Events
Upcoming Events
| Feb 6 – 9, 2012 | Mining Indaba 2012 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Feb 19 – 22, 2012 | 2012 SME Annual Meeting Seattle, WA, USA Jack Lifton is scheduled to speak at this event. |
| Feb 21 – 22, 2012 | Rare Earths & Strategic Metals 2012 Sydney, Australia Gareth Hatch is scheduled to speak at this event. |
| Mar 4 – 7, 2012 | PDAC Convention 2012 Toronto, Canada |
| Mar 13 – 14, 2012 | TREM 2012 Arlington, VA, USA |
| Apr 10 – 11, 2012 | Rare Earths Metals Symposium Philadelphia, PA, USA Gareth Hatch is scheduled to speak at this event, being organized by American Metal Markets. |
| Apr 23 – 25, 2012 | MMTA International Minor Metals Conference Cologne, Germany |
Past Events
| Feb 1-2, 2012 | Technology Metals Summit 2012 Toronto, Canada Jack Lifton spoke at this event, and he and Gareth Hatch both moderated panel discussions during the Summit. |
Dec 9-10, 2011 | Global Resource Investment Conference Shenzhen, China Gareth Hatch spoke at this event. |
| Nov 29, 2011 | Hard Assets Rare Earths Investment Summit San Francisco, CA, USA Jack Lifton made a presentation titled, “Assessing The Long-Term Impact of China’s REE Policies“, and Gareth Hatch made a presentation on the topic of rare earths too. |
| Nov 8-10, 2011 | SMMA 2011 Fall Technical Conference Charlotte, NC, USA Gareth Hatch made a presentation during the plenary session titled “Recent Supply, Demand & Pricing Dynamics Within the Rare-Earths Sector“. |
| Nov 7, 2011 | US Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee Briefing Washington, DC, USA Jack Lifton was a panelist during a briefing by the United States Magnetic Materials Association, hosted by the US Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee titled “The State of the U.S. Rare Earth Industry: Challenges and Opportunity“. |
| Nov 2, 2011 | Critical Metals & National Security Conference Washington, DC, USA Gareth Hatch was a panelist on the topic of rare earths, at this meeting organized by the National Center for Policy Analysis. |
| Oct 31 – Nov 1, 2011 | TMR Rare Earths Boot Camp 2011 Toronto, Canada Gareth Hatch & Jack Lifton hosted a sold-out, two-day educational program for investors and technical, financial and policy-making professionals, focused on teaching the fundamentals of the rare-earths sector. |
| Jun 21 – 22, 2011 | Rare Earths & Strategic Metals 2011 Sydney, Australia Gareth Hatch made a presentation titled, “End Uses and Applications of Rare Earths: a Review of the Key Demand Drivers” and Jack Lifton made a presentation titled, “What are the Strategic and Critical Metals in 2011 and Beyond, and Where do the Rare Earth Metals fit in these Categories?“. They are hosted a workshop together, titled, “Working with End Users of Strategic Metals within the Technology Supply Chain“. The event was produced by Mining IQ, a division of IQPC. |
| Jun 11, 2011 | Union Securities Technology Metals Meeting Winnipeg, MB, Canada Jack Lifton gave a presentation titled “Rare Earth Metals: Fad or Phenomenon?”. |
| May 18 – 19, 2011 | Eastern NY Chapter of ASM International’s Spring Symposium: Sustainability of Materials Niskayuna, NY, USA Gareth Hatch made a presentation titled ‘Rare Earths: The Supply & Demand Challenge‘. |
| May 17 – 18, 2011 | 5th Annual Aerospace Materials Conference Pittsburgh, PA, USA Jack Lifton made a presentation on rare-earth metals. |
| May 9 – 10, 2011 | New York Hard Assets Conference New York, NY, USA Jack Lifton chaired a panel discussion on rare earths. |
| May 4, 2011 | Dahlman Rose Rare Earth Elements Executive Forum New York, NY, USA Jack Lifton was the keynote speaker at this event. |
| Apr 28, 2011 | Bloomberg Portfolio Strategies: Precious Metals New York, NY, USA Jack Lifton made a presentation on the outlook for platinum-group metals. |
| Apr 14 – 15, 2011 | Resnick Institute Workshop on Critical Materials for Sustainable Energy Pasadena, CA, USA Jack Lifton and Gareth Hatch participated in this policy workshop, hosted by Caltech’s Resnick Institute. |
| Mar 23, 2011 | SAE 2011 Powertrain Electric Motors Symposium Indianapolis, IN, USA Jack Lifton made a presentation during this Symposium focused on electric and hybrid vehicles titled ‘Critical Materials Sourcing Issues for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles in 2011 and Beyond‘. |
| Mar 22 – 23, 2011 | TREM 2011 Arlington, VA, USA Jack Lifton made a presentation titled ‘Looking Beyond the Rare Earths: The Other Critical Technology Metals in 2011‘. Gareth Hatch moderated a panel titled ‘Emerging Sources of Technology Metals‘. |
| Mar 15 – 18, 2011 | 2011 Alaska Miners Association Juneau Convention & Trade Show Juneau, AK, USA Jack Lifton made a presentation titled ‘Alaska as a Source of Rare Technology Metals: a 21st century Gold Rush‘. |
| Mar 6 – 9, 2011 | PDAC 2011 Toronto, Canada Gareth Hatch made a presentation during the Technical Session on Rare Metals titled ‘Future Trends for Rare Metals in Automotive and Clean Technology‘ and Jack Lifton was a panelist during the International Panel Luncheon discussion on ‘China – the big consumer. Is it sustainable?‘. |
| Feb 27 – Mar 2, 2011 | 20th BMO Capital Markets Global Metals & Mining Conference Hollywood, FL, USA Gareth Hatch was a guest speaker at this invitation-only event, presenting a primer on the rare earths. |
| Feb 16 – 17, 2011 | AFund Triple Gold Winter Conference New York, NY, USA Jack Lifton made a presentation titled: ‘What’s Next in Heavy Rare Earths and Industrial Metals?‘. |
| Feb 7 – 10, 2011 | Mining Indaba 2011 Cape Town, South Africa Gareth Hatch attended this event, “the world’s largest gathering of mining’s most influential stakeholders and decision-makers vested in African mining.” |
| Jan 23 – 24, 2011 | Cambridge House Resource Investment Conference Vancouver, BC, Canada Jack Lifton made a presentation at this event titled ‘Which are the Critical, Critical Metals for China and for Canada?‘ |
| Dec 2, 2010 | UK Magnetics Society Seminar – “Permanent Magnets – The Rare Earth Crisis” Solihull, UK Gareth Hatch presented a paper titled ‘Geopolitics and the Rare-Earth Permanent-Magnet Supply Chain‘. |
| Oct 25 – 27, 2010 | Rare Metals Value Chain III Washington, DC, USA Jack Lifton moderated a panel on ‘OEM and Non-OEM Supply Chain Strategies‘; Gareth Hatch participated in a panel on ‘Technology Options in Addressing Rare Metals Supply Challenges‘. |
| Sep 23, 2010 | AFund Fall Investment Conference New York, NY, USA Gareth Hatch presented a paper titled: ‘The Heavy Rare Earths: Why They Are Important‘ and Jack Lifton presented a paper titled: ‘The Global Demand for All Metals & What’s Next for the Rare Earths‘. |
| Aug 29 – Sep 2, 2010 | 21st International Workshop on Rare-Earth Permanent Magnets and their Applications (REPM’10) Bled, Slovenia Gareth Hatch presented an invited paper titled: ‘Recent Developments in the North American Permanent Magnets Industry and its Supply Chain‘ and Jack Lifton presented a paper titled: ‘The Consequences of Uncertainty in the Future Rare Earth Metals Supply Chain‘. |
| Aug 2 – 6, 2010 | 6th International Conference on Rare Earth Development & Application (ICRE’2010) Beijing, China Jack Lifton presented an invited paper titled: ‘The Supply Issues & Handling of the Need for Rare Earths in the USA‘ during the China Rare Earth Summit. |

