The 2nd PROMETIA Scientific Seminar was on held on 17 and 18 November 2015 in Sevilla, Spain. Organised by PROMETIA with support from IDENER, 90 participants from more than 60 organisations attended this two-day event. It covered the scope of mineral processing and extractive metallurgy in Europe but also abroad. In addition, all of the issues dealing with metals recovery from primary and secondary resources were addressed “from Industry to Research” with the vision of industries and SMEs and “from Research to Industry” with the contribution of several European Research Projects. The most recent innovations in the field were also presented by PROMETIA members.