For two days from August 1 to August 2, 2024, the First Workshop on Metallurgical Process was held at the Seaside Hotel Maiko Villa Kobe. This unit, the Laboratory of Non-ferrous Extractive Metallurgy, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, and Endowed Research unit of Non-ferrous Smelting and Environmental Science at Tohoku University participated as co-organizers. Prof. Takanari Ouchi was involved in the organizing team and also gave an oral presentation.

This symposium was planned as a forum for mid-career and young researchers working at public research institutions across Japan, as well as doctoral students aiming to become researchers in the future, to exchange opinions in a free atmosphere by presenting their recent research results and methods under the conditions of non-disclosure and nonrecording. The scope of the conference covered a wide range of topics, from metal smelting and recycling to the creation of new materials, but the main focus of the discussions was manufacturing processes. There were 11 oral presentations and 9 poster presentations, and the discussions were thorough. The get-together that was held after the first day’s lectures was also very lively, and participants were able to deepen their friendships.