MMTA International Minor Metals Conference 2025

The MMTA International Metals Conference 2025 returns to Europe on 7-9 April, to beautiful Lisbon, the historic heart of Europe’s seaborne trade with other continents. Join us for a packed programme of critical metal insights and networking events, including the Gala Dinner. 

An annual highlight in the minor metals calendar, the MMTA conference a unique opportunity to gain insights across critical raw materials and critical metal markets, to network with industry leaders and to expand your business.

This year our industry celebrates the 100th anniversary of the discovery of minor metal rhenium, and we will open with an in-depth look into its history and market developments. The full programme of presentations will delve into the impact of geopolitics and provide an in-depth look into minor metals critical to strategic sectors including energy and aerospace, such as cobalt, molybdenum, hafnium, indium, germanium, gallium, manganese antimony and specialty alloys.

Final Conference Rates

MMTA Members

 £1,300

Non-members

£1,800

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Agenda

Sunday April 6 2025

20:00hrs – 22:00hrs  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.pt). Separate booking is required; please email [email protected] 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, 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

5N Plus Inc
A R Merchants
Abcom Pte Ltd
Absolute Resources
ACI Industries
Advanced Alloy Services Ltd
Advanced Material Japan Corporation
Aerotek Metals & Alloys Ltd
AIM Products USA
AirMetal
Alfred H Knight International Limited
Amalgamet Limited
AMC
AMG Chrome Limited
Ampere Alloys
Ampere Systems Iberica S.L.
Andeco
Andes Metals
Argus Media
Arrandene MFG
ATI
Aurubis AG
Avon Speciality Metals Ltd
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
Bluestone Metals & Chemicals
Buss & Buss Spezialmetalle GmbH
C. Steinweg (Baltimore) Inc
C. Steinweg Belgium
C. Steinweg Handeslveem B.V.
Caledonian Alloys (PCC)
Camco Alloys & Metals
Campine
CCMA LLC
CMT Rare Metal Advanced Material (Hunan) Co Ltd
COMMET
Current Chemicals
Daido Steel Group Europe GmbH
Darton Commodites Ltd
DERA/BGR German Mineral Resources Agency
Dkaido Kogyo Co Ltd
DMT Alloy Processors
E & C Trading Ltd.
EAC Corporation
Earthmetrix
EIT RawMaterials GmbH
ELG Utica Alloys Limited
Elkem ASA Silicon Products
Environmetals LLC
Eural Gnutti S.P.A.
Exotech Inc
Filhet-Allard Maritime
FIR Metal & Resources Ltd
Firth Rixson Metals Ltd
Framatome
Gansu Jinchuan Liuzu New Material Application Science & Technology Co Ltd
Ganzhou Grand Sea Tungsten Co Ltd
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
ICD Alloys & Metals
ICD Europe
ICD Group
IMS Metals & Alloys OU
Indium Corporation of America
Inna Grikis PE
Innovative Tech O􀆯
Intellance
International Magnesium Association
Ireland Alloys Ltd
IXM
Jinlian (Jiangxi) Metal Resources Co Ltd
JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co Ltd
JJ Metals & Alloys Ltd
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
Metal Solutions
Metal Tech
Metalink International Co Ltd
Metallurgical Products (India) Pvt Ltd
Metherma KG
MFG Metall-und Ferrolegierungsgesellschaft mbh
Minterra FZC
Molymet
Moxba BV
MP Di􀆯usion Srl
Nanoscale Powders
National Center for Technology Foresight Ministry of Industry and Construction
Newbase Supply Chain Management (Shenzhen) Co Ltd
Ningbo Sunhu Chemical Ltd
Penningtons Manches
Peru Jin Sui Mining Co Ltd
Petrus Minerals
Philippine Chuangxin Industrial
Plansee Group
Platotex Technology
Powmet Inc
Pratt & Whitney
Prime Metals & Alloys
Proficio
Project Blue
Quest Alloy & Metals
RBD Global Metal Alloys Trading LLC
Remondis PMR BV
RFH Metals Co Ltd
Rhenium Alloys Inc
Rio Tinto
RJR Alloys Inc
Rolls Royce
Rotajet Systems Ltd
RS-Recycling GmbH
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Sabin Metal
Scandinavian Steel
Select Alloys & Materials
Shaanxi-Head Moly Industry Co Ltd
Siegfried Jacob Metallwerje GmbH & Co Kg
SIMA
SJM Alloys & Metals
Sonic Solutions Ltd
Sorecfer
Squarepoint Capital
Starmett International Ltd
Strategic Metal Investments
Super Spark International Co Ltd
Taniobis GmbH
Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center
Telex Metals
Terra Commodites LLC
Thaisarco Ltd
Thormet Europe
Titan International
Tokyo Metal Resources Co Ltd
Tosho Trading
Tradium GmbH
Trafigura
Tranzact Inc
Traxys Europe S.A.
Traxys North America
Tungsten Vietnam
U.S. Geological Survey
Uhr Corporation
UMC (United Mineral & Chemical)
Umicore N.V.
Unilink Commodities Trading Platform DMCC
Valent Asset Management
Viper Carbide & Metals Inc
Vital Materials Co Ltd/Vital Materials Europe
WGR Ltd
William Rowland
WMA Resources
Wogen Resources Limited
Wuhan Tuocai Technology Co.,Ltd
Xianghe Huiwen Energy Saving Technology Co Ltd
Ximei Resources Holding Limited
Yangling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co Ltd
Yano Metals Co Ltd
Zenith Metalik Alloys
Zhuzhou Keneng New Material Co Ltd