Technical programme

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poster presentations


Improved XRD specimen preparation method for accurate morphological quantification of platy gangue minerals: A case study of talc
D. Dodoo, S. Usher, P.J. Scales, A.D. Stickland (University of Melbourne and ARC Centre of Excellence on Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals, Australia), N.A.S. Webster (ARC Centre of Excellence on Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals and CSIRO Mineral Resources, Australia), S. Huang, N. Owen (CSIRO Mineral Resources, Australia) and L. Forbes (ARC Centre of Excellence on Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals and JKMRC, Australia)

Determination of the main variates controlling chemical and mineralogical processes in the cementation of mine tailings
A.J. Diosdado-Aragon, M. Caraballo, M. Valenzuela, J.M. Davila, M.A. Camacho, I. Mendoza (University of Huelva, Spain) and M. Ruiz-Rodrigue (University of Huelva and Atalaya Mining, Spain)

Stabilization of pulp chemistry during grinding according to mineralogy
J.F. Ríos, S. Moraga, P. Lois-Morales, M. Avendaño (University of Chile, Chile) and A. Pinto (Magotteaux Andino Ltda, Chile)

Mineralogical comparison of dust exposure across multiple operations in Europe that process primary and secondary sources of copper
M. Kelvin (XPS and Queen’s University, Canada) , Y. Gopalapillai (International Copper Association, Canada), S. Verpaele (Begian Center for Occupational Hygiene, Belgium), S. Brindle, D. Peters (XPS-Industry Relevant Solutions, Canada), M. Leybourne and D.L. Matthews (Queen’s University, Canada)

Characterization and separation of goethite types and their properties in the iron ore and pellet processing route
M.R. de Lima Barbosa, E.G. dos Santos and A. de Souza Correa (Samarco Mineração, Brazil)

Evaluation of energy dispersive X-Ray diffraction for rapid mineralogical analysis in mining
B. Schummer and M. Firsching (Fraunhofer EZRT, Germany)

Enhancing mineral processing efficiency: a feasibility study on the detectability of various minerals using Dual-Energy X-ray Imaging in XRT Sorting
M. Firsching, J. Leisner (Fraunhofer EZRT, Germany) and R. Spencer (Gemstone Research Systems Ltd, UK)

Process mineralogy of high-grade rare earths from northeast of Brazil
D. Uliana, H. Queiroz, G.P. Nery, G. Darin and C. Ulsen (Polytechnic School of University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Minor and trace elements in sphalerite from the North Pennine Orefield, UK
D. Currie (British Geological Survey, UK)

Mineralogy of the Vaal and Crystalkop reefs for geometallurgy at VMR Kopanang mine
M.C. Mashanyu and F.B. Waanders (North-West University, South Africa)

Facies classification of the UG2 Split Reef at Booysendal Platinum, Eastern Bushveld Complex, South Africa
C. Hlongwani, K.S. Viljoen, A.J.B. Smith (University of Johannesburg, South Africa) and D.H. Rose (University of Johannesburg and Mintek, South Africa)

MLA characterization to metal recoveries from an iron sulfide ore
P. Escalante, J. Oliva, H. Anticoi and C. Hoffmann (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)

Application of a multi-gravity separator for preconcentration of the Nechalacho rare earth deposit
C. Marion, J. Paris, T. Grammatikopoulos, R. Li, O. Kökkılıç, R. Langlois, N. A. Rowson, and K. E. Waters (McGill University, Canada)

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