TECHNICAL PROGRAM

CALL FOR PAPERS

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COM 2009 will be a unique opportunity to explore technological, scientific and strategic trends. Among the numerous attendees, there will be industry executives, representatives of universities and research institutes, design engineers, H.R. professionals, plant operators, as well as metallurgical, environmental and health experts from all over the world. The technical program will highlight:

Mineral Processing of Complex Sulphides (Symposium in honour of Professor Jim Finch).
Hydrometallurgical Processing of Nickel, Cobalt and Valuable By-products.
Advances in the Processing of Nickel, Cobalt and PGMs using Pyrometallurgical Techniques.
An Update on Existing Plants, and a Review of Proposed Projects (for Hydro, Pyro or Mineral Processing).
Upgrading of Laterites.
Current Management and Human Resource Issues.
Materials Development and Performance of Sulphur Capture Plants.
Process Control Applications in Mining and Metallurgical Plants.
Applied Mineralogy, with a strong emphasis on how these techniques can be used to design, improve and optimize the performance of metallurgical plants.
Green Technologies for the Mining and Metallurgical Industries.
Challenges Facing the Light Metals Industry.
Recent Developments in Superalloys.

The Organizing Committee will be inviting the submission of papers on any of the themes described above. Abstracts should include:

1. The title of the paper.
2. An abstract (not to exceed 100 words).
3. Author(s) name, affiliation, complete address, email address and telephone number.

IMPORTANT DATES

December 31, 2008: Deadline for submission of abstracts (not to exceed 100 words). Except Ni-Co Hydrometallurgy (Deadline is October 31, 2008)
February 1 to 15, 2009: Authors will receive notification of acceptance or regret.
March 31, 2009: Deadline for submitting camera-ready papers for final editing.

All papers will be reviewed and edited by a technical committee prior to their final publication.

To submit an abstract go to:
http://www.cim.org/com2009/login.cfm