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16th International Bauxite & Alumina Seminar

16th International Bauxite & Alumina Seminar

29 March 2010 - 31 March 2010


A convenient business hub, the city of Miami will once again play host to the premier international gathering of the bauxite and alumina industry. Metal Bulletin Events and Industrial Minerals’ annual International Bauxite & Alumina Seminar will provide the forum for the industry’s key players to gain insight into all the latest developments in both the metallurgical and non-metallurgical sectors. The only event of its kind, regularly attracting close to 300 executives from around the globe – including mining companies, alumina refiners and users, as well as traders, financiers, shipping and technology companies.

Following a difficult year, where finding a response to the global financial crisis has been the key challenge, the seminar will examine how the industry has reacted, and in which direction the market is going. 


Topics include:

  • Pricing structure of alumina
  • The development of a new non-metallurgical source for bauxite
  • The outlook for primary aluminium 
  • China’s search for bauxite
  • The market for non met alumina
  • Trends in the shipping market
  • On the ground analysis from a primary producer on the Chinese market for bauxite and alumina
  • Projects in Brazil including the Juruti bauxite mine

Confirmed speakers and panellists include:

  • Simon Storesund, Senior Vice President, Hydro Aluminium
  • Jon Dudas, President - Aluminium,  BHP Billiton
  • Simon Wensley, GM Commercial Bauxite and Alumina, Rio Tinto Alcan
  • Hilbert N. Shields, Chief Executive Officer, First Bauxite Corporation
  • Carlton Davis, Consultant, Davis Tyndall Consultants, and Former Executive Chairman, Jamaica Bauxite Institute
  • James King, Economic advisor to the metals an raw materials  industry 
  • Martin Haller, Research Manager, Brook Hunt and Associates
  • Ted Dickson, Independent Consultant, TAK Industrial Mineral Consultancy
  • Raju Daswani, Managing Director, Metal Bulletin and Industrial Minerals
  • Sverre Bjorn Svenning, Director,Fearnleys AS Freight
  • Li Chong, President, Shenhou Aluminium Group
  • Lawrie Henrickson, Manager Bauxite and Alumina – The Americas, WorleyParsons
  • Nilson Souza, Vice President of Primary Products, Alcoa Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Edgardo Gelsomino, Aluminium Research Manager, Metal Bulletin Research
  • Stephen Coackley, Senior Consultant, HATCH Light Metals
  • Christoph Beyer, Senior Manager, Polysius
  • Jean Lemay, Senior Vice-President, Fednav International Ltd
  • Vinod Pandya, Managing Director, Indian Mines and Minerals
  • Markus J. Meurer, Vice President Marketing – Alumina, BHP Billiton
  • Mary C. Blackburn, Director Market Planning Services, Chemical Market Associates Inc
  • Krish Chettur, Managing Consultant – Gas and Power, Wood Mackenzie
  • Christian Ingerslev, General Manager Bulk Carriers, D/S Norden A/S
  • Timothy D. Reyes, President, Alcoa Materials Management