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- Available to watch pre-conference from 15 March
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- Available to watch pre-conference from 15 March
- Market Overviews - Cobalt and Lithium, Nickel, Tin, Tungsten, Tantalum, Aluminium, Molybdenum, Zinc, Copper, Titanium, Rare Earths | Led by Argus experts
All market overviews for individual commodities will address the following questions
- How is the price behaving and what are the factors driving them?
- What is the outlook for the balance of supply and demand post-Covid?
- Are any regions emerging as new hubs of production and consumption?
30- minute presentations to be included:
- Cobalt and Lithium
- Nickel
- Tin
- Tungsten
- Tantalum
- Aluminium
- Molybdenum
- Zinc
- Copper
- Titanium
- Rare Earths
- Available to watch pre-conference from 15 March
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- Available to watch pre-conference from 15 March
- Nickel: Potential amidst uncertainty Norilsk Nickel, Brazilian Nickel
- How should nickel producers anticipate short and long-term demand from the battery and stainless steel markets – and to what extent could they shift?
- How does Indonesia’s growing importance to nickel supply affect the market on a global scale?
- To what extent are nickel’s price and growth opportunities affected by the cobalt market?
Confirmed speakers:
Denis Sharypin, Director- Strategic Marketing, Norilsk Nickel
Anne Oxley, Technical Director, Brazilian Nickel
- Available to watch pre-conference from 15 March
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- Available to watch pre-conference from 15 March
- Cobalt: The antihero of the electrification revolution Glencore, Eurasian Resources Group, Cobalt Institute
- How has the reduction in price over the last few years affected the dynamic and form of cobalt trade?
- How are producers responding to attempts to reduce or eliminate the battery market’s reliance on cobalt?
- What further developments are required to underpin sustainability in the cobalt industry?
Confirmed panelists:
David Brocas, Lead Cobalt Trader, Glencore
Michael Insulan, Senior Market Analyst, Eurasian Resources Group
Adam McCarthy, President, Cobalt Institute
- Available to watch pre-conference from 15 March
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- Available to watch pre-conference from 15 March
- Tin: Can new growth opportunities power demand to above pre-pandemic levels? ThyssenKrupp, Halcyon Metals, AfriMet Resources, Amalgamated Metal Trading
- How strong will the demand growth be from lithium-ion batteries and other new applications for tin?
- How could the geopolitics of international trade affect supply chains or cause them to re-align?
- What is the outlook for new investment in mines?
Confirmed panelists:
Sascha Ewert, Head of Non-Ferrous Metals, ThyssenKrupp
Hadley Natus, Managing Director, AfriMet Resources AG
Dharam Kotecha, Director, Halcyon Metals
Tom Mulqueen, Head of Research, Amalgamated Metal Trading Ltd
- Available to watch pre-conference from 15 March
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- Available to watch pre-conference from 15 March
- Rare Earths: The race to supply chain diversification Sonoash, BGRM
- As demand for rare earths grow, why is it so critical to have diversified sources of supply?
- What is the likelihood of Europe or the US creating their own internal supply chain, and what is the Plan B?
- What initiatives should governments and mining companies undertake to maximise their chances of success in a notoriously risky business?
Confirmed panelists:
Claudio Arato, Chief Technical Officer, Sonoash
Gaetan Lefebvre, Economist, BGRM
Live Q&A: Ask Argus and Meet the Speakers
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- 08:00 EST
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- 08:20 EST
- Meet the Speakers: Battery Metals Glencore, Brazilian Nickel
Live Q&A with speakers from the Cobalt and Nickel panels
- 08:30 EST
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- 08:50 EST
- Meet the Speakers: Battery Materials Eurasian Resources Group, Norilsk Nickel, Cobalt Institute
Live Q&A with speakers from the Cobalt and Nickel panels
- 09:00 EST
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- 09:45 EST
- Ask Argus: Minor Metals Argus
Live Q&A for Tungsten, Tantalum, Molybdenum and Titanium market overviews
- 11:00 EST
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- 11:45 EST
- Ask Argus: Base Metals Argus
Live Q&A for Aluminium, Nickel, Copper, Zinc or Tin market overviews
- 12:00 EST
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- 12:45 EST
- Ask Argus: Battery Metals Argus
Live Q&A for Nickel, Cobalt or Lithium market overviews
- 13:00 EST
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- 13:45 EST
- Ask Argus: Rare Earths Argus
Live Q&A for Rare Earths market overview
- 21:00 EST
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- 21:40 EST
- Can decarbonised mining become a reality? (Session One)
- Assessing the speed with which mining companies can reduce their reliance on fossil fuels for power and electricity
- What alternative and innovative methods can help to reduce emissions in the present and future?
- What are the consequences of decarbonisation for production costs, investment opportunities and trading?
- What alternative and innovative methods can help to reduce emissions in the present and future?
- What are the consequences of decarbonisation for production costs, investment opportunities and trading?
- 23:00 EST
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- 23:30 EST
- Maintaining the equilibrium between producers and investors after the pandemic (Session One)
- To what degree could economic pressures reduce ESG as a priority in the mining industry?
- How is investor activism developing in the wake of the pandemic?
- By which means can major actors across the metals value chain collaborate to maintain ESG at the forefront of operations?
- How is investor activism developing in the wake of the pandemic?
- By which means can major actors across the metals value chain collaborate to maintain ESG at the forefront of operations?
- 01:00 EST
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- 01:30 EST
- How can responsible sourcing initiatives be strengthened and empowered? (Session One)
- To what extent have the ICMM’s Mining Principles provided an achievable roadmap?
- What more can be done to expedite the standardisation of reporting guidelines for ESG and SLO?
- Where are we witnessing the biggest problems and disruptions due to a lack of standardisation?
- What more can be done to expedite the standardisation of reporting guidelines for ESG and SLO?
- Where are we witnessing the biggest problems and disruptions due to a lack of standardisation?
- 03:00 EST
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- 03:30 EST
- Implications of the US-China trade war for the metals industry (Session One)
- What is the current state of play regarding trade relations between the Americans and Chinese?
- How are metal prices being affected?
- In what manner are the tensions interplaying with supply chain diversification?
- How are metal prices being affected?
- In what manner are the tensions interplaying with supply chain diversification?
- 05:00 EST
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- 06:45 EST
- Digital Transformation of Metals Companies Workshop (First Screening) Alice Minuto
All presentations will run for 20 minutes each:
- Digital innovation path from traditional companies to pioneering digital organizations – Alice Minuto
- Technical tools and leadership behaviours
- Data management and work flow
- Reorganize for digital business and digital marketing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Technical tools and leadership behaviours
- Data management and work flow
- Reorganize for digital business and digital marketing
- Artificial Intelligence
- 08:00 EST
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- 08:40 EST
- Can decarbonised mining become a reality? (Session Two)
- Assessing the speed with which mining companies can reduce their reliance on fossil fuels for power and electricity
- What alternative and innovative methods can help to reduce emissions in the present and future?
- What are the consequences of decarbonisation for production costs, investment opportunities and trading?
- What alternative and innovative methods can help to reduce emissions in the present and future?
- What are the consequences of decarbonisation for production costs, investment opportunities and trading?
- 10:00 EST
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- 10:30 EST
- Maintaining the equilibrium between producers and investors after the pandemic (Session Two)
- To what degree could economic pressures reduce ESG as a priority in the mining industry?
- How is investor activism developing in the wake of the pandemic?
- By which means can major actors across the metals value chain collaborate to maintain ESG at the forefront of operations?
- How is investor activism developing in the wake of the pandemic?
- By which means can major actors across the metals value chain collaborate to maintain ESG at the forefront of operations?
- 12:00 EST
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- 12:30 EST
- How can responsible sourcing initiatives be strengthened and empowered? (Session Two)
- To what extent have the ICMM’s Mining Principles provided an achievable roadmap?
- What more can be done to expedite the standardisation of reporting guidelines for ESG and SLO?
- Where are we witnessing the biggest problems and disruptions due to a lack of standardisation?
- What more can be done to expedite the standardisation of reporting guidelines for ESG and SLO?
- Where are we witnessing the biggest problems and disruptions due to a lack of standardisation?
- 14:00 EST
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- 14:30 EST
- Implications of the US-China trade war for the metals industry (Session Two)
- What is the current state of play regarding trade relations between the Americans and Chinese?
- How are metal prices being affected?
- In what manner are the tensions interplaying with supply chain diversification?
- How are metal prices being affected?
- In what manner are the tensions interplaying with supply chain diversification?
- 16:00 EST
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- 17:45 EST
- Digital Transformation of Metals Companies Workshop (Second Screening) Alice Minuto
All presentations will run for 20 minutes each:
- Digital innovation path from traditional companies to pioneering digital organizations – Alice Minuto
- Technical tools and leadership behaviours
- Data management and work flow
- Reorganize for digital business and digital marketing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Technical tools and leadership behaviours
- Data management and work flow
- Reorganize for digital business and digital marketing
- Artificial Intelligence
- 21:00 EST
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- 21:40 EST
- What conclusions about the EV market have manufacturers drawn from 2020? (Session One)
- How has Covid affected EV production and sales?
- What are the possible macroeconomic, regulatory or consumer responses that may arise from the pandemic?
- What could these developments mean for the metals supply chain?
- What are the possible macroeconomic, regulatory or consumer responses that may arise from the pandemic?
- What could these developments mean for the metals supply chain?
- 23:00 EST
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- 23:30 EST
- Consolidating the Li-ion industry with a recycling market (Session One)
- Analysis of how a robust recycling market could affect the battery supply chain in environmental or political terms
- To what extent are the criticality of materials such as cobalt and lithium incentivising the development of a recycling industry?
- What examples of innovative new processes are currently in place or development?
- To what extent are the criticality of materials such as cobalt and lithium incentivising the development of a recycling industry?
- What examples of innovative new processes are currently in place or development?
- 02:00 EST
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- 02:30 EST
- Examining the core developments in advanced battery chemistry (Session One)
- Outline of the key trends in cathode and anode development, and what effect they have for metals suppliers
- How should these developments be considered in line with long-term projections of raw material supply?
- What other new innovations are being designed to optimise performance?
- How should these developments be considered in line with long-term projections of raw material supply?
- What other new innovations are being designed to optimise performance?
- 03:00 EST
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- 03:30 EST
- Assessment of the Rare Earth permanent magnet market
- 08:00 EST
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- 08:30 EST
- Consolidating the Li-ion industry with a recycling market (Session Two)
- Analysis of how a robust recycling market could affect the battery supply chain in environmental or political terms
- To what extent are the criticality of materials such as cobalt and lithium incentivising the development of a recycling industry?
- What examples of innovative new processes are currently in place or development?
- To what extent are the criticality of materials such as cobalt and lithium incentivising the development of a recycling industry?
- What examples of innovative new processes are currently in place or development?
- 10:00 EST
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- 10:40 EST
- What conclusions about the EV market have manufacturers drawn from 2020? (Session Two)
- How has Covid affected EV production and sales?
- What are the possible macroeconomic, regulatory or consumer responses that may arise from the pandemic?
- What could these developments mean for the metals supply chain?
- What are the possible macroeconomic, regulatory or consumer responses that may arise from the pandemic?
- What could these developments mean for the metals supply chain?
- 12:00 EST
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- 12:30 EST
- Examining the core developments in advanced battery chemistry (Session Two)
- Outline of the key trends in cathode and anode development, and what effect they have for metals suppliers
- How should these developments be considered in line with long-term projections of raw material supply?
- What other new innovations are being designed to optimise performance?
- How should these developments be considered in line with long-term projections of raw material supply?
- What other new innovations are being designed to optimise performance?
- 13:00 EST
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- 13:40 EST
- Aerospace and Metals Markets in the post-Covid world
- Quantifying the reduction in demand from the aerospace sector
- Where are we witnessing major differences in the consequences for different metals?
- Which factors will determine the extent to which the sector can recover?
- Where are we witnessing major differences in the consequences for different metals?
- Which factors will determine the extent to which the sector can recover?