MMTA International Minor Metals Conference 2026

The MMTA’s International Minor Metals Conference and AGM 2026 will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver, Canada, on 21–23 April 2026.

FULLY BOOKED

Agenda Outline

Monday April 20 2026
07.30hrs – 15:30hrs Golf Tournament kindly sponsored by ICD Group. Separate booking is required; please email [email protected] for more details.
19:00hrs – 21:00hrs  Margarita Cocktail Party kindly sponsored by IMS Metals & Alloys

Tuesday April 21 2026
17:00 hrs onwards – registration
18:00hrs – 20:00hrs Welcome Reception kindly sponsored by CCMA LLC

Wednesday April 22 2026
08:00hrs Registration and Barista Coffee Break sponsored by Exotech until midday
09:00hrs MMTA’s AGM
09.30hrs Barista Coffee Break sponsored by Exotech
Session 1: Trade, Tariffs & Minor Metals in a Changing World Order
09:45 hrs Introduction by Rachel Carnac, Co-Founder & Joint Managing Director, Metal Events Ltd, UK;
09:50 hrs Welcome remarks by Chair, MMTA, UK;
10:00 hrs – “Refractory alloy solutions for a changing world”, by Carolina Frey, R&D Metallurgist, ATI Specialist Materials, USA;
10:30 “Criticality + Instability = Opportunity (?)” by Thomas Feldmann, Corporate Development Director, 5N Plus, Canada
11:00hrs – “The Impact of Geopolitics on Minor Metals – From Globalization to Strategic Competition”, by Jan Giese, Senior Manager Minor Metals & Rare Earth Elements Sales, Tradium GmbH, Germany;
11:30hrs Barista Coffee Break sponsored by Exotech
Session 2: Minor Metals at a Crossroads
12:00hrs – “Impact of Foreign Policies on CRM supply chains”, by Theo D. Ruas, Global Sales Manager, Metals & Compounds, Indium Corporation, USA;
12:30hrs – “High purity Indium and Gallium, critical metal materials, market situation”, by Mandy Yin, Sales Deputy General Manager, Zhuzhou Keneng New Material Co,Ltd.PR China;
13:00 hrs  – “Shifting dynamics in antimony: how supply, demand and geopolitics are redefining the market landscape,” by Grace Asenov, Market Editor, Fastmarkets, USA;
13:30hrs – 14:30hrs Luncheon sponsored by Titan International
14:30-15:30 hrs Session 3: Panel discussion: “How are minor metals defining a new world order? Trade, Technology and Defence.” Panellists include:  David S. Abraham, Affiliate Professor, Boise State University, USA; Ian Margerison,  Executive Marketing Manager, Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center (T.I.C.), Belgium
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 ATI,  ICD Group and Donald McArthy Alloy Processors (Dress Code: Lounge Suit)

Thursday April 23 2026
09:00hrs  Registration desk reopens – Barista Coffee Break sponsored by Exotech until midday
Session 4 – Supply security and developing stable supply chains
9.30hrs   “Developments in high purity metal: titanium, cobalt, niobium, and tantalum”, by Dr Jinghui Wu, CEO, Ningbo Chuangrun New Materials Co., Ltd. (CRNMC), PR China;
10.00hrs “Wolfram Wars: tungsten and the scarcity trap”, by Will Parry-Jones, Independent Consultant, Wolfram Advisory,  UK;
10:30-11:15 Barista Coffee Break sponsored by Exotech
Session 5 – Key Market Developments in Defence, Aerospace and Automotive
11:15hrs –”Critical materials in the aerospace & defence industry”, by Jessica Fung, Head of Consulting, Project Blue, USA;
11:45 hrs – “Critical materials in automotive”, by Zach Schumacher, Americas Metals Editor, Argus Metals, USA;
12:15 hrs Closing remarks
12:30-14:00  Luncheon sponsored by Titan International

To Book and find out more information, please visit Metal Events  or contact the MMTA at [email protected] 

List of attendees:

5N Plus Inc
13D Research
Abcom Pte Ltd
AB Trading America Corp
Absolute Resources
Advanced Alloy Services Ltd
Aerotek Metals & Alloys Limited
Affilips N.V.
AIM Products LLC
AIM Solder 
Alfred H Knight International
AMG Brasil
AMG Chrome Ltd
AMJC
Andes Metals SpA
A&R Merchants Inc
Arrandene Mfg Ltd
ATI
Atlantic Metals & Alloys LLC
Aurubis AG
Avon Specialty Metals Ltd
Beijing Huasheng Precious Metals Materials
Boise State University
BRGM
Buss & Buss Spezialmetalle GmbH
CAI Custom Alloys
Caledonian Alloys
Caledonian Alloys (PCC Revert Group)
Camco Alloys & Metals
Canadian Trade Commission
Cannon Muskegon Corporation
CBMM
CCMA LLC
Central Machinery & Metals
Changsha Zimo Metal Material Co. Ltd
Climax Molybdenum
CM Aerospace LLC
CMT Rare Metal Advanced Materials (Hunan) Co Ltd
Codelco USA
Consolidated Precision Products Corp
Corning Switzerland GmbH
Corning USA
C. Steinweg Belgium N.V.
C. Steinweg – Handelsveem B.V.
C. Steinweg (USA) Inc
CUEX Metal AG
Current Chemicals, Inc
CVD Ceramics Inc
Darton Commodities Ltd
DMT Alloy Processors
Doncasters
Dubal International LLP
EAC Corporation
Earth Metals LLC
Elemental Metals
ELG Utica Alloys
Environmetals LLC
Exotech Inc
FAM International Corp
Finamet Corporation Ltd
FIR Metal & Resources
Fomas Group
Fort Wayne Metals
Gansu Jinchuan Liuzu New Material Application Science & Technology Co Ltd
Ganzhou Grand Sea Tungsten Co Ltd
Ganzhou Sunny Non-Ferrous Metal Co Ltd
GE Aerospace
GE Chaplin Inc
Gerald Group
GE Vernova
Glencore
Globe Metal Inc
Gredium Material Co Ltd
Hanwa America Corp
Hefa Rare Earth Canada 
Hartree Partners LP
Heraeus Precious Metals
Howmet Aerospace
Hudson Metals & Alloy LLC
Hunan Kailida New Materials Co Ltd
Hunan Viper Metal Materials Co Ltd
ICD Europe Ltd
ICD Alloys & Metals
Imaco Commerce Trading LLC
Import Capital Partners
IMS Metals & Alloys
Indium Corp of America
Ireland Alloys
Jiangxi Copper Corp
Jiujiang Jinxin Nonferrous Metals Co Ltd
Kairos Specialty Metals Corp
KGHM Polska Miedz S.A.
Kohsei Co Ltd
Korea PGM Co Ltd
Korea Zinc
Lehmann & Voss Co KG
Linct Materials Pte Ltd
Lipmann Walton & Co Ltd
Linct Materials
Luna Advanced Materials Co Ltd
Luoyang Combat Tungsten & Molybdenum Materials Co Ltd
Maan Shyang Hardware Company
Maritime House Ltd
Materion Corporation
MBR Metals
Metal Do Co Ltd
Metal Solutions
Metalink Special Alloys Corporation
MetalTech
Metherma KG
Molymet
Moxba N.L.
Nanoscale Powders LLC
National Material LP
NIC Resources Co Ltd
NIC Resources
Ningbo Chuangrun New Materials Co Ltd (CRNMC)
Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Corp Ltd
NPM Silmet OU
Oerlikon Metco (US) 
PCC Airfoils
Peak Alloys
Pennington Manches Cooper LLC
Plansee SE
Plaxys Inc
PMET Resources Inc
Powmet Inc
Prime Metals & Alloys
Project Blue
RBD Global Metalloy Trading LLC
Reade International Corp
Rio Tinto
RJR Alloys Inc
Rolls Royce
Rovjok
RS-Recycling GmbH
RTX
Sabin Metal Company
SepMetal Technologies
Shaanxi Head-Moly Industry Co Ltd
Shinemetal Co Ltd
Sino-Minmet International Co Ltd
S J M Alloys & Metals Ltd
S&P Global Energy
Sojitz Corporation
Sonic Solutions Ltd
Sorecfer
Sovereign International Metals & Alloys Inc 
Starmett International 
Stelbridge International LLC
Strategic Metal Investment Ltd
Summit Technology & Resources Inc
Super Spark International Co Ltd
Tanimura Corporation
Taniobis GmbH
Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center
Teck Metals
Teck Resources
Telex Metals LLC
The Chem-Met Company
Titan International Inc
Tradium GmbH
Tranzact Inc
Traxys Europe
Traxys North America
Tungsten Vietnam JSC
Uhr Corp
UMC Corp
Umicore N.V.
United Base Metals Sdn Bhd
US Geological Survey
Valent Asset Management
Viper Carbide & Metals Inc
Vital Chemicals USA
Vital Materials Co Ltd
VLCor Baltic OU
VMET Srl
William Rowland Americas
William Rowland Ltd
Wogen
Wogen Resources
Wolfram Advisory
Xiangxi Fengda Alloys Ltd
Ximei Resources Holding Ltd
Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co Ltd
Yano Metals Co Ltd
Yuanjie New Material Technology (ZheJiang)