Bauxite and Alumina 2025 | Fastmarkets | 2 April 2025 | TBA, Miami, USA

You Can’t Afford to Miss It

The only Event for The Whole Aluminium Raw Materials Supply Chain:
• Meet key voices from bauxite exporting regions Guinea, Jamaica, Ghana and Australia.

Focus in On Sustainability and The Opportunities It Presents:
• How will the push for green aluminium impact the raw materials side of the supply chain? Learn where the opportunities are within sustainability to be capitalized on.

Receive Expert Led Insights:
• Gain insights from the industry’s leading minds with diverse sessions from across the supply chain on Bauxite production to Non-Met uses. Hear discussions on Sustainability, non-met, China and Government insights on Bauxite production.

Essential Pricing Trends and Insights:
• Hear pricing trends and forecasts from Fastmarkets experts, to enable you to better strategize and negotiate deals.

Get to Grips with A Changing Market:
• As refinery closures have been announced in Australia, while new refineries are being built in Ghana and China, trade flows are changing and new trading partnerships are emerging.

Logistics Deep-Dive:
• Hear the latest trends in logistics and how freight rates are influencing purchasing decisions in a new logistics panel.

2025 Speakers

KEYNOTE AND GUESS OF HONOUR SPEAKERS:

Michael Ansah
Former Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC)

Hon. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah
Minister, Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (Ghana)

Jesse Gary
CEO, Century Aluminium

Aboubacar Kagbe Toure
General Manager, SOGUIPAMI

Ron Knapp
Adviser, China Hongqiao Group Ltd.

Ben Lindsey
Vice President – Sales & Trading, Alcoa

Ilhamsyah Mahendra
CEO, INALUM

Carlos Neves
Chief Operating Officer, Norsk Hydro Brasil

Melati Sarnita
Director Business Development and Commercial, INALUM

Hon. Bouna Sylla
Minister of Mines of Guinea

Dilo Seno Widagdo
Director Portfolio & Business Development, MIND ID

SPEAKERS:

Christian Ammermann
Chief Supply Chain Officer, Almatis GmbH

Suman Kumar Bal
Chief Sales Marketing Officer & Joint President, Hindalco Industries Limited

Efthymios Balomenos
Director, ICSOBA

Otavio Carvalheira
Senior Advisor & Board Member, AL Circle Pvt Ltd

Xavier Cauro
Manager Bauxite & Alumina, Concord Resources Limited

Ted Dickson
Consultant, TAK Industrial Mineral Consultancy

Yolanda Drakapoulos
General Manager, Jamaica Bauxite Institute

Andy Farida
Senior Analyst, Fastmarkets

Frank Feret
Chairman, ICSOBA

Tim Fitzpatrick
Head of Dry Cargo, Americas, Norden

Johannes Heckmann
CEO, Nabaltec AG

Duncan Hobbs
Research Director, Concord Resources Limited

Saurabh Khedekar
CEO - Alumina Business, Hindalco Industries Limited

Nick Kovics
Vice President, Inorganic Chemicals, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS, A Dow Jones Company

David Paris
Chief Operating Officer - Trading, RESCOM MINERAL TRADING

Shanti Persaud
Senior Environment Officer - Environment Management Unit, Jamaica Bauxite Institute

Anton Posner
Chief Executive Officer, Mercury Resources LLC

Laura Roberts
Reporter, FastMarkets

Mark Roggensinger
Head of Market Analysis, Hydro Bauxite & Alumina

Ami Shivkar
Principal Analyst - Aluminium Markets, Wood Mackenzie

Manny Xidias
Managing Director, Ifchor North America

2025 Speakers

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Hydro

GOLD SPONSOR:
• Alcoa

SILVER SPONSORS:
• GBC
• SMB