Book excerpt: These Proceedings represent the metallurgical engineering and materials science research presented at the 63rd Annual Conference of Metallurgists (COM 2024), held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, from August 19 to 22, 2024.. The Annual Conference of Metallurgists is organized by the Metallurgy and Materials Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (MetSoc of CIM). The collection themed ‘Clean Technologies for a Materials-Intensive Future’ presents findings on a wide range of topics, including: Advanced Manufacturing and Materials VII Arsenic/Minor Element Controls in Metallurgical Plants Corrosion and Environmental Degradation of Materials Electrometallurgy for a Net Zero Economy Extractive Metallurgy from Conception to Operation: Experimentation , Simulation, Pilot and Ramp-up 25th International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium (IBS 2024) Joe Ferron Memorial Symposium – Processing of Critical Materials Light Metals for Transportation: Marine, Aviation, and Ground Applications WALSIM X: Water, Air, Land Sustainability Issues in Mining and Metal Extraction