International Minor Metals Conference 2010

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The Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park Hotel

International Minor Metals 2010

For full details call +44 (0)20 7840 0145 or email

Don't forget to book for the Minor Metals Trade Association's International Minor Metals Conference, which is the biggest international event for the industry.

Bringing together the world’s minor metals and related industries, this is the key opportunity to discuss current and future trends.
The 2010 event combines an exceptional programme of presentations with fantastic networking opportunities, including the welcome reception which is hosted by London Metal Exchange on its world famous open outcry trading ring and the gala dinner on April 27 which is being held at the Science Museum. (www.sciencemuseum.org.uk). The gala dinner is very kindly sponsored by LN Metals International Ltd.

Sponsor of the welcome reception

Sponsor of the gala dinner

The theme for this event is "Minor Metals Transform the World" and the programme will look at areas where there is the potential for positive growth in demand for a wide range of minor metals, for instance in new energy/power solutions and in environmental products, as well as in automotive, aerospace, electronics, turbines, solar power, etc.

The focus now is also on developing new resources to meet the world's growing requirements for ‘Clean Technologies’ and to meet global carbon reduction targets. Many of these technologies are reliant on minor and specialty metals to work. This conference will also address who will supply these resources? What efforts are governments making to ensure that mine projects are developed? What are the prevailing thoughts on stockpiling and inventory management?

Metals covered in this event will include: Cobalt, Molybdenum, Rhenium, Magnesium, Lithium, Selenium, Indium, Tellurium, Cadmium, Rare Earth Metals, Rhodium, Silicon, Germanium, Gallium, Chromium, Silicon, Niobium, Tantalum and many more.

In addition, February 2010 will see the launch of the LME's two new contracts for Cobalt and Molybdenum and this will also be a focus for the conference in 2010.

To register your attendance to the premier global event for the minor metals industry please contact the MMTA or Metal Events on +44 20 7840 0145 or

Programme: "Minor Metals Transform the World"

Monday 26th April
18:00 Conference registration at the LME

18:00-20:00 LME welcomes all conference attendees to a reception on the Ring

Sponsor of the welcome reception

Tuesday 27th April
08:30     Registration desk opens
09:00     Welcome remarks
09:10    Keynote Address: "The World of Elements", by Dr Max Whitby, Director, The Red, Green & Blue Co Ltd, UK;

Session 1: Minor Metals & Energy: Batteries & Turbines - Markets for Cobalt & Rare Earths
09:30     "Li ion versus NiMH - trends for rechargeable batteries", by Christophe Pillot, Avicenne, France
09:55     "Rare Earths in hybrid cars and batteries", by Ian Higgins, Commercial Director, Less Common Metals, UK
10:20     "Elements for gas turbines," by a senior representative of Firth Rixson Ltd, UK
10:45      "Will there be sufficient rare earths to meet demand from clean technology?" by speaker tba
11:05       Q&A Session

11:15 Coffee break kindly hosted by Basemetals.com/Minormetals.com


sponsor of the	coffee breaks

Session 2: Minor Metals & Energy: Storage & Distribution - Markets for Molybdenum, Rhodium and PGMs
11:45    "Global molybdenum market outlook and pricing", by Judith Chegwidden, Managing Director, Roskill Information Services, UK
12:10    "Rhodium, pgms and rhenium markets and applications (fuel cells)", by Lawrence Matthews, Business Development Manager, Global Chemicals, Johnson Matthey Plc, UK
12:35     "A presentation on niobium and its applications", by Jorg Schielke, Engineered Materials Division, Business Unit Special Metals Technology, W. C. Heraeus GmbH, Germany

12:45-14:00 Luncheon

Session 3: Trading & Stockpiling - Managing Resources
14:00-15:00 Looking at international policies for sourcing and holding strategic inventories of minor metals and the impact these policies have on the industry.

Panellists:     Paul Anciaux, DG Enterprise & Industry, European Commission, Belgium;
                        Takahiro Hagiwara, Deputy General Manager, JOGMEC, UK
                        Representative of the Defense Logistics Agency, USA;
15:00     Tea break kindly hosted by Basemetals.com/Minormetals.com


sponsor of the	coffee breaks

15:30-16:15 MMTA's Annual General Meeting

Sponsor of the gala dinner

19:00-23:30 MMTA's Gala Dinner at the Making the Modern World Gallery, Science Museum, London. Sponsored by LN Metals International Ltd.

Wednesday 28th April
09:00 Registration desk opens
09:15 Welcome remarks

Session 4: New Applications for Light Metals - Magnesium & Lithium
09:20    "Magnesium in aerospace applications", by Ross Baird, Procurement Manager, Magnesium Elektron, UK;
09:45     Lithium market developments by a senior represenative of Chemetall GmbH -Lithium Division, Germany
10:10     Q&A Session
10:20    Coffee break kindly hosted by Basemetals.com/Minormetals.com


sponsor of the	coffee breaks

Session 5: Meeting the demands of hi-tech industries - Se, In, Te, Cd
11:00      "Future usage of Se in CIGS", by Bernd Treiber, Managing Director, Retorte GmbH, Germany
11:25     "Overview of indium applications", by Brian O' Neil, AIM Specialty Materials, USA
11:50     "The challenges in closing the loop for special metals (In, Se, Te)", by Dr Christina Meskers, Business Development, Umicore Precious Metals Refining, Belgium
12:15     "Chinese indium market developments," by Wendy Yao, Beijing Antaike Information Development Co Ltd, PR China

12:30 Q&A Session
12:30-14:30 Conference close by the MMTA Chairman followed by Luncheon

There are various exhibition space and sponsorship packages available please contact us for more information. This is programme will be updated in due course.

Attendees

ABSCO Materials
Advanced Alloy Services Ltd
AIM Specialty Materials
Alex Stewart Assayers Inc
Alfred H Knight International
All Metals & Materials Inc
Amalgamated Metal Corporation
Ampere Alloys
AON Commodity Trade Insurance Brokers
Areva-Cezus
Avicenne
Avon Metals Ltd
Basemetals.com
Beijing Antaike Information Development
Chemetall GmbH - Lithium Division
C. Steinweg
C. Steinweg Handelsveem BV
Credit Suisse
CWT Commodities (Antwerp) N.V.
Darton Commodities Ltd
Defense Logistics Agency
Dorfner Anzaplan
Euroinvest International
European Commission
Euro-Rijn International BV
Firth Rixson Ltd
Floridienne Chimie
F.W. Hempel Metallurgical
H.C. Starck GmbH
Heraeus Metal Processing Ltd
Hudson Metals Corporation
Hydrometal SA
IK Intertrade
Innova Recycling GmbH
Ivanhoe Australia Limited
Jean Goldschmidt International SA
Jiangxi Rare Earth & Rare Metals Tungsten Co Ltd
Johnson Matthey Catalysts
Johnson Matthey Plc
Jogmec
J. Oosterom & Zoon BV
Lambert Metals International Ltd
Less Common Metals
Lipmann Walton & Co Ltd
LN Metals International Ltd
London Chemicals & Resources Ltd
London Metal Exchange
LSM Analytical Services
Magnesium Elektron Ltd
Maritime House
Marmara Metal Mamulleri Tic AS
Metal-Pages Ltd
Metalpolveri Srl
Metherma KG
Mitsubishi Corporation (UK) Plc
MTU Aero Engines
Pacific Materials (UK) Ltd
Pacific Rare Specialty Metals & Chemicals Inc
Pacorini Holland
Penningtons Solicitors LLP
Plansee SE
Powmet Inc
Retorte GmbH Selenium Chemicals & Metals
Retorte GmbH
Rittenhouse International Resources LLC
Roskill Information Services Ltd
Sanab Ltd
SFP Metals (UK) Ltd
Shanghai Greatpower Industry Co
Shanghai Sino-Perfect Co Ltd
Shangxiang Minmetals Inc
Shengyuan Metal Company Ltd
Sidech
Simmonds (Metal Trading) Ltd
Sino Tungsten Limited
Sovereign International Metals & Alloys Inc
Stapleford Trading Limited
Stewart Group
Tradium Gmbh
Tranzact Inc
Traxys Belgium SA/NV
Umicore Precious Metals Refining
Vital Chemicals Company Ltd
W.C. Heraeus GmbH
Wilhelm Grillo Handeslgesellschaft wbH
Wogen Resources Ltd
Womet GmbH
Zhuhai Kingdo Metals & Chemicals Co Ltd