The conference structure consists of keynote presentations (40 minutes), oral presentations (20 minutes) and oral presentations of posters (3 minutes). The tentative programme structure follows.
Furthermore, the programme includes a welcome reception, a conference dinner, a tour in Acropolis and a field trip to Aluminium of Greece on the 10th of May.
You can also download the BR2018 Programme here: Conference2018.redmud.org/Programme BR2018 – pdf
Sunday 6 of May 2018 | ||||
18:00
21:00 |
Reception + Registration | |||
Monday 7 of May 2018 | ||||
8:15 | Registration | |||
9:00 | A Welcome Opening by the host | |||
9:20 |
Keynote Presentation Efthymios BALOMENOS Bauxite Residue Handling Practice and Valorisation research in Aluminium of Greece Mytilineos S.A. (Greece) |
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Theme | From bauxite to a modified bauxite residue | |||
10:00 |
Michal KSIAZEK, Eli RINGDALEN, Per Helge HØGAAS , Casper van der EIJK Iron removal from bauxite ores SINTEF (Norway) |
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10:20 |
Sedat ARSLAN, Bekir CELIKEL, Meral BAYGUL, Gokhan Kursat DEMIR Implementation and optimization of filter press in red mud washing process at ETI Aluminyum ETI Aluminyum Inc. Seydisehir (Turkey) |
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10:40 |
Andrei GORONOVSKI1, Johannes VIND2,3, Vicky VASSILIADOU2, Dimitrios PANIAS3, Alan H. TKACZYK1 Distribution of uranium, thorium and potassium in the Bayer process 1University of Tartu (Estonia), 2Aluminium of Greece (Greece), 3NTUA (Greece) |
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11:00 |
György BÁNVÖLGYI Production of bauxite residue with low soda and high iron content: the ILTD process option Senior Process Consultant, Alumina (Hungary) |
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11:20 | Coffee Break – Poster Session | |||
Theme | Neutralisation, revegetation and beyond | |||
11:40 |
Gemma O’CONNOR, Ronan COURTNEY Performance of a constructed wetland treating alkaline bauxite residue leachate University of Limerick |
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12:00 |
Benoit CRISTOL1, Ross GREENHALGH2 QAL bauxite residue storage using sea water neutralisation 1Rusal (Australia), 2Queensland Alumina limited (Australia) |
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12:20 |
Elisa DI CARLO1, Ronan COURTNEY1, Amiel BOULLEMANT2, Laurent POIZAT3 Field sampling and ex-situ bioassays for assessing the ecotoxicological risk of trace elements in different rehabilitated bauxite residues 1University of Limerick (Ireland), 2Rio Tinto (France), 3Alteo-alumina (France) |
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12:40 |
Viktória FEIGL1, Nelli BOMBOLYA1, Ádám TÖRÖK1, Zsófia BERKL1, Viktória DÁVID1, András KARI2 Biotechnological applicability of micro-organisms isolated from bauxite residue 1 Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary), 2 Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary) |
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13:00 | Lunch | |||
Theme | Integrated, near-zero waste processes | |||
14:20 |
Michail VAFEIAS1, Danai MARINOS1*, Dimitrios PANIAS1, Efthymios BALOMENOS1,2, Panagiotis DAVRIS1, Michal KSIAZEK3, Casper V.D. EIJK3, Jafar SAFARIAN4, Leiv KOLBEINSEN4, Ingeborg SOLHEIM3 From Red to Grey: revisiting the Pedersen process to achieve holistic bauxite ore utilization 1NTUA (Greece), 2Mytilineos S.A. (Greece), 3SINTEF (Norway), 4NTNU (Norway) |
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14:40 |
David KONLECHNER1, Egon SEHNER2, Ernst PICHLER3 Concept for an industrial scale HCl based bauxite residuals valorization and idea for using available technology for piloting at batch scale 1KON Chemical Solutions (Austria), 2CMI UVK GmbH (Germany), 3Chemikalien & Technischer Service GmbH (Austria) |
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15:00 |
Tobias Hertel, Lukas ARNOUT, Silviana ONISEI, Bart BLANPAIN, Yiannis PONTIKES Developing the processes for bauxite residue binders KU Leuven (Belgium) |
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15:20 | Coffee break – Poster session | |||
Theme | Novel Applications | |||
15:40 |
Jinhua BAO, Liang KONG, Zhen FAN, Heather S NIKOLIC, Kunlei LIU Utilising red mud as an oxygen carrier and catalyst for chemical looping gasification to produce hydrogen-rich syngas University of Kentucky (US) |
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16:00 | Samira Fatma KURTOĞLU, Alper UZUN
Tuning Structural Characteristics of red mud by acid modification for high performance in catalytic ammonia decomposition Koç University (Turkey) |
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16:20 |
Vesna ZALAR SERJUN1, Ana MLADENOVIČ1, Radmila MILAČIČ2, Janez ŠČANČAR2, Ana AŠLER3, Nina ZUPANČIČ3, Irena NIKOLIĆ4, Primož OPRČKAL1 Red mud as an alternative material for the production of a geotechnical composite 1 Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute (Slovenia), 2Jožef Stefan Institute (Slovenia), 3University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), 4University of Montenegro (Montenegro) |
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16:40 |
Michael JOHNSON Bauxite residue as a potential grid storage mechanism for renewable energy BigAtticHouse (USA) |
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17:00 |
Marcel SCHLAF Looking for acidity – or – the case of the missing chlorine: an option for a global closed loop alkalinity-acidity cycle for bauxite residue neutralization University of Guelph (Canada) |
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17:20 | Coffee Break – Poster Session | |||
Intensified poster presentation session | ||||
Sultan A. ALKHAMMALI , Abdulaziz N. AL-MUTAIRI , Abdulrahman M. ALOTAIBI, Majed A. ALMALKI, Yasir A. ALMUTAIRI Mineralogical and geochemical analyses of red mud in Saudi Arabia King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia) |
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Raj Kishore PATEL, Manoj Kumar SAHU Neutralization of red mud using CO2 sequestration National Institute of Technology (India) |
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Zhongkai LIU
Study on the Remediation Technology of Bauxite Residue Chalco (China) |
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17:40 | Closing of Monday’s session | |||
Tuesday 8 of May | ||||
09:00 | Keynote Presentation
Lisbeth RANDERS Kalundborg Symbiosis, moving towards a circular approach to production Kalundborg Symbiose (Denmark) |
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Theme | Recovery of Fe, Al, Ti | |||
9:40 |
Pritii TAM1, Chiara CARDENIA2, Buhle XAKALASHE3, Vicky VASSILIADOU1, Dimitrios PANIAS2, Bernd FRIEDRICH3 Conceptual flowsheets for Combined Recovery of Fe and Al from Bauxite Residue 1MYTILINEOS S.A. (Greece), 2NTUA (Greece), 3RWTH Aachen University (Germany) |
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10:00 |
Jianmin ZENG, Jiacheng WANG, Zimeng TAN, Aoping HE Production of grey cast iron from red mud and laterite nickel ore Guanxi University (China) |
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10:20 | Sk BISWAL1, Bk SATPATHY2, A AGNIHOTRI3, Dp CHAKRAVARTHY4
Innovative Process for Extraction of Iron Values from East Coast Bauxite Residue with Gainful Application of Non-iron Material 1IMMT (India), 2IIT (India), 3JNARDDC (India), 4Eesavyasa Tech (India) |
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10:40 |
Gözde ALKAN, Bengi YAGMURLU, Yiqian MA, Buhle XAKALASHE, Srecko STOPIC, Carsten DITTRICH, Bernd FRIEDRICH. Combining pyrometallurgical conditioning and dry acid digestion of red mud for selective Sc extraction and TiO2 enrichment in mineral phase RWTH Aachen University (Germany) |
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11:00 | Coffee Break – Poster Session | |||
11:20 |
Mansoor BARATI1, Karim DANAEI1, Yindong YANG1, Ravi RAVINDRAN2, Alexander MCLEAN1 Metal Refining Fluxes Based on bauxite Residue 1University of Toronto (Canada), 2Ryerson University (Canada) |
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11:40 |
Buhle XAKALASHE, Bernd FRIEDRICH Combined Carbothermic Reduction of Bauxite Residue and Basic Oxygen Furnace Slag for Enhanced Recovery of Fe and Slag Conditioning RWTH Aachen University (Germany) |
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12:00 |
Sumedh GOSTU1, Brajendra MISHRA1, Gerard MARTINS2 Extraction of iron from red mud: low temperature reduction to magnetite and magnetic separation 1Department of Material Science and Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines |
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Intensified poster presentation session | ||||
Gözde ALKAN, , Buhle XAKALASHE, Bengi YUGMURLU, Carsten DITTRICH, Srecko STOPIC, Bernd FRIEDRICH Enhancement of Sc and Ti extraction rates from Fe-depleted slag by hydrogen peroxide and sulfuric acid leaching RWTH Aachen (Germany), MEAB (Germany) |
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Buhle XAKALASHE, Gözde ALKAN, Hugo Ignacio LUCAS, Bernd FRIEDRICH Conditioning of Bauxite Residue with Bottom Ash in view of recovery of valuable metals: A sustainable approach RWTH Aachen University (Germany) |
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Chiara BONOMI, Ioanna GIANNOPOULOU, Johannes VIND, Dimitrios PANIAS 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulphate ionic liquid leaching of bauxite residue: iron, titanium and scandium recovery NTUA (Greece), MYTILINEOS S.A. (Greece) |
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12:40 | Lunch | |||
Theme | Cement, concrete and inorganic polymers | |||
14:20 |
Marcelo MONTINI1, José D. A. RODRIGUES2, Rafael G. PILEGGI3, Karen SCRIVENER1, Roberto Cesar ROMANO3, Xuerun LI1 Activate fly ash reaction using bauxite residue in blended cement 1EPFL (Switzerland), 2Federal University of São Carlos (Brazil), 3São Paulo University (Brazil) |
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14:40 |
David ARIÑO MONTOYA1,2, Tobias HERTEL2, Nikolaos PISTOFIDIS1, Giannis GIANNAKOPOULOS1, Remus Ion IACOBESCU2, Marios KATSIOTIS1, Yiannis PONTIKES2 Bauxite residue as main raw material in the production of calcium sulfo–ferroaluminate clinker 1TITAN CEMENT (Greece), 2KU LEUVEN (Belgium) |
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15:00 |
Roberto Cesar ROMANO, Heitor M. BERNARDO, José A. MESQUITA, Gustavo H. MUNIZ, Maria Alba CINCOTTO, Rafael G. PILEGGI Evaluation of hardened state properties of zero-cement mortars produced using bauxite residue as an activator to ground blast furnace slag University of São Paulo (Brazil) |
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15:20 |
K. Sateesh BABU, N. Gangadhara REDDY, Partha Pratim DEY, B. Hanumantha RAO Susceptibility to compaction of lime and GGBS treated bauxite residue IIT Bhubaneswar (India) |
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15:40 |
Lukas ARNOUT1, Tobias HERTEL1, Lucas Beirao DO VALLE2, Adrien NELIS2, Marcel DORMANN2, Theodoros KARACHALIOS1, Yiannis PONTIKES1 Increasing the reactivity of bauxite residue for the use as building material: an alternative activation treatment 1KU Leuven (Belgium), 2CRM (Belgium) |
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16:00 | Rui M. NOVAIS, João CARVALHEIRAS, Maria P. SEABRA, João A. LABRINCHA
Innovative use for geopolymers containing high red mud content University of Aveiro (Portugal) |
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16:20 | Coffee Break – Poster Session | |||
Intensified poster presentation session | ||||
Andrei GORONOVSKI, Alan H. TKACZYK Assessment of NORM in bauxite residue to facilitate valorization University of Tartu (Estonia) |
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Mariana K. KANASHIRO1, Douglas H. MILANEZ1, Everard C. M. NOYONS2, Leandro I.L. de FARIA1, José de Anchieta RODRIGUES1 Bauxite residue in cementitious materials – an analysis using citation and co-authorship maps 1Federal University of São Carlos (Brazil), 2Leiden University (The Netherlands) |
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Tobias HERTEL1, Chiara CARDENIA2, Efthymios BALOMENOS2,3, Dimitrios PANIAS2, Yiannis PONTIKES1 Microwave treatment of bauxite residue for the production of inorganic polymers 1KU Leuven (Belgium), 2NTUA Athens (Greece), 3Mytilineos S.A.(Greece) |
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M. Srinivasula REDDY1, Dinakar PASLA1, B. Hanumantha RAO1, Bijtjoy SATPATHY1, Subrat KAR2, Binuta PATRA2, Ananyaja KHUNTIA2 A study on the compressive strength and minerological properties of fly ash and red mud based geopolymer mortar 1IIT Bhubaneswar (India), 2NALCO (India) |
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Pithchai Pandian SIVAKUMAR, Tobias HERTEL, Yiannis PONTIKES Modified bauxite residue as an alternative supplementary cementitous material KU Leuven (Belgium) |
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17:00 | End of Tuesdays’ sessions | |||
18:00 | Visit to Acropolis | |||
20:00 | Conference Dinner | |||
Wednesday 9 of May 2018 | ||||
09:00 | Keynote Presentation
Krzysztof KUBACKI EIT RawMaterials – world’s largest innovation network in metals and minerals EIT RawMaterials, Innovation Hub CLC East (Poland) |
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Theme | Recovery of critical elements | |||
09:40 | Wenzhong ZHANG, Risto KOIVULA
Highly selective uptake of Sc3+ over Fe3+ by organic-inorganic hybrid titanium(IV) phosphate materials relevant to bauxite residue leachate conditions
University of Helsinki (Helsinki) |
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10:00 | Panagiotis DAVRIS1, Nikoleta GELESTATHI1, Efthymios BALOMENOS2, Dimitrios PANIAS1 and Ioannis PASPALIARIS1
Bauxite residue slag leaching for Al, Ti and Sc recovery 1NTUA (Greece), 2 Mytilineos S.A (Greece) |
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10:20 |
Éva UJACZKI1,2, Patricia CUSACK2,5, Rama Krishna CHINNAM1,5, Seamus CLIFFORD3,5, Teresa CURTIN4,5, RONAN COURTNEY2,5, LISA O`DONOGHUE1,5 Evaluation of a reuse technology for bauxite residue – extraction of gallium 1University of Limerick (Ireland), 2Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary) |
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10:40 | Maria OCHSENKUEHN-PETROPOULOU, Theopisti LYMPEROPOULOU, Lamprini-Areti TSAKANIKA, Klaus-Michael OCHSENKUEHN, Konstantinos HATZILYBERIS, Paraskevas GEORGIOU, Chrysanthos STERGIOPOULOS and Fotios TSOPELAS
Mineral acid leaching of scandium from bauxite residue NTUA (Greece) |
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11:00 | Coffee Break – Poster Session | |||
11:30 |
Dženita AVDIBEGOVIĆ, Mercedes REGADÍO, Rodolfo Marin RIVERA, Ghania OUNOUGHENE, Tom VAN GERVEN, Koen BINNEMANS Purification of low concentration of rare earths from high concentration impurities in leach liquor of bauxite residue slag by a supported ionic liquid phase KU Leuven (Belgium) |
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11:50 |
Johannes VIND1,2, Vicky VASSILIADOU1, Dimitrios PANIAS2 Rare earth elements and scandium mineralogy in bauxite residue 1Aluminium of Greece (Greece), 2NTUA (Greece) |
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12:10 |
John ANAWATI, Sable REID, Gisele AZIMI An innovative and sustainable valorisation process to recover rare earth elements from Canadian bauxite residue – synthetic oxalate precipitation study University of Toronto (Canada) |
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12:30 |
Edward PETERES1, Şerif KAYA2,3, Carsten DITTRICH2, Kerstin FORSBERG1 Recovery of scandium by crystallisation techniques 1KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden), 2 MEAB (Germany), 3RWTH Aachen University (Germany) |
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12:50 |
Rodolfo Marin RIVERA1, Buhle XAKALASHE2, Ghania OUNOUGHENE1, Koen BINNEMANS1, Bernd FRIEDRICH2, Tom VAN GERVEN1 Recovery of rare earths from bauxite residue slag by high-pressure acid leaching 1KU Leuven (Belgium), 2RWTH Aachen (Germany) |
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13:10 | Lunch | |||
14:10 | Keynote Presentation
Steven Philip ROSENBERG Bauxite Residue R&D, Emirates Global Aluminium, Technology Development and Transfer, Dubai, United Arab Emirates EGA (UAE) |
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14:50 | Intensified poster presentation session | |||
Rodolfo Marin RIVERA, Ghania OUNOUGHENE, Koen BINNEMANS, Tom VAN GERVEN Recovery of selected rare earths from bauxite residue by dry digestion with multi-stage circulation of leach liquor KU Leuven |
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Bengi YAGMURLU1, Wenzhong ZHANG2, Risto KOIVULA2, Carsten DITTRICH1, Bernd FRIEDRICH3 Solid-state conversion of scandium phosphate to oxide by sodium hydroxide and sodium salts 1MEAB (Germany), 2University of Helsinki (Finland), 3RWTH Aachen (Germany) |
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Panagiotis DAVRIS1, Danai MARINOS1, Efthymios BALOMENOS2, Dimitrios PANIAS1 and Ioannis PASPALIARIS1
Hydrometallurgical extraction of scandium from bauxite residue based on sulfuric acid process 1NTUA (Greece), 2 Mytilineos S.A (Greece) |
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Anna Lisa BACHMANN Fraunhofer Project Group Materials Recycling and Resource Strategies, IWKS Fraunhofer (Germany) |
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Magdalena LUTY-BŁOCHO, Marek WOJNICKI The influence of the residence time of the REE ions in the microchannel on their enrichment efficiency AGH University (Poland) |
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Marek WOJNICKI, Magdalena LUTY-BŁOCHO Extraction rate of Ho3+ ions from an aqueous solution to D2EHPA in cyclohexane AGH University (Poland) |
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P. James JOYCE, Anna BJÖRKLUND Beyond landfill avoidance – assessment of the Sustainability benefits of proposed integrated bauxite residue valorisation flow sheets using life cycle assessment (LCA) KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) |
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15:30 | Award | |||
15:40 | Panel discussion | |||
17:00 | Closing session | |||
17:10 | Finale coffee session |