Recycling Metals :: Course Agenda

COURSE AGENDA

Check-in is required for all participants on the first day of attendance. A continental breakfast is available before class on each day.

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The information presented below applied to the planned 2020 session. Updated information for 2022 will be available soon.

Tuesday • June 23

7:45	Check-in and late registration	Registration Desk
8:30	Recycling: Changing Economics of Scale to the Economics of Scope	Gerardo Alvear President, Gerardo Alvear and Associates, Hamburg, Germany
9:30	Break
9:45	Finally, a U.S. Secondary Copper Smelter	Michael HymanDirector of Materials Recovery, Cohen Recycling, Middletown, OH
10:15	Metals Recycling Partnerships at The Heritage Group	Nigel Morrison, PresidentPIZO Technologies, The Heritage Group, Indianapolis IN
10:45	Break
11:00	Recovery and Refining of Precious Metals: 75th Anniversary	Brad CookVice President, Sabin Metal, Scottsville, NY
11:30	Networking Time
12:00	Lunch
1:00	Zinc From Here to Eternity	Steve JamesConsulting Engineer: Non-Ferrous Metals Recovery and Recycling, Clarksville, TN
1:30	Recycling Innovation and Technology at Harsco	Chris ByrneDirector – Innovation and Technology, Harsco Environmental, Kingston upon Thames, UK
2:00	Break
2:15	Refinery Operations	Phil ElbazV.P. of Supply Chain and Strategic Initiatives, Hussey Copper, Leetsdale, PA
2:45	How a CSM Graduate is Creating Wealth from Waste	Haley SalzwedelBusiness Development Contractor, Commodity Recycling Solutions, Fort Worth, TX
3:15	Break
3:30	A Day in the Life of a Scrap Metal Recycler	Bob SchneiderAccount Manager/Buyer, J. Solotken & Co., Indianapolis, IN
4:00	Social at Colorado School of Mines	Coolbaugh Hall Atrium

Wednesday • June 24

8:30	Lead Recycling: New Ways of Doing an Old Thing	Joe GroganVice President, R&D, Gopher Resource, Eagan, MN
9:30	Break
9:45	Metals Recycling/Focus at Apple	Joe LessardRecycling Design Engineer, Environmental Technologies, Apple, Cupertino, CA
10:15	Tin Technology and Refining	Ara AposhianGeneral Manager, Tin Technology & Refining, West Chester, PA
10:45	Break
11:00	Pitard's Sampling Check List	Francis PitardPresident, Francis Pitard Sampling Consultants, Broomfield, CO
11:30	Networking Time
12:00	Lunch
1:00	Recycling Aluminum: Value Chain Perspective	Anne KvithydSenior Research Scientist, SINTF, Trondheim, Norway
1:30	Production of Critical Materials as Byproducts	Philip KellerPh.D. Candidate, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO Corby AndersonHarrison Western, Professor, Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
2:00	Break
2:15	E-Scrap and Catalytic Converter Recycling	Motohiro KowakaTreasurer and Secretary, DOWA International, New York, NY
2:45	Spent Catalyst Reuse or Metal Reclamation at Porocel	Shawn ThibodeauxMetal Reclaim/Logistics Manager, Porocel Industries, Houston, TX
3:15	Break
3:30	Precious Metal Recovery from Spent Catalyst	Laura JacksonCategory Manager, Precious Metals Shell Downstream, Houston, TX
4:00	Social at Colorado School of Mines	Geology Museum

Thursday • June 25

8:30	Battery Recycling, Focusing on Cobalt and Nickel	Jeroen HeulensDirector Pyrometallurgy (Recycling and Extraction Technologies), Umicore, Olen, Belgium
9:00	Selective Extraction of Lithium from Spent Lithium Batteries	Francois LaroucheMetallurgist, PhD Candidate Hydro-Quebec, Varennes, Quebec
9:30	Break
9:45	KBI and Lithium-Ion Batteries	Todd CoyExecutive Vice President,Kinburski Brothers International (KBI), Anaheim, CA
10:15	New Challenges and Approaches to Recycling Automobile Catalyst	Austin HickmanLab Manager, PGM of Texas, Dripping Springs, TX
10:45	25 Years Processing, Refining, and Trading Spent Automobile Catalyst	Becky BerubePresident, United Catalyst, Greenville, SC
11:15	Adjourn