| 09:00 | Aluminium leadership award ceremony |
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MACRO ECONOMIC OVERVIEW -
Turbulent times for the aluminium sector |
| 09:20 | Supply and demand in the global metals market - overview of global plant capacity and cutbacks -
Global aluminium production levels -
What is the potential for rebound in global metals demand? -
Which smelter projects are on track, what is the picture for global production levels? -
What are global aluminium inventories looking like? -
Analysing key areas of supply and demand in established and emerging markets Marco Georgiou, Principal Analyst, CRU |
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| 09:50 | Capitalising on the potential of the Middle East -
What can Middle East aluminium offer to differentiate itself from the global competition? -
Assessing the impact of international demand on the growth of Middle East aluminium capacity -
Evaluating international markets for Middle Eastern exports -
Analysing the Middle East‘s emergence as a significant region for primary aluminium production Modar al Mekdad, General Manager, Gulf Extrusions |
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| 10:20 | EMAL: from vision to metal Yousuf Bastak, Project Director, Emal |
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| 11:30 | Sustainable aluminium – a positive contribution for the future -
Increasing the market for aluminium by enhancing world-wide awareness of its unique and valuable qualities -
Encouraging and assisting continuous progress in the healthy, safe and environmentally sound production of aluminium -
The voluntary global aluminium industry global ‘Aluminium for Future Generations’ sustainable development initiative -
A lifecycle approach to address the challenges of climate change -
A voluntary strategy to meet the challenges of climate change, encompassing the full lifecycle of aluminium from production, to primary use, to recycling and reuse Ron Knapp, Secretary General, International Aluminium Institute |
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| 12:00 | The art of ‘downstreaming’ a smelter -
“Downstreaming” a smelter: myth vs. reality -
Framework needed to establish a successful downstream cluster -
Metal pricing strategies, land, utilities, legal framework, logistics -
Developing a downstream project. Key milestones from inception to start of production -
Emirates Aluminium Park – the fully integrated aluminium cluster Juan Gomez-Cordobes, Vice President Metals, ADBIC |
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| 12:30 | | Lunch |  | |
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| PRIMARY ALUMINIUM PROJECT UPDATES | | |
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| 13:30 | Project updates Jan-Arve Haugan, CEO, Qatalum Bruce Hall, CEO, Sohar Aluminium | | Value-added Downstream Processing -
Products suited to smelter-based aluminium -
Technology choices for particular downstream applications -
Adding value through further finishing processes Gary Mahon, Director & Senior Metallurgist
Innoval Technology
Cable production
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Cable trends in the Middle East -
Adding value to primary aluminium production -
Opportunities & challenges for small cable producers Hussain Salman al Lawati, CEO, Oman Cables Industry
Building a rod and conductor plant
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Building feedstock to further downstream activities -
International export opportunities -
World-class expertise in the field of aluminum production Hamid al Zayani, Managing Director, Midal Cables |
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| 15:30 | Technical innovation in aluminium production -
Enhancing productivity through process measurement and control -
Implementing efficiency programmes and lowering aluminium production costs -
Efficient construction and scheduling of smelter delivery -
Innovative design and planning of smelters to build in cost savings Andreas Wolf, Manager Aluminium, Claudius Peters Projects |
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| 16:00 | Heat recovery from gas treatment centres -
Latest developments on heat recovery from electrolysis pot gas upstream GTCs for production of fresh water in desalination plant -
New generation of GTCs including Heat Exchangers Technology (HEX) -
Increased energy efficiency, reduced HF emissions, lower OPEX Anders Sørhuus, Technology Manager Aluminium, Alstom Norway |
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| 16:30 | Automation and IT Solutions for smelter pptimisation - Turning data into actionable information
- Enhancing machine safety while simultaneously improving line efficiency
- Energy monitoring and reduction solutions - how one project can reduce total energy consumption by 1-2%
- Power plant and GTC / FTC emission reduction solutions
- Project investigation and execution
Jeff Krbec, Metals Industry Business Development Manager, Rockwell Automation |
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| 17:00 | Saving building costs of greenfield smelter projects by optimizing the ventilation design Niek Menting, Sales Director Ventilation Heavy Industries, Colt International |
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