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Conference Agenda

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Session Overview

Location: StClair 3

Date: Monday, 28/Oct/2024

8:30am
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10:00am

EL-1: Electrode Session 1
Location: StClair 3
Chair: Duygu Kocaefe
Chair: Houshang Alamdari

8:30am - 9:00am
10 min Introduction + 20 min Presentation

EL01 - A Case Study For Emissions Free CPC Production

Les Charles Edwards, Main Hunt, Matthew Childers

Rain Carbon Inc., United States of America

9:00am - 9:20am

EL03 - Improved Process Safety of Petroleum Coke Calcination by Improved Knowledges and Control Measures

Marie-Josee Dion, Jean-François Gravel, Hans Darmstadt, Christian Lubombo

Rio Tinto, Canada

9:20am - 9:40am

EL02 - Analysis of Materials For Production and From Production

Lorentz Petter Lossius, Karin Bolstad

Hydro Aluminium AS, Norway

9:40am - 10:00am

EL04 - A Cradle-to-Gate Life Cycle Assessment of Pre-baked Carbon Anode Production; A Case Study in Quebec.

Bernard Osei, Simon Laliberté-Riverin, Houshang Alamdari

REGAL-Aluminium Research Center, Laval University

10:30am
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12:00pm

EL-2: Electrode Session 2
Location: StClair 3
Chair: Edouard Mofor
Chair: Houshang Alamdari

10:30am - 11:00am
10 min Introduction + 20 min Presentation

EL05 - A Robust Fume Treatment Centre of the Global Aluminium Industry

Peter Klut, Travis Turco, Jamal Elfilali, Edo Engel

Danieli Corus

11:00am - 11:20am

EL06 - Rhodax Process – Recent Evolution and Future Challenges

Christophe Bouche, Vincent Philippaux, Ibrahima Mbengue, Fabien Gaudière

Fives Solios, France

11:20am - 11:40am

EL07 - Low Resistance, High Flow PrimaFlow Filters – Latest Results in Carbon Bake Fume

Michael Neate, Bradley Currell, Henrique Sommerfeld

Solaft Filtration, Australia

11:40am - 12:00pm

EL08 - NOx Emission Reduction at ALBA (Aluminium Bahrain) Kiln-5

Hesham Hasan Buhazza, Rajesh Garg, Prakash Mishra, Nabeel Ebrahim Al Jallabi, Taleb Al Ansari, Abdulla Habib

Aluminium Bahrain (ALBA), Bahrain

1:00pm
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2:30pm

EL-3: Electrode Session 3
Location: StClair 3
Chair: Francesco Carlos Baccalà
Chair: Houshang Alamdari

1:00pm - 1:30pm
10 min Introduction + 20 min Presentation

EL09 - Data Science applied to Anode Baking Furnace Environmental Foot Print Reduction

Olivier Forato¹, Francois Ordronneau¹, Hervé Pedroli¹, David Brismalein¹, Gregor Josse², Eloise Sorin², Maxime Redstone-Leclerc², Julian Cooper², Christophe Bouche³, Nicolas Fiot³, Louna Alsouki³

1: Aluminium Dunkerque, Dunkerque, France; 2: Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Paris, France; 3: Fives Solios, Givors, France

1:30pm - 1:50pm

EL10 - Inspection Methodology and Upgrade options for Anode Bake Fume Treatment Centres

Mikkel Sørum, Anders Sørhuus, Eivind Holmefjord, Bjørn-Erik Hattrem, Guillaume Girault

REEL Environmental Control Solutions, Norway

1:50pm - 2:10pm

EL11 - Enhancing Operational Visibility in Anodes Baking Furnace

Sara Al Khadhar, Edouard Mofor, Jasem Al Obaidli, Mohammad Qazizadeh, Shajahan Asanguthus

Emirates Global Aluminium, United Arab Emirates

2:10pm - 2:30pm

EL12 - Modern Fume Treatment Centers for ABF; a comparison between 2 Fumes Cooling Technologies

Bassam Hureiki¹, El Hani Bouhabila¹, Raymond Johansen², Geir Wedde²

1: Fives Solios, France; 2: Norwegian Emission Abatement Technologies AS, Norway

Date: Tuesday, 29/Oct/2024

8:00am
-
10:00am

AA-4: Alumina Session 4
Location: StClair 3
Chair: Stephane Beaulieu
Chair: Andrey Panov

8:00am - 8:30am
10 min Introduction + 20 min Presentation

AA12 - An Effective Filter Aid for the Direct Filtration of Digester Blow-off

Scott Allan Moffatt, Gregory Flieg

Syensqo, United States of America

8:30am - 8:50am

AA13 - Assessment of Chemical Additives Impact on Alumina Refinery Processes

Raquel Cristina Singulani, Badarani Ahmad, Sanghamitra Panda, Aysha Muneer Naji Ali AlThaibani, Maitha Rashid Saif Ali Alqaydi

Emirates Global Aluminium, United Arab Emirates

8:50am - 9:10am

AA25 - Improving Product Hydrate Filtration Efficiency of Alumina Refinery Through Nalco Water’s FilterMax Technology

Shounak Banerjee, Scott Barham, Howard Kameka, Servidoni Eduardo, Ismail Yudhistira

Ecolab Nalco Water, India

9:10am - 9:30am

AA15 - Iron Impurity in Liquor – Impact on Product Quality and Control Methods

Sagar Subhash Pandit, Amit Gupta

Hindalco, India

9:30am - 9:50am

AA16 - Study of Vanadium Removal from Caustic Solutions

Lu Siming¹, Ma Danyang², Yu Qing³, Qi Lijuan⁴, Yang Huibin⁵, Zhang Jianqiang⁶, Li Xueyuan⁷, Kang Shaojie⁸, Li Chengyu⁹, Xie Gengbiao¹⁰

1: Zhengzhou Non-ferrous Metals Research Institute Co. Ltd., CHALCO, China; 2: Zhengzhou Non-ferrous Metals Research Institute Co. Ltd., CHALCO, China; 3: Zhengzhou Non-ferrous Metals Research Institute Co. Ltd., CHALCO, China; 4: Zhengzhou Non-ferrous Metals Research Institute Co. Ltd., CHALCO, China; 5: Zhengzhou Non-ferrous Metals Research Institute Co. Ltd., CHALCO, China; 6: Zhengzhou Non-ferrous Metals Research Institute Co. Ltd., CHALCO, China; 7: Zhengzhou Non-ferrous Metals Research Institute Co. Ltd., CHALCO, China; 8: Zhengzhou Non-ferrous Metals Research Institute Co. Ltd., CHALCO, China; 9: Zhengzhou Non-ferrous Metals Research Institute Co. Ltd., CHALCO, China; 10: Zhengzhou Non-ferrous Metals Research Institute Co. Ltd., CHALCO, China

10:30am
-
12:00pm

AA-5: Alumina Session 5
Location: StClair 3
Chair: Daniel Alexander Manché
Chair: Sebastien Fortin

10:30am - 10:50am

AA14 - Gardanne Refinery – Lessons Learned on Temporary Shutdown of Bayer-type Process

Guillaumont Laurent, Esquerre Valerie, Campanaro Serge

ALTEO, France

10:50am - 11:10am

AA17 - Agglomeration Process Optimization

Jefferson Klister¹, Cleto Azevedo¹, Taynara Valentim¹, Pedro Costa¹, Alok Batra², Bhanu Prakash², Narayana Khadri²

1: Hydro Bauxite & Alumina; 2: Atomiton Inc

11:10am - 11:30am

AA19 - Optimization of Aluminum Hydroxide Seeded Crystallization Using Predictive Model

Vladimir Golubev¹, Tatyana Litvinova², Ilya Blednykh¹, Andrey Panov¹

1: RUSAL Engineering and Technology Center, Russian Federation; 2: Saint-Petersburg Mining University, Russian Federation

11:30am - 11:50am

AA20 - Intelligence-Driven Precipitation Control for Enhanced Alumina Productivity with Consistent Quality: A Machine Learning Approach

Paul Gupta, Subhadeep Bhattacharya, Keshav Karn, Salman Hussain

Hindalco Industries Limited, India

1:00pm
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2:30pm

AA-6: Alumina Session 6
Location: StClair 3
Chair: Mehani BOUFEDJI
Chair: Frank Feret

1:00pm - 1:20pm

AA21 - Reflections on 25 Years of SWIRLFLOW Operation at the QAL Alumina Refinery

Julie Townsend¹, Darren Bambrick², Tom Connor³, Bon Nguyen⁴, Jie Wu⁵, Lachlan Graham⁶, Mark Dorreen⁷

1: QAL, Gladstone, Australia; 2: QAL, Gladstone, Australia; 3: Rio Tinto, Brisbane, Australia; 4: CSIRO Mineral Resouces, Clayton, Australia; 5: CSIRO Mineral Resouces, Clayton, Australia; 6: CSIRO Mineral Resouces, Clayton, Australia; 7: CSIRO Mineral Resouces, Clayton, Australia

1:20pm - 1:40pm

AA22 - Utilisation of a Modern Scale Management Technique for Precipitation Tanks

Pradeep Mudgala, Suresh Yadav, Ahlam AlMajrafi, Ahmed AlBreiki

Emirates Global Aluminium - Al Taweelah alumina refinery, United Arab Emirates

1:40pm - 2:00pm

AA23 - Adaption of 80 m² Belt Filter from Processing Fine Classified Seed to Coarse Product

Rob Clegg¹, Fred Giraud², Valérie Esquerre-Cacha²

1: Sahl Regen, Senegal; 2: ALTEO Gardanne, France

2:00pm - 2:20pm

AA24 - How Additional Vacuum Disc Filter Design Can Support Operations

Jurgen Hahn, Christelle Zschernitz, André Egger

BOKELA GmbH, Germany

Date: Wednesday, 30/Oct/2024

8:00am
-
10:00am

AA-7: Alumina and Bauxite Session
Location: StClair 3
Chair: ERROL NEVILLE JAEGER
Chair: Frank Feret

8:00am - 8:30am
10 min Introduction + 20 min Presentation

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

György {George} Bánvölgyi

Senior Process Consultant

8:30am - 8:50am

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

8:50am - 9:10am

AA10 - Kinetics of Quartz Dissolution and Impact on Boehmite Extraction

Sagar Subhash Pandit, Rajanikant Jadhav

Hindalco, India

9:10am - 9:30am

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

9:30am - 9:50am

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

10:30am
-
12:00pm

BX-1: Bauxite Session 1
Location: StClair 3
Chair: Clara Veiga Ferreira de Souza
Chair: Sebastien Fortin

10:30am - 10:50am

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

10:50am - 11:10am

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

11:10am - 11:30am

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

11:30am - 11:50am

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

1:00pm
-
2:30pm

BX-2: Bauxite Session 2
Location: StClair 3
Chair: Roberto Junior
Chair: Andrey Panov

1:00pm - 1:20pm

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

1:20pm - 1:40pm

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

1:40pm - 2:00pm

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

2:00pm - 2:20pm

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

42^nd Conference
and Exhibition
ICSOBA 2024

27 - 31 October 2024
Lyon, France

Conference Agenda