Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre Brisbane, Australia 26 - 28 August 2024 One of the biggest conferences on the AusIMM calendar, Critical Minerals 2024, returns to the Brisbane Conference and Exhibition Centre from 26 - 28 August. The organising committee is now calling for abstracts to be incorporated into the conference program. Submitting an abstract […]
Organized since 2000 by the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), the ATALANTE Conference provides an international forum for presentations and discussions on advances for future fuel cycles and waste management. Previous editions took place in Avignon (2000), Nîmes (2004) and Montpellier (2008, 2012, and 2016).
The world’s dependency on metals has become more evident with the growing demand for metals required to drive advancements in the technological and digital landscape and, the energy transition for a carbon neutral future. This growing demand however, implies that the metal extraction industry will need to play a significant role in providing the world […]
The First International Circular Hydrometallurgy Symposium (Mechelen, Belgium, 9-11 September 2024) will give the floor to world-leading academic and industrial hydrometallurgists to provide visionary lectures on what “The Twelve Principles of Circular Hydrometallurgy” may mean for the future of hydrometallurgy, knowing that, without metals, there is no transition to a climateneutral economy! The Symposium is organized […]
Critical Raw Materials are essential in the modern-day economy, for renewable energy technologies, electric vehicles, long-duration energy storage (LDES) and digitalisation, allowing our society to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).1 The European Commission’s (EC) Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) sets mining, processing and recycling benchmarks to reduce Europe’s dependency on just a few third […]
SIM² KU Leuven is the KU Leuven Institute for Sustainable Metals and Minerals, one of the flagship KU Leuven Institutes. SIM² mission is to develop, organise and implement problem-driven, science-deep research and future-oriented education, contributing to the environmentally friendly production and recycling of metals, minerals and engineered materials, supporting the transition to a climate-friendly, circular-economy.
KU Leuven Institute for Sustainable Metals and Minerals
