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Geopolitics of Metals & Rare Earths

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Who should attend?

  • In the context of climate change policies, metals and rare earths are playing an increasing key role in the global energy mix. The exploding demand, driven by the expansion of low carbon technologies and the rise of digital economy, pushes both public and private stakeholders to reflect on the availability of the resources, to secure their future needs and to secure supplies.
Public :
  • The training is dedicated to engineers, financial managers, senior executives and senior officials from the public administration.

Level :Knowledge

Prerequisite :
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in the energy sector.

Course Content

  • METALS & RARE EARTHS WITHIN THE ENERGY TRANSITION - Duration : 0.5 Day

      • Climate change: state of play, regulatory framework, impact on companies.
      • Towards a low-carbon energy mix: constraints, carbon neutrality, CO2 taxation.
      • Definition: from geology to geostrategy.
      • Investments evolution and targeting.
      • Applications of metals and rare earths: renewables, industry, defense, digital.

  • TECHNICAL & ECONOMIC ASPECTS - Duration : 0.5 Day

      • Metals & rare earth: definitions, order of magnitude.
      • Analysis of the production chain: extraction, separation, transformation.
      • Pyro & hydrometallurgy.
      • Supply and demand balance: production, consumption, reserves, perspectives.

  • CRITICALITY LEVEL ANALYSIS - Duration : 0.5 Day

      • Geological and geostrategic risks for copper, cobalt, nickel, lithium and aluminum.
      • Environmental risks and issues.
      • Water: a limiting factor for metals and rare earths industry.
      • Case study: comparison copper and cobalt/lithium.

  • STAKEHOLDERS STRATEGIES - Duration : 0.5 Day

      • Public policies: regulatory framework, recycling, mobility policies, sobriety.
      • China: leadership and monopoly all along the value chain.
      • United States: stimulating investments and supplies securing.
      • European Union: an alliance to tackle dependency.
      • Japan: looking for unconventional resources.
      • Greenland: the high stakes
      • Technology and intellectual property.

Learning Objectives

  • Attendees will be able to implement the following skills:
  • Understand the increasing role of metals and rare earths within the energy transition,
  • Comprehend the value chain, from production towards final consumption,
  • Analyze power relations between private and public stakeholders,
  • Decrypt the different strategies of the players to secure their supplies,
  • Estimate the criticality level of each material,
  • Anticipate the upcoming shifts and transformations.

Ways & Means

  • Quiz.
  • Sub-groups activities.

Learning assessment

  • Participants will be evaluated during the training through quiz and exercises.

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Coordinator :IFP Training instructors, with expertise in the field and trained in modern teaching methods adapted to the specific needs of learners from the professional world.

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