Advancing Sustainable Coal Preparation

The year’s congress programme focuses on the following topics:

• Coal resources and industry overview.
• Innovative coal preparation plant designs.
• Coking coal processing.
• Gravity concentration.
• Dry coal processing.
• Crushing, grinding, sizing and screening.
• Fine coal treatment, flotation and dewatering.
• Automation, control and IT.
• Management of washery wastes and effluents.
• Environmental impact, climate change and sustainable development.
• Reprocessing of wastes
• New opportunities and developments in the coal market.

Full Conference Pass
This pass includes the following:

Exhibition hall access during the entire event.
Full access to all conference sessions as well as all evening functions.

Conference Dates

Sunday 12 October 2025
Early Registration from 14:00 in front of Kings Ballroom
Networking Function – Sun City Hotel Pool Deck from 17:30
Monday, 13 October 2025
08:00 – 17:30 Opening Ceremony and Technical Sessions
19:30 – 23:00 Valley of the Waves
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
08:00 – 17:30 Keynote Address and Technical Sessions
18:30 – 22:00 Gala Banquet – Sun Park
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
08:00 – 14:00 Keynote Address and Technical Sessions
14:00 – 22h00 Game Drive and BOMA dinner
Thursday, 16 October 2025
08:00 – 12:00 Keynote Address and Technical Sessions
12:00 Congress Closure

Location:

Sun City Convention Centre

CEO, Richards Bay Coal Terminal

Alan Waller completed his articles with Deloitte and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He held various financial positions within Mondi Craft and moved to Richards Bay Coal Terminal (Pty) Ltd (“RBCT”) in 2005 where he held the position of General Manager Finance until 2016, when he was appointed to his current position of Chief Executive Officer.

Director of Strategy and Sustainability at FutureCoal

Paul joined FutureCoal in 2022, where he supports advocacy for advanced coal technologies in a carbon neutral future and the strategic role of coal in developing economies.He comes with a background in environmental consultancy at AEA Technology (now Ricardo), where he devised the New Entrant Reserve CO2 allocation for new power plants and industrial facilities and was involved in numerous projects involving end-user energy efficiency and CO2 reduction campaigns.

He also has experience in long-term forecasting and modelling of global coal and gas markets at IHS Global Insight (now IHS Markit), and energy use and emissions from power generation, steel, cement, and transport sectors.

Previous to FutureCoal, Paul was a senior analyst at the International Centre for Sustainable Carbon, a Technology Collaboration Programme of the IEA, studying the cost structures of mining, coal and gas competition in Asia, energy in Africa, and global biomass resources.

Managing Director, Menar

Vuslat Bayoglu is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Menar, a South African mining company with an actively managed and growing portfolio of diversified minerals, which has controlling stakes in Canyon Coal, Zululand Anthracite Colliery, Kangra and East Manganese. He holds an honours degree in Mechanical Engineering and has over 20 years of experience in the mining industry. During that period, he led the group’s subsidiaries from junior to mid-tier status through organic growth and acquisitions.
Bayoglu is a hands-on investor with a keen interest in bettering the South African economy. He is actively involved in seeking solutions to key issues faced by South Africa. Bayoglu also serves on the board of the Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) and recently became a director sitting on the board of FutureCoal.