From Bauxite to Aluminium
The aim of this Summer School is to bring 50-60 PhD students and postdocs together to learn and discuss about the Production of aluminium and the zero-waste valorisation of bauxite residue (red mud). The summer school consists of 12 lectures (60 min lecture + 30 min of Q&A). The lecturers are world class experts.
Topics
- Early history of aluminium production
- Geology and mineralogy of bauxite deposits
- Bayer process
- Hall-Héroult process
- Aluminium alloys and their applications
- Recycling of aluminium metal
- Scandium and other REEs
- Recovery of metals from BR
- Cementitious binders with BR
- Inorganic polymers
- Sustainability assessment
- Bauxite residue valorisation: successes and failures