CRU Metals in the Future 2018 is a conference dedicated to the long-term impact of green technology on metals supply and demand, examining aluminium, steel, minor metals, base metals, ferroalloys and more.
CRU Metals in the Future 2018 covers topics such as:
- What these developments mean for battery metals
- How green technologies in energy, transportation and construction will change metals demand
- What the future of recycling and reuse means for primary demand
- What big data means for how materials are produced, transported, stocked, consumed and monitored
- Different regulatory speeds and competitiveness issues through capital investment, process innovation and portfolio optimisation
- How to reduce the environmental footprint of metals and mining operations and become more resource efficient, from mine to market
- Outlook for over 30 commodities associated with the metal intensive green economy
CRU Metals in the Future 2018 brings together:
- Miners - tier one, mid-tier and exploration
- Steel, aluminium, base metals, minor metals and ferroalloys producers
- Semi-fabricators
- Automotive, construction, white goods, yellow goods, packaging, aerospace, and other metal-intensive manufacturers
- Engineering, procurement and construction companies
- Ferrous and non-ferrous recyclers
- Oil and gas producers
- Metals and mining associations
- Speciality chemicals companies
- Electricity utilities, renewable and alternative energy companies
- ‘Big data’ and analytics companies
- Banks, venture capitalists and private equity
- Software and engineering services
- Interdisciplinary research organisations
- Law firms
- Nanotechnology, energy storage and other breakthrough technology companies
- Academic institutions
