Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) is thrilled to announce that the 2026 SMM Global Lead-Acid Battery Supply Chain Industry Conference (LABC 2026) is scheduled to be held on November 23-24, 2026, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
As stakeholders across the global lead industry set their sights on Southeast Asia, one under‑rated factor flies under the radar: the Middle East has quietly grown into an unseen game‑changer reshaping worldwide non‑ferrous metal recycling. It serves as a major global hub for scrap metal trading, a multi‑continental logistics nexus linking Asia, Africa and Europe. In addition, Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 has unlocked massive volumes of industrial dismantling waste from its trillion‑dollar infrastructure upgrade drive.
With waste volumes surging annually and well‑established recycling infrastructure in place, slag reprocessing and high‑value material recovery are no longer mere laboratory‑scale projects. Instead, they have become make‑or‑break profit drivers for market participants.
We are honoured to welcome our distinguished speaker Jawed Ahmed, Founder and CEO of Al Qaryan International DMCC and a seasoned industry operator with over 20‑year‑long experience within Middle‑Eastern markets. He will deliver a keynote speechd: Global Lead Circular Economy: Slag Recycling & High-Value Utilization by MENA’s Top Non-Ferrous Recycle. For the very first time, Jawed will conduct a comprehensive breakdown covering three core topics:
- The recycling‑network layout and graded‑value utilisation framework for spent lead‑acid batteries and smelter slag across the Middle‑East region
- How Middle‑Eastern recyclers achieve full‑scale recovery of usable substances out of slag via technology investment, operating next‑door to Europe with its stringent environmental‑protection benchmarks
- How Middle‑Eastern expertise can deliver replicable cooperation frameworks for the embattled Southeast‑Asian lead industrial chain
Join us in Ho Chi Minh City and hear hard‑earned, on‑the‑ground expertise on slag‑based resource recovery from one of the Middle East's top-tier players. Stay tuned!
