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CALENDAR OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA, COURSES AND MEETINGS OF INTEREST This event calendar has been taken directly from www.min-eng.com/calendar.htm, which is updated continuously. Conferences which have direct hyperlinks from this site are shown in underlined text.
2004 May 9–12 CIM Mining Industry Connference and Exhibition, Edmonton, Canada Serge Major, Tel: 1 5149398855; Fax: 1 5149392714; E-mail: [email protected] May 10–12 Green Processing 2004, Perth, Australia Miriam Way, Tel: +61 396623166; Fax: +61 39662 3662; E-mail: [email protected] May 12–14 W.A.S.T.E. 2004: Worldwide Advantages Sustained by Transforming Excess, Malta Joanne, Tel: 00365 2124 1881; Fax: 00365 2124 1882; E-mail: [email protected] May 17–20 SWEMP 2004: 8th International Symposium on Environmental Issues and Waste Management in Energy and Mineral Production, Antalya, Turkey Tu¨rkan Erbay Yilmaz, E-mail: [email protected] May 18–19 Innovations in Leaching Technologies Colloquium, Saxonwold, South Africa Karen du Toit, Tel: +27 11 834 1273; Fax: +27 11 838 5923; E-mail: [email protected] June 6–8 New Developments in Metallurgical Process Design, Riva del Garda, Italy E-mail: [email protected] June 7–9 Advances in Mineral Resources Management and Environmental Geotechnology, Chania, Crete, Greece Heliotopos Conferences, Tel: +30 210 9730697; Fax: +30 210 9767208; E-mail: [email protected] June 16–18 Reagents in Minerals Engineering, Falmouth, UK Minerals Engineering International, Tel: +44 (0)7768 234 121; Fax: +44 (0)1326 318352; E-mail: [email protected] June 24–26 8th Conference on Environment and Mineral Processing, Ostrava, Czech Republic Prof. Ing. Peter Fecko, Tel: +420-59-699-3575; Fax: +420-59-691 6752; E-mail: [email protected] July 4–7 International Ion Exchange Conference IEX2004, Cambridge, UK Deborah Norcross, Tel: +44 20 7598 1563; Fax: +44 20 7235 7743; E-mail: [email protected] July 5–8 8th Int Conf on Bulk Materials Storage, Handling and Transportation, Wollongong, Australia Peter Wypych, Tel: +61 2 4221 3488; Fax: +61 2 4221 4577; E-mail: [email protected] July 14 3rd International Base Metal Smelting and Aluminium International Conference, TBC, South Africa Karen du Toit, Tel: +27 11 834 1273; Fax: +27 11 838 5923; E-mail: [email protected] August 5–6 Mineral Processing 2004, Cape Town, South Africa August 11–13 Pelletising Technology Meet 2004, Toranagallu, Bellary, Karnataka, India Jindal Vijayanagar Steel Limited, Tel: 0091-08395 583014; Fax: 0091 08395 550143; E-mail: [email protected] August 18–21 III International Congress in Mining, Metallurgy and Materials, Iquique, Chile doi:10.1016/j.mineng.2004.03.008
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August 22–25 5th UBC-McGill Bi-Annual International Symposium on Fundamentals of Mineral Processing Hamilton, Canada Dr B. Klein, E-mail: [email protected] August 22–25 Fifth International Symposium on Waste Processing and Recycling in Mineral and Metallurgical Industries, Hamilton, Canada Dr. S. R. Rao, Tel: 1 514 398 4755; Fax: 1 514 398 4492; E-mail: [email protected] August 22–25 Greenhouse Gases In The Metallurgical Industries II: Policies, Abatement And Treatment, Hamilton, Canada Prof. Chris Pickles, Tel: 613-533-2759; Fax: 613-533-6597; E-mail: [email protected] September 1–3 Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing and IX International Mineral Processing Meeting, Szklarska Poreˆba, Poland Tel: (48-71)3203863; Fax: (48-71)3448123; E-mail: [email protected] September 6–7 JKMRC International Student Conference, Brisbane, Australia Tel: +61 7 3365 5888; Fax: +61 7 3365 5999; E-mail: [email protected] September 6–8 METPLANT 2004: Metallurgical Plant Design & Operating Strategies, Perth, Australia David Pollard, E-mail: [email protected] September 8–10 11th IFAC Symposium on Automation in Mining, Mineral and Metal processing-MMM 2004, Nancy, France E-mail: [email protected] September 9–12 Minerals, Metals, Metallurgy & Materials 2004 New Delhi, India E-mail: Indian Institute of Metals September 16–17 MiningWorld Central Asia 2004 Conference, Almaty, Kazakhstan E-mail: [email protected] September 19–24 8th International Congress on Applied Mineralogy Aguas de Lindoia, Brazil Henrique Kahn, Tel: +55 11 3818-5787; Fax: +55 11 3815-5785; E-mail: [email protected] September 23–25 2nd International Boron Symposium Eskisehir, Turkey Dr. Volkan Bozkurt, E-mail: [email protected] September 26–29 REWAS 2004, Global Symposium on Recycling Waste Treatment and Clean Technology, Madrid, Spain Dr Rodolfo Solozabal, Tel: +34 943 00 36 45; Fax: +34 943 00 38 00; E-mail: [email protected] September 27–30 MINExpo International 2004, Las Vegas, USA National Mining Association, Tel: (+1 202) 463 2625; Fax: (+1 202) 463 6152; E-mail: www.minexpo.com September 29–October 1 Waste Management and the Environment, Rhodes, Greece Tel: 44 (0) 238 029 3223; Fax: 44 (0) 238 029 2853; E-mail: [email protected] September 29–October 2 36th International October Conference on Mining and Metallurgy, Donji Milanovac, Serbia and Montenegro Tel: +381 3024555; Fax: +381 3021078; E-mail: [email protected] October 4 1st International Conference on Platinum in the Mining Industry, TBC, South Africa Karen du Toit, Tel: +27 11 834 1273; Fax: +27 11 838 5923; E-mail: [email protected] October 5–7 Xth International Mineral Processing Symposium (IMPS), Izmir, Turkey Prof. Dr. Ali AKAR, Tel: +90 232 373 82 90; Fax: +90 232 373 82 89; E-mail: [email protected] October 16–19 The Fourth International Conference on Hydrometallurgy, Xi’an, P.R. China Prof. Lan Xinzhe, Tel: 0086-29-2202937; Fax: 0086-29-2202931; E-mail: [email protected] October 20–22 5th International Symposium on Mining Science and Technology, Xuzhou, P.R. China Prof. GUO Guangli, Tel: +86 516 3885745; Fax: +86 516 3880922; E-mail: [email protected] October 23–27 Pressure Hydrometallurgy 2004, Banff, Alberta, Canada Prof. V. G. Papangelakis, Tel: (416) 978-1093; Fax: (416) 978-8605; E-mail: [email protected]
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October 31–November 2 Flurospar 2004, The Westin San Luis Potosi, Mexico Tel: +44(0)2078279977; Fax: 44(0)2078275292; E-mail: [email protected] November 8–10 Bendigo Bacterial Mining Extraction & Remediation Conference, Bendigo, Australia Miriam Way, Tel: +61-3-9662-3166; Fax: +61-3-9662 3662; E-mail: [email protected] November 8–9 Solid–Liquid Separation ’04, Cape Town, South Africa Minerals Engineering International, Tel: +44 (0)7768 234 121; Fax: +44 (0)1326 318352; E-mail: [email protected] November 10–12 Precious Metals ’04, Cape Town, South Africa Minerals Engineering International, Tel: +44 (0)7768 234 121; Fax: +44 (0)1326 318352; E-mail: [email protected] November 18 Industrial Minerals Forum & Dinner, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Tel: +44 (0) 2078279977; Fax: +44 (0) 2078275292; E-mail: [email protected]
2005 January 18–20 37th Canadian Mineral Processors Meeting, Ottawa, Canada Jean-Franc¸ois Fiset, Tel: (613) 995-4641; Fax: (613) 996-9041; E-mail: [email protected] February 13–17 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Francisco, USA TMS Meetings Services, Tel: (724) 776-9000, ext. 243; Fax (724) 776-3770; E-mail: [email protected] February 28–March 2 SME Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, USA SME Meetings Dept., Fax: 303-979-3461 March 14–15 Pyrometallurgy 05, Cape Town, South Africa Minerals Engineering International, Tel: +44 (0)7768 234 121; Fax: +44 (0)1326 318352; E-mail: [email protected] March 16–18 Bio- & Hydrometallurgy 05, Cape Town, South Africa Minerals Engineering International, Tel: +44 (0)7768 234 121; Fax: +44 (0)1326 318352; E-mail: [email protected] March 30–April 1 APCOM 2005: 32nd International Symposium on Computer Applications in the Minerals Industry, Tucson, Arizona, USA Tel: (520) 621-2359; Fax: (520) 621-8330; E-mail: [email protected] May 16–20 ALTA 2005 including: ALTA Ni/Co-10 & ALTA Copper-9 Perth, Western Australia Alan Taylor, Fax: +61-3-5472 4588; E-mail: [email protected] June 5–9 Centenary of Flotation Symposium, Brisbane, Australia Miriam Way, Tel: +61 3 9662 3166; Fax: +61 3 9662 3662; E-mail: [email protected] June 13–15 Processing and Disposal of Minerals Industry Wastes 05, Falmouth, UK Minerals Engineering International, Tel: +44 (0)7768 234 121; Fax: +44 (0)1326 318352; E-mail: [email protected] June 16–17 Processing of Industrial Minerals 05, Falmouth, UK Minerals Engineering International, Tel: +44 (0)7768 234 121; Fax: +44 (0)1326 318352; E-mail: [email protected] July 17–23 IPMM ’05: Intelligent Processing & Manufacturing of Materials 2005, Monterey, California, USA Venue West Conference Services Ltd., Tel: 1-604-681-5226; Fax: 1-604-681-2503; E-mail: [email protected] September 18–21 European Metallurgical Conference 2005: Perspectives of the non-ferrous metals industry in an era of consolidation, Dresden, Germany Tel: +49 5323 93790; Fax: +49 5323 937937; E-mail: [email protected] September 25–29 IBS 2005: 16th International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium, Cape Town, South Africa Tel: +27 (0)21 650 2752; Fax: +27 (021) 650 5501; E-mail: [email protected] October 17–19 International Symposium on Lead & Zinc Processing, Kyoto, Japan John E. Dutrizac, Tel: 1-613-995-4823; Fax: 1-613-996-9041; E-mail: [email protected] October 24–26 Iron Ore 2005 Western Australia AusIMM Events Department, Tel: 03 9662 3166; Fax: 03 9662 3662; E-mail: [email protected] November 16–18 Processing of Nickel Ores & Concentrates 05, Cape Town, South Africa Minerals Engineering International, Tel: +44 (0)7768 234 121; Fax: +44 (0)1326 318352; E-mail: [email protected]
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2006 March 12–16 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Antonio, USA TMS Meetings Services, Tel: (724) 776-9000, ext. 243; Fax (724) 776-3770; E-mail: [email protected] March 27–29 SME Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, USA SME Meetings Dept., Fax: 303-979-3461 September 3–8 XXIII International Mineral Processing Congress, Istanbul, Turkey ¨ nal, Tel: +90 212 285 63 46; Fax: +90 212 285 63 23; E-mail: [email protected] Prof. Dr. Gu¨ven O
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VII International Conference on Molten Slags, Fluxes & Salts Cape Town, South Africa, 25–28 January 2004 The VII International conference on molten slags, fluxes & salts was held in Cape Town, a beautiful coastline city nestled against the magnificent Table Mountain. The slags conference is organised every four years, and presented by a different host organisation worldwide. This conference was hosted by South Africa Institute of Mining & Metallurgy. The relevance of having the conference in South Africa relied on its growing metallurgical activities and development. The characteristics and properties of the ionic liquids including slags, fluxes and salts are indisputably important for the production of high quality metals and materials. The conference lasted for three inspiring days. Over 190 delegates from 25 countries participated in the conference. About 150 papers were presented, ranging from fundamental research to industrial applications, from state of the art knowledge overview to new developments. The technical programme comprised opening and closing addresses from invited and designated speakers. The plenary papers, providing broader overviews of the field, started each of the three days, followed by parallel sessions featuring specified topics. The 21 keynote lectures were delivered by invited experts in parallel sessions, and followed by more technical papers. The opening speech was by professor C. Pistorius from University of Pretoria, S. Africa. The first plenary paper was addressed by professor R. Boom from Corus R D & T, The Netherlands on slags and fluxes entering the new millennium. He analysed the recent trends in research and development, and revealed that slag research in US and Europe has decreased to about a half in the last 20 years, and research activities have increased significantly in China and in Korea. More research was reported on the recycling and environmental aspects of slags in recent years. Professor R. J. Fruehan from Carnegie Mellon University, USA discussed the unique function of slags in steelmaking, and Professor D. Fray from University of Cambridge, UK presented electrochemical processing using slags, fluxes and salts. The technical papers were divided into 10 parallel sessions which covered broad topics, including thermodynamics and equilibrium, viscosity, industrial applications, refractories, environmental, kinetics, transport phenomena and foaming, modelling and simulation, sensors and measurement, and mould fluxes. The conference was well organised, and the presentations were well delivered on time, which allowed the delegates to switch easily from session to session through the unique pocket program guide. In general, the presentations were of high quality, and after each presentation a number of questions and discussion were raised, which shows the great interest in the topics. A social program-the gala dinner, was held at the Castle of Good Hope on Tuesday evening, which allowed the delegates to enjoy entertainment by local South African dancers. The conference was closed by professor H. Eric from University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. The next conference on molten slags, fluxes & salts will be held in Chile and Argentina. It will be organized by Professor M. Sanchez from University of Concepcion, Chile. After the conference, the delegates were provided with plant tours of Iscor’s Saldanha Steel plant and Namakwa Sands Ilmenite Smelter and had the option of enjoying the unique landscape of S. Africa. Y. Xiao, M.A. Reuter, Department of Applied Earth Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Mijnbouwstraat 120, 2628 RX, Delft, The Netherlands.
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2004 SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit Denver, USA, February 23–25, 2004 The Annual Meeting of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Engineers took place at the Convention Center in Denver, Colorado under the theme, ‘‘Cultivating Knowledge, Sustainability, and Responsibility’’. Participants were around 2400 and the exhibits were 239. Papers presented were 350 by 720 authors from 29 countries. Short courses (mainly on mining topics) preceded the meeting (February 20–22), field trips on February 26, while a number of social functions, alumni receptions, committee meetings, and board of directors meetings took place during the conference. A bookstore was also available for marketing books published by SME. A unique feature of SME meetings is organizing sessions called, ‘‘International’’ in which the experience of members working in foreign countries are related. For example, there were presentations on mining and metallurgical projects in Indonesia, Central Asia, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Turkey, South Africa, and Germany. SME is committed to international cooperation and the reception held for foreign delegates confirms this commitment. Normally, there were sessions devoted to mineral processing and related topics. In addition, there was a number of events of interest to readers of Minerals Engineering. For example: • Engineering education session. The concern about the decreasing number of students in mining and metallurgy departments in universities was thoroughly discussed by deans of engineering from various universities, and representatives from industry. The general conclusion was the status quo will no doubt change but how, no body has decided yet. In addition there was ‘‘Educators Forum’’ under the title ‘‘How do we prepare the young engineers for a diverse career?’’ • Cyanide Solution Management Technologies session. Papers were presented on the recovery and disposal of cyanide. • Environmental Concerns session. This session included papers on tailings management and fly ash. • Silica session. Papers presented mainly from hygiene point of view. • Four papers were devoted to solution mining, two to mercury problems in gold ores were presented by Newmont engineers, and a session to Management of Process Technology Development. • The aggregates industry is the largest sector of the mining industry (by volume). It contributed $14.59 billion in direct output to the US economy in 2001. When indirect benefits are combined with direct output, the industry contributes $37.6 billion to the GDP and supports more than 284,090 jobs in all sectors of the economy. Companies that produce stone, sand, and gravel now use and will continue to use mining engineers. There is also a good opportunity for mineral processing engineers to find jobs in this industry. • Field trips were organized to the following locations: • Henderson Mine/Mill Conveyance System Climax Molybdenum Co., a subsidiary of Phelps Dodge Corp., the world’s largest molybdenum producer, located approximately 80 km west of Denver, Colorado. The Henderson Operation, commissioned in 1976, operates 0.8 km under the Continental Divide. It originally utilized a dual track electric rail system to transport ore from the mining operation to the mill. In 1996, the decision was made to replace the aging 24 km long rail haulage system with a state-of-the-art underground crushing and conveying system. The system completed in 1999 is capable of transporting up to 2272 mtph of ore and consists of three flights. PC1 is 1.6 km in length from the ore storage pocket to a point near the old haulage level of the mine. PC2 is 16.8 km in length and is reported to be the longest single flight conveyor in the world. Approximately 14 km of this flight is underground in the existing railroad tunnel. PC3 is 6.4 km in length and negotiates several vertical and horizontal curves in route to the mill stockpile. • The Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co. is a joint venture between AngloGold (Colorado) Corp. and the Golden Cycle Mining Co. CC & V has been conducting gold mining and precious metal extraction operations in the Cripple Creek Mining District since 1976. The current operation, the Cresson Mine permitted in 1994, incorporates typical modern surface mining methods. Gold recovery is accomplished in a valley leach facility. • Cotter Corporation, Canon City Mining Facility. Cotter operated an alkaline uranium leach milling facility on its site in Canon City from 1958 to 1979. In 1979, Cotter constructed a new acid leach plant at the site. Uranium/ vanadium bearing ores from either the Colorado Front Range or Southwest Colorado and Utah can be processed at the plant. Recently the mill underwent extensive modifications including the installation of new equipment that will allow for the production of zirconium oxide from an ore while also extracting the small amount of uranium contained in the ore. • Antoine M. Gandin Lecture was given by Komar Kawatra from Michigan Technological University entitled, ‘‘Sustainable By-product Treatment, Utilization, and Management. Milton E. Wadsworth Lecture was given by Ian M. Richie of Murdoch University entitled, ‘‘Cementation Reactions’’, and Robert H. Richards Lecture was given by
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B.K. Parekh from the University of Kentucky entitled, ‘‘Solving Processing Problems Using a Interdisciplinary Approach’’. • A CD-ROM containing 184 papers presented at the conference were given to registered participants, as well as a list of participants. Thanks for those who organized this successful event. Next meeting will be in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 28 to March 2, 2005, followed by Saint Louis, Missouri March 27–29, 2006. Plan to attend. Fathi Habashi Laval University Quebec City, Canada E-mail: [email protected]
CALENDAR OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA, COURSES AND MEETINGS OF INTEREST This event calendar has been taken directly from www.min-eng.com/calendar.htm, which is updated continuously. Conferences which have direct hyperlinks from this site are shown in underlined text.
2004 May 9–12 CIM Mining Industry Connference and Exhibition, Edmonton, Canada Serge Major, Tel: 1 5149398855; Fax: 1 5149392714; E-mail: [email protected] May 10–12 Green Processing 2004, Perth, Australia Miriam Way, Tel: +61 396623166; Fax: +61 39662 3662; E-mail: [email protected] May 12–14 W.A.S.T.E. 2004: Worldwide Advantages Sustained by Transforming Excess, Malta Joanne, Tel: 00365 2124 1881; Fax: 00365 2124 1882; E-mail: [email protected] May 17–20 SWEMP 2004: 8th International Symposium on Environmental Issues and Waste Management in Energy and Mineral Production, Antalya, Turkey Tu¨rkan Erbay Yilmaz, E-mail: [email protected] May 18–19 Innovations in Leaching Technologies Colloquium, Saxonwold, South Africa Karen du Toit, Tel: +27 11 834 1273; Fax: +27 11 838 5923; E-mail: [email protected] June 6–8 New Developments in Metallurgical Process Design, Riva del Garda, Italy E-mail: [email protected] June 7–9 Advances in Mineral Resources Management and Environmental Geotechnology, Chania, Crete, Greece Heliotopos Conferences, Tel: +30 210 9730697; Fax: +30 210 9767208; E-mail: [email protected] June 16–18 Reagents in Minerals Engineering, Falmouth, UK Minerals Engineering International, Tel: +44 (0)7768 234 121; Fax: +44 (0)1326 318352; E-mail: [email protected] June 24–26 8th Conference on Environment and Mineral Processing, Ostrava, Czech Republic Prof. Ing. Peter Fecko, Tel: +420-59-699-3575; Fax: +420-59-691 6752; E-mail: [email protected] July 4–7 International Ion Exchange Conference IEX2004, Cambridge, UK Deborah Norcross, Tel: +44 20 7598 1563; Fax: +44 20 7235 7743; E-mail: [email protected] July 5–8 8th Int Conf on Bulk Materials Storage, Handling and Transportation, Wollongong, Australia Peter Wypych, Tel: +61 2 4221 3488; Fax: +61 2 4221 4577; E-mail: [email protected] July 14 3rd International Base Metal Smelting and Aluminium International Conference, TBC, South Africa Karen du Toit, Tel: +27 11 834 1273; Fax: +27 11 838 5923; E-mail: [email protected] August 5–6 Mineral Processing 2004, Cape Town, South Africa August 11–13 Pelletising Technology Meet 2004, Toranagallu, Bellary, Karnataka, India Jindal Vijayanagar Steel Limited, Tel: 0091-08395 583014; Fax: 0091 08395 550143; E-mail: [email protected] August 18–21 III International Congress in Mining, Metallurgy and Materials, Iquique, Chile doi:10.1016/j.mineng.2004.03.008
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August 22–25 5th UBC-McGill Bi-Annual International Symposium on Fundamentals of Mineral Processing Hamilton, Canada Dr B. Klein, E-mail: [email protected] August 22–25 Fifth International Symposium on Waste Processing and Recycling in Mineral and Metallurgical Industries, Hamilton, Canada Dr. S. R. Rao, Tel: 1 514 398 4755; Fax: 1 514 398 4492; E-mail: [email protected] August 22–25 Greenhouse Gases In The Metallurgical Industries II: Policies, Abatement And Treatment, Hamilton, Canada Prof. Chris Pickles, Tel: 613-533-2759; Fax: 613-533-6597; E-mail: [email protected] September 1–3 Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing and IX International Mineral Processing Meeting, Szklarska Poreˆba, Poland Tel: (48-71)3203863; Fax: (48-71)3448123; E-mail: [email protected] September 6–7 JKMRC International Student Conference, Brisbane, Australia Tel: +61 7 3365 5888; Fax: +61 7 3365 5999; E-mail: [email protected] September 6–8 METPLANT 2004: Metallurgical Plant Design & Operating Strategies, Perth, Australia David Pollard, E-mail: [email protected] September 8–10 11th IFAC Symposium on Automation in Mining, Mineral and Metal processing-MMM 2004, Nancy, France E-mail: [email protected] September 9–12 Minerals, Metals, Metallurgy & Materials 2004 New Delhi, India E-mail: Indian Institute of Metals September 16–17 MiningWorld Central Asia 2004 Conference, Almaty, Kazakhstan E-mail: [email protected] September 19–24 8th International Congress on Applied Mineralogy Aguas de Lindoia, Brazil Henrique Kahn, Tel: +55 11 3818-5787; Fax: +55 11 3815-5785; E-mail: [email protected] September 23–25 2nd International Boron Symposium Eskisehir, Turkey Dr. Volkan Bozkurt, E-mail: [email protected] September 26–29 REWAS 2004, Global Symposium on Recycling Waste Treatment and Clean Technology, Madrid, Spain Dr Rodolfo Solozabal, Tel: +34 943 00 36 45; Fax: +34 943 00 38 00; E-mail: [email protected] September 27–30 MINExpo International 2004, Las Vegas, USA National Mining Association, Tel: (+1 202) 463 2625; Fax: (+1 202) 463 6152; E-mail: www.minexpo.com September 29–October 1 Waste Management and the Environment, Rhodes, Greece Tel: 44 (0) 238 029 3223; Fax: 44 (0) 238 029 2853; E-mail: [email protected] September 29–October 2 36th International October Conference on Mining and Metallurgy, Donji Milanovac, Serbia and Montenegro Tel: +381 3024555; Fax: +381 3021078; E-mail: [email protected] October 4 1st International Conference on Platinum in the Mining Industry, TBC, South Africa Karen du Toit, Tel: +27 11 834 1273; Fax: +27 11 838 5923; E-mail: [email protected] October 5–7 Xth International Mineral Processing Symposium (IMPS), Izmir, Turkey Prof. Dr. Ali AKAR, Tel: +90 232 373 82 90; Fax: +90 232 373 82 89; E-mail: [email protected] October 16–19 The Fourth International Conference on Hydrometallurgy, Xi’an, P.R. China Prof. Lan Xinzhe, Tel: 0086-29-2202937; Fax: 0086-29-2202931; E-mail: [email protected] October 20–22 5th International Symposium on Mining Science and Technology, Xuzhou, P.R. China Prof. GUO Guangli, Tel: +86 516 3885745; Fax: +86 516 3880922; E-mail: [email protected] October 23–27 Pressure Hydrometallurgy 2004, Banff, Alberta, Canada Prof. V. G. Papangelakis, Tel: (416) 978-1093; Fax: (416) 978-8605; E-mail: [email protected]
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October 31–November 2 Flurospar 2004, The Westin San Luis Potosi, Mexico Tel: +44(0)2078279977; Fax: 44(0)2078275292; E-mail: [email protected] November 8–10 Bendigo Bacterial Mining Extraction & Remediation Conference, Bendigo, Australia Miriam Way, Tel: +61-3-9662-3166; Fax: +61-3-9662 3662; E-mail: [email protected] November 8–9 Solid–Liquid Separation ’04, Cape Town, South Africa Minerals Engineering International, Tel: +44 (0)7768 234 121; Fax: +44 (0)1326 318352; E-mail: [email protected] November 10–12 Precious Metals ’04, Cape Town, South Africa Minerals Engineering International, Tel: +44 (0)7768 234 121; Fax: +44 (0)1326 318352; E-mail: [email protected] November 18 Industrial Minerals Forum & Dinner, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Tel: +44 (0) 2078279977; Fax: +44 (0) 2078275292; E-mail: [email protected]
2005 January 18–20 37th Canadian Mineral Processors Meeting, Ottawa, Canada Jean-Franc¸ois Fiset, Tel: (613) 995-4641; Fax: (613) 996-9041; E-mail: [email protected] February 13–17 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Francisco, USA TMS Meetings Services, Tel: (724) 776-9000, ext. 243; Fax (724) 776-3770; E-mail: [email protected] February 28–March 2 SME Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, USA SME Meetings Dept., Fax: 303-979-3461 March 14–15 Pyrometallurgy 05, Cape Town, South Africa Minerals Engineering International, Tel: +44 (0)7768 234 121; Fax: +44 (0)1326 318352; E-mail: [email protected] March 16–18 Bio- & Hydrometallurgy 05, Cape Town, South Africa Minerals Engineering International, Tel: +44 (0)7768 234 121; Fax: +44 (0)1326 318352; E-mail: [email protected] March 30–April 1 APCOM 2005: 32nd International Symposium on Computer Applications in the Minerals Industry, Tucson, Arizona, USA Tel: (520) 621-2359; Fax: (520) 621-8330; E-mail: [email protected] May 16–20 ALTA 2005 including: ALTA Ni/Co-10 & ALTA Copper-9 Perth, Western Australia Alan Taylor, Fax: +61-3-5472 4588; E-mail: [email protected] June 5–9 Centenary of Flotation Symposium, Brisbane, Australia Miriam Way, Tel: +61 3 9662 3166; Fax: +61 3 9662 3662; E-mail: [email protected] June 13–15 Processing and Disposal of Minerals Industry Wastes 05, Falmouth, UK Minerals Engineering International, Tel: +44 (0)7768 234 121; Fax: +44 (0)1326 318352; E-mail: [email protected] June 16–17 Processing of Industrial Minerals 05, Falmouth, UK Minerals Engineering International, Tel: +44 (0)7768 234 121; Fax: +44 (0)1326 318352; E-mail: [email protected] July 17–23 IPMM ’05: Intelligent Processing & Manufacturing of Materials 2005, Monterey, California, USA Venue West Conference Services Ltd., Tel: 1-604-681-5226; Fax: 1-604-681-2503; E-mail: [email protected] September 18–21 European Metallurgical Conference 2005: Perspectives of the non-ferrous metals industry in an era of consolidation, Dresden, Germany Tel: +49 5323 93790; Fax: +49 5323 937937; E-mail: [email protected] September 25–29 IBS 2005: 16th International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium, Cape Town, South Africa Tel: +27 (0)21 650 2752; Fax: +27 (021) 650 5501; E-mail: [email protected] October 17–19 International Symposium on Lead & Zinc Processing, Kyoto, Japan John E. Dutrizac, Tel: 1-613-995-4823; Fax: 1-613-996-9041; E-mail: [email protected] October 24–26 Iron Ore 2005 Western Australia AusIMM Events Department, Tel: 03 9662 3166; Fax: 03 9662 3662; E-mail: [email protected] November 16–18 Processing of Nickel Ores & Concentrates 05, Cape Town, South Africa Minerals Engineering International, Tel: +44 (0)7768 234 121; Fax: +44 (0)1326 318352; E-mail: [email protected]
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2006 March 12–16 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Antonio, USA TMS Meetings Services, Tel: (724) 776-9000, ext. 243; Fax (724) 776-3770; E-mail: [email protected] March 27–29 SME Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, USA SME Meetings Dept., Fax: 303-979-3461 September 3–8 XXIII International Mineral Processing Congress, Istanbul, Turkey ¨ nal, Tel: +90 212 285 63 46; Fax: +90 212 285 63 23; E-mail: [email protected] Prof. Dr. Gu¨ven O
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VII International Conference on Molten Slags, Fluxes & Salts Cape Town, South Africa, 25–28 January 2004 The VII International conference on molten slags, fluxes & salts was held in Cape Town, a beautiful coastline city nestled against the magnificent Table Mountain. The slags conference is organised every four years, and presented by a different host organisation worldwide. This conference was hosted by South Africa Institute of Mining & Metallurgy. The relevance of having the conference in South Africa relied on its growing metallurgical activities and development. The characteristics and properties of the ionic liquids including slags, fluxes and salts are indisputably important for the production of high quality metals and materials. The conference lasted for three inspiring days. Over 190 delegates from 25 countries participated in the conference. About 150 papers were presented, ranging from fundamental research to industrial applications, from state of the art knowledge overview to new developments. The technical programme comprised opening and closing addresses from invited and designated speakers. The plenary papers, providing broader overviews of the field, started each of the three days, followed by parallel sessions featuring specified topics. The 21 keynote lectures were delivered by invited experts in parallel sessions, and followed by more technical papers. The opening speech was by professor C. Pistorius from University of Pretoria, S. Africa. The first plenary paper was addressed by professor R. Boom from Corus R D & T, The Netherlands on slags and fluxes entering the new millennium. He analysed the recent trends in research and development, and revealed that slag research in US and Europe has decreased to about a half in the last 20 years, and research activities have increased significantly in China and in Korea. More research was reported on the recycling and environmental aspects of slags in recent years. Professor R. J. Fruehan from Carnegie Mellon University, USA discussed the unique function of slags in steelmaking, and Professor D. Fray from University of Cambridge, UK presented electrochemical processing using slags, fluxes and salts. The technical papers were divided into 10 parallel sessions which covered broad topics, including thermodynamics and equilibrium, viscosity, industrial applications, refractories, environmental, kinetics, transport phenomena and foaming, modelling and simulation, sensors and measurement, and mould fluxes. The conference was well organised, and the presentations were well delivered on time, which allowed the delegates to switch easily from session to session through the unique pocket program guide. In general, the presentations were of high quality, and after each presentation a number of questions and discussion were raised, which shows the great interest in the topics. A social program-the gala dinner, was held at the Castle of Good Hope on Tuesday evening, which allowed the delegates to enjoy entertainment by local South African dancers. The conference was closed by professor H. Eric from University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. The next conference on molten slags, fluxes & salts will be held in Chile and Argentina. It will be organized by Professor M. Sanchez from University of Concepcion, Chile. After the conference, the delegates were provided with plant tours of Iscor’s Saldanha Steel plant and Namakwa Sands Ilmenite Smelter and had the option of enjoying the unique landscape of S. Africa. Y. Xiao, M.A. Reuter, Department of Applied Earth Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Mijnbouwstraat 120, 2628 RX, Delft, The Netherlands.
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2004 SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit Denver, USA, February 23–25, 2004 The Annual Meeting of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Engineers took place at the Convention Center in Denver, Colorado under the theme, ‘‘Cultivating Knowledge, Sustainability, and Responsibility’’. Participants were around 2400 and the exhibits were 239. Papers presented were 350 by 720 authors from 29 countries. Short courses (mainly on mining topics) preceded the meeting (February 20–22), field trips on February 26, while a number of social functions, alumni receptions, committee meetings, and board of directors meetings took place during the conference. A bookstore was also available for marketing books published by SME. A unique feature of SME meetings is organizing sessions called, ‘‘International’’ in which the experience of members working in foreign countries are related. For example, there were presentations on mining and metallurgical projects in Indonesia, Central Asia, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Turkey, South Africa, and Germany. SME is committed to international cooperation and the reception held for foreign delegates confirms this commitment. Normally, there were sessions devoted to mineral processing and related topics. In addition, there was a number of events of interest to readers of Minerals Engineering. For example: • Engineering education session. The concern about the decreasing number of students in mining and metallurgy departments in universities was thoroughly discussed by deans of engineering from various universities, and representatives from industry. The general conclusion was the status quo will no doubt change but how, no body has decided yet. In addition there was ‘‘Educators Forum’’ under the title ‘‘How do we prepare the young engineers for a diverse career?’’ • Cyanide Solution Management Technologies session. Papers were presented on the recovery and disposal of cyanide. • Environmental Concerns session. This session included papers on tailings management and fly ash. • Silica session. Papers presented mainly from hygiene point of view. • Four papers were devoted to solution mining, two to mercury problems in gold ores were presented by Newmont engineers, and a session to Management of Process Technology Development. • The aggregates industry is the largest sector of the mining industry (by volume). It contributed $14.59 billion in direct output to the US economy in 2001. When indirect benefits are combined with direct output, the industry contributes $37.6 billion to the GDP and supports more than 284,090 jobs in all sectors of the economy. Companies that produce stone, sand, and gravel now use and will continue to use mining engineers. There is also a good opportunity for mineral processing engineers to find jobs in this industry. • Field trips were organized to the following locations: • Henderson Mine/Mill Conveyance System Climax Molybdenum Co., a subsidiary of Phelps Dodge Corp., the world’s largest molybdenum producer, located approximately 80 km west of Denver, Colorado. The Henderson Operation, commissioned in 1976, operates 0.8 km under the Continental Divide. It originally utilized a dual track electric rail system to transport ore from the mining operation to the mill. In 1996, the decision was made to replace the aging 24 km long rail haulage system with a state-of-the-art underground crushing and conveying system. The system completed in 1999 is capable of transporting up to 2272 mtph of ore and consists of three flights. PC1 is 1.6 km in length from the ore storage pocket to a point near the old haulage level of the mine. PC2 is 16.8 km in length and is reported to be the longest single flight conveyor in the world. Approximately 14 km of this flight is underground in the existing railroad tunnel. PC3 is 6.4 km in length and negotiates several vertical and horizontal curves in route to the mill stockpile. • The Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co. is a joint venture between AngloGold (Colorado) Corp. and the Golden Cycle Mining Co. CC & V has been conducting gold mining and precious metal extraction operations in the Cripple Creek Mining District since 1976. The current operation, the Cresson Mine permitted in 1994, incorporates typical modern surface mining methods. Gold recovery is accomplished in a valley leach facility. • Cotter Corporation, Canon City Mining Facility. Cotter operated an alkaline uranium leach milling facility on its site in Canon City from 1958 to 1979. In 1979, Cotter constructed a new acid leach plant at the site. Uranium/ vanadium bearing ores from either the Colorado Front Range or Southwest Colorado and Utah can be processed at the plant. Recently the mill underwent extensive modifications including the installation of new equipment that will allow for the production of zirconium oxide from an ore while also extracting the small amount of uranium contained in the ore. • Antoine M. Gandin Lecture was given by Komar Kawatra from Michigan Technological University entitled, ‘‘Sustainable By-product Treatment, Utilization, and Management. Milton E. Wadsworth Lecture was given by Ian M. Richie of Murdoch University entitled, ‘‘Cementation Reactions’’, and Robert H. Richards Lecture was given by
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B.K. Parekh from the University of Kentucky entitled, ‘‘Solving Processing Problems Using a Interdisciplinary Approach’’. • A CD-ROM containing 184 papers presented at the conference were given to registered participants, as well as a list of participants. Thanks for those who organized this successful event. Next meeting will be in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 28 to March 2, 2005, followed by Saint Louis, Missouri March 27–29, 2006. Plan to attend. Fathi Habashi Laval University Quebec City, Canada E-mail: [email protected]