Bhubaneswar: The 13″ International Bauxite. Alumina & Aluminium Conference was inaugurated at CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. The three-day international conference was organised by International Bauxite, Alumina & Aluminium Society (IBAAS) in association with Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT) and Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), Bhubaneswar chapter.

Prominent industry experts in the alumina and alumina sector including Mr. Brijendra Pratap Singh, CMD, NALCO, Mr. Kailash Pandey, President HINDALCO, Dr. Ramanuj Narayan, Director CSIR-IMMT, Dr. Anupam Agnihotri, Director JNARDDC and Mr. Mark Annandale, Director Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) addressed the inaugural session.

A technical exhibition was also inaugurated during the session.Nearly 300 delegates representing about 100 companies from India and abroad participated in the mega luminium event.

Speakers deliberated on the key theme of the conference “A green and smart aluminium industry for tomorrow,” focusing on sustainability of the industry. Technical sessions on important topics relating to bauxite mining, alumina refining and aluminium smelting were held during the conference in which industry captains deliberated and made valuable suggestions for sustainable growth of the industry.

In his keynote address, Kailash Pandey, President and Business Head Metals and Minerals of Hindalco informed about the roadmap being prepared by Hindalco for use of renewable energy, emission reduction, fuel switching and decarbonisation in the process of alumina refining and smelting. Hindalco’s Innovation Centre for Energy and Decarbonisation is doing serious efforts on this aspect, he said.

About 86 abstracts of technical papers by aluminium leaders and research scholars were presented. The IBAAS 2025 ESG Awards were conferred upon industry persons for their immense contribution towards sustainability in aluminium industry.

Among others present during the inaugural function were Dr. Arun Nandi, Secretary of IBAAS and Bibhu Mishra, convenor of IM and Advisor Hindalco.