6-9 Oct 2020 | Virtual Conference

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PROGRAMME

Day 1 – 06/10/2020 11:00 – 15:30 EEST

I Plenary Session
11:00 11:15 PRODUCTION OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN EUROPE:DREAMS, MISBELIEFS, MILESTONES, AND REALITIES [abstract][extended abstract] George BARAKOS Key Note
11:15 11:30 Primary rare earth element resources: a decade of research and development [abstract] Kathryn GOODENOUGH Key Note
11:30 11:45 COVID-19 and the mining sector, challenges and opportunities for Rare Earths Dimitrios Biliouris Key Note
11:45 12:00 LOW COST, LARGE AND SUSTAINABLE REES FROM GREENLAND [abstract] | [extended abstract] Damien KREBS Key Note
12:00 12:15 REE Minerals AS–the only proven exploitable LREE-resource in Western Europe [abstract] Håkon BREDA-RUUD Key Note
12:15 12:30 Building a Global Scandium Supply Chain: Crater Lake Project, Quebec, Canada [abstract] Peter J. CASHIN Key Note
12:30 12:45 THE EXTRACTION AND REFINING OF SCANDIUM FROM NIOCORP’S ELK CREEK DEPOSIT [abstract] Niels VERBAAN Key Note
12:45 13:00 The SCALE pilot for extraction of Sc from Bauixte Residue Efthymios BALOMENOS Key Note
13:00 13:15 Q&A
13:15 13:30 Break
II European REE Concentrates
13:30 13:45 Experimental investigation of magmatic and hydrothermal REE, Nb, Ta enrichment processes [abstract] Marion LOUVEL Oral presentation
13:45 14:00 Quantitative mineralogy in abating beneficiation of Greek placer sands for the recovery of REE-minerals [abstact] Sofia PETUSHOK Oral presentation
14:00 14:15 POTENTIALLY  ECONOMIC  REE  IN  Fe-Mn  CRUST DEPOSITS FROM THE CANARY ISLAND SEAMOUNT PROVINCE: HIGH RESOLUTION ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY THE METAL BEARING MINERALS [abstract] Egidio  MARINO Oral presentation
14:15 14:22 PRE-CONCENTRATION OF SCANDIUM CONTAINED IN SERPENTINITE BY FALCON CONCENTRATOR [abstract] Yiğit ALTINSEL Short Oral
III : European Secondary REE Resources
14:22 14:37 Investigation and comparison of scandium species in different European bauxite residues by combination of novel analytical tools [abstract] Marie C.HOFFMANN Oral presentation
14:37 14:52 INDUSTRIAL GARNET SAND AS A POTENTIALSECONDARY RESOURCE FOR SCANDIUM IN EUROPE [abstract] Franziska KLIMPEL Oral presentation
14:52 15:07 A Study to Determine the REE Potential of Waste and Waste water Originating fromTurkey for the Future [ abstract] Ayşe YÜKSEKDAĞ Short Oral
15:07 15:14 REE POTENTIAL OF BAUXITE-RELATED RESOURCES IN THE ESEE REGION: FOCUS TO CROATIA [abstract] Nenad TOMAŠIĆ Short Oral
15:14 15:30 Q&A

Day 2   07/10/2020  11:00 – 15:30 EEST

IV:  Sc Extraction from Industrial Residues
11:00 11:15 Recovery of Sc from Ti Tailing Solution using II-VI SIR Technology [extended abstract] Ghazaleh NAZARI Key Note
11:15 11:30 Towards the first recovery of scandium from waste acid: pilot-scale nanofiltration [abstract] Sebastian HEDWIG Oral presentation
11:30 11:45 CHEMICALLY OPTIMIZED LEACHING WITH MINERAL ACIDS OF BAUXITE RESIDUE FOR Sc RECOVERY [abstract] | [extended abstract] Konstantinos HATZILYBERIS Oral presentation
11:45 12:00 Utilizing task-specific ionic liquids for selective leaching and refining of Sc from Bauxite Residue [abstract] Elena MIKELLI Oral presentation
12:00 12:15 USE OF DIFFERENT MICROBIAL CULTURES FOR BIOLEACHING OF SCANDIUM FROM BAUXITE RESIDUE [abstract] Kyriaki KISKIRA Oral presentation
12:15 12:30 CRYSTALLIZATION OF A SCANDIUM PHASE IN THE VALORIZATION OF METALLURGICAL WASTE STREAMS [abstract] Edward PETERS Oral presentation
12:30 12:45 Extraction behavior of REEs compared on four different Bauxite Residues [abstract] Anastasia PILICHOU Short Oral
12:45 13:00 COMPARISON STUDY OF Sc EXTRACTION FROM BAUXITE RESIDUE USING PHOSPHORIC AND SULPHURIC ACID [abstract] Lamprini-Areti TSAKANIKA Short Oral
13:00 13:15 Q&A
13:15 13:30 Break
V: REE processing
13:30 13:45 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEARCH MINERALS’ DIRECT EXTRACTION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE RECOVERY OF REE FROM ITS CRITICAL REE DISTRICT IN SE LABRADOR [abstract] Niels VERBAAN Key Note
13:45 14:00 SULPHATION ROASTING AND LEACHING FOR THE SELECTIVE EXTRACTION OF LIGHT REES FROM VARIOUS SOUTH AFRICAN RESOURCES [abstract] Kgomotso MALULEKE Oral presentation
14:00 14:15 MESOPOROUS SILICA SORBENTS FOR ADSORPTION AND SEPARATION OF REE [abstract] Ani VARDANYAN Oral presentation
14:15 14:30 Chelation-assisted ion-exchange leaching of rare earths [abstract] Georgiana A. MOLDOVEANU Oral presentation
14:30 14:30 Extraction and Characterisation of Rare-earth Oxides from Titaniferous and Monazite Concentrates [abstract] Vitalis CHIPAWKE Oral presentation
14:45 15:30 RARE EARTH ELEMENT SEPARATION FROM PHOSPHOGYPSUM WITH OF ION EXCHANGE AND BIODEGRADABLE ELUENTS [abstract] Santeri KURKINEN Oral presentation
15:00 15:30 Q&A

Day 3   08/10/2020  11:00 – 15:30 EEST

VI : REE Metal production
11:00 11:20 Production of Al-Sc alloy by electrolysis in cryolite melt using Sc2O3 feed. Results obtained in a large-scale laboratory cell [abstract] Ana Maria MARTINEZ Key Note
11:20 11:35 Dissolution kinetics of Neodymium and Praseodymium oxides in a 50-50 mol% NdF3-LiF Melt using a CCD Graphite Probe and LECO Analysis [abstract] | [extended abstract] Samuel SENANU Oral presentation
11:35 11:50 Stabilisation of Neodymium and Praseodymium molten salt electrolysis to avoid unwanted side reactions [abstract] Dominic FELDHAUS Oral presentation
11:50 12:05 In-situ Extraction of Al-Scby Metallothermy via Vacuum Induction Melting [abstract] | [extended abstract] Frederic BRINKMANN Oral presentation
12:05 12:20 ELECTRODEPOSITION OF SCANDIUM FROM AN IONIC LIQUID SOLUTION [abstract] | [extended abstract] Dimitrios PANIAS Oral presentation
12:20 12:27 METAL DEPOSITION FROM IONIC LIQUIDS FOR SURFACE COATINGS [abstract] Boyan ILIEV Short Oral
12:27 12:42 Synthesis and Characterisation of Y2O3:Eu/Ag powders [abstract] | [extended abstract] Srecko STOPIC Oral presentation
12:42 12:57 Q&A
12:57 13:15 Break
VII: EOL REE Recycling
13:15: 13:30 Innovative Scandium Recovery Method from MetallicEnd Life Products [abstract] | [extended abstract] Bengi YAGMURLU Oral presentation
13:30 13:45 Recovery of critical raw materials from production rejects of the special glass industry by means of gas phase reaction [abstract] Anna-Lisa BACHMANN Oral presentation
13:45 14:00 RECYCLING OF NEODYMIUM, DYSPROSIUM, ANDPRASEODYMIUM FROM END-OF-LIFE NdFeB MAGENTS [abstract] Gisele AZIMI Oral presentation
14:00 14:15 RECOVERY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS FROM NEODYMIUM MAGNET WASTE USING SIMULTANEOUS LEACHING AND PRECIPITATION WITH CARBOXYLIC ACIDS [abstract] Siiri PERÄMÄKI Oral presentation
VIII : Impacts from REE processing
14:15 14:30 DESIGNING DIFFERENTIATED APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE: LESSONS FROM THE H2020 SECREETS PROJECT [abstract] | [extended abstract] Martin WATSON Oral presentation
14:30 14:45 ECOTOXICITY OF RESIDUES FROM THE LEACHING PROCESS OF BAUXITE RESIDUE FOR SCANDIUM PRODUCTION [abstract] Viktória FEIGL Oral presentation
14:45 14:52 ECOTOXICITY ASSESSMENT OF NANOFILTRATION PRODUCTS AS THE FIRST STEP OF SCANDIUM PRODUCTION FROM TITANIUM DIOXIDE PRODUCTION WASTE [abstract] Ildikó FEKETE-KERTÉSZ Short Oral
14:52 14:59 QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF RESIDUES GENERATED IN SCANDIUM PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES [abstract] Emese VASZITA Short Oral
14:59 15:14 Gaseous emissions during rare earth electrolysis [abstract] Ole S. KJOS Oral presentation
15:14 15:30 Q&A