12th Aluminum Raw Materials Summit

Miles Prosser is the Secretary General of the International Aluminium Institute (IAI), the only body that represents the aluminium industry at the global level. With more than twenty years’ experience working on various industry policy issues, Miles brings in-depth knowledge on resource allocation, sustainability and climate change.

Miles joined the IAI from the Australian Aluminium Council, where he served as Executive Director for more than ten years. He leads the IAI to promote the unique and valuable properties of aluminium in sustainable development. He holds an honours degree from the Australian National University. He is a member of the Institute of Directors in London.

August 2019 – present
Minister Counselor of Economic Affairs at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Beijing, PRC
2016
Deputy Director III, Directorate of American and European Intra-Regional and Inter-regional Cooperation
2012
Counsellor of Economic Affairs at the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Hamburg, Germany
2008
Head of Reports and Analysis II, Secretariat of the Inspectorate General
2004
Third Secretary of Political Affairs at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Beijing, PRC
2003
Head of Section for Population and Health Cooperation, Directorate of ASEAN Functional Cooperation
1998
Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia

Ghana Bauxite Company (“GBC”) has been operating in Awaso, Ghana – West Africa since 1940 and produces premium bauxite with Al2O3 52%min and SiO2 1.5%max. Over the past decade, GBC has shipped 1.2 million tons per annum on average and with the ongoing mine expansion, production is expected to exceed 2.5 million tons per annum. The ongoing bulk jetty expansion at its shipping port at Takoradi is expected to improve GBC’s loading capacity from 70,000t to over 150,000t as Cape Size Vessels could berth from H2, 2022.

Xiamen Xiangyu Group Co., Ltd, a local state-owned company, was established on 28, November of 1995. The Group consists of over 500 subsidiaries with annual revenues around RMB480 billion and over 10,000 employees.

Metro Mining Ltd, a publicly listed bauxite mining company in Australia, started production since 2018. They mainly produce stable & good quality bauxite, suitable for high temperature digestion alumina refineries and export to China. With the current annual production capacity of 4 million tonnes, the producer plans to expand the capacity to 5 million tonnes in 2023 and 6 million tonnes in 2024.

SOGUIPAMI is a public limited company, created by the State of the Republic of Guinea. On behalf of the State, the company is involved in mining research, exploitation, and infrastructure development, etc.

Specialized in commodity prices risk management by in-depth research of supply-demand fundamentals; Awarded as one of the outstanding analysts by SHFE and best industrial commodity analyst by Futures Daily during 2016-2019. His team was awarded as the outstanding Investment & Research team in 2015 and 2016 respectively in Dalian Commodity Exchange.

The Company was founded in 2009 in Conakry, the capital city of Guinea and signed the Special Mining Permit Agreement with the local government in 2013 with mining areas located in Bofa and Telimele. The Company has been equipped with harbors, ports and bauxite logistics ways, with the present bauxite production capacity at 7.5 millon tonnes per year and planned capacity at 27 million tonnes per year. Besides, the Company has DUP granted by the government and its port-neighboring industrial estate covers an area of around 26 square kilometers.

Anrak Aluminium Ltd (Anrak) owns a 1.5MTPA alumina refinery, located near Visakhapatnam in the state of Andhra Pradesh, and the refinery commenced operations in April, 2022 with the first batch of alumina output in June, 2022. The plant was erected in 2013 by Penna Cements Group and Rescom acquired minority stake in the plant.

Bautek Minerals Industrials was founded in 2016 in Pocos de Caldas in the State of Minas Gerais, co-owned by Terra Goyana and a group of investors. Terra Goyana Mineradora started its operations in Barro Alto, in the State of Goias in 2013. The company has 3 mining concessions with the gibbsite bauxite deposit of over 200 million tonnes of proved high grade bauxite Al2O3 56%min SiO2 3%max.

Shandong Lubei Enterprise Group, a state-holding and mixed-owned enterprise, was set up in August of 1977, covering an area of around 140 square kilometers, being involved in chemicals, building materials, power, light industries, nonferrous metals and lithium new materials, etc. The alumina production capacity keeps at 1 million tonnes per year.

Shanxi Dao Er Aluminum Co., one of the biggest bauxite flotation producers in China, was set up in 2014. The annual processing production capacity of raw bauxite reaches 2 million tonnes. In addition, the company’s fused alumina refractory materials production capacity touches 150,000tpy.

Guangxi Tiandong Jinsheng Chemicals Co., Ltd.,located in petroleum-chemical industrial park of Tiandong city of Guangxi,covering an area of around 320,000 square meters, is mainly involved in productionof caustic soda, liquid chlorine, hydrochloric acid, electricity, steam andwater, etc., with accumulated investment amount over RMB5 billion andregistered capital of RMB670.88 million. The present annual production capacityof caustic soda reaches 500,000t. The company has over 400 employees including over120 specialists in different fields.