CONTENTS - ALTA Metallurgical Services

CONTENTSProcessing of LateritesComparison of Various Methods for Calculating Cash Costs - Focus on Nickel IndustryPeter Jolly, Highland Pacific Ltd, AustraliaNickel Laterite and the Three Mineral AcidsMike Dry, Arithmetek Inc.& Bryn Harris, Neomet Inc., CanadaPrecipitation of Base Metals with MgOChristoph Pawlick & Seshree Pillay, Mintek, South AfricaDevelopments and Trends In Hydrometallurgical Processing of Nickel LateritesBoyd Willis, Boyd Willis Hydromet Consulting, AustraliaContinued Developments in Carbon Friendly Nickel Processing: Better Project Returns withReduced Carbon EmissionsSimon Willis, Sarah Mitchel & Brett Muller, Simulus Engineers, AustraliaLaterite ProjectsScandium Breathes New Life Into Old Greenvale Nickel MineKevin Pery, Gavin Becker & Andrew Gillies, Metallica Minerals Ltd, & Peter Mason, MetallurgicalConsultant, AustraliaRecovery of Nickel and Cobalt from the Weda Bay Lateritic Deposit (Halmahera, Indonesia)Using an Atmospheric Leaching processBertrand Berthomieu, PT Weda Bay Nickel, Indonesia; Antoine Dissaux, Eramet Nickel Division,& Yves Le Quesne, Eramet Research, FranceProcess TechnologyAdvanced Controls for Heap Leach Drum AgglomerationGraeme Miller, Miller Metallurgical Services, AustraliaTopsøe Wet Gas Sulphuric Acid (WSA) Technology – A Feasible Way to Handle SO 2 GasesErik Eriksson, Haldor Topsøe A/S, DenmarkElectrowinningNovel DSA ® Anode for Electrowinning of Non-Ferrous MetalsCarl Brown, De Nora Tech, Inc., USA; Antonio Lorenzo Antozzi & Alice Calderara, Industrie DeNora, ItalyDevelopments in Nickel Electrowinning Cellhouse DesignTim Robinson, Republic Alternative Technologies Pty Ltd, USA, Frank Crundwell, CM Solutions(Pty) Ltd, South Africa, Masatsugu Morimitsu, Doshish University, Japan, & Lauri Palmu,Talvivaara Mining Company Plc. FinlandIX/SXUse of Molecular Recognition Technology to Achieve High Purity Cobalt, Nickel and CopperNeil Izatt, Ronald Bruening & Steven Izatt, IBC Advanced Technologies Inc., USAElution Strategies for Recovery of Nickel and Cobalt from Laterite Tails through ScavengingResin-in-PulpPatrick Littlejohn & James Vaughan, University of Queensland; & Aleks Nikoloski, MurdochUniversity, AustraliaHydrometallurgical Nickel Laterite Processing: A Review of Current SX Flowsheets and IndustryTrendsAdam Fischmann, Shane Wiggett, Troy Bednarski, Violina Cocalia and Cyril Bourget, CytecIndustries Inc., USA/Australia/CanadaRecovery of Copper from Strong Chloride Solutions by Solvent ExtractionZhaowu Zhu & Chu Yong Cheng, CSIRO Process Science and Engineering, CSIRO MineralsDown Under National Research Flagship, AustraliaChuquicamata Retrofit and Franke - Recent Cu Solvent Extraction Projects Implemented byOutotecJarkko Hakkarainen, Outotec (Finland) Oyj, Finland; Alexis Villarroel, Arturo Sotomayor &Claudio Rodríguez, Outotec (Chile) S.A., ChileCentrifugation Solution for Crud Treatment in Hydrometallurgy ProcessesTore Hartmann, GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH, Germany

FlotationFlotation of Copper Oxide Ores: A Review from Laboratory Testing to Industrial PractiseGraeme Sheldon, AMML, Pty Ltd, AustraliaThe Froth Flotation of Nickel Sulphide Ore Using PAX and Its Mixtures with DTC and DTPWalter Amos Ngobeni, Gregory Hangone & Daniel Ikhu-Omoregbe, Cape Peninsula Universityof Technology, South AfricaCobalt RecoveryNot just another Cobalt Resource Review of Cobalt Processing Routes and the Value ofTestworkRogan Roulstone, MDM Engineering, South AfricaThe Hydrometallurgy and Activities Around Copper and Cobalt Recovery in the AfricanCopperbeltChristoph Pawlick & Marian Lidall, Mintek, South AfricaEquipment & MaterialsThe Next generation of Pump Technology in PAL PlantsHeinz Naegel & Stefan Willems, presented by Rudolf Gänsl, FELUWA Pumpen GmbH,GermanyNumerical Design Tools Optimize Agitators, Vessels and Internals to Ensure Safe andEconomic Plant OperationWolfgang Keller, Jochen Jung, Nicole Rohn & Marc Stadtaus EKATO RMT, GermanyMortars for Acid Resistant Brick Linings in Hydrometallurgical ApplicationsKevin Brooks, Koch Knight LLC, USA, presented by Mark Martin, Koch AustraliaHydroprocessing of Sulphides ForumKey Note Address, Hydroprocessing of Sulphides: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?David Dreisinger, University of British Colombia, CanadaBacterial Leaching at Elevated pH Using BioHeap TM TechnologyJason Fewings & Shawn Seet, Western Areas NL, AustraliaHigh Temperature Heap Leaching of Ni, Cu & Co and Platinum, Group Metals from SouthAfrican Platreef Concentrates Coated on GravelJacques Eksteen, Curtin University, Australia, Jochen Petersen, University of Cape Town;Steven Bradshaw & Guven Akdogan, University of Stellenbosch, South AfricaBulk Nickel-Copper Concentrates: A Comparison of Two Hydrometallurgical Processing OptionsDavid Jones, Teck Resources Limited/CESL Limited, CanadaThe Application and Economic Consideration of NSC Pressure Oxidation to Combined CopperMolybdenum ConcentratesCorby Anderson, Colorado School of Mines, Todd Fayram, Continental Metallurgical Services &Larry Twidwell, Montana Tech, USADevelopments In The Treatment Of Copper-Arsenic ConcentratesKen Baxter & Iman Ghanad, SNC-Lavalin, Australia & David Dixon, University of BritishColumbia, CanadaApplication of Mixed Chloride Technology for the Recovery of TiO 2 and Base MetalsVaikuntam Lakshmanan, Ram Sridhar & Raja Roy, Process Research Ortech Inc., CanadaDevelopment of a Versatile HCl-Leach Based Metal Extraction Technology StackDieter Vogl, Christian Haidinger, Benedikt Nowak & Herbert Weissenbaeck, SMS SiemagProcess Technologies GmbH, GermanyKell Hydrometallurgical Process for Extraction of Platinum Group and Base Metals from FlotationConcentrates - An UpdateKeith Liddell, Lifezone Ltd, Switzerland & Mike Adams, Mutis Liber Pty Ltd, Australia