook for cobalt, scandium and titanium”, by Nils Backeberg, Founder & Director, Project Blue, South Africa;
10:30 “Solid state batteries – the how, why and where”, by Robert Burrell, Anode & Cathode Analyst, Benchmark Minerals, UK;

11:00 – 11:45 Coffee sponsored by Exotech

Session 5 – Innovation in minor metal markets
11:45 “Indium: what a long, strange trip it’s been”, by Brian O’Neil, President, AIM, USA;
12:15 “Critical metals at the heart of modern technology”, by Paul Tancell, Executive Vice President, Performance Materials, 5N Plus, Canada

12:45 Closing remarks

13:00 -14:30 Luncheon and Close

 

Attendees:

5N Plus

A&R Merchants

Absolute Resources

Advanced Alloys Services Ltd

Advanced Revert

Advanced Material Japan Corp

Advanced Revert LLC

AIM Specialty Materials

Alfred H Knight International Limited

American Flux & Metal

AMG Chrome Limited

Argus Media

ATI

ATI Specialty Alloys & Components

Aurubis

Avon Specialty Metals

BASF Corporation

Benchmark Mineral

Bluestone Metals & Chemicals

Buss & Buss Spezialmetalle GmbH

C. Steinweg (Baltimore) Inc

C. Steinweg Belgium n.v.

C. Steinweg Handelsveem BV

CAI Custom Alloys

Camco Alloys & Metals

Carbomax

CCMA LLC

Chem-Met Company

Climax Molybdenum

CM Aerospace

CRU Group

D Block Metals

DLA Strategic Materials

DLA/DNSC

Donald Mcarthy Trading Pte Ltd

EAC Corporation

Earth Metals LLC

Elected Chair of Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Critical Minerals and Nonferrous Metals

Elemental Metals

ELG Metals

ELG Utica Alloys Ltd

Environmetals LLC

Exotech

Ferroglobe

Finamet Corporation

First Solar

Framatome Cezus

GE Aerospace

GE Chaplin

GE Power

GE Verona

General Electric Gas Power

Glencore Limited

Global Advanced Metals

GRBC Corporation

Greenville Metals PCC Revert Group

Hanwa Co Ltd

Hempel Intermetaux SA

Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG

Howmet Aerospace

Hudson Metals & Alloy

ICD Alloys & Metals LLC

ICD Europe Ltd

IMS Stainless & Alloys

Indium Corporation

Inna Grikis PE

Ireland Alloys Ltd

Jiujiang Jinxin Non-Ferrous Metals

JL Corporation Co Ltd

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation

KGHM Polska Miedz S.A.

Lambert International Metals

Less Common Metals Ltd

Lipmann Walton & Co Ltd

Louisiana Economic Development

LSMnM

Maritime House

Marex

Materion

MBR Metals USA

Metal Do Co

Metallurgical Products India Pvt Ltd

Metalink International

Metal Solutions LLC

Metherma GmbH & Co KG

Minchem Ltd

Minterra

Molymet

Moxba B.V.

Niddam Inc

NPM Silmet OU

OnG Commodities LLC

Palm Commodites International LLC

PCC Airfoils

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Plaxys Inc

Powmet

Pratt & Whitney

Prime Metals & Alloys

Proficio Limited

Project Blue

Rabobank

Rhenium Alloys Inc

Rio Tinto

RJH Trading

Scandinavian Steel

Select Alloys & Materials

Shaanxi-Head Moly Industry Company

SJM Alloys & Metals Limited

Sovereign International Metals & Alloys Inc

S&P Global Commodity Insights

S&Y Global Co Ltd

StoneX

Strategic Metal Investments Ltd

Sumitomo Corporation of America

Super Spark International

Tantalum & Niobium International Study Center (T.I.C.)

Telex Metals

Terra Commodities LLC

Tin Technology & Refining

Titan International Inc

Todini & Co SPA

Tradium GmbH

Traxys North America

Tungco Inc

Umicore Precious Metals Refining

University of Leicester

USA Rare Earth

US Department of National Energy

USGS

Valent Asset Management

VanEck

Viper Carbide & Metals Inc

Vital Group

Vital Materials

Vital Materials Europe

VLCor Baltic Ou

Voyager Group

Westinghouse Electric/Stone & Webster

WGR Ltd

William Rowland Ltd

Wogen Resources Ltd

Womet GmbH

Ximei Resources Holding

Yano Metals Co. Ltd

Zigong Cemented Carbide Import & Export

 

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