Programme
Monday 9 May 2016
FIELD TRIP: RHI VEITSCH PLANT
08.00 – 16.00
WELCOME RECEPTION
18.00 Melia Hotel. Sponsored by
Welcome Address: Franz Buxbaum, Chief Operating Officer, RHI AG, Austria
Tuesday 10 May 2016
08.45 Introduction
Mike O’Driscoll, Director, IMFORMED, UK
09.00 Welcome Address
Andreas Kriegl, Head of Raw Material Supply, RHI AG, Austria
KEYNOTE DISCUSSION PANEL
09.15 Status & outlook for the magnesia market
Moderator
Mike O’Driscoll, Director, IMFORMED, UK
Panellists
Andreas Kriegl, Head of Raw Material Supply, RHI AG, Austria
Otto Alexandre Levy Reis, Chief Operating Officer, Magnesita Refratários SA, Brazil
Michael Tsoukatos, Business Development Director, Grecian Magnesite SA, Greece
Dr Richard Flook, Managing Principal, Mosman Resources, Australia
Dr Hans-Jürgen Klischat, Head of Research & Development/Quality Management, Refratechnik Cement GmbH, Germany
10.00 Coffee
SUPPLY TRENDS 1: GLOBAL REVIEW
11.00 Asia-Pacific magnesia supply round-up
Dr Richard Flook, Managing Principal, Mosman Resources, Australia & Dr Ian Wilson, Consultant, UK
11.30 Europe/Middle East/Africa magnesia supply round-up
Kerry Satterthwaite, Division Manager – Carbon & Chemicals, Roskill Information Services Ltd, UK
12.00 Magnesia in the Americas: Reliable stalwarts and new opportunities
E. Lee Bray, Mineral Commodity Specialist, US Geological Survey, USA
12.30 Lunch
SUPPLY TRENDS 2: NEW SOURCES | MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE | OLIVINE
14.00 What it takes to bring a successful magnesite project to market
Paul Rix, Director, Archer Exploration Ltd, Australia
14.30 Bischofite production in Ukraine: an alternative source of magnesium chloride
Roland F. Rivera Santiago, Vice President, MagnesiumUSA Inc., USA
15.00 Olivine: production & market applications
Thomas Valalas, Managing Director, Thermolith SA, Greece
15.30 Coffee
MARKETS 1: CEMENT BOARDS | WELDING
16.00 Modelpan: a new generation of magnesia building boards
Sibel Hizlan, General Manager, AK ALEV, Turkey
16.30 The use of magnesia in welding applications
David Fedor, Global Consumable Chemicals Manager, Lincoln Electric Co., USA
17.00 Close of Day 1 – Drinks Reception
Wednesday 11 May 2016
MARKETS 2: REFRACTORIES
08.45 Refractory market drivers outlook for magnesia
Ted Dickson, TAK Consultancy, UK
09.15 High purity magnesia raw materials for refractories
Sonja Larissegger, Technical Marketing Manager, RHI AG, Austria
09.45 Fused magnesia trends and global outlook
Asım Bilge, Production Engineer, DBM & FM Production Dept., Kümaş Manyezit San. AŞ, Turkey
10.15 Coffee
MARKETS 3: ENVIRONMENT | FLAME RETARDANTS
11.00 Environment: magnesia market innovation with a promising future
Akio Ishida, Director & Managing Executive Officer, Ube Material Industries Ltd, Japan
11.30 Flame retardant & chemical markets
Samantha Wietlisbach, Senior Analyst, IHS, Switzerland
12.00 Lunch
MARKETS 4: HYDROMETALLURGY | CERAMICS | PROCESSING
13.30 Magnesia: its use and abuse in hydrometallurgical applications
Mike Miller, Mike Miller Consulting Services, Australia
14.00 The use of magnesite in the production of ceramics
Eleni Iskou, Sales Manager for Specialities, Grecian Magnesite SA, Greece
14.30 A new magnesite processing technology for CCM and DBM with Direct CO2 capture
Dr Mark Sceats, Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Director, Calix Ltd, Australia
15.00 Changes afoot for China’s magnesia export policy and magnesia products trade with Europe
Christopher Zhao, Chief Investment Officer, Hejun Capital, China
15.15 Close of Conference
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