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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.
This event is now fully booked
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 Metal Events or contact the MMTA at admin@mmta.co.uk
Sunday April 6 2025
20:30hrs – 22:30hrs Margarita Cocktail Party at Barata Salguerio, Tivoli Hotel kindly sponsored by IMS Metals & Alloys
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.com). Separate booking is required; please email jill@metalevents.com for more details.
17:00hrs OnwardsRegistration
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: The future of alloys and a century of rhenium:
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: “Rhenium: 100 years of Element 75 – from orphan metal to critical mineral”, by Suzannah Lipmann, Managing Director, Lipmann Walton, UK;
11:10hrs “New developments in rhenium at Molymet”, by Edgardo Cisternas, Research Director, 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, Co-Founder, Project Blue, South Africa;
13:15 hrs – 14:30hrs Luncheon sponsored by Titan International
14:30-15:30 hrs Session 2: 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
18:30hrs – 21:00hrs MMTA’s Gala Dinner for all delegates sponsored by Molymet, ICD Group and DMT Alloy Processors
Wednesday April 9 2025
09:00hrs Registration desk reopens – Coffee sponsored by Exotech
Session 3 – Geopolitics and the impact on minor metals:
9.30hrs “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 Giese, Tradium, Germany;
10:30hrs “China’s trade in gallium and germanium”, by Li Yilan, Analyst, Antaike, China;
11:00-11:45 Coffee break sponsored by Exotech
Session 4 – A turbulent world and changing technology
11:45hrs “Indium: Technology Metal, Fracturing Market”, by Brian O’Neill, AIM Products, USA;
12:15 hrs “Semiconductor raw material outlooks and the impacts of geopolitics”, by Kyle Pronk, Analyst, Project Blue, UK;
12:45 hrs “Growing use of graphite and manganese in batteries”, by Zach Parsons, Battery Metals Analyst at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, UK;
13:15 Closing remarks
13:20-14:15 Luncheon sponsored by Titan International
Attendees include:
5N Plus Inc
Abcom Pte Ltd
Absolute Resources
ACI Industries
Advanced Alloy Services
Advanced Material Japan Corporation
Aerotek Metals & Alloys Limited
AIM Products USA
AirMetal
AK.Typ GmbH
Alfred H. Knight International Ltd
Amalgamet Limited
AMC
AMG Chrome Limited
Ampere Alloys
Ampere System Iberica S.L.
Andes Metal
Antaike
Argus Media
A R Merchants
Arrandene MFG
ATI
Aurubis
Avon Specialty Metals Ltd
Benchmark Minerals Intelligence
Bluestone Metals & Chemicals
Buss & Buss Spezialmetalle GmbH
Caledonian Alloys
Camco Alloys & Metals
Campine
CCMA LLC
CMT Rare Metal Advanced Materials (Hunan) Co Ltd
COMMET
C. Steinweg (Baltimore) Inc
C. Steinweg Belgium N.V.
C. Steinweg Handelsveem BV
Current Chemicals
Daido Kogyo
Daido Steel Group Europe GmbH
Darton Commodities Limited
DERA/BGR
DMT Alloy Processors
EAC Corporation
E&C Trading Ltd
Earthmetrix
EIT RawMaterials GmbH
ELG Utica Alloys Limited
Elkem ASA Silicon Products
Environmetals LLC
Eural Gnutti
Exotech
Filhet-Allard Maritime Succursale de Geneva
FIR Metal & Resources Ltd
Firth Rixson
Framatome
Gansu Jinchuan Liuzu New Material Application Science & Technology Co Ltd
Ganzhou Grand Sea Tungsten
Ganzhou Sunny Non-Ferrous Metals Co Ltd
GE Chaplin
GE Vernova
GMH Stachow-Metall GmbH
Halcyon Inc
Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG
Huashenggui International Trade Co Ltd
Hudson Metals & Alloy LLC
ICD Alloys & Metals
ICD Europe Ltd
ICD Group
Imaco Commerce Trading LLC
IMS Metals & Alloys OU
Indium Corporation of America
Inna Grikis PE
Innovative Tech Off
Intellance
International Magnesium Association
Ireland Alloys Ltd
IXM
Jiujiang Jinxin Nonferrous Metals Co Ltd
JJ Metals & Alloys
KGHM Polska Miedz SA
Kite Metals
Lambert Metals Intl Ltd
Lipmann Walton & Co Ltd
LUNA Advanced Materials Co Ltd
Maritime House Limited
MBR Metals
Metal Do Co Ltd
Metalink International Co Ltd
Metallurgical Products (India) Pvt Ltd
Metal Solutions
Metal Tech Co
Metherma KG
MFG Metallound Ferrolegierungsgesellschaft mBH
Minterra FZC
Molymet
Moxba
MP Diffussion
Nanoscale Powders
NCTF (Ministry of Industry/Kazakhstan)
Newbase Supply Chain Management (Shenzhen)
NGI Trading
Nicrometal
Ningbo Sunhu Chemical
NPM Silmet AS
PCC Revert Group/Caledonian Alloys
Penningtons Manches LLP
Peru Jin Sui Mining Co. LTD. S.A.C.
Petrus Minerals
Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co Inc
Plansee Group
Platotex Technology Company Ltd
Powmet Inc
Pratt & Whitney
Prime Metals & Alloys Inc
Proficio Limited
Project Blue
Quest Alloys & Metals Inc
RBD Global Metal Alloys Trading LLC
Remondis PMR
RFH Metals
Rhenium Alloys Inc
Rio Tinto
RJR Alloys
Rolls Royce PLC
Rotajet Systems Ltd
RS-Recycling
Sabin Metal
Scandinavian Steel
Select Alloys & Materials Ltd
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
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Squarepoint Capital
Starmett International Ltd
Strategic Metal Investments Ltd
Taniobis GmbH
Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center
Telex Metals
Terra Commodities LLC
Thaisarco Ltd
Thormet Europe
Titan International Inc
Todini & Co SPA
Tokyo Metal Resources
Tosho Trading Co Ltd
Tradium GmbH
Trafigura
Tranzact Inc
Traxys Europe SA
Traxys North America
Tungsten Vietnam JSC
Uhr Corporation
ULBA Metallurgical Plant JSC
UMC (United Mineral & Chemical)
Umicore N.V.
Unilink Commodities Trading Platform DMCC
U.S. Geological Survey
Valent Asset Management
Viper Carbide & Metals Inc
Vital Materials Co Ltd
VMET S.R.L.
WGR Ltd
William Rowland
WMA Resources AG
Wogen Resources Ltd
Wuhan Tuocai Technology Co Ltd
Xianghe Huiwen Energy Saving Technology Co Ltd
Ximei Resources Holding Limited
Yangzhou Ningda Germanium Industry Technology
Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium
Yano Metals Co Ltd
Zenith Metalik Alloys Ltd
Zhuzhou Keneng New Material Co Ltd
