MMTA International Minor Metals Conference 2025
April 7 - April 9
The MMTA’s International Minor Metals Conference and AGM 2025 will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 7-9 April 2025.
Book before 10th February 2025 and pay £1150 per person for MMTA members and £1600 per person for non-members – great savings on the full non-members’ fee of £1,800 per person.
The MMTA International Minor Metals Conference is an annual highlight for the minor metals industry and trade, bringing together miners, metal producers, recyclers, traders, OEMs and other industry participants from across the globe for high-level networking and the latest insights into the word of critical minerals and specialty metals, their markets and growing applications, including automotive, aerospace, advanced electronics and energy transition.
Presentations will focus on the key minor metal sectors including cobalt, rhenium, molybdenum, tantalum, indium, germanium, gallium, tungsten, chromium, magnesium, lithium, antimony and other specialty alloys
ICD will once again be hosting a golf tournament on Monday 7 April at the beautiful Oitavos Dunes Golf Club situated just outside Lisbon (www.oitavosdunes.pt). Further details will be available soon
To find out more, please visit https://metalevents.com/mmtas-international-minor-metals-conference or contact the MMTA at admin@mmta.co.uk
Monday April 7 2025
07.30hrs – 15:30hrs Golf Tournament kindly sponsored by ICD Group will take place at the Oitavos Dunes Golf Club situated just outside Lisbon (www.oitavosdunes.pt). Separate booking is required; please email jill@metalevents.com for more details.
17:00hrs – Registration opens
18:00hrs – 20:00hrs Registration and Welcome Reception kindly sponsored by CCMA LLC
Tuesday April 8 2025
08:00hrs Registration and Barista Coffee Break sponsored by Exotech
09:00hrs MMTA’s AGM
10:00hrs Coffee sponsored by Exotech
Session 1:
10:30hrs Introduction by Rachel Carnac, Founder & Joint Managing Director, Metal Events Ltd, UK;
10:35hrs Welcome remarks by Stephen Hall, Chair, MMTA, UK;
10:40hrs Keynote: ” A century of rhenium”, by Suzannah Lipmann, Managing Director, Lipmann Walton, UK;
11:10hrs “Developments in moly and rhenium”, by a senior representative of Molymet, Chile;
11:40hrs “Trends in super-alloys recycling, market conditions and new technologies,“ by Alex Iasnikov, Chief Technical Officer, Titan International, USA;
12:10hrs “What’s happening in the world of hafnium?”, by Andrew Matheson, President and Founder, Nanoscale Powders LLC, USA;
12:40 hrs “Superalloys in aerospace parts and regional competition to recovering supply chains”, by Nils Backeberg, Founder & Director, Project Blue, South Africa;
13:15 hrs – 14:30hrs Luncheon sponsored by Titan International
Session 2:
14:30-15:30 hrs Panel discussion: New markets, growth and demand – Panel discussion – Geopolitics, supply chains, critical raw materials
17:30hrs -18:30hrs Pre-Dinner drinks sponsored by Advanced Alloy Services Ltd
18:30hrs – 21:00hrs MMTA’s Gala Dinner for all delegates sponsored by Molymet, ICD Group and Donald McArthy Trading (Dress Code: Lounge Suit)
Wednesday April 9 2025
09:00hrs Registration desk reopens – Coffee sponsored by Exotech
Session 3
09.30hrs “The consequences of the Chinese export control/restrictions/ban on antimony and some of its compounds”, by Wim de Vos, CEO, Campine, Belgium;
10.00hrs “Gallium and germanium: Geopolitical dynamics shaping minor metals markets”, by Jan Guise, Tradium, Germany;
10:30hrs A presentation on indium, by Brian O’Neill, AIM Products, USA;
11:00hrs -11:45hrs Coffee break sponsored by Exotech
Session 4
11:45hrs “Semiconductor raw material outlooks and the impacts of geopolitics” by Kyle Pronk, Research Analyst, Project Blue, South Africa;
12:15hrs speaker to be confirmed
12:45hrs Closing remarks
13:00hrs -14:00hrs Luncheon sponsored by Titan International
Metals being covered include:
Rhenium, molybdenum, cobalt, tantalum, antimony, germanium, gallium, indium, tungsten, lithium and rare earths
Presentations include:
“A century of rhenium”, by Suzannah Lipmann, Managing Director, Lipmann Walton, UK;
“Exciting new applications for molybdenum and rhenium”, by Mario Lama, Market Development & By-products Sales Executive Manager, Molymet, Chile;
“Trends in super-alloys recycling, market conditions and new technologies,” by Titan International Inc, USA;
“Future of rhenium, molybdenum and cobalt in the aircraft engine”, by Project Blue, South Africa;
“Themes and trends in the world of indium”, by Brian O’Neill, Marketing Manager, AIM Products LLC, USA;
“The antimony market in the context of a tight supply chain, production disruptions and the Chinese export restrictions”, by a speaker tba, Brussels;
“Hafnium: sailing through stormy waters”, by Andrew Matheson, President, Nanoscale Powders, USA;
“The future of tantalum in semiconductors”, by Project Blue, UK;
“Gallium and germanium: Geopolitical dynamics shaping minor metals markets”, by Jan Giese, Senior Manager Minor Metals and Rare Earth Elements, Tradium, Germany;
Attendees include:
5N Plus Inc
Absolute Resources
ACI Industries
Advanced Material Japan Corporation
Aerotek Metals & Alloys Limited
AirMetal
Alfred H. Knight International Ltd
Amalgamated Limited
AMC
Ampere Alloys
Ampere System Iberica S.L.
Argus Media
A R Merchants
Arrandene MFG
Aurubis
Avon Specialty Metals Ltd
Buss & Buss Spezialmetalle GmbH
Caledonian Alloys
Camco Alloys & Metals
Campine
CCMA LLC
CMT Rare Metal Advanced Materials (Hunan) Co Ltd
C. Steinweg (Baltimore) Inc
C. Steinweg Belgium N.V.
C. Steinweg Handelsveem BV
Current Chemicals
Donald & Mcarthy Trading Pte Ltd
E&C Trading Ltd
Environmetals LLC
Exotech
FIR. Metal & Resources Ltd
Gansu Jinchuan Liuzu New Material Application Science & Technology Co Ltd
Ganzhou Sunny Non-Ferrous Metals Co Ltd
GE Vernova
Globe Metal
GMH Stachow-Metall GmbH
Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG
Huashenggui International Trade Co Ltd
Hudson Metals & Alloy LLC
ICD Alloys & Metals
ICD Europe Ltd
Indium Corporation of America
Inna Grikis PE
Innovative Tech Off
Jinlian (Jiangxi) Metals Resources Co Ltd
Jiujiang Jinxin Nonferrous Metals Co Ltd
KGHM Polska Miedz SA
Lambert Metals Intl Ltd
Lipmann Walton & Co Ltd
LUNA Advanced Materials Co Ltd
MP Diffusion
Nanoscale Powders
Newbase Supply Chain Management (Shenzhen) Co Ltd
Metal Do Co Ltd
Metalink International Co Ltd
Metallurgical Products (India) Pvt Ltd
Metallwerk-Plansee-Straße 71
Metal Solutions
Metherma KG
MFG Metall0und Ferrolegierungsgesellschaft mBH
Minterra FZC
Molymet
PCC Revert Group/Caledonian Alloys
Penningtons Manches LLP
Platotex Technology Company Ltd
Powmet Inc
Prime Metals & Alloys Inc
Proficio Limited
R B D Global Scrap & Metal Waste Trading LLC
Rhenium Alloys Inc
Rolls Royce PLC
Shaanxi Head-Moly Industry Co Ltd
Siegfried Jacob Metallwerke GmbH & Co KG
SJM Alloys & Metals Ltd
Sonic Solutions Ltd
Sorecfer
Sovereign International Metals & Alloys Inc
Squarepoint Capital
Starmett International Ltd
Strategic Metal Investments Ltd
Taniobis GmbH
Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center
Terra Commodities LLC
Titan International Inc
Tosho Trading Co Ltd
Tradium GmbH
Tranzact Inc
Traxys Europe SA
Traxys North America
Tungsten Vietnam JSC
Uhr Corporation
Umicore N.V.
WGR Ltd
William Rowland
Wogen Resources Ltd
Wuhan Tuocai Technology Co Ltd
Xianghe Huiwen Energy Saving Technology Co Ltd
Yano Metals Co Ltd
Zenith Metalik Alloys Ltd
Zhuzhou Keneng New Material Co Lt
