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    Abstract The key points are marketing and costs, not technical. From past experience and lessons learnt some success and failures will be described. Using bauxite residues means that there are customers for this material. And there is obviously competition with other materials. From past experience some key points are highlighted. Transportation cost has to be considered and customers need to be close. It can be an issue with remote refineries. It's important to pay attention to long term liabilities and to target customers with an economical interest (replacing their own product by bauxite residue). An European refinery had some successful sales. A commercial name was given to the residue and technical and safety sheets were provided. The refinery is a small one (600kt/y) with few residue production due to Boké bauxite and double digestion process. It's around 0.6 t/t alumina. It is also located in an urban area. In this case it is easier to reuse a significant part of the material. Some examples are listed below: – Covering refuse disposal dumps – Immersed artificial reefs – Road embankments – Cavity filling - injection filling – Building materials The final result should not produce more or worse waste or hazard than before treating. The first goal is to improve the global environment. We must be sure that the result is a good answer to the final user problem both in terms of quality and cost. The actual economical interest of the customer is essential. We must control the final use of the product because producer liability and image will always remain associated to the product. No product proliferation policy without strict control.

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    Abstract The key points are marketing and costs, not technical. From past experience and lessons learnt some success and failures will be described. Using bauxite residues means that there are customers for this material. And there is obviously competition with other materials. From past experience some key points are highlighted. Transportation cost has to be considered and customers need to be close. It can be an issue with remote refineries. It's important to pay attention to long term liabilities and to target customers with an economical interest (replacing their own product by bauxite residue). An European refinery had some successful sales. A commercial name was given to the residue and technical and safety sheets were provided. The refinery is a small one (600kt/y) with few residue production due to Boké bauxite and double digestion process. It's around 0.6 t/t alumina. It is also located in an urban area. In this case it is easier to reuse a significant part of the material. Some examples are listed below: – Covering refuse disposal dumps – Immersed artificial reefs – Road embankments – Cavity filling - injection filling – Building materials The final result should not produce more or worse waste or hazard than before treating. The first goal is to improve the global environment. We must be sure that the result is a good answer to the final user problem both in terms of quality and cost. The actual economical interest of the customer is essential. We must control the final use of the product because producer liability and image will always remain associated to the product. No product proliferation policy without strict control.

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    Bauxite Residue Re-Use Potential: Dream or Reality?

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    Abstract The key points are marketing and costs, not technical. From past experience and lessons learnt some success and failures will be described. Using bauxite residues means that there are customers for this material. And there is obviously competition with other materials. From past experience some key points are highlighted. Transportation cost has to be considered and customers need to be close. It can be an issue with remote refineries. It's important to pay attention to long term liabilities and to target customers with an economical interest (replacing their own product by bauxite residue). An European refinery had some successful sales. A commercial name was given to the residue and technical and safety sheets were provided. The refinery is a small one (600kt/y) with few residue production due to Boké bauxite and double digestion process. It's around 0.6 t/t alumina. It is also located in an urban area. In this case it is easier to reuse a significant part of the material. Some examples are listed below: – Covering refuse disposal dumps – Immersed artificial reefs – Road embankments – Cavity filling - injection filling – Building materials The final result should not produce more or worse waste or hazard than before treating. The first goal is to improve the global environment. We must be sure that the result is a good answer to the final user problem both in terms of quality and cost. The actual economical interest of the customer is essential. We must control the final use of the product because producer liability and image will always remain associated to the product. No product proliferation policy without strict control.

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    Bauxite residue re-use potential : Dream or reality?

    Yves Occello
    Amber Development, France

    Abstract
    The key points are marketing and costs, not technical. From past experience and lessons
    learnt some success and failures will be described. Using bauxite residues means that there
    are customers for this material. And there is obviously competition with other materials.
    From past experience some key points are highlighted. Transportation cost has to be
    considered and customers need to be close. It can be an issue with remote refineries. It's
    important to pay attention to long term liabilities and to target customers with an economical
    interest (replacing their own product by bauxite residue). An European refinery had some
    successful sales. A commercial name was given to the residue and technical and safety
    sheets were provided. The refinery is a small one (600kt/y) with few residue production due
    to Bok bauxite and double digestion process. It's around 0.6 t/t alumina. It is also located in
    an urban area. In this case it is easier to reuse a significant part of the material. Some
    examples are listed below:
    Covering refuse disposal dumps
    Immersed artificial reefs
    Road embankments
    Cavity filling - injection filling
    Building materials
    The final result should not produce more or worse waste or hazard than before treating. The
    first goal is to improve the global environment. We must be sure that the result is a good
    answer to the final user problem both in terms of quality and cost. The actual economical
    interest of the customer is essential. We must control the final use of the product because
    producer liability and image will always remain associated to the product. No product
    proliferation policy without strict control.

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