Publications

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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.

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