Conference of Metallurgists, COM 2006
to be held in conjunction with the
36th Annual Hydrometallurgy Meeting
17th International Symposium "ICSOBA 2006"
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October 1 - 4, 2006 (Montréal, Québec, Canada)
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Third International Symposium on Iron Control in Hydrometallurgy
(36th Annual Hydrometallurgy Meeting)
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TECHNICAL TOUR
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An interesting two-day technical tour to three industrial plants will be held immediately after the Symposium. Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium is a major producer of slag for the manufacture of titanium dioxide; it employs reductive smelting of ilmenite to generate a Ti-rich slag and to reject the associated iron as a marketable metallic product. Ferrinov produces two types of anti-corrosion, heat-resistant iron oxide pigments using an innovative hydrometallurgical process to decontaminate the dusts generated by electric arc furnaces from steel mills. CEZinc is one of the largest producers of zinc metal in the world; it utilizes the conventional roast-leachelectrowinning process and rejects iron as jarosite, which is stabilized using the Jarofix process.
Cost: All participants $350 (includes transportation, all meals and one-night hotel
accommodation)
Thursday, October 5, 2006
- Depart by bus from the Centre Sheraton Hotel in Montreal for Sorel-Tracy: Scenic views during the ferry boat crossing of the St. Lawrence River
- Visit Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium plant
- Lunch in Sorel-Tracy
- Visit Ferrinov plant
- Depart for Valleyfield for dinner and overnight stay Friday, October 6, 2006
- Visit CEZinc plant
- Lunch in Valleyfield
- Return to Centre Sheraton Hotel in Montreal with a stop at Montreal’s Trudeau International Airport.
  
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