GDMB seminar: Sustainable process metallurgy as the key to a circular economy
| Thursday, 5 June 2025 | |
| 8.00 - 8:30 | Arrival |
| 8.30 - 8.45 | Welcome Prof. Dr.- Ing. Alexandros Charitos, TU Bergakademie Freiberg |
| 8.45 - 9.30 | „A flexible smelter flowsheet as enabler to process primary and secondary materials“ Dr. Christoph Zschiesche, Glencore Nordenham |
| 9:30 - 9:45 | Coffee break |
| 9.45 - 10.30 | Plasma Torch Technology: Benefits, Overview, and Challenges with a Focus on the Metallurgical Industry Mr. Paul Smit (Pauli) Baumann - Global Director & Associate - Hatch Küttner GmbH |
| 10.30 - 11.15 | "Aluminium recycling: A significant contribution to raw material security in Europe" Dr. Stefan Wibner, Montanuniversität Leoben |
| 11.15 - 12.00 | Advanced Circular Economy for Copper: Industrial State of the Art in Copper Recycling Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Hanusch, Technical Director, Recycling & Secondaries Processing – Hatch Küttner GmbH |
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Lunch break |
| 13.00 - 13.45 | Recycling of rare earths: from EoL products to metals and alloys – activities at INEMET/TU Bergakademie Freiberg Prof. Dr.- Ing. Alexandros Charitos, TU Bergakademie Freiberg |
| 13:45 - 15.30 | Institute tours: Institute of Nonferrous Metallurgy and High-Purity Materials (Venue: Leipziger Str. 34, 09599 Freiberg) |