PROGRAMME – CONFERENCE IN MINERALS ENGINEERING 2012
Tuesday February 7, 2012
10.00 – 10.30
10.30 – 11.30
Registration and coffee
Jan Rosenkranz, Luleå University of Technology
Welcome, Recent developments in mineral processing at LTU
Pär Weihed, Luleå University of Technology
European initiatives related to mineral resources and current status
of the CAMM - Centre of Advanced Mining and Metallurgy
Bertil Pålsson, Luleå University of Technology
Minerals engineering education at LTU
11.30 – 12.30
Plenary:
Hakan Benzer, Hacettepe University, Ankara
High Pressure Grinding Technology-Modeling and Breakage Testing Approach
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch at Olivers
Session 1
Session chair: Pertti Lamberg
Kari Niiranen, LKAB
13.30 – 14.00
Systemical theory for geometallurgical properties of the Kiruna Iron Ore
14.00 – 14.30
Göran Adolfsson, LKAB
Mineral Processing Studies in the Development of a New Iron Ore Mine Gruvberget, Svappavaara, Sweden
14.30 – 15.00
Sandra Birtel, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
From ore to concentrate: a systematic geometallurgical study along the process chain
at the hydrothermal gold deposit Cavanacaw, Northern Ireland
15.00 – 15.30
Pause
Session 2
Session chair: Hanumantha Rao
15.30 – 16.00
Knut Sandvik, NTNU Trondheim, Brant Tapley, Sydvaranger Gruve
A/S
Reestablishment of the Sydvaranger Concentrator at Kirkenes, including testwork
on environmentally acceptable flotation reagents
16.00 – 16.30
Salah Al-Thyabat, AL-Hussien Bin Tala University
Using waste frying oil as flotation collector in Jordanian oil shale beneficiation
16.30 – 17.00
Valentina Liski, OUTOTEC
Skillful operators ensure a successful process start-up
19.00 ---
Dinner at Kulturens Hus
Wednesday February 8, 2012
Session 3
Session chair: Jan Rosenkranz
Bertil Pålsson, Luleå University of Technology
09.00 – 09.30
Beneficiation of REE containing minerals
09.30 – 10.00
Åke Sandström, Luleå University of Technology
Hydrometallurgical extraction of REE from apatite
10.00 – 10.30
Paul Kruger, BOLIDEN
Recovery of gold and tellurium from telluride minerals
10.30 – 11.00
Pause
Session 4
Session chair: Bertil Pålsson
11.00 – 11.30
Frank Hrach, Separation Technologies, LLC
Triboelectric belt separator for beneficiation of fine minerals
11.30 – 12.00
Erik Degerstedt, Metso Minerals AB, Bo Arvidson, Northland Resources
AB
New grinding technology for a green field iron ore project
12.00 – 12.30
Anders Nyström, OUTOTEC
How to solve the new situation in tailings handling due to lower metal grades in
ore
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch at Olivers
Session 5
Session chair: Jan Rosenkranz
Anders Sand, Luleå University of Technology
13.30 – 14.00
DEM Simulation of pressure agglomeration processes
14.00 – 14.30
Matthew Thurley, Luleå University of Technology
Automated, non-contact, online particle size measurement technology for
optimisation of blasting, comminution and agglomeration processes
14.30 – 15.00
Magnus Evertsson, Chalmers University of Technology
Time dependent modeling and simulation of crushing circuits in comminution
plants
15.00 – 15.10
Conference closing
16:10 (14:50) Flygbuss / Airport bus
