Sérgio de Freitas Monforte

The demand for critical and strategic materials has grown in recent decades due to technological advances and especially driven by the energy transition. The economic value, strategic importance, and supply risk define critical and strategic materials. The production of electric cars, wind generators, and photovoltaic power generation are some examples of applications for critical materials. Rare earth elements, platinum group elements, cobalt and graphite are examples of critical materials, and recent researchs have been seeking to replace these with alternative elements or the application of secondary materials. Circularity and circular economy, life cycle and urban mining are key strategies for making this energy transition more sustainable in terms of the demand and availability of critical materials and strategic minerals.

Technical Committee: Circular Economy and Integrated Management

- Coordinator: Carlos Alberto Mendes Moraes - Professor at UNISINOS

- Moderator: Lúcia Helena da Silva Maciel Xavier – CETEM Researcher

- Message: Flavio Moraes da Mota - Head of the Basic Industry Department, BNDES

Speakers:

- Metallurgy, Materials and Mining - what changes with the circular economy? - Beatriz Luz - CEO Exchange4Change Brasil

- Critical Raw Materials in the international agendas - Gian Andrea Blengini – Professor at Politecnico di Torino

- Main Metals and Minerals for the Energy Transition in Brazil - Enir Sebastião Mendes - Mining General coorditator at MME 

- Circular Economy and the strategic management of resources - Sérgio de Freitas Monforte - Director of New Economies - Impact HUB Brasília

The demand for critical and strategic materials has grown in recent decades due to technological advances and especially driven by the energy transition. The economic value, strategic importance, and supply risk define critical and strategic materials. The production of electric cars, wind generators, and photovoltaic power generation are some examples of applications for critical materials. Rare earth elements, platinum group elements, cobalt and graphite are examples of critical materials, and recent researchs have been seeking to replace these with alternative elements or the application of secondary materials. Circularity and circular economy, life cycle and urban mining are key strategies for making this energy transition more sustainable in terms of the demand and availability of critical materials and strategic minerals.

Technical Committee: Circular Economy and Integrated Management

- Coordinator: Carlos Alberto Mendes Moraes - Professor at UNISINOS

- Moderator: Lúcia Helena da Silva Maciel Xavier – CETEM Researcher

- Message: Flavio Moraes da Mota - Head of the Basic Industry Department, BNDES

Speakers:

- Metallurgy, Materials and Mining - what changes with the circular economy? - Beatriz Luz - CEO Exchange4Change Brasil

- Critical Raw Materials in the international agendas - Gian Andrea Blengini – Professor at Politecnico di Torino

- Main Metals and Minerals for the Energy Transition in Brazil - Enir Sebastião Mendes - Mining General coorditator at MME 

- Circular Economy and the strategic management of resources - Sérgio de Freitas Monforte - Director of New Economies - Impact HUB Brasília