XXII International Mineral Processing Congress Cape Town, South Africa

28 September – 3 October 2003

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PLENARY PAPERS The Impact of Fundamental Research on Minerals Processing Operations of the Future Williams, R.A. Future of Mineral Processing Education Finch, J.A. (PL3) Sustainability in the Minerals Industry: Threat or Opportunity? van Deventer, J.S.J. and Lukey, G.C. (PL4) The Mine of the Future – Will it be Visible? Batterham, R.B. (PL5)

KEYNOTE PAPERS Grinding Mills: How to Accurately Predict their Power Draw (Theme: Comminution, Classification and Agglomeration) Morrell, S. (KN1) Design, Modelling and Control of Flotation Equipment (Theme: Flotation) Yianatos, J.B. (KN2) New Developments in the Leaching of Base and Precious Metal Ores and Concentrates Dreisinger, D. (KN3) The Optimisation of the Resource Cycle Impact of the Combination of Technology, Legislation and Economy Dalmijn, W.L., Reuter, M.A., de Jong, T.P.R. and Boin, U.M.J. (KN4) The Critical Role of Interfacial Chemistry in Bubble-Particle Capture Ralston, J. (KN5) Simulation, Control and Modelling of Mineral Processes (Theme: Simulation Control and Modelling of Mineral Processes) Hulbert, D.G. (KN6) Pyrometallurgy – The Key to Sustainable use of Materials Reuter, M.A., Boin, U.M.J., van Schaik, A., Verhoef, E.V. and Eksteen, J.J (KN7) Recent Trends in Base Metal and Precious Metal Processing Cramer, L.A. (KN8) Frothing and Surface Tension Effects in the Fatty Acid / Nonionic (Collector/Frother) System Pugh, R.J. and Theander, K. (68) Fundamental Properties of Flotation Frothers Laskowski, J.S. (108) Thin Film Studies on Silica in Mixed Cationic-Anionic Surfactant Solution Alexandrova, L.B., Kota, H.R., Forssberg, E., Pugh, R.J. and Grigorov, L.S. (159) The Influence of Acting Forces on Drainage and Rupture of Wetting Films Stöckelhuber, K.W., Wenger, A. and Schulze, H.J. (30)

HYDRO AND BIOMETALLURGY Silver Recovery from Zinc-Lead-Iron Complex Sulphides by Pressure Oxidation Bolorunduro, S.A., Dreisinger, D.B. and van Weert, G (451) Acid Decomposition of Silver Sulphide Mineral during Pressure Oxidation of Mixed Sulphides Bolorunduro, S.A., Dreisinger, D.B. and van Weert, G (435) The Control of Calcium and Magnesium in a Base Metal Sulphate Leach Solution Pelser, P., Eksteen, J.J., Lorenzen, L. and Aldrich, C (268) Development and Pilot Plant Testing of Underground Leaching of Gold by Chlorine-Containing Solutions Panchenko, A.F., Dementyev, V.E., Khmelnitskaya, O.D., Lodeischikov, V.V.,Vidusov, T.E. and Priisk, G. (94) DEM as a Tool for Design and Optimisation of Mineral Processing Equipment Cleary, P.W. (457) The use of DEM in Predicting Grinding Ratea Bwalya, M.M. and Moys, M.H. (378) Application of DEM Outputs to Refining Applied SAG Mill Models Powell, M.S., McBride, A.T. and Govender, I. (321) Characterization of the Centrifugal Mill by Lumped Kinetic Math Model and Discrete Element Model Inoue, T. and Okaya, K. (278) An Experimental Investigation of Slag Foaming of High Fexo Slags Stadler, S.A.C., Eksteen, J.J. and Aldrich, C. (269) Carbochlorination of Rutile, Titania Slag and Ilmenite in a Bubbling Fluidized-Bed Reactor Nell, J. and den Hoed, P. (431) Electrical Conductivity of Melter Type Slags Hundermark, R.J., Jahanshahi, S.and Sun, S. (150) The Effect of Temperature, Oxygen Potential and Slag Chemistry on the Stability of Chromium Spinels in Melter Slags in the Base Metals Industry Bartie, N., Eksteen, J., Jahanshahi, S. and Sun, S (141) The Influence of Particle Size and Collector Coverage on the Floatability of Galena Particles in a Natural Ore Vianna, S.M., Franzidis, J-P, Manlapig, E.V., Silvester, E. and Fu, P-H. (143) The Relationship between Concentrate Yield and Descriptors from a Machine Vision System in a Platinum Flotation Application Hatfield, D.P., Bradshaw, D.J. and de Jager, G. (296) Selective Sorption of Nickel and Cobalt from Acid Liquors using Chelating Resins Mendes, F.D., Costa, R.S. and Martins, A.H (178) Redox Potential Dependence of Chalcopyrite Leaching Hiroyoshi, N., Tsunekawa, M., Hirajima, T. and Miki, H (193) Equilibrium and Kinetics of Palladium Adsorption on Activated Carbon Kasaini, H. and Everson, R. (283) The Influence of Lead Additions to an Alkaline Aqueous Cyanide Solution on the Anodic Behaviour of Gold Sandenbergh, R.F., Hutchison, H., von Moltke, T. and Cerovic, K.P. (249) A Modelling Study of the Dynamics of Sulphide Heap Leach Processes with a View to Improved and Novel Applications

Petersen, J. and Dixon, D.G. (258) Metal Removal – Crystallising the Problem Lewis A.E. and Van Hille R. (221) Rapid Technique for the Removal / Recycling of Finely Dispersed Mercury from Philippine Small -Scale Gold Amalgamation Effluent Mendoza, H.D. (175) Mathematical Modeling of Jig Bed Stratification Mehrotra, S.P. and Mishra, B.K. (301) The Development of a New Air Jig for Dry Coal Benefication Weitkämper, L. and Wotruba, H. (353) A High Fidelity Simulation Study of the Complex Interactions between Wear and Breakage in Tumbling Mills Herbst, J.A., Qiu, X. and Song, M. (372) Fundamental Prediction of Particle Separation on a Simple Sluice Lyman, G.J., Majumder, A., Holtham, P.N. and Brennan, M (397)

SIMULATION AND CONTROL Case Studies of Models of Tube Mill and Air Separator Grinding Circuits Benzer, H., Ergun, L., Lynch, A.J. and Oner, M. (125) Visualization of the Process of Raw Materials Separation in the Separator with Ferromagnetic Liquid Brozek M. and Pawlos W. (70) Dual Energy X-Ray Transmission Imaging for Concentration and Control of Solids de Jong, T.P.R., Dalmijn, W.L. and Kattentidt, H.U.R (214)

PYROMETALLURGY Combustion Modelling of a Rotary Kiln for Hazardous Waste Incineration Yang, Y., Pijnenborg, M.J.A., Reuter, M.A. and Verwoerd, J. (208) Modelling the Inhomogeneous Dead Man of a Blast Furnace: The Population Balance Model Approach Post, J.R., Yang, Y. and Reuter, M.A (215) A Generic Approach to the Development of Semi-Empirical Predictive Models for Bath-Type Furnaces Eksteen, J.J. and Reuter, M.A. (267)

SAFETY, HEALTH AND EDUCATION Safety Requirements and Evaluation of Health Hazards in the Processing of Mineral and Waste Materials Gerke, G., Pehlken, A. and Pretz, T (131) The Western Cape Mineral Processing Facility Deglon, D. (165) Maximising the Value of ‘A Wealth of Information’ Morrison, R. and Scott, A. (406) An Effective Global Network for Minerals Education Drinkwater, D., McKee, D. and Howarth, D. (487)

FLOTATION Effect of Water Quality on Pentlandite-Pyroxene Floatability with an Emphasis on Calcium Ions Malysiak, V., Shackleton, N.J., de Vaux, D and O’Connor, C.T. (77) Requirements for the Effective Simulation of the Flotation Process Pascual R. L. and Whiten W. J. (111) The Impact of Operating Variables on Flotation Performance: A Simulation Study Neethling, S.J. and Cilliers, J.J. (236) Structuring a Flotation Model for Robust Prediction of Flotation Circuit Performance Runge, K.C., Franzidis, J.P., Manlapig, E.V. and Harris, M.C. (402) Decoupling the Effects of Depression and Dispersion in the Batch Flotation of a Platinum Bearing Ore Robertson, C., Bradshaw, D. and Harris, P (272) The Application of Power Ultrasound to Surface Cleaning and Activation in Mineral Farmer, A. and Collings, A. (206) Cyanide : Oxygen Ratio for Leaching Gold in Sulphide Ores Rumball, J.A. and Houchin, M.R. (358) Production of Phosphate Concentrates from Slimes: Brazilian Experience Guimarães, R.C. and Peres, A.E.C. (235) Differential Classification of Dense Material in a Three Product Cyclone Mainza, A. and Powell, M.S. (322) Where is the Depressant? de Gouw, T. and Smeink, R. (518) Ultra-Fine Grinding Characteristics of Crystalline Graphite on Dry Base System Kim, B-G., Choi, S-K., Chung, H-S., Park, C-L. and Lee, J-J. (114) Ferrosilicon - DMS Medium Characterisation and Degradation during use Waanders, F.B. and Mans, A. (63) Experimental Scale-Up of the Screen Models Oja, M.I. and Lehto, H.J. (199) Optimisation of Mill Feed by LIF Techniques Broicher, H.F. and Volland, A. (314) Efficient Elimination of Stubborn Slimes using a Hydrocyclone Bhattacharyya, P., Chakrabarti, D.M., Banerjee, B., Saha, P., Sarkhel, B.R. and Srivastava, J.P. (255) New Test Method for Investigation of Grindability in Alkaline Media at High Temperature Csõke, B., Hatvani, Z., Faitli, J., Solymár, K. and Papanastassiou, D (262) On-Line Identification and Classification of Grinding Mill Behaviour and Optimising Trajectories Makni, S. and Bouajila, A. (334) Recovery of Enriched Grade Iron Ore Fines from Washing Plant Waste (Slime) at Dalli Mines of Bhilai Steel Plant Srivastava, M.P., Pan, S.K. and Prasad, N (461) Regularities in Precipitate Flotation in a Column Filippov, L.O. and Filippova, I.V. (79) Adsorption of Sodium Oleate onto Spinel Oxides de Souza Lima, R.F. and Matsuoka, I (520) Study on the Application of Neural Networks in Flotation Process Modelling Sun, C., Zhou, J. and Wang, F. (76)

Digital Imaging Method for Bubble Size Determination in Three-Phase Systems Grau, R.A. and Heiskanen, K. (81) The Prediction of Flotation Reagents for Ultra Fine Coal Flotation using Surface Chemistry Techniques de Jager, S.G. and Petersen, F.W (426) An Innovative Process for the Recovery of PGM’s from Panton Ore Lewins, J.D. and Bax, A. (524) Development of Pneumatic Flotation Incorporating Centrifugal Separation Imhof, R.M., Battersby, M.J.G., Brown, J.V., Lotzien, R.M. and Kleefeld, J. (299) Investigations of Cationic Flotation’s Activation using New Reagents Titkov, S., Gurkova, T., Panteleeva, N., Chumakova, T., Sabirov, R., Aliferova, S., Konoplev, E. and Michailova, I. (58) Hydrophobicity and Flotation of Quartz and Feldspar in Presence of Monoalkyl of Polyethylene Glycol Ethers Drzymala, J., Mielczarski, E., Duval, Y. and Mielczarski, J. (257) Interfacial Phenomena Involved in Talc Flotation and Depression Fuerstenau, D.W. and Huang, P. (484) The Development of an Improved Method for Comparing Depressant Behavior in Flotation using Machine Vision Heinrich, G.S., Burdukova, L., Bradshaw, D.J. and Harris, P.J (387) Interactions of Gum Depressants with Talc: Study of Adsorption by Spectroscopic and Allied Techniques Somasundaran, P., Wang, J., Pan, Z., Nagaraj, D.R., Chen, H.L. and Anastassakis, G. (264) Use of Synthetic Polymers for the Depression of Iron Sulfide Minerals in Zinc and Copper Ores Boulton, A., Fornasiero, D. and Ralston, J. (113) Fundamental Studies of Inco Matte Separation Process Xu, M., Wells, P.F. and Wong, G.P (53) Simulation of Reagent Performance of the Pyrrhotite Rejection Circuit at Falconbridge’s Strathcona Mill Kelebek, S., Caceres, J., Khan, A. and Beckett, D. (107) The Role of Complexing Agents and Dispersants in Pentlandite-Pyroxene Separation by Flotation Shackleton, N.J., Malysiak, V., de Vaux, D. and O’Connor, C.T. (78) Separation in Froth - An Effective Technique for Coarse Flotation Leppinen, J.O., Lashkul, A.V., Nenno, V.E., Ingerttilä, K.T. and Kallioinen, J.O. (248) Gangue Drainage in Flotation Froths Ata, S., Ahmed, N. and Jameson, G.J (357) Froth Stability and Flotation Performance Ventura-Medina, E., Barbian, N. and Cilliers, J.J (319) Mineral Processing Techniques for Coal Combustion Byproducts Kawatra, S.K. and Eisele, T.C. (11)

DEWATERING Techniques and Methodologies for Improving Thickener Performance Farrow, J.B., Fawell, P.D., Swift, J.D., Mittoni, L., Nguyen, T.V., Simic, K. and Rudman, M. (153)

Flocculation and Dewatering of Clay Dispersions Mpofu, P., Addai-Mensah, J. and Ralston, J (197) The Feasibility of the Richardson-Zaki Model for Fluidisation under Conditions of Increased Gravity Nesbitt, A.B. and Lalloo, S. (436)

CLASSIFICATION AND SIMULATION Computer-Controlled Hydrocyclone Battery with Maximum Solids Recovery Neesse, Th., Schneider, M., Dueck, J., Donhauser, F., Regler, J. and Tiefel, H. (254) Towards a New Understanding of the Cyclone Separator Brennan, M.S., Subramanian, V., Rong, R.X., Holtham, P.N., Lyman, G.J. and Napier-Munn, T. (399) Computer Simulation of Iron Ore Agglomeration Process in Rotating Drums Sastry, K. and Prasad, A. (384)

MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERISATION Laboratory Tests on the Production of High Quality Zeolite Bulut, G., Kangal, O., Özer, M., Tarkan, M., Benkli, Y.E. and Önal, G. (244) Assessment of Stereological Equations for Mineral Processing Gay, S. and Latti, D. (243) EBSD – A Potential Supplementary Technique in Quantitative Characterisation of Minerals Moen, K., Malvik, T., Hjelen, J. and Leinum, J.R (161)

MODELLING AND SIMULATION An Online Expert for Minerals Processing Plants van der Spuy, D.deV., Hulbert, D.G., Oosthuizen, D.J. and Muller, B. (368) 223 Real-Time Condition Management of Critical Plant Equipment and Processes Hope, R., Malan, F. and Moolman, D (129) Analysis and Identification of Mineral Process Plants by use of Singular Spectrum Analysis and Neural Networks Aldrich, C. and Barkhuizen, M. (390)

SIMULATION, MODELLING AND CONTROL Equilibrium Models for Biosorption in Single and Multi-Metallic Systems: A Case Study by using Several Bio-Sorbent Materials Vegliò, F., Beolchini, F., Pagnanelli, F., Toro, L. and Ubaldini, S (95) Measurement of Gas Velocity in Industrial Flotation Cells Gomez, C., Torrealba-Vargas, J., Dalhke, R. and Finch, J. (458) Improved Measurement Technique for Particle Wettability Brown, S.C., Oliveira, R.C.G. and Moudgil, B.M (505) A CFD Simulation of the Hydrodynamics of a Reactor with and without a Draft Tube Ochieng, A., Lewis, A.E. and Pearce, H (222) A Sustainability Analysis of the Metals’ Value Chain: A Focus on Copper Stewart, M., Giurco, D. and Petrie, J. (424) Preparation of Plastics for Automatic Identification as the First Step in Recycling of Automotive Parts Stollberg, C., Ay, P. and Schmidt, M. (126) Model Predictive Control in the Minerals Processing Industry

Muller, B., Singh, A., van der Spuy, D.deV. and Smith, V.C. (331) On-Line Ultrasonic Slurry Particle Size Analysis System Coghill, P.J., Millen, M.J., Sowerby, B.D. and Cunningham, K.D. (331)

BIOMETALLURGY AND ENVIRONMENT Flotation Tailings Gold Cyanidation of a Crystalline Graphite Ore Located in Sierra De Maz and Las Ramaditas-La Rioja Province-Argentina Republic Videla, J.C., Pérez, M. and Dzioba, R. (474) Iron Precipitation in Sulphuric Acid Under Pressure Oxidation Conditions at Elevated Temperatures Maluleke, R.F., Petersen, F.W., Nesbitt, A., Marsh, J.H.and de T. Steyl, J (427) Processing of Arsenic Bearing Gold Ores Luganov V.A., Kluev G.P., Chnyrenkova T.V. and Troncoso J (429) Bioleaching Performances Comparison Between a Series of Mechanically Agitated Tanks and a Bubble Column Foucher S., D'Hugues P., Battaglia-Brunet F., and Morin D. H. (352) Conditions for Production of Copper Powder in a Pipe Reactor van der Weijden, R. D., van Wageningen, W.F.C. and Reuter M. A. (218) The De Wet Process for the Beneficiation of Zircon: Optimization of the Alkali Fusion Step Manhique, A., Focke, W.W., Kwela, Z. and van der Merwe, W (10) Development of an Industrial Bioreactor for Mass Culturing of UASB Granules by Process Induction and Microbial Stimulation Els, E.R. (134) 262 Bacterial Desulphurization of Coal from Jaworzno Mine Fecko, P., Ovèaøí, P., Tora, B. and Vu, H.N (130) Gold Leaching by Thiosulfate Solution and Recovery Liu, K., Shibayama, A., Yen, W.T. and Fujita, T. (328)

WASTE TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT Sustainability, Environmental Rheology and Full Cost Accounting of TailingsDisposal Ruse, B.C., Sofra, F. and Boger, D (119) The Economic and Environmental Case for Recovering Cyanide from Gold Plant Tailings Fleming, C.A. (142) Middle-Low Grade Phosphate Beneficiation and Recycling of Flotation Wastewater in China Zhong, K.N., Wei, Y.H., Luo, H.H., Wang, Y.L., Li, Y.J. and Bai, Z.N. (204) The Role of Product Design and Liberation in the Optimisation of Recycling Passenger Vehicles van Schaik, A., Reuter, M.A., Castro, B. and Remmerswaal, H (210) A Dynamic Model of Metal Production and Waste Management Verhoef, E.V., Reuter, M.A., Scholte, A. and Dijkema, G.P.J. (216) Development of a Processing System of Shredded Automobiles Residues Furuyama, T., Bissombolo, A., Mori, S., Hata, M., Koga, Y. and Ikejiri, T. (308)

CONTROL AND SIMULATION Mintek’s Process Control Tools for Milling and Flotation Control Louw, J.J., Hulbert, D.G., Smith, V.C., Singh, A. and Smith, G.C. (303)

Control of Grinding Conditions in the Flotation of Galena and its Separation from Pyrite Peng, Y., Grano, S., Fornasiero, D. and Ralston, J. (49) Influence of On-Stream Elemental Analysis Speed and Accuracy to Flotation Process Control Kongas, M., Remes, R. and Saloheimo, K. (485)

BIO FLOTATION Microbially Induced Mineral Flotation and Flocculation Natarajan, K.A. (29) Sulfide Ore Flotation with Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) as Biological Depressant Reagents Vogt, V., Gock, E. and Sand, W. (453) Surface Chemical Studies on Galena and Sphalerite using Mineral-Adapted Bacillus Polymyxa Santhiya, D., Subramanian, S., Natarajan, K.A. and Indi, S.S (263)

HEAVY MINERALS Improving Mine and Metallurgical Performance Using: Data Unification and Measurement Management Bascur, O.A. and Kennedy, J.P. (294) Scale-Up for Gas-Liquid-Solids Processes in Continuous Flow Oldshue, J.Y. (517) Economic Production of Feldspar for the Ceramic Industries Bevilacqua, P., De Lorenzi, L. and Antonini, P (155) Characterisation and Processing of Indian Ilmenites Das, P.N.M. and Bhat, K.H. (441)

COMMINUTION Non Contact Acoustics Measurement and Validation of SAG Mill Operation Pax, R.A., Djordjevic, N. and Hocking, R (396) Continuous Monitoring of a Tumbling Mill Tano, K.T., Pålsson, B.I. and Persson, S.V. (121) Online Process Modeling for SAG Mill Control using Temperature Measurements, Energy Balancing and Inferential Parameter Estimation van Drunick, W.I. and Moys, M.H. (377) The Collection and Analysis of Single Sensor Surface Vibration Data to Estimate Operating Conditions in Pilot-Scale and Production-Scale Ag/Sag Mills Campbell, J.J., Holmes, R.J., Spencer, S.J., Sharp, V., Davey, K.J., Barker, D.G. Microorganisms as Dewatering Aids in Vacuum Filtration of Fine Coal Vijayalakshmi, S.P. and Raichur, A.M (415) Coal Flotation in Electrolyte Solutions Nguyen, A.V., Harvey, P.A., Evans, G.M. and Jameson, G.J. (110) A New Technology for Gold Extraction from Activated Carbon After Cyanidation Ubaldini, S., Massidda, R., Abbruzzese, C. and Vegliò, F. (162) Influence of Nanoscale Roughness on Flotation Moudgil, B.M., Brown, S.C. and Vakarelski, I.U (506) Seawater Usage in Flotation for Minerals Beneficiation in Arid Regions Yousef, A.A., Arafa, M.A., Ibrahim, S.S. and Khalek, M.A.A. (480)

Flotation and Surface Interactions of Wollastonite/Dodecylamine System Swarna, P., Kota, H.R. and Forsling, W (85) Acidic Medium Flotation Separation of Chromite from Olivine and Serpentine Belardi, G., Shehu, N., Cico, S. and Demi, G (101) Bioremediation of Polluted Waters in a Uranium Deposit Groudev, S.N., Georgiev, P.S., Spasova, I.I., Komnitsas, K. and Paspaliaris, I. (138) 296 The Effect of Coprecipitant on the Removal of As5+ by Adsorbing Colloid Flotation Pacheco, A.C.C. and Torem, M.L. (293) The Immobilisation of Organic Waste by Geopolymerisation Gokhale, C., Lorenzen, L. and Van Deventer, J.S.J. (292) Design, Simulation and Operation Column Flotation Rubinstein, J.B. (45) Beneficiation of Gold Bearing Ores Associated with the Tertiary Volcanism in South Sardinia (Italy) di Giovanni, S., Zonnedda, G., Ghiani, M., Serci, A., Peretti, R. and Zucca, A. (116) 300 The Influence of Feed Size on Autogenous and Semi-Autogenous Grinding and the Role of Blasting in its Manipulation Morrell, S. (391) Investigations on Mechanisms of Abrasive Particle Stress Kuyumcu, H.K., Rolf, L.and Salas, M (103) Analysis of Powder Processing in the Roller Press using Finite Element Modeling Zavaliangos, A. Dec, R.T. and Komarek, R.K. (320) Non-Traditional Highly Effective Breaking-Up Technology for Resistant Gold-Containing Ores and Beneficiation Products Chanturiya, V.A., Bunin, I.J., Lunin, V.D., Gulyaev, Y.V. and Sedelnikova, G.V. (82) 304 Theoretical Aspects of Gold-Bearing Sulfides Selective Flotation Chanturiya, V.A., Fedorov, A.A., Matveyeva, T.N., Nedosekina, T.V. and Ivanova, T.A. (83) Thiocarbonate Collectors in Pyrite Flotation – Fundamentals and Applications du Plessis, R., Miller, J.D. and Davidtz, J.C (260) Influence of Galvanic Effect on Adsorption of Xanthate on Pyrite, Galena and Chalcopyrite Mielczarski, E. and Mielczarski, J.A. (230) Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage Through Chemical Precipitation Laubscher, C., Petersen, F.W. and Smit, J.P (340) 308 Closed-Loop Recycling of Nickel, Cobalt and Rare Earth Metals from Spent Nickel-Metal Hydride-Batteries Heegn, H., Müller, B.F.T. and Weyhe, R (36) Utilisation of Complexation on Removal of Cadmium from Soil by Electrokinetic Method Niinae, M. and Aoki, K. (62) Conceptualising Tradeoffs Between Profitability, Energy Input and Water Recovery in Minerals Beneficiation Mwale, A.H., Wright, M. and Petrie, J.G. (440) Development of Leaching Process for MN Extraction using Carbohydrates as Reducing Agents: Kinetic Model, Operating Condition Optimisation and Liquor Leach Purification. Pagnanelli, F., Toro, L. and Vegliò, F. (127) A Topographical Map of the Innovation Landscape Kleingeld, A.W., Ross, V.E. and Lorenzen, L (169)

Application of High Electric Field Strength Microwave Energy for Processing Ores and Minerals Kingman, S., Whittles, D., Jackson, K., Miles, N. and Bradshaw, S (342) 314 Application of Electrical Disintegration to Coal Owada, S., Ito, M., Nishimu, T., Ota, T., Ando, T., Yamashita, T. and Shinozaki, S. (389) 315 Coarse Crushing of Rocks by Impact Unland, G. and Wegner, T. (26) Concentration of Fine Gold from Tailings on the Magnetic Sluice Box Avdokhin, V. and Kovlekov, I. (74) Results of the Research Work and Technical Solutions in the Comminution Process of Majdanpek Copper Mine – Yugoslavia Grujic, M., Salatic, D. and Grujic, V. (15) Improving Milling Circuits Through Aggressive Approach to Cyclone and Overall Circuit Operation van Ommen, R., Schutte, A.J., Turner, P.A. and Olson, T.J (473) Ultra-Fine Grinding of Minerals using High-Pressure Liquid Jet Technology Mazurkiewicz, M., Emeritus, Prof., Davey, C., Kanjorski, P., Hankey, D. and Spooner, Y. (470) The Influence of Grate Versus Overflow Discharge in Open Circuit Milling Open Versus Closed Circuit Milling with an Overflow Mill Lux, J.and Clermont, B. (16) Influence of the Tower Mill’s Classifying Column Structure on the Size of Collected Products Furuyama, T., Mori, S., Hashiguchi, N. and Okuma, T (309) Optimising Control of SAG Mills at Anglogold’s Mponeng Mine Ruthnasamy, M., Guyot, O., Bouché, C. and van Drunnick, W (333) Development of Gold Extraction Technology at Base Metals Ore Processing Chanturiya, E.L., Bocharov, V.A. and Amosov, R.A (251) Using DEM to Model Ore Breakage Within a Pilot Scale SAG Mill Morrision, R.D. and Cleary, P.W. (460) A Study of Factors Influencing the Kinetics of Atmospheric Leaching of Converter Matte Lamya, R.M. and Lorenzen, L. (285) A One Dimensional Quasi-Steady State Model for the Desulphurisation Injection Process at Saldanha Steel Scheepers, E., Eksteen, J.J. and Aldrich, C. (270) Catalytic Recovery of SO2 from Electric Furnace off Gasses at Impala Platinum Kruger, J.H. (234) 329 Ultrasound Enhanced Reactions at Solid-Liquid Interfaces Feng, D. and van Deventer, J.S.J. (409) Technology and Raw Materials for Solar Cell Quality Quartz Larsen, E. and Sandvik, K.L. (172) Beneficiation of Low Grade Chromite Ores: Experiences at Tata Steel Rao, S.M., Rao, P.V.T., Rao, N.D., Mohanty, O.N. and Mukherjee, T (312) Hydrothermal Synthesis and Reaction Mechanism of Zeolite from Coal Fly Ash in the Presence of Various Alkali Sources Shibata, J., Yamamoto, H. and Murayama, N. (277) Reduction of the AS-Content in a Colemanite Concentrate Ghiani, M., Manni, A., Massacci, P. Serranti, S., Peretti, R. and Zucca, A (117) Iron Removal of Yaliköy Sand Dunes

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