DOHA: Qatar Aluminium “Qatalum” will host the first Gulf Aluminium Casthouse Conference “GulfCast” at Sharq Vilalge &Spa from March 2 to 4.
The three-day event will highlight successive and continuous developments of the aluminium industry; centred upon casthouse operations and with distinguished international guest speakers.
The GulfCast Conference provides a distinctive and comfortable platform for industry leaders to meet under one roof for exchange of ideas and experiences. “Qatalum is proud to welcome a diverse range of international speakers to GulfCast and looks forward to delivering a programme of great importance to the future of the flourishing aluminium industry. The three-day programme will facilitate stimulating discussions which will focus on casthouse related issues as well as review the most important experiences, latest advancements and future challenges to the sector,” it said.
Qatalum has launched a special portal dedicated to hosting full details about the conference programme with biographical information of the conference speakers. Participants willing to attend the conference can log-in and register their participation by accessing the same portal.
The GulfCast will facilitate discussions and thought-provoking presentations focused on industry-related issues including: Safety, pot room — casthouse, liquid metal quality, critical equipment, dross treatment, materials and alloy elements, scrap re-melting and recycling, refractories and lining materials, energy and energy savings, casting technology, host a safety managers panel, LME and the aluminium market, aluminium downstream and competence and innovation, Qatalum said in a statement yesterday.
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