Partners
China Precious Metals Industry Committee (CPMIC)
The China Precious Metals Industry Committee (CPMIC) was founded as a subsidiary of the China National Resources Recycling Association in April 2006 following approval from the Ministry of Civic Affairs of the People’s Republic of China. CPMIC is a national social organisation.
The mission of CPMIC is to bring all parties of industry together and strengthen ties with international organisations in the industry and beyond. CPMIC will serve as a platform with member units at its core, fostering the further development of the sector by acting as a fair, transparent and efficient industry organisation with members as the decision makers.
Shanghai Metals Market (SMM)
Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) is an integrated internet platform provider that assists the global metals and mining industry in benchmarking prices and accessing analysis, news, and consulting on nonferrous, ferrous, and EV metal markets. Headquartered in Shanghai with an overseas office in London, SMM serves international customers by offering insights into the real China from a global perspective.
SMM’s flagship portal (www.metal.com) engages the most customers in the industry, with an extensive database covering over 20 years of historical data.
North-West University
Founded in 2004 as the result of a merger between two higher education institutions, North-West University (NWU) is a leading university in Potchefstroom, South Africa. The public research university has an enrolment of 56,000 students at its campus, which dates back to 1869.
Viewed as one of the country’s most successful higher education mergers, NWU has shown strong results in student outcomes, research output and financial indicators. The institution recently featured in the subject-specific QS World University Rankings, which highlighted its agriculture, environmental sciences, physics and medicine programmes.
MDX Research Center for Element Strategy, Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan
The MDX Research Center for Element Strategy (MDXES) was established in October 2022 as the successor to the former Materials Research Center for Element Strategy (MCES). The centre is part of the Institute of Integrated Research (IIR) at the Institute of Science Tokyo. Its main goal is to develop innovative electronic functional materials in order to solve resource and environmental issues.
The MDXES utilises the unique chemical properties and subatomic structures of elements, focusing on abundant and environmentally friendly resources and following a materials design approach. The MXD Core incorporates two entities: the MDX system, which combines computational science and data science to develop new materials, and the Ammonia Core, which develops highly efficient catalysts to produce energy, hydrogen and other chemical products with a reduced environmental load.
