Program

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

10:00

Welcome by Toyota
Chairman’s introduction

MORNING SESSION: MINING AND PROCESSING

10:15

Sustainability Issues in the South African PGM Mining Industry:

• An Industry view, by Francis Petersen, Anglo Platinum
• An NGO view by John Capel, Benchmarks Foundation

11:00

Sustainability Issues in the Russian PGM Mining Industry

• Introduction by Dr Mike Steel, consultant to Johnson Matthey
• An NGO view by Alexey Grigoriev, SEU Moscow

11:45

Sustainability Issues in the North American Mining Industry

• Short introduction by IPA, video presentation of Stillwater
• An NGO view by Stu Levit, on behalf of Earthworks Washington DC/Center for Science in Public Participation (CPS2).

12:15

Discussion

12:45

Lunch

AFTERNOON SESSION: CLOSING THE PGM LOOP (The case of car catalysts)

13:45

Material Flows of Car-related PGM, by Dr Christian Hagelüken (Umicore)

14:05

The Case of Car Exports through the Hamburg Port , by Dr Matthias Buchert (Öko-Institut)

14:30

Sustainable Use of PGM: the Car Industry’s Responsibility. 
Introduction by Prof Dr Armin Reller

14:50

The position of government and NGOs:

• EU policy on ELV and producer responsibility, statement by Hans Pietersen, DG Enterprise & Industry, Brussels.
• National perspectives: short statements by Dr Wendenburg, Federal Environmental Ministry (BMU) Berlin and Dutch Environmental Ministry (VROM) The Hague.
• The environmental NGO position, statement by Doreen Rodrigo, EEB, Brussels.

16:00

Discussion

16:50

Chairman’s summary

17:00

drinks and informal discussions