Waste Recycling in Mineral and Metallurgical Industries
Mining, mineral and metallurgical industries have seen tremendous growth all over the globe. Extraction of metals applying various technologies, including physical separation, hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy, electrometallurgy and new ones from a wide range of complex raw materials generates a variety of tailings, effluents, generally classified as “wastes” and by products. Use of byproducts and processing of wastes are rapidly gaining importance both on environmental concerns as well as for economic benefits.
Recognizing the importance of these developments, the Metallurgical Society (MetSoc) of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) are organizing the International Symposium on Waste Processing and Recycling in Mineral and Metallurgical Industries. This is the 6th in the series of symposia with the same title organized by MetSoc. It will be held with the 50th annual Conference of Metallurgists (COM), October 2-5 in Montreal, Canada.
The Symposium will focus on the following areas of research and development related to mining, mineral, metallurgical and petroleum industries.
- Clean and “Green” Metallurgical Technologies
- Recycling of Metals, and Composite Engineering Materials
- Slag Processing and Applications.
- Tailings Management, Treatment, Reprocessing and Immobilization
- Effluent Treatment and Resource Recovery
- Resource Recovery from Residues, Sludges, Dust and other Wastes
- Water Management- Treatment, Resource Recovery, Dewatering and Recycle.
- Waste Gases. Abatement of Greenhouse Gases
- Biological Processes for Metallurgical Waste Treatment
- Novel and Alternative Technologies
- Application and Case Studies.
Other topics related to environmental concerns in mining and metallurgical industries will be considered. While most papers are expected to discuss recent advances in the development and application of technologies, basic research papers connected with the subject of the Symposium will also be welcome. Economic considerations, short economic analysis, is also welcome wherever appropriate.