Critical Minerals Association (UK)

From London to Birmingham and everywhere in between, it’s been a whirlwind week for the Department for Business and Trade's Critical Mineral Investment team! 🚀 And guess what? We’re not done yet… ✅ Monday: We launched the UK Investment Prospectus, a comprehensive guide showcasing opportunities in the UK’s critical minerals sector. It’s designed to help investors understand the market, policy support, and future growth potential. Download it here: https://lnkd.in/eWVsCkkk ✅ Midweek: After attending the Critical Minerals Association (UK) Annual Conference, we headed to Resourcing Tomorrow to connect with government and industry friends old and new. As you know, collaboration is key to securing resilient supply chains. ✅ Then: We hurtled up to Birmingham to visit HyProMag Ltd ’s gleaming facility, where innovation meets sustainability. HyProMag is pioneering the recycling of rare earth magnets, reducing reliance on mined materials and driving the circular economy forward. 🌍 ✅ Now: Back at our desks, wrapping up the week with stakeholder meetings because the conversation never stops when it comes to securing the UK’s critical minerals' future. Jeff Townsend Kirsty Benham Mrug Upadhyay Grace Humphries Anna Holtmon-Jones Ros Lund Allan Walton George Dunleavy Ladan Mohamed

From London to Birmingham and everywhere in between, it’s been a whirlwind week for the Department for Business and Trade's Critical Mineral Investment team! 🚀 And guess what? We’re not done yet… ✅ Monday: We launched the UK Investment Prospectus, a comprehensive guide showcasing opportunities in the UK’s critical minerals sector. It’s designed to help investors understand the market, policy support, and future growth potential. Download it here: https://lnkd.in/eWVsCkkk ✅ Midweek: After attending the Critical Minerals Association (UK) Annual Conference, we headed to Resourcing Tomorrow to connect with government and industry friends old and new. As you know, collaboration is key to securing resilient supply chains. ✅ Then: We hurtled up to Birmingham to visit HyProMag Ltd ’s gleaming facility, where innovation meets sustainability. HyProMag is pioneering the recycling of rare earth magnets, reducing reliance on mined materials and driving the circular economy forward. 🌍 ✅ Now: Back at our desks, wrapping up the week with stakeholder meetings because the conversation never stops when it comes to securing the UK’s critical minerals' future. Jeff Townsend Kirsty Benham Mrug Upadhyay Grace Humphries Anna Holtmon-Jones Ros Lund Allan Walton George Dunleavy Ladan Mohamed

Armenia’s delegation is participating in the 5th Annual “Critical Minerals: Shaping the Future” Conference, organized by the Critical Minerals Association (UK). 🌍 Representing Armenia at the event are: Vardan Jhanyan, First Deputy General Director of the Zangezur Copper Molybdenum Combine (ZCMC) Armen Stepanyan, Director of Sustainability at ZCMC Harutyun Movsisyan, Head of the Geological Fund of the Republic of Armenia 💬 Vardan Jhanyan joined the conference as an invited speaker. During the panel discussion “Critical Connections: Producers & Users in Dialogue”, he highlighted Armenia’s commitment to: Advancing responsible mining practices, Enhancing sector transparency, Supporting the resilience and sustainability of global critical mineral supply chains. 📈 The delegation also presented Armenia’s investment opportunities and the growth potential of its mining sector to international stakeholders.

Earlier this week, our MD Nick Mann and Metallurgist Abeshaa Mahendran joined the critical minerals community in Westminster for the APPG for Critical Minerals Breakfast and the Critical Minerals Association (UK) Annual Conference. Both events provided a valuable opportunity to connect with organisations across the sector and share insights on the development of sustainable and resilient critical mineral supply chains. Thank you to everyone who visited our joint booth with Mkango Resources Ltd. We appreciated the conversations and the chance to highlight our work in rare earth magnet recycling. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with partners across the industry. #CriticalMinerals #RareEarths #CircularEconomy #UKManufacturing #SupplyChainResilience #HyProMag #MkangoResources #CriticalRawMaterialsAct

Earlier this week, Prof. Allan Walton, Dr. Gavin Harper & Sam King from the Birmingham Centre for Strategic Elements and Critical Materials, attended the Critical Minerals Association (UK) 5th Annual Conference in London, which the centre co-sponsored. In addition to hosting a stand at the conference, Prof. Allan Walton from the University of Birmingham & HyProMag Ltd participated in a Panel Discussion entitled 'A Circular Economy Powerhouse: How the UK Can Push Ahead'. with Fred White from DESCycle, Christian Peters from Seloxium, Mike Hogan TMCIWM MBA from EMR Metal Recycling and Thomas Kelly from Ionic Technologies. It was a good opportunity to network and talk about some of our exciting research projects, including: DER Industrialisation Centres, The Faraday Institution ReLiB Project, Harmony Project EU. Given how our work directly links and impacts UK policy on Critical Materials, it was also a great opportunity to meet and talk with Chris McDonald MP formerly CEO of the Materials Processing Institute who spoke of the recently published UK Critical Minerals Strategy and also liase with staff at the Department for Business and Trade & Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Yesterday, an intense day with a working breakfast in the Houses of Parliament and the Critical Minerals Association (UK) 5th Annual Conference, here in London. An excellent time talking to delegations from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia and partners from UK companies and Government officials. Bill Brodie Good from GSA Environmental and myself could talk to them about our work developed to extract critical minerals. Thanks to Elliott Trickey, Enzo Satkuru-Granzella, Eileen Maes, Kirsty Benham and Jeff Townsend for organising such an incredible event.