• Conference Opening Address: David Weight, President, Cobalt Institute (UK): The Changing Landscape of the Cobalt Market
• Nickel-Cobalt-Copper: Dr Bryn Harris, Managing Partner, NMR360: The Future of Ni-Co-Cu Processing in the Age of Lithium-Ion Batteries
• Uranium-REE: Dr Karin Soldenhoff, Technology Manager, ANSTO Minerals: Uranium IX – Past, Present and Future
• Gold-PM: Prof Jacques Eksteen, Director, Gold Technology Group and Chair, Extractive Metallurgy, WASM, Curtin University: What Attributes do we want from a Gold Lixiviant within an Overall Processing Context?
• In Situ Recovery (ISR): Dr Horst Maerten, Vice President Technology, Heathgate Resources: Trends in ISR Technology
• Lithium Processing: Adrian Griffin, Managing Director, Lithium Australia: The Need for Innovation to Meet Future Demand for Lithium

• ALTA 2018 was a huge success!  It was a big week with 100 papers, 377 attendees from 29 countries and 90 visitors to the exhibition. View the conference report and photographs.
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