Copper, a strategic metal? The present and future of resources, processing and recycling

Convenors :

• Edouard Asselin
• Patrick D'Hugues

Programme:

Day 1

• 08:15    Welcome    Pr. Fazzalari
• Big picture
• 08:30    Introduction to conference/setting the stage for upcoming talks    Drs. Asselin/d'Hugues
• 09:00    Copper: challenges and Opportunities    Dr Gothier
• 09:30    Evaluating supply risk patterns and supply and demand trends for the copper market    Mrs. Dorner
• 10:00    Coffee Break 30 min   
• 10:30    Copper: a key enabler of resource efficiency    Dr. Reuter
• Current methods
• 11:00    Hydrometallurgy for Copper Concentrates and High Grade Sulfide Ores:  Advancing by Opportunity and Necessity    Dr. Dreisinger
• 11:30    TBA
• 12:00    30 years of recycling of Copper Bearing Materials at HYDROMETAL (Belgium)   Dr. Henry
• 12:30    Lunch 120 min
• New possibilities
• 14:30    The CESL Process & the Future of Copper Concentrate Hydrometallurgy    Mr. Salomon-de-Friedberg
• 15:00    Integrated bioprocessing approaches for recovering copper from reduced and oxidized ores and waste materials    Dr. Johnson
• 15:30    Coffee Break 30 min   
• 16:00    Bioprocessing low grade sulphur ores - new reactor possibilities and process concepts    Dr. Guezennec
• 16:30    New methods to assess the copper life cycle    Dr. Villeneuve
• 17:00    FIN
• 19:30    Dinner

Day 2

• Workshop
• 09:00    Informal workshop. Overcoming barriers to the implementation of new technologies for copper production