Michael Willis Email & Phone Number

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Conakry, Guinea And Montreal Canada

Greenville SC / Kamsar, Guinea

Guinea

Montreal, Canada Area

Yekepa, Liberia

Responsible for the initiation and development of the company's interests in bauxite and alumina with the main focus on the alumina refinery in Tulcea, Romania, bauxite mine in Sierra Leone and bauxite exploration in Guinea.

Responsible for the scoping, engineering and execution of several in-plant projects at Windalco (Kirkvine, Ewarton and Port Esquivel), Alumina Partners of Jamaica, St. Ann Bauxite and Rugby Lime. Based in Mandeville, coordination carried out between the client and the main engineering offices in Jonquiere

Set up company to provide raw materials, equipment and services to the West African mining and chemical industries. Based in Guinea, established representation for filter cloth (USA), mining chemicals (Europe), mining, process equipment and maintenance services (UK), construction services;, ACG and CBG (Guinea) for services related to feasibility studies.

With the leasing of the Friguia alumina plant by Reynolds Aluminum (later Alcoa) and subsequently renamed Alumina Company of Guinea, the mandate was to increase production levels by 10% and reduce production costs accordingly. With funds becoming available, the production level was increased to 1900 MTPD and the operating costs reduced by 20%. My.

Member of a 3 man team to provide technical assistance to the Friguia management to achieve normal production levels of 1700 MTPD with a very limited expenditure budget. Achievements included increase in availability of the bauxite crushing circuit, expansion of the oxalate removal plant, rehabiliatation of the causticisation circuit and introduction of.

Projects completed included:Evaluation of pre-treatment plant for bauxite mine, GuineaAutomatic sampling for moisture in bauxite, GuineaViability study of Linden bauxite plant operations, GuyanaImprove dryer operation for iron ore in VenezuelaEvaluation of kiln operation, Berbice, GuyanaIncrease production of calcined bauxite kiln operation in.

Responsible for all technical aspects of bauxite processing and calcined plant operations in Guinea, West Africa.. Liaison with the mine for quality control. Implemented DCS (Bailey Network 90) system for dryers and other projects designed to treat non-consolidated (sticky) bauxite. Production level increased from 8 to 11 MTPY. Supervised and trained local.

Developing markets for computer hardware and software.

in Engineering and Research and Development, Lasalle, Canada.Projects involved with manufacture of roofing felt, sheathing, gypsum paper, phenolic insulation and vinyl siding. Coordinated with plants the supply of phenolic insulation and vinyl siding. Carried out studies on viability of existing plants in Western Canada. With marketing group, designed and.

Responsible for operation of various sections of alumina plant, with particular emphasis on the red side (digestion, mud circuit and filtration) and environmental concerns.

Responsible for production, process improvements and projects for the alumina plant and limestone kiln at Kirkvine. Co-inventor of patent to remove sodium oxalate from Bayer liquor. Implemented projects to upgrade the mud circuit and calcination areas. Introduction of synthetic flocculant.

IrelandResponsible for shift operation of polymerisation plant in the manufacture of Lycra elastomeric fibre. Commissioned parts of plant and trained operators/foremen

B. Tech, Chemical Engineering

Bachelor Of Technology (Honours), Chemical Engineering