Topics Webinar | Importance of Multidisciplinary Approaches in Critical Metals Production, 10 March 2025

The interest in mining for obtaining critical metals has increased in recent decades. Among these metals are cobalt, lithium, rare earth elements, gallium, germanium, hafnium, indium, niobium, platinum-group metals, tantalum, titanium, vanadium, tungsten, and strontium. These critical metals are crucial for energy transition.

This webinar will discuss environmental and technical aspects of critical mineral recovery from secondary sources for application in green energy production. We will discuss technical aspects of battery recycling and challenges for future research on the global production of green hydrogen.

Date: 10 March 2025 at 3:00 p.m. CET | 9:00 a.m. EST| 10:00 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar ID: 820 8707 9177
Website: https://sciforum.net/event/Processes-5

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Program:

Speaker/ Presentation Title	Time in CET	Time in EST	Time in CST Asia
Dr. Amilton Barbosa Botelho Junior Chair Introduction	3:00–3:10 p.m.	9:00–9:10 a.m.	10:00–10:10 p.m.
Dr. Dilshan Sandaruwan Premathilake Environmental and Techno-Economic Analysis of Li-Ion Battery Recycling	3:10–3:30 p.m.	9:10–9:30 a.m.	10:10–10:30 p.m.
Dr. Lucas Fonseca Guimarães Recycling of Li-Ion Batteries Through Hydrometallurgical Process	3:30–3:50 p.m.	9:30–9:50 a.m.	10:30–10:50 p.m.
Dr. Bruno Ramos The Challenge of a Sustainable Energy Transition With (or Without!) Critical Minerals	3:50–4:10 p.m.	9:50–10:10 a.m.	10:50–11:10 p.m.
Q&A Session	4:10–4:25 p.m.	10:10–10:25 a.m.	11:10–11:25 p.m.
Dr. Amilton Barbosa Botelho Junior Closing of Webinar	4:25–4:30 p.m.	10:25–10 :30 a.m.	11:25–11:30 p.m.

Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:

Dr. Amilton Barbosa Botelho Junior, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA;
Dr. Dilshan Sandaruwan Premathilake, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Architettura, Territorio e Ambiente e di Matematica (DICATAM), Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy;
Dr. Lucas Fonseca Guimarães, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Architettura, Territorio e Ambiente e di Matematica (DICATAM), Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy;
Dr. Bruno Ramos, Department of Chemical Engineering, FEI University Center, Brazil.

Relevant Special Issues:
“Advances in Metallurgical Processing and Involved Separation Techniques”
Guest Editor: Amilton Botelho Junior
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 August 2025

“Advances in Recycling of Valuable Metals—2nd Edition”
Guest Editors: Denise Crocce Romano Espinosa, Daniel Assumpcao Bertuol and Amilton Botelho Junior
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 August 2025