The International Committee for Study of Bauxite, Alumina & Aluminium (ICSOBA), was formed in 1963 in Zagreb (Yugoslavia), and during the past 48 years it has become a famous International organization. The main objective of starting ICSOBA is to promote the exchange of ideas and results of the work from different fields of research related to bauxite exploration and exploitation, and alumina and aluminium production. During 1963 to 2011 some 30 ICSOBA events - symposiums, congresses and seminars - were organized in different parts of the world and a TRAVAUX volume of each event proceedings was published.