BR01 - Reduction of Water Infiltration on the BRDA of the Gardanne Alumina Refinery

Arthur Caer, Laurent Guillaumont, Jean-Paul Leredde, Philippe Thibault

ALTEO, France

BR03 - Spectroscopic Investigations of Mining Residues Drying Kinetics to Predict and Prevent Fugitive Dust Emission

Gilles-Alex Dessap Pefete, Josée Maurais, Patrick Ayotte

Sherbrooke University, Canada

BR04 - Applying CFD Modelling and FEA to Enhance Bauxite Residue Slurry Flow through Distribution Rings in Filter Presses

Thomas Grillot¹, Simon Gravel², Nicolas-Alexandre Bouchard³

1: Cural Laboratory, UQAC, Canada; 2: ARDC, Rio Tinto Aluminium, Canada; 3: Processing & Technology, Rio Tinto, Canada

BR02 - Modern Concept for the Desanding of Red Mud

Thomas Baumann, Thibaut Richard

AKW Apparate + Verfahren GmbH, Germany

BR05 - Re-examining the Risks and Environmental Indicators in the Closure Governance of Bauxite Residue Sites in Jamaica

Shanti Persaud

Jamaica Bauxite Institute, Jamaica

AA07 - The Updated ILTD Process Case – Some Lessons Learnt from an R&D Project

György {George} Bánvölgyi

Senior Process Consultant

AA08 - Bauxite Beneficiation at the Grinding stage in Kazakhstan Alumina Production

Sanzhar Kazymov, Gulnur Abikenova, Dauren Dauletov, Svetlana Shvedchenko, Olga Mikhailova

LLP «ERG Research and Engineering Center», Kazakhstan

AA10 - Kinetics of Quartz Dissolution and Impact on Boehmite Extraction

Sagar Subhash Pandit, Rajanikant Jadhav

Hindalco, India

BX05 - Influence of Sodium Hexametaphosphate as Dispersant on Amazonian Bauxite Flotation

Geraldo Duarte¹, Allan Suhett Reis¹, Otávia Martins Silva Rodrigues², José Erik Nunes Araújo¹

1: Hydro Bauxite & Alumina, Brazil; 2: Jaoss Consultoria

BX06 - Kaolinite Reduction on Bauxite through Mechanochemical Activation with Lime

Allan Suhett Reis¹, Caio Melo², Geraldo Duarte³, Janyne Ramos⁴, José Erik Nunes Araujo⁵

1: Hydro Bauxite & Alumina, Brazil; 2: Hydro Bauxite & Alumina, Brazil; 3: Hydro Bauxite & Alumina, Brazil; 4: NHydro Bauxite & Alumina, Brazil; 5: Hydro Bauxite & Alumina, Brazil

AL44 - Anode Spike Model: A Case Study of Challenges and Future Directions

Paul-Antoine Marie Etienne Calandreau, Maitha Ismail Faraj, Sayed Khursid Ahemad, Asmaa Ali ALHosani, Anton Bakuteev, Mamatha Reddy Shyamala, Khuram Pervez, Jaijith Sreekantan, Almero Austin Eybers, Manal Ali Raheem

Emirates Global Aluminium, United Arab Emirates

AL45 - Validation of Anode Current Distribution Measured by a Smart Individual Anode Monitoring System

Jing Shi¹, Choon-Jie Wong², Maitha Faraj¹, Nadia Ahli¹, Jie Bao², Barry Welch², Hassan Alhayas¹, Mohamed Mahmoud¹

1: Emirates Global Aluminium, United Arab Emirates; 2: University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

AL28 - Exploring Refractory Material Degradation in Aluminum Electrolysis Cells

Mohamed Hassen Ben Salem¹, Gervais Soucy¹, Daniel Marceau², Antoine Godefroy³, Sébastien Charest³

1: Université de Sherbrooke; 2: Université du Québec à Chicoutimi; 3: Aluminerie Alouette inc.

AL14 - Scale-up Of Pneumatic Conveying Systems In Existing Plants

Jan Paepcke, Peter Hilgraf, Marieke Moka, Arne Hilck

Claudius Peters Projects, Germany

AL26 - Cell Design Modifications to Reduce Specific Energy Consumption

Maria Carolina Daviou¹, Mariano Rivera¹, Maria Fernanda Jaitman¹, Esteban Cobo¹, Dagoberto Schubert Severo²

1: Aluar Aluminio Argentino; 2: CAETE Engenharia Ltda

AL29 - Behavior of Different Lining Designs with FCN in High Productivity Pots in ALBA

Abdulla Habib Ahmed Ali¹, Nabeel Ebrahim Mohd AlJallabi², Mohsen Ahmed Shukralla³, Hassan Almohri⁴, Vasantha Kumar Rangasamy⁵, Mohamed Edrabooh⁶, Rakesh Shrivastava⁷, Dagoberto Schubert Severo⁸

1: Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C (ALBA); 2: Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C (ALBA); 3: Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C (ALBA); 4: Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C (ALBA); 5: Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C (ALBA); 6: Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C (ALBA); 7: Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C (ALBA); 8: CAETE Engenharia Ltda, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

AL30 - The Successful Testing and Implementation of AP30 Technology Spinoff Pot Designs at Alcoa Fjarðaál

Katarzyna Aleksandra Mirek-Sliwa¹, Brian Zukas², Ketil Rye³, Patrice Doiron⁴, Kristinn Ingimarsson⁵

1: Alcoa – Operational Excellence Center of Excellence, Kristiansand, Norway; 2: Alcoa – Operational Excellence Center of Excellence, New Kensington, USA; 3: Alcoa – Operational Excellence Center of Excellence, Mosjøen, Norway; 4: Alcoa – Operational Excellence Center of Excellence, Deschambault, Canada; 5: Alcoa Fjarðaál, Reyðarfjörður, Iceland

BR07 - Technical and Engineering Insights into Green Iron Production from Bauxite Residue: A Microwave Plant Assembly Process

Marcelo Montini¹, Darllan Rosario Pinheiro¹, Raphael Vieira da Costa¹, Luis Rodolfo Mariani Bittencourt², Lucas Arantes Araújo², Amaury Jose Leone Negrao²

1: Hydro Bauxite & Alumina, Brazil; 2: New Wave

BR08 - Alkaline Extraction of Alumina from Hydrogen Reduced Bauxite Residue Pellets

Georgia Maria Tsaousi, Michail Vafeias, Adamadia Lazou, Dimitrios Sparis, Dimitrios Kotsanis, Efthymios Balomenos, Dimitrios Panias

Technologies for Sustainable Metallurgy Group, Laboratory of Metallurgy, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

BR11 - Field Evaluation of a New Road Sub-base Concept Including Bauxite Residue and Other Industrial By-Products

Stephane Beaulieu¹, Carlos Martin-Portugues Montoliu², Christian John Engelsen³

1: Aughinish Alumina; 2: Acciona Construccion; 3: Sintef

BR06 - European Aluminium’s Innovation Hub: Enhancing Bauxite Residue Valorisation Pathways Through Collaborative EU Projects

Konstantinos Kollias, Christian Leroy

European Aluminium, Belgium

AL31 - Towards Greener Aluminium Production - A Carbon Footprint Assessment of Graphitized Cathodes for Electrolysis Pots

Tristan Carrère, Bénédicte Allard, Till Reek

Tokai COBEX

AL32 - Online Chemical Analysis of Aluminium Metal in Primary Production Plants using a Preparation Free Sample and Mobile Laser OES Analyser

Martin Kendall¹, Christer Danlind², Tansu Canbolat¹

1: Heraeus Electro-Nite Int'l, Belgium; 2: Heraeus Electro-Nite Sweden AB

AL33 - Response Characteristics of Zone Resistance in Aluminium Reduction Cell

Chun Li¹, Jun Tie¹, Yi Meng¹, Hao Xiao², Jun Lei², Dongwei Liu², Boyang Liu²

1: North China University of Technology, Beijing, People's Republic of China; 2: Beijing SWT Intelligent Optics Technology Co., Beijing, People's Republic of China

AL34 - Understanding the Factors Influencing the Carbon Dioxide Dilution in an Aluminium Electrolysis Cell

Mohammadreza Basohbatnovinzad¹, Lukas Dion², Kadiata Ba³, Simon-Olivier Tremblay⁴, Sébastien Guérard⁵, Jean-François Bilodeau⁶

1: UQAC, Canada; 2: UQAC, Canada; 3: UQAC, Canada; 4: UQAC, Canada; 5: Riotinto; 6: Riotinto

BX01 - Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of the Paranas Karst Bauxite Deposit, Samar Island, Philippines

Jillian Aira Gabo-Ratio¹, Lyle Andre Arenque¹, Ivanna Raena Campos¹, Betchaida Payot¹, Mary Donabelle Balela¹, Jayvhel Guzman²

1: University of the Philippines, Philippines; 2: Marcventures Holdings Inc., Philippines

BX02 - Hyperspectral Imaging, Data Processing and Prediction of Bauxite Samples from Paragominas, Brazil

Acácio Nunes de Pina Neto, Éricka Nascimento Brito, Gustavo Lopes Loureiro, Ricardo Radtke, Bruno Lima Gomes, Silvia Leda Torres de Farias

Hydro Bauxite & Alumina

BX03 - Enhancing Efficiency in Mining Operations through Closed-loop Real-time Ore Control System (CROCS)

Fei Fei Wang, Emet Arya, Ke Shi

Rio Tinto, Australia

BX07 - Optimization of Cyclone Geometry for Bauxite Beneficiation

Allan Suhett Reis¹, Geraldo Duarte², Eslyn Neves³, Thiago Luis Alves Jatobá⁴, Jos Araujo⁵

1: Hydro Bauxite & Alumina, Brazil; 2: Hydro Bauxite & Alumina, Brazil; 3: Hydro Bauxite & Alumina, Brazil; 4: MinPro Solutions, São Paulo; 5: Hydro Bauxite & Alumina, Brazil

AL48 - Successful Implementation of INALUM Pilot Cells Using EGA Cell Upgrade Technological Know-How

Sajid Hussain¹, Nadia Ahli¹, Abdalla Alzarooni¹, Maitha Ismail Faraj¹, Abdulaziz Sarhan¹, Hassan Alhayas¹, Khaldun M. Badra², Ferdy Rahadian², Recky Suharmon², Ardyanta G. K. Tarigan², Haris Budiman², Edi Mugiono², Parindra Kusriantoko²

1: Emirates Global Aluminum (EGA), United Arab Emirates; 2: PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (INALUM), North Sumatra Province, Indonesia.

AL49 - New Cell Preheat Shunt Design in EGA Al Taweelah Potline 3

Abani Kumar Meher, Mahasal Khan, Mohamed Saifuzzama, Mohammed Noor Yahya Ahmad Al Jaziri, Vinod Janardhanan Nair, Shirish Kumar Karahe, Imran Shahzad, Abdallah Abdelrahman Abdallah Rahbar, Kochali Zakir Hussain, Sooraj Soman Nair

EGA, United Arab Emirates

AL50 - The Robustness Of Ready To Use Cathodes (RuC®): A Mature Technology Available For The Primary Aluminium Industry

Oscar Alberto Vera Garcia, Nicolas Gros, Till Reek, Frank Hiltmann

Tokai COBEX GmbH

AL51 - EGA Experience with Full Copper Cathode Collector Bars

Nadia Ahli, Atif Al Ansari, Mohamed Tawfik Boraie Ahmed

emirates global aluminum (EGA), United Arab Emirates

BR12 - Strength Development Of Blended Cements Containing Co-Calcined Bauxite With Kaolinitic Clay

Natalia Pires Martins, Arne Peys

VITO, Belgium

BR13 - Co-Calcination of BR with Kaolin for Economic Production of SCM. Industrial Pilot Results

Foteini Kratouna¹, Panagiotis Davris¹, Efthymios Balomenos¹, Dimitrios Kotsanis⁴, Arne Peys², Pipat Termkhajornkit³, Frédérique Ferey³, Philippe Bernard³

1: METLEN Energy and Metals, Aluminium of Greece Plant, Ag. Nikolaos, Greece; 2: VITO, Mol, Belgium; 3: Holcim Innovation Center, Saint Quentin Fallavier, France; 4: National Technical University of Athens, Laboratory of Metallurgy, Athens, Greece

BR15 - Low-Carbon Cements from Aluminum Chain By-Products

Marcio Barata¹, Euler Arruda Junior¹, Marcelo Montini², Darllan Pinheiro², Raphael Costa²

1: Federal University of Para; 2: Hydro Bauxite & Alumina, Brazil

BR14 - Development of Concretes with Different Strength Classes and Variations of Untreated Bauxite Residue Consumption

Markus Samuel Rebmann¹, Roberto Cesar de Oliveira Romano¹, José Augusto Ferreira Sales de Mesquita¹, Darllan do Rosário Pinheiro², Marcelo Montini², Raphael Costa², Rafael Giuliano Pileggi¹

1: University of São Paulo, Brazil; 2: Hydro Bauxite & Alumina, Belém, Brazil

AL35 - Improving Cell Performance with Artificial Intelligence Multi-Objective Optimisation of Bath Composition

Joseph Ndjebabyi Nloga, France Tremblay, Pierre-Luc Voyer, Patrice Desrosiers, Hermann Vermette, Sebastien Perron, Daniel Martel, Patricia Gagnon, Jeremy Berube

Rio Tinto, Canada

AL36 - Rel-Time Estimation of Bath Temperature in Aluminium Electrolysis Cells Using Temporal Neural Networks

Alexandre Beaulieu¹, Diego Salomone¹, David Munoz², Bertrand Allano², Ismail Mohamad³

1: Rio Tinto – Industry 4.0, Saguenay (QC), Canada; 2: Rio Tinto – Solutions Technologies Aluminium, Voreppe, France; 3: Rio Tinto - Solutions Technologies Aluminium - LRF, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France

AL37 - Reduction of Specific AlF3 Consumption in Hirakud Potlines

Pratap Sahu, Guarav Verma

Hindalco

AL38 - Bath Chemistry control with Different Alumina Compositions

Shaikha Alshehhi, Vishal Ahmad, Almero Eybers, Vinod Nair

EGA, United Arab Emirates

BX04 - Changing Lining Technology at the SAG Bauxite Mill at Hydro Paragominas

Tiago Silva¹, Ederison Rego¹, Diego Monteiro¹, Esterison Silva¹, Antonio Cezar Lisboa², Anderson Pinheiro²

1: Hydro Bauxite & Alumina; 2: Metso Minerals

BX08 - Fast Growing Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Engineered for Seedling Production Applied at Post-Mining Restoration Areas

Jonilton Pantoja Paschoal¹, Igor do Vale¹, Vicente Santos Sousa¹, Francisco de Góes³, Isamara Silva³, Áthila Leandro Oliveira², Sérgio Miana de Faria², Cleyton Eduardo Costa Ferreira¹, Maria Alciene dos Santos¹

1: Hydro Paragominas, Brazil; 2: Embrapa Agrobiology; 3: EGIS – Engineering and Consultancy LTDA

BX09 - Using Soil Bioengineering to Recover a Gully in the Amazon Forest

Jonilton Pantoja Paschoal¹, Maria Alciene dos Santos¹, Vicente Santos de Sousa¹, Igor do Vale¹, Rita dos Santos Sousa², Junior Joel Dewes², Cleyton Eduardo Costa Ferreira¹

1: Hydro Bauxite & Alumina, Brazil; 2: Vallis Engineering and Environment, Brazil

BX10 - Implementation of the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) in Hydro Bauxite and Alumina

Paulo Henrique Alfenas da Silva, Stefani Oliveira, Débora Magalhães Chácara, Lynnie Ferraz, Hélcio José Prazeres Filho, Paschoal Cataldi, Raphael Vieira da Costa

Hydro Bauxite and Alumina, Brazil

AL62 - Treatment and Valorisation of Solid Wastes from Smelters with the Low-Caustic Leaching and Liming Process

Laurent Birry, Hervé Gauthier

Rio Tinto, Canada

AL63 - Massive Recycling of Underpot Material to Pots at Sohar Aluminium Smelter

Haitham Al Lahouri, Ali Al Badi, Abdullah Al Alawi, Abdullah Al Dhahli, Vegi Sreeramu, Said Al Hinai, Swapnil Sahu, Ciro Kato, Javier Navia, Agnello Borim

Sohar Aluminium, Oman

AL64 - Study on Utilization and Disposal Technology of Spent Potlining

Kaibin Chen^1,2, Tingting Du², Lizhen Sun², Jianjun Liu², Ruonan Li Li², Zhongsheng Luo²

1: Central South University, Changsha, China; 2: Zhengzhou Non-ferrous Metals Research Institute Co.Ltd of CHALCO, China

AL65 - Recovery of Aluminium from Metal Pads in Shutdown Aluminium Electrolysis Cells

Samuel Senanu, Martin Syvertsen, Erik Koren, Kurt Sandaunet, Arne Petter Ratvik

SINTEF AS, Norway

KN10 - Can the Aluminium Industry Meet Global Climate Change Targets?

Miles Prosser

International Aluminium Institute, United Kingdom

KN11 – Opening the Automatic Frequency Restoration Reserve Markets in Europe: An Opportunity for Electrolyzers

Marion Perrin

Energy Pool Development France, France

KN12 - Aluminium Market Outlook: Reaching An Inflection Point?

Uday Patel

Wood Mackenzie, United Kingdom

KN13 - Low-carbon Aluminium: Market Dynamics and Pathway to Green Transition

Perrine Faye

Fastmarkets, United Kingdom

KN-3 Panel Discussion

Bernard Allais

ICSOBA, France