Title: Agenda for Thursday, 4th of May 2023
Course: Rare Earth Elements value chain gaps and opportunities in the ADRIA region > Section: ONLINE WORKSHOP MATERIALS

ONLINE WORKSHOP

''Rare Earth Elements value chain gaps and opportunities in the ADRIA region”

Agenda for Thursday, 4th of May 2023

9:00-9:15 Opening of the workshop (Prof. Marta Mileusnić; Prof. Tina Žužek)

9:15-10:00 Introduction (Round table)

Panelists: Dr. Slavko Šolar (UNEC for Europe), Tina Benda (EIT Raw Materials); Prof. Nenad Tomašić (UNIZG-PMF), Efthymios Balomenos (Greek alumina plant MYTILINEOS); Prof. Kristina Žužek (JSI)

Moderator: Prof. Sibila Borojević Šoštarić (UNIZG RGNF)

10:00-10:30 Rare Earth Elements – introduction and basic properties (Prof. Nenad Tomašić, UNIZG-PMF, Croatia)

                10:30-10:45 Coffee break

10:45-11:15 Geology and classification of REE deposits (Prof. Borojević Šoštarić, UNIZG-RGNF, Croatia)

11:15-11:45 REE deposits in ADRIA region (Dr. Radusinović, GEOZMN, Montenegro)

11:45-12:15 Classification of waste and types of secondary REE sources (Prof. Marta Mileusnić, UNIZG-RGNF, Croatia)

12:15-12:45 Potential of secondary REE sources in ADRIA region (Dr. Robert Šajn, GEOZS, Slovenia)

12:45-13:00 Coffee break

13:00 -13:30 Process Metallurgy and Metal Recycling of REE (Prof. Srećko Stopić, RWTH Aachen University, Germany)

13:30-14:00 Final discussion and closing (all lecturers; moderator: Sibila Borojević Šoštarić (UNIZG RGNF)