Global Rare Earths Summit 2022 | City & Financial Global | 31 March 2022 | Virtual

This leading virtual summit will provide a forum where senior policy members, mining, financial and supply chain executives can discuss how to manage the supply/demand squeeze for rare earths and meet the global need for a swift and responsible transition to green energy.

Rare earth elements have grown in popularity over the past 20 years due to the explosion in demand for technologies that require them. As energy transitions gather pace, clean energy technologies, which rare earth elements are essential for, are becoming the fastest-growing segment of demand. Crucial to battery performance, longevity, energy density and magnetics, these elements are essential for electric vehicles and wind turbines, to name but a few.

The opportunities that rare earths present are immense, especially with new frontiers being pushed in the mining and refining, but the challenges posed by their use are vital to address and prepare for. Scarcity and geopolitical uncertainty make sourcing and utilising rare earth elements an ever-increasing challenge, especially in the face of skyrocketing demand. The environmental and social impacts of mining are also under scrutiny from investors and other stakeholders, especially as new mines open and existing mines push their production levels to their limits.

This summit will bring together senior policy figures and company executives to discuss how to manage the supply/demand squeeze for rare earths and meet energy transitions swiftly and responsibly.

Key topics to be discussed:
• Ensuring security of supply & strategies for meeting anticipated increase in demand
• Financing the mining, refining and utilisation of rare earths
• Dealing with rare metal and mineral waste
• Mitigating the impacts of mining on biodiversity, the environment and human rights
• Meeting the green transition with constraints on rare metals
• Resourcing new and important dependencies

Who should attend?
Senior management at renewable energy companies, battery manufacturers and mining companies, as well as their supply chains. Heads of energy, natural resources and project finance at banks and investment firms. The advisory community, including law firms and consultancies.

2022 Speakers

Gary Stanley
Director, Office of Materials Industries, U.S. Department of Commerce

Guillaume Pitron
Journalist and Author, “The Rare Metals War: The Dark Side of Clean Energy and Digital Technologies”

Dr Badrinath Veluri
President, Global Rare Earth Industry Association

Chen Zhanheng
Vice President, China Rare Earth Industry Association

Drew Horn
President and CEO, Greentech Minerals Holdings and ex-Advisor, U.S. Government

Gaius King
Resource Analyst, Fox Davies Capital

Namrata Thapar
Global Head of Mining, International Finance Corporation

Elbert Loois
CEO, E-Tech Resources Inc.

Salim Moiz Bhabhrawala
Critical Minerals Sector Lead, Office of Materials Industries, U.S. Department of Commerce

Ryan Castilloux
Founder and Managing Director, Adamas Intelligence

Dr Roland Gauß
Head of Innovation and Business Intelligence, EIT RawMaterials GmbH

Dr Gavin M. Mudd
Associate Professor, RMIT University School of Engineering

David Woodall
Managing Director, Australian Strategic Materials

Janice Zinck
Executive Director, Geoscience and Mines, Government of Nova Scotia, Canada

Dr Robert Pell
Founder & Director, Minviro and Chair, LCA Committee, Rare Earth Industry Association

Dr Eleni Michalopoulou
Research Associate, Stockholm Environment Institute & Council Member, Global Future Council on Clean Air, World Economic Forum

Gareth Hatch
Managing Director, Strategic Materials Advisors & Chairman & CEO, Innovation Metals Corp

Lloyd Kaiser
General Manager, Arafura Resources

Dimitri Koufos
Associate Director and Direct Finance Unit Lead, EBRD

2022 Sponsors and Partner

PARTNER:
• REIA

SPONSORS:
• ASM
• E-TECH RESOURCES INC.