Kirsty Benham
Critical Minerals Association
Founder
Closing the loop: How to implement circular principles across the critical minerals value chain
09:00
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09:50
Circular principles have long been part of mining, but often at the site level, focused on waste reduction and operational efficiency. As the energy transition accelerates, demand for critical minerals is skyrocketing. To meet the estimated need for 3 billion tonnes of metal by 2050, we must rethink how we produce, use, and reuse these materials.
- Rethinking circularity and resource efficiency: How can miners manage waste and tailings more effectively?
- Beyond recycling: How circular design can help achieve sustainability goals
- What mindset shifts, incentives, industry and policy transformations are needed to actualise circular critical minerals?
- The business case for circularity: How to turn products and process loops into revenue streams.
Christian Spano
Vale Base Metals
Director, Circularity
Wen-Yu Weng
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Executive Lead - Critical Minerals (Energy Transition)
Dylan Sutton
CATL
Global Marketing and Communications Lead