Programme*
We welcome you to Salt Forum 2023!
Join us for a stimulating conference, intelligently programmed and expertly moderated, covering the key trends and developments, challenges, and influencing factors shaping world salt supply and demand.
MONDAY 6 November
16:30 Registration
18:00 Welcome Reception
TUESDAY 7 November
08:00 Registration
INTRODUCTION | SOUTHERN AFRICA
09:00 Opening Remarks & Introduction
Ismene Clarke, Director & Mike O’Driscoll, Director, IMFORMED, UK
09:30 Welcome Address
Veston Malango, CEO, The Chamber of Mines of Namibia, Namibia
09:45 Southern Africa & Walvis Bay Salt development & production
Andre Snyman, MD, Walvis Bay Salt, Namibia
10:15 Conceptional salt products: Salicornia
Hennie Roets, Independent Consultant, Namibia
10:30 COFFEE
MARKET OVERVIEWS: SALT | BULK FREIGHT
11:15 Salt market overview: trends & outlook
Stefan Schlag, Salt Market Information, Switzerland
11:45 Global bulk freight market overview
Simon Lester, Managing Director, Dry Cargo, Clarksons South Africa (Pty) Ltd, South Africa
12:15 Is salt a potential Critical Raw Material?
Jack Bedder, Founder & Director, Project Blue, South Africa
12:45 LUNCH
EUROPE | SENEGAL | SOLAR SALT
14:00 The European salt market & role of EUsalt
Dr Urs Ch. Hofmeier, President, EUsalt & CEO, Schweizer Salinen AG, Switzerland
14:30 Senegal salt project progress
Mahecor Diouf, Managing Director, Domeco, & Fatick Industrial Zone (FIZ), Senegal
15:00 Production technology for best quality solar sea salt for the chloralkali industry
Vladimir Sedivy, President, Salt Partners Ltd, Switzerland
15:30 COFFEE
16:00 CLOSE OF DAY 1
*subject to change
Programme Outline
Monday 6 November 2023
17:00 Registration
18:00 Welcome Reception & Networking
Tuesday 7 November 2023
09:00-17:00 Presentations & Discussion
Wednesday 8 November 2023
09:00-12:30 Presentations & Discussion
18:00-00:00 Finale Moonscape Desert Dinner
co-sponsored by
Thursday AM 9 November 2023
FIELD TRIP: Walvis Bay Salt
WEDNESDAY 8 November
09:00 Welcome Address
Bryan Eiseb, Executive Director, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Namibia
APAC | AUSTRALIA | INDIA
09:15 APAC salt market supply & demand
Alison Saxby, Research Director, Project Blue, UK
09:45 Mardie Salt & Potash Project: status & outlook
David Boshoff, Managing Director, BCI Minerals Ltd, Australia
10:15 India’s salt industry & role of CSMCRI in improving quality & yield of solar salt through technological interventions
Dr Arvind Kumar, Chief Scientist, Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, India
10:45 COFFEE
PROCESSING DEVELOPMENTS
11:45 More quality in salt harvesting by using high-performance cold milling machines
Bernd Holl, Product Manager – Cold Milling Machines, Wirtgen Group, South Africa
12:15 Efficient salt drying
Mark Kragting, Sales & Process Manager, TEMA Process BV, Netherlands
12:45 LUNCH & END OF CONFERENCE
MOONSCAPE DESERT DINNER
18:00 Departure from Strand Hotel Swakopmund
18:45 Sundowner at Lookout Point
19:45 Arrival at Moon Landscape Desert Dinner venue
22:00 First bus departs to return to Hotel
23:30 Last bus departs to return to Hotel
01:00 Estimated last bus arrival back at Hotel