ICSOBA 2011
17 OCT - 19 OCT
Event Type
Event Vertical
Alumina
Goa, India
ICSOBA INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON BAUXITE RESIDUE 2011
World alumina production is some 90 million ton per annum and associated generation of bauxite residue is of a similar magnitude. This amount of residue could put a residue cover of about 2 m thickness on an area of 5 km by 5 km.
Disposal of bauxite residue, a mixture of residue solids and alkaline liquid has shown a gradual evolution. Initially residue was simply dumped in swamps, rivers or in the sea, followed by improved disposal in wet storage basins, leading to state of the art dry storage technology in combination with rehabilitation of filled-up storage areas. In parallel technologies for neutralization of bauxite residues were developed. R&D into the use of residue as feedstock has been receiving increasingly more attention, albeit still with limited applicable results.
Due to the recent dam failure of a wet red mud storage pond in Hungary, bauxite residue storage and potential utilisation of red mud as feedstock has attracted worldwide attention, also in view of the sustainability of alumina production. Against this background ICSOBA decided to organize an International Seminar on Bauxite Residue. This Seminar will bring together experts from academia, industry, government and other stakeholders from all over the world.
The seminar will be held from 17 to 19 October 2011 in Goa, India. The selection of India follows ICSOBA’s practice of rotating the venue of it meetings to countries that are important for the global aluminium industry. The seminar is organized with support from HINDALCO, hosting a field trip to the Belgaum refinery and its beautifully afforested residue storage areas. Several companies, organisations and universities have already confirmed their participation and presentation of papers, including, HINDALCO, Chalco, Rio Tinto Alcan, Rusal, Norsk Hydro / Alunorte, NALCO, Nalco Chemicals, Outotec, Bokela, Weir-Geho, CSIRO, JNARDDC, the International Aluminium Institute, the Jamaica and Suriname bauxite institutes and a variety of universities.
This seminar is expected to be one of the most comprehensive International Events on Bauxite Residue and encompasses all key areas, including residue characterisation, residue processing and storage, case studies of residue storage avoiding hazardous discharges, storage area rehabilitation and utilisation of bauxite residue as feed stock. The Seminar will be concluded with a panel discussion on best available technologies and desired R&D projects for solving identified problems in the above areas.
ICSOBA has great pleasure in inviting you to ICSOBA-2011 and joining us in making the event a great success.
World alumina production is some 90 million ton per annum and associated generation of bauxite residue is of a similar magnitude. This amount of residue could put a residue cover of about 2 m thickness on an area of 5 km by 5 km.
Disposal of bauxite residue, a mixture of residue solids and alkaline liquid has shown a gradual evolution. Initially residue was simply dumped in swamps, rivers or in the sea, followed by improved disposal in wet storage basins, leading to state of the art dry storage technology in combination with rehabilitation of filled-up storage areas. In parallel technologies for neutralization of bauxite residues were developed. R&D into the use of residue as feedstock has been receiving increasingly more attention, albeit still with limited applicable results.
Due to the recent dam failure of a wet red mud storage pond in Hungary, bauxite residue storage and potential utilisation of red mud as feedstock has attracted worldwide attention, also in view of the sustainability of alumina production. Against this background ICSOBA decided to organize an International Seminar on Bauxite Residue. This Seminar will bring together experts from academia, industry, government and other stakeholders from all over the world.
The seminar will be held from 17 to 19 October 2011 in Goa, India. The selection of India follows ICSOBA’s practice of rotating the venue of it meetings to countries that are important for the global aluminium industry. The seminar is organized with support from HINDALCO, hosting a field trip to the Belgaum refinery and its beautifully afforested residue storage areas. Several companies, organisations and universities have already confirmed their participation and presentation of papers, including, HINDALCO, Chalco, Rio Tinto Alcan, Rusal, Norsk Hydro / Alunorte, NALCO, Nalco Chemicals, Outotec, Bokela, Weir-Geho, CSIRO, JNARDDC, the International Aluminium Institute, the Jamaica and Suriname bauxite institutes and a variety of universities.
This seminar is expected to be one of the most comprehensive International Events on Bauxite Residue and encompasses all key areas, including residue characterisation, residue processing and storage, case studies of residue storage avoiding hazardous discharges, storage area rehabilitation and utilisation of bauxite residue as feed stock. The Seminar will be concluded with a panel discussion on best available technologies and desired R&D projects for solving identified problems in the above areas.
ICSOBA has great pleasure in inviting you to ICSOBA-2011 and joining us in making the event a great success.
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