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Meetings & Symposia 
The conversion and sustainable use of alumina refinery residues: Global solution examples 
Fergusson, L 
2007 
105-111 
English 
This paper introduces current industry best practice for the conversion of alumina refinery residues (or "red mud") from hazardous waste to benign, inert material. The paper will examine four neutralization methods and Basecon Technology, a sustainable conversion process. The paper will consider ways through which this converted material can be combined and processed for sustainable applications in the treatment of hazardous waste streams (such as industrial wastewater and sludges, biosolids, and CCA wastes), contaminated brownfield sites, and mine site wastes. Recent discoveries and applications, such as the successful treatment of high levels of radium in drinking water in the USA, will also be discussed. Examples of global solutions and their technical merits will be assessed. 
Alumina refinery residue; Basecon technology; Bauxsol raw material; Environmental remediation; Waste treatment