Publications

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Processing of salt for chemical and human consumption is an update of an older paper written by Vladimir M. Sedivy. The update was published by Sub-Sahara Mining & Industrial Journal in October 2021. The reprint can be downloaded here and the feature viewed on page 60-69 under the link here.

Salt Business in Africa is the title of an article by Vladimir M. Sedivy, published by Sub-Sahara Mining & Industrial Journal in July 2021. The reprint can be downloaded here and the feature viewed under the link here.

How to Produce Best Quality Solar Salt and Mardie Marches On are the titles of articles by Vladimir M. Sedivy and Alwyn Vorster, published by The Australian Mining Review in June 2021. The reprint can be downloaded here and the feature viewed under the link here.

Salt Production Dynamics, Trends, Forecasts and Milestone for Mardie are the titles of articles by Vladimir M. Sedivy and Alwyn Vorster, published by The Australian Mining Review in November 2020. The reprint can be downloaded here and the underlying paper here.

On 22. October 2020, at the I.C.I.S. Tecnon OrbiChem World Chloralkali Virtual Conference, Mr. Vladimir M. Sedivy made a presentation entitled Chloralkali Feedstock Dynamics, Trends and Forecasts. The presentation is broadcasting on Salt Partners YouTube Channel and can be downloaded here. The underlying paper can be downloaded here.

The EuSalt General Assembly and Conference held on 22.- 24. May 2019 in Rotterdam was sponsored by Salt Partners. Mr. Vladimir M. Sedivy made a presentation entitled ALUSAL®  technology recycles flux salt from aluminium smelting slag economically. The presentation can be downloaded here.

In March 2019, at the Roskill SALT 2019 conference in Amsterdam, sponsored by Salt Partners, Mr. Vladimir M. Sedivy made a presentation entitled Salt and water from seawater - What else? The presentation, dealing with recovery of metals such as magnesium, potassium, lithium, strontium and rubidium from desalination reject and from solar saltworks bitterns, can be downloaded here.

In November 2018, at the Roskill SALT ASIA 2018 conference in Hong Kong, sponsored by Salt Partners, Mr. Vladimir M. Sedivy made a presentation entitled HYDROSAL-XP Salt Purification Process - Why has it been selected by BCI Minerals for their Mardie project? The presentation can be downloaded here. The presentation is broadcasting on YouTube under the following link: Salt Partners YouTube Channel.

In October 2018, at the Asahi Glass FLEMION Seminar in Amsterdam, sponsored by Salt Partners, Mr. Vladimir M. Sedivy made a presentation entitled High purity salt for membrane chloralkali electrolysis: What exactly does it mean? The presentation can be downloaded here. The presentation is broadcasting on YouTube under the following link: SaltPartners.

In September 2018, at the Solution Mining Research Institute Conference in Belfast, Mr. Vladimir M. Sedivy made a presentation entitled Introducing SEISMOSAL® a New Revolutionary Method of Prospecting for Salt. The presentation can be downloaded here. The full paper can be downloaded here. The presentation is broadcasting on YouTube under the following link: SaltPartners.

At the 10th International Salt Symposium, organised by Salt Institute in Stein Eriksen Lodge, Park City, Utah, USA, Vladimir M. Sedivy, together with Debesh Sengupta, made a presentation entitled Upgradeability of Solar, Rock and Vacuum Evaporated Salts. The presentation can be downloaded here. The presentation is broadcasting on YouTube under the following link: SaltPartners.

At the 10th International Salt Symposium, organised by Salt Institute in Stein Eriksen Lodge, Park City, Utah, USA, Vladimir M. Sedivy, together with Debesh Sengupta, made a presentation entitled Salt Business in Africa, Trends and Opportunities. The presentation can be downloaded here. The presentation is broadcasting on YouTube under the following link: SaltPartners. The full paper can be downloaded here.

On 15th November 2017, Vladimir M. Sedivy made a presentation entitled New Membranes make Salt Production from Desalination Reject Even More Profitable at the Salt 2017 Middle East International Conference for the Salt Industry, organised by Roskill at the Marriott Hotel Al Jaddaf in Dubai. The presentation can be downloaded here. The presentation is broadcasting on YouTube under the following link: SaltPartners.

The EuSalt general assembly and conference held on 26.- 27. June 2017 at the Sofitel Hotel, Brussels, Belgium, was sponsored by Salt Partners. Impressions from this conference are broadcasting on YouTube under the following link: EuSalt Brussels June 2017.

On 28th March 2017, Vladimir M. Sedivy made a presentation entitled European salt and chloralkali industry, recent trends and outlook at the Salt 2017 international conference for the salt industry, organised by Roskill in the Renaissance Hotel, Dusseldorf, Germany. The presentation can be downloaded here. The presentation is broadcasting on YouTube under the following link: SaltPartners.

On 17th June 2016, Vladimir M. Sedivy made a presentation entitled Feedstock focus: Understanding the importance of chloralkali to the salt industry at the 20th World Chloralkali Conference, Millennium Hilton, Bangkok, Thailand. The presentation can be downloaded here. All Salt Partners videos can be viewed on YouTube under the following link: SaltPartners.

On 4th June 2015, Vladimir M. Sedivy made a presentation entitled Energy balance of salt production speaks in favour of solar saltworks at the EuSalt General Assembly in Salzburg, Austria. The presentation is broadcasting on YouTube. The presentation can be downloaded here. All Salt Partners videos can be viewed on YouTube under the following link: SaltPartners.

Salt Partners unveil plans to establish an engineering working group in Prague. On 5th March 2014 in the Four Seasons Hotel in Prague, Vladimir M. Sedivy presented plans to enhance Salt Partners project implementation capabilities. The presentation in Czech language is broadcasting on YouTube. For the PowerPoint presentation click here. Interested candidates click here.

Vladimir M. Sedivy (21. June 2013) Presentation entitled Analysing global salt supply developments at the 17th World Chloralkali Conference oganised by ICIS and Tecnon OrbiChem in Hotel Pan-Pacific, Singapore. The presentation is broadcasting on YouTube. PowerPoint presentation in English can be downloaded here. All Salt Partners videos can be viewed on YouTube under the following link: SaltPartners.

On 13th July 2012, Vladimir M. Sedivy made a presentation entitled Salt for Life to the members of the Kiwans Manesse Club at the Congress House in Zurich, Switzerland. The presentation deals with those aspects of salt that can be of interest to general public, starting with creation of the Universe and formation of sodium and chlorine atoms. The presentation in Swiss German is broadcasting on YouTube. PowerPoint presentation in English can be downloaded here. All Salt Partners videos can be viewed on YouTube under the following link: SaltPartners.

Sedivy V.M. (June 2012) Economy of ultrapure salt feedstock in membrane cell chloralkali plants. Presentation by Vladimir M. Sedivy, President of Salt Partners Ltd. at the 2nd International Flemion Seminar organised by Asahi Glass on 13.-14. June 2012 at the World Trade Center in Zurich, Switzerland. The presentation is broadcasting on YouTube. All Salt Partners videos can be viewed on YouTube under the following link: SaltPartners.

Sedivy V.M. and McLellan G. (May 2012) Mechanical solar salt harvesting worldwide. Presentation at the EuSalt Annual General Assembly held 24.-25. May 2012 at the Grand Mellia Collon, Sevilla, Spain, by Vladimir M. Sedivy, President of Salt Partners Ltd., followed by presentation Modern Mechanised Salt Harvesting by Gavin McLellan, Managing Director of ROV Durrant. The presentations are broadcasting on YouTube. The related short videos can be viewed on YouTube, under the following link: SaltPartners. Durrant salt harvesting brocures can be downloaded under the following links: Durrant 566-70 Salt Harvester, Durrant 590-95 Salt Harvester and Durrant Salt Conveyor Systems.

Sedivy V.M. (April 2012) Sunny times for solar salt Industrial Minerals, pp. 66 - 71. The article describes the solar salt harvesting methods around the globe, from salt collection by hand to laser controlled harvesting machinery manufactured by ROV Durrant. The related short videos can be viewed on YouTube, under the following link: SaltPartners.

Sedivy V.M. (March 2012) Mechanical solar salt harvesting worldwide. Presentation at the Salt Institute Annual General Meeting held 7.-9. March 2012 at the Montage Resort in Laguna Beach, California, USA, by Vladimir M. Sedivy, President of Salt Partners Ltd. The presentation is broadcasting on YouTube. The related short videos can be viewed on YouTube, under the following link: SaltPartners.

McLellan G. (March 2012) Modern Mechanised Salt Harvesting in Southern Africa. Presentation at the Salt Institute Annual General Meeting held 7.-9. March 2012 at the Montage Resort in Laguna Beach, California, USA, by Gavin McLellan, Managing Director of ROV Durrant Engineering (Pty) Ltd., Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Durrant salt harvesting brocures can be downloaded under the following links: Durrant 566-70 Salt Harvester, Durrant 590-95 Salt Harvester and Durrant Salt Conveyor Systems.

Sedivy V.M. (December 2011) Influence of global crude salt supply on soda ash. Review of international salt trade developments in Asia-Pacific region. Presentation at the International Soda Ash Summit 2011 organised by Shanghai CBI Commercial Development Co. Ltd. between 5.- 6.12.2011 in Hotel Hilton Tianhe, Guangzhou, China. Presentation by Vladimir M. Sedivy, President, Salt Partners Ltd.

Sedivy V.M. (May 2011) Counter-Current Hydroextraction Technology Produces Ultrapure Vacuum Salt for Membrane Chloralkali Electrolysis. Presentation at the EuSalt Annual General Assembly 2011, organised between 25.- 28.5.2011 by EuSalt in Hotel Beau-Rivage, Lausanne, Switzerland. Presentation by Vladimir M. Sedivy, President, Salt Partners Ltd.

Sedivy V.M. (November 2010) Solar Salt Ponds as a Clean Energy Bioreactors. Proceedings of the Second Salt Workshop on Ecology and Economy of Solar Salt Production, organised by SIESAL, Sindicato da Industria da Extraçao do Sal no Ertado do Rio Grande do Norte at the Hotel Garbos in Mossoro, RN, Brazil between 23.- 26.11.2010. Presentation by Vladimir M. Sedivy, President, Salt Partners Ltd.

Sedivy V.M. (January 2010) Recent developments in international salt trade. Proceedings of the 2010 India International Salt Summit oganised by The Indian Salt Manufacturers Association at Nirma University Auditorium, SG Highway, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Presentation by Vladimir M. Sedivy, President, Salt Partners Ltd.

Sedivy V.M. (January 2010) Mechanical solar salt harvesting worldwide. Proceedings of the 2010 India International Salt Summit oganised by The Indian Salt Manufacturers Association at Nirma University Auditorium, SG Highway, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Presentation by Vladimir M. Sedivy, President, Salt Partners Ltd.

Sedivy V.M. (December 2009) Industrial salt supply status in Asia-Pacific. Proceedings of the 2009 Asia Salt Chemical Summit oganised by CBI China, Harriman Chemsult and AMAI in Crowne Plaza Hotel, Sanya, Hainan Island, China. Presentation (English and Chinese (slow download!)) by Vladimir M. Sedivy, President, Salt Partners Ltd.

Sedivy V.M. (September 2009) Processing of salt for industrial and human consumption. Published in Volume 2, Page 1385 - 1402 of 9th International Symposium on Salt (ISBN 978 7 80251 213 9). The Salt 2009 symposium was held on 4. - 6. September 2009 in Beijing International Convention Centre, Beijing, China. Presentation by Vladimir M. Sedivy, President, Salt Partners Ltd.

Sedivy V.M. (June 2009) Salt? Sold Out! Review of salt supply developments in Asia. Proceedings of the 13th Asian Chloralkali Conference organised by Tecnon OrbiChem on 25th - 26th June 2009 in Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Presentation by Vladimir M. Sedivy, President, Salt Partners Ltd.

Mottershead Roly, Sutton Dan (June 2009) Djibouti: A Legacy of the Salt Trade. New solar salt project at the Lake Assal, Djibouti, Africa. . Proceedings of the 13th Asian Chloralkali Conference organised by Tecnon OrbiChem on 25th - 26th June 2009 in Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Presentation by Roland Mottershead, Director, CGV Pty. Ltd., Perth, Western Australia.

Sedivy V.M. (March 2009) The "Missing Link" between saltworks biology and solar salt quality Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on the Ecological Importance of Solar Saltworks (CEISA 2009) pp. 18 - 19, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, 26 - 29 March 2009 by Vladimir M. Sedivy, President, Salt Partners Ltd.

Sedivy Isabella (March 2009) Yannarie Solar video recording of the interview conducted on 29th January 2009 by Vladimir M. Sedivy, President, Salt Partners Ltd. with James Barrie, Project Manager of Straits Resources in Perth, Western Australia about the development of the Yannarie solar salt project. In particular, the policies of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) of Western Australia were discussed. EPA has been denying environmental approval for the project. The interview was broadcast on 27 March 2009 at the 2nd International Conference on the Ecological Importance of Solar Saltworks (CEISA 2009) in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico and on 26th June 2009 at the 13th Asian Chloralkali Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The video can be wiewed on YouTube. Vebatim transcription is available for download.

Sedivy Vladimir M. (May 2008) Economy of Salt in Chloralkali Manufacture Proceedings of the National Salt Conference 2008 of the Indian Salt Manufacturers’ Association and the Alkali Manufacturers’ Association of India, pp. 83 - 91, Gandhidham, Gujarat, India. PowerPoint presentation by Vladimir M. Sedivy, President, Salt Partners Ltd.

Mottershead Roland, Wellisch Kevin (May 2008) Optimisation of Production and Quality of Solar Salt from New and Existing Solar Saltfields using Brine Mass Balance Computer Modelling Proceedings of the National Salt Conference 2008 of the Indian Salt Manufacturers’ Association and the Alkali Manufacturers’ Association of India, pp. 61 - 72, Gandhidham, Gujarat, India. PowerPoint presentation by Vladimir M. Sedivy, President, Salt Partners Ltd.

McLellan Gavin (May 2008) Modern Mechanised Salt Harvesting in Southern Africa Proceedings of the National Salt Conference 2008 of the Indian Salt Manufacturers’ Association and the Alkali Manufacturers’ Association of India, pp. 73 - 78, Gandhidham, Gujarat, India. PowerPoint Presentation by Gavin McLellan, Managing Director, ROV Durrant Engineering (Pvt) Ltd. Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Inoue Shinji (May 2008) Effect of Impurities in Brine on Membrane Performance and its Performance Recovery Proceedings of the National Salt Conference 2008 of the Indian Salt Manufacturers’ Association and the Alkali Manufacturers’ Association of India, pp. 6 -46, Gandhidham, Gujarat, India. PowerPoint Presentation by Shinji Inoue, Asahi Glass, Flemion Division, Tokyo, Japan.

Sedivy Vladimir M. (July 2007) Why not turn your salt into gold? 2007 Indian Salt Manufacturer's Association Conference, Bharuch, Gujarat, India. PowerPoint Presentation by Vladimir M. Sedivy.

Sedivy Vladimir M. (June 2007) Why not turn your solar salt into gold with Certified Emission Reductions? Proceedings of the 2007 China Salt Industry International Forum, Tianjin, China, pp. 109 - 116. PowerPoint presentation by Vladimir M. Sedivy, President, Salt Partners Ltd.

Sedivy Vladimir M. (October 2006) Environmental balance of salt production speaks in favour of solar saltworks Global NEST Journal , Vol 11, No 1, pp 41-48, 2009. Presented at the 1st International conference on the Ecological Importance of Solar Saltworks, Santorini Island, Greece, 20-22 October 2006. The paper presents solar saltworks as the most efficient converters of solar energy into inorganic commodity - salt. PowerPoint presentation by Vladimir M. Sedivy, President, Salt Partners Ltd.

Petro Lorenzo, Sedivy Isabella, Sedivy Vladimir M. (June 2006) Indian salt on the move Industrial Minerals, pp. 50 - 51. An article reporting on the Ahmedabad 2006 salt conference.

Sedivy Vladimir M. (January 2006) Upgrading and refining of salt for industrial and human consumption Proceedings of the International Conference on Salt 2006, Ahmedabad, India, pp. 78 - 90. The paper explains how salt upgrading processes work, how to predict process performance and how predictions compare with commercial operations. PowerPoint presentation by Vladimir M. Sedivy.

Sedivy Vladimir M. (June 2002) Economy of Salt in Chloralkali Production 7th Asian Chlor-Alkali Conference, Singapore. PowerPoint presentation by Vladimir M. Sedivy. Cost of salt and brine purification chemicals disclosed by 64 companies are evaluated.

Sedivy V.M. (September 2000) Salt from hot air Industrial Minerals, pp. 40 - 45. The article describes the THERMOSAL technology, a new salt production method that can reach vacuum salt quality utilizing waste heat.

Sedivy V.M. (June 1996) Can China emerge as a major player in the Asia-Pacific salt market? Proceedings of the 12th Industrial Minerals International Congress in Chicago, pp. 23 - 29. The paper presents data on quality of Chinese salt compared to "Australian standard" and describes the measures to be taken for China to gain access to the Asia-Pacific salt market.

Sedivy V.M. (April 1996) Purification of salt for industrial and human consumption Industrial Minerals, London. The article examines the nature of impurities in salt and explains the unit operations employed in the salt purification process with hydroextraction of impurities.

Sedivy Vladimir M., (1989) Novel Technology Makes Entry into Salt and Chemical Industry Commonwealth Ministers Handbook, London.

Osborne P., Sedivy Vladimir M. (March 1988) The Processing of Solar Salt Feedstock for Membrane Cell Chloralkali Plants International Seminar on Membrane Cell Technology for the Chloralkali Industry, held on 12th March 1988 in Vadodara, India.

Yasutoshi Kobuchi, Yuji Terada, Yoshio Tani, Sixth International Symposium on Salt, 541 – 555: The First Salt Plant in the Middle East Using Electrodialysis and Ion Exchange Membranes

Hideo Kawate, Katsuhiko Miyaso, Mitsuhiko Takiguchi, Sixth International Symposium on Salt, 471 – 479: Energy Savings in Salt Manufacture by Ion Exchange Membrane Electrodialysis

Masuzawa T., Fifth International Symposium on Salt, 463 – 473: Impurities Contained Inside the Crystals of Solar and Vacuum Evaporated Salts

Baseggio G., Fourth International Symposium on Salt, 351 – 358: The composition of Sea Water and Its Concentrates