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Marge Ryan

PGM Advocacy Manager Johnson Matthey

Marge is PGM Advocacy and Market Development manager for Johnson Matthey. She is passionate about these metals and the good they do in the world, from mining all the way through to use. She has worked in the PGM industry all her life, beginning her career with the PGM mining industry in South Africa before emigrating to the UK in 2006 and joining JM. She has held various roles at JM, including more than a decade of experience in its world-renowned PGM Market Research team, with significant insight into PGM supply, demand and recycling. In her current work, she aims to equip policymakers, partners, innovators, and other stakeholders with the insights they need into the PGM markets and to unlock the full potential of these metals to serve their applications and create new technologies.


2026 Agenda Sessions

Is a circular economy just?

A circular economy is undoubtedly better for the planet by reducing pressure on new extraction, but can it be good for people too? How can we avoid it "kicking away the ladder" for development in producing countries if the world's demand for primary metal falls?

Wednesday 11 February 09:30 - 10:15 Ngorongoro Crater Stage (CTICC1 - Level 2)

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A circular economy is undoubtedly better for the planet by reducing pressure on new extraction, but can it be good for people too? How can we avoid it "kicking away the ladder" for development in producing countries if the world's demand for primary metal falls?

Ngorongoro Crater Stage (CTICC1 - Level 2) Africa/Johannesburg