Experts discuss bauxite-alumina technology improvements on 2nd day of IBAAS 2015

On 26th November, the 2nd day of the 4th IBAAS conference at Suzhou, about 35 papers in 3 parallel sessions were presented to showcase the developments in China and other countries. About 12 presentations were made in bauxite-alumina session, 10 on aluminium smelting and 13 on downstream operations.

Topics covered were wide variety starting from bauxite indexing and pricing by CM Group Australia, bauxite & carbon resource availability, Energy conservation, technological and process improvements in alumina refining, aluminium smelting and downstream operations. Papers were presented by representatives from JNARDDC, IBAAS, PRIMA RESOURCES, AMBER DEVELOPMENT, CYTEC, GENESIS RESOURCE, CHALIEACO, GAMI, SAMI, CHARM, SINR, NJUST, NEW, DLUT, CNPT ETC.

The papers presented revealed the wide knowledge base in the aluminium field available in China and their technological prowess, continuous and future research plans. Also transferring the technology from Research institutes to Operations is seamlessly taking place because of which the Chinese companies are able to compete and excel even during these bad times of the industry unlike other countries.

The conference provided an excellent opportunities to various bauxite exploration and mining companies of Australia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Turkey to interact with traders and alumina refineries expert to understand the present pricing and future prospects of raw materials in China. Despite low alumina and aluminium prices in world market, it is expected that the bauxite demand may remain strong in this country and there may not be significant fall in prices of raw materials in China.