VISIT SUDBURY - "THE MINING CAPITAL OF CANADA”!

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Sudbury, Ontario, Canada is renowned for its stature as one of the world’s largest sources of nickel ore and has a stellar reputation as a leader in applied mining and metallurgical research. The City of Sudbury has been the recipient of numerous international awards in recognition of its efforts in the area of environmental rehabilitation. More than 300 mining supply and service companies have made Greater Sudbury their home, resulting in Sudbury being the largest integrated mining/metallurgical complex in the world.

Naturally Sudbury is the ideal host city for a Conference of Metallurgists for 2009 (COM 2009). COM, the premier annual event of the Metallurgical Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, promises to be a major international event with key topics such as:

• Fundamentals of MINERAL PROCESSING Advances in Flotation Science and Technology
  (7th UBC-McGill-UA Biennial International Symposium (In honour of Professor Jim Finch).
• HYDROMETALLURGY of Nickel and Cobalt including the processing of valuable by-products containing materials
  
• Advances in the Processing of Nickel, Cobalt and PGMs using PYROMETALLURGICALTechniques.
  
• An Update on Existing Plants, and a Review of Proposed Projects (for Hydro, Pyro or Mineral Processing).
• Upgrading of LATERITES.
• MANAGEMENT in Metallurgy Human Resources Management.
• MATERIALS Development and Performance of Sulphur Capture Plants.
• PROCESS CONTROL Applications in Mining and Metallurgical Plants.
• Applied MINERALOGY in Mining/Metallurgical Plants, with a strong emphasis on how these techniques can be used to design, improve and optimize the performance of metallurgical plants.
• Progress in Research and Technical Development of FERROUS Products.
• GREEN TECHNOLOGIES for the Mining and Metallurgical Industries.
• Challenges Facing the LIGHT METALS Industry.
• Recent Developments in SUPERALLOYS.

COM 2009 will feature high quality and advanced short courses, excellent industrial tours, and a variety of social activities as well a poster session.

On behalf of the organizing committee I graciously invite you to come see what Sudbury has to offer. Mark your meeting calendar for August 23-26, 2009. This will be a truly memorable conference.

Join us in Sudbury!

Nathan M. Stubina, Conference Chair
Barrick Gold Corporation
nstubina@barrick.com

       To submit an abstract go to:
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