Bauxite Residue Valorisation and Best Practices Conference to focus on red mud as a high value resource

Bauxite residue is a resource, a material that can be valorized. The current practices for bauxite residue utilization in some parts of the world need reconsideration and revision. KU Leuven and REDMUD Organization together are organizing a conference keeping the bauxite residue utilization in perspective.

The conference on “Bauxite Residue Valorisation and Best Practices” will take place in Leuven from 5 - 7 October 2015. The goal of the conference is to attract a number of researchers around the world and promote the most realistic and scientifically sound solutions for bauxite residue valorization. The conference will welcome ideas that are novel and exciting, in the framework of industrial symbiosis and which can exploit the potential of Bauxite Residue as a secondary resource.

The conference will take place inside the KU Leuven campus, in the old Thermotechnical Institute that consists of an auditorium and a museum hall displaying historical engines. The conference will host a number of invited lectures but the floor will be given to all poster presenters for a short presentation as well. Tentatively, symposium structure will consist of keynote presentations (40 minutes), oral presentations (20 minutes) and oral presentations of posters (3 minutes). The symposium dinner will take place in the Faculty Club. Finally, the conference will close with an open discussion on the important findings, messages-to-take-home and further actions, whereas an award will be given to the best presentation. The conference hopes to find ways in transforming bauxite residue into a valuable raw material in a professional and commercially viable manner.