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The 10th China International Forum on Precious Metal Recycling successfully Closes
Release time:
15 Nov,2016
The 10th China Precious Metals Recycling International Forum, hosted by the Precious Metals Recycling Professional Committee of the China Association of Materials Recycling and undertaken by Tong Hua Platinum Enterprise Management (Beijing) Co., Ltd., was held in Chengdu from October 12th to 14th. This forum received strong support from the Department of Environmental Protection's Hazardous Waste Management Office, the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Exhibitions, Johnson Matthey, Heraeus, Guireny Platinum, Han's Precious Metals, Umicore, Zili Environmental Protection, and the Electronic Product Recycling and Utilization Branch. More than 300 representatives from 15 countries and regions around the globe attended the forum.
The 10th China Precious Metals Recycling International Forum, hosted by the Precious Metals Recycling Professional Committee of the China Association of Materials Recycling and undertaken by Tong Hua Platinum Enterprise Management (Beijing) Co., Ltd., was held in Chengdu from October 12 to 14. This forum received strong support from the Hazardous Waste Management Office of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Exhibitions, Johnson Matthey, Heraeus, Guireny Platinum, Han's Precious Metals, Umicore, Zili Environmental Protection, and the Electronic Product Recycling and Utilization Branch. More than 300 representatives from 15 countries and regions around the world attended the forum.
The theme of this forum is "Transformation and upgrading of the precious metals industry under the new normal." The key contents include: (1) Interpretation of new policies and regulations; (2) New environmental regulations and industrial development; (3) Global and Chinese precious metals industry development trends; (4) Trade negotiations, industrial docking, market and channels; (5) Recycling and utilization of rare and precious metals in electronic products; (6) Progress and exchange of technology, equipment, and testing; (7) Announcements and releases of major events of important enterprises.
With the slowdown of global economic growth and China's economic growth entering a new normal, significant changes are taking place in the development of the precious metals industry in China and around the world; precious metal prices are fluctuating significantly, and joint ventures, cooperation, mergers, and acquisitions have become current hot topics in China's precious metals industry. New industries and capital are entering the market, eliminating backward production capacity, and strong-strong and strong-weak alliances have become the direction of industry development. In this regard, the representatives attending the meeting conducted in-depth discussions and analyses, and the keynote speeches all revolved around the topics of key concern to the industry.
Mr. Robert, chairman of the International Precious Metals Association in 2015, delivered a congratulatory speech at the conference, believing that the development of China's precious metals industry is attracting global attention. Under the condition of increasingly scarce precious metal resources worldwide, the precious metals recycling industry is an important source and guarantee of precious metal materials.
Liu Qiang, executive vice president of the China Association of Materials Recycling, gave a detailed explanation of the precious metals recycling industry in the 13th Five-Year Plan and the circular economy leading plan, emphasizing that the precious metals recycling industry in China is greatly affected by policies, and new relevant policies have been continuously introduced recently, requiring enterprises in the industry to pay close attention and conduct in-depth research. The association will also conduct in-depth investigations to help enterprises obtain better policies from government agencies.
The pressure of industry supervision is constantly increasing. Several new environmental protection policies, represented by the newly revised national hazardous waste list in 2016, have had a significant impact on various aspects of the industry. The vast majority of precious metal-containing waste materials are listed as hazardous waste. The new list is closely related to each enterprise. The new version of the hazardous waste list was jointly issued by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Public Security, and enforcement and supervision are stricter. Enterprises that violate relevant regulations will bear criminal responsibility. Zheng Yang, head of the Hazardous Waste Management Office of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, interpreted the newly promulgated and implemented revised version of the hazardous waste catalog, making major adjustments to precious metal waste materials and separately dividing a new code, HW50 waste catalyst, which mainly involves petrochemical catalysts, chemical catalysts, and three-way catalysts in the precious metals recycling industry. In order to effectively implement the new version of the hazardous waste list, relevant enterprises need to report newly added categories and change existing categories. The changes will be completed by the end of 2016. During this period, the old and new lists will be implemented simultaneously. Precious metal waste materials are valuable, have low hazards, and are small and scattered. Hazardous waste transportation and transfer consignment notes seriously restrict industry development. Given that the new list and related policies are still to be improved, the hazardous waste management department of the Ministry of Environmental Protection is unwilling to restrict industry development through administrative means. It will work with the precious metals recycling committee to jointly study and discuss simplifying procedures and conditionally exempting some hazardous waste collection and transportation links to formulate regulations and rules that are conducive to industry development.
Bian Jiang, vice chairman and secretary-general of the Precious Metals Recycling Committee, supplemented the speeches of President Liu Qiang and Director Zheng Yang. At present, there is a serious lack of relevant precious metals recycling standards, and there is no detailed classification, resulting in most of the relevant standards in the entire industry being attached to other larger categories and being restricted. Government departments need to formulate relevant policies, but lack corresponding basis and standards, so they can only rely on theoretical data provided by universities and research institutions as a basis. This often leads to new regulations that are not suitable for practical applications, and unclear situations often occur. There are disagreements in identifying the nature of a material. Enterprises consider it to be ordinary material, but research departments classify it as hazardous waste because the large category involved is hazardous waste, but there is no small category, so it can only be managed as hazardous waste. In this regard, the Precious Metals Recycling Professional Committee will jointly formulate a series of group standards with leading enterprises such as Sinopec in the industry and the Ministry of Environmental Protection. The Precious Metals Recycling Professional Committee of the China Association of Materials Recycling is authorized by the national standard-setting institution and is currently the only unit that can formulate standards for the precious metals recycling industry. In the future, industry standards will gradually disappear, and group standards will take their place. These are standards recognized and strongly promoted by the state. Group standards are flexible, have short development times, and are developed based on the actual situation of enterprises and industries, providing clear and effective evidence for government decision-making departments. Regulations on hazardous waste operation and management will be further improved. The Precious Metals Recycling Committee will evaluate excellent enterprises in various categories as designated units and model enterprises, serving as pilot projects for new regulations. If the results are significant, they will be implemented comprehensively. The purpose is to allow enterprises to focus their main energy on operation and management, product research and development, and technological innovation, without consuming most of their energy and resources on various administrative matters.
Johnson Matthey and Heraeus are both very influential companies in the global precious metals industry. The opening and operation of Johnson Matthey's Zhangjiagang factory and the groundbreaking ceremony of Heraeus' Nanjing factory have attracted much attention from enterprises in the industry. At this Precious Metals Recycling International Forum, Mr. Russ, global precious metals refining technology director of Johnson Matthey, and Ms. Hu Min, general manager of Heraeus Metals (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., respectively announced their projects, detailing the specific projects, technologies, land occupation, planning, production capacity, and demand of their companies.
Ms. Zhang Yanhui, deputy secretary-general of the China Association of Materials Recycling, made a report on copper smelting enterprises creating a new pattern for the precious metals recycling industry, detailing the current situation of major copper smelting enterprises in China engaged in precious metal refining, precious metal production capacity, and future development trends. Mr. Lachlan, President of BASF Metals Asia, and Mr. Koto Rihito, factory manager of Dowa, analyzed the supply and demand and recycling of platinum group metals from the perspectives of the industry and enterprises, respectively. Mr. Beresford, general manager of SFA (Oxford) Consulting, analyzed the market prospects of palladium in the context of the recycling industry from a market perspective.
Mr. Yu Keli, secretary-general of the Electronic Product Recycling and Utilization Branch of the China Association of Materials Recycling, introduced the current situation and analysis of the recycling and utilization industry of electronic waste in China. Mr. Meng Yuanxiao, senior manager of Umicore, Professor Jin Zhenan of Northeastern University, Ms. Lydia, Asia-Pacific business director of Johnson Matthey, Associate Professor Chen Mengjun of Southwest University of Science and Technology, and Mr. Kang Junfeng, deputy general manager of Weixiang Shanghai, introduced new technologies and processes such as precious metal extraction methods and practices from electronic waste, new processes for pretreatment of copper anode slime, and adsorption technology for low-content precious metal solutions from a technical perspective. Professor Wang Wusheng of East China University of Science and Technology's views on precious metal refining technology from electronic waste were highly controversial, causing different opinions among the representatives attending the meeting. There was a heated discussion and analysis on this issue at the meeting, and finally, most of the representatives reached a consensus.
Precious metal trading companies discussed and analyzed the application, demand, and price trends of precious metals, and are confident in the future development of the precious metals industry.
This forum had broader participation, with executives from Fortune 500 companies such as Sinopec, PetroChina, Honeywell, Heraeus, BASF, Shell, China National Chemical Corporation, and Dow Chemical in attendance. The event covered a wide range of sectors including petrochemical refining, chemical pharmaceuticals, automotive three-way catalysts, smelting slag, anode slime, and electroplating solutions, making it a large-scale event that delved deeply into relevant policies, technologies, and market issues. Precious metal producers, recyclers, traders, processors and refiners, product users, and supporting service providers (equipment, technology, testing, finance, etc.) from various industries came together to explore opportunities and development in the precious metal recycling industry.
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