Extraction 2018: Proceedings of the First Global Conference on Extractive Metallurgy (Hardcover, 2018)

Part 1. Pyrometallurgy Keynotes.- Role of Research in Non-ferrous Metallurgy Development - Peter Hayes Contributions To Modern Pyrometallurgy.- The Role of Research in Pyrometallurgy Technology Development - From Fundamentals to Process Improvements - Future Opportunities.- Sulfide Smelting: Thirty-Five Years of Continuous Efforts to Find New Value Adding Solutions.- The Changing World of Metallurgy Education.- Part 2. 7th International Symposium on Advances in Sulfide Smelting.- Sulfide Smelting Development in Japan during the Past Half Century.- Review of Boliden Harjavalta Nickel Smelter.- Redesign and Rebuild of the Pan Pacific Copper Flash Smelting Furnace.- From Fundamentals to Furnace Control - Making the Most of Modern Technologies.- Pyrometallurgical Processing of Desulphurization Slags.- High Temperature Phase Formation at the Slag/Refractory Interphase at Ferronickel Production.- ISASMELT(TM) Technology for Sulfide Smelting.- Refractory Design and the Role of Numerical Simulations.- Wear Phenomena in Non-ferrous Metal Furnaces.- A Scientific Roadmap for Refractory Corrosion Testwork.- Investigation of Refractory Failure in a Nickel Smelting Furnace.- Mathematical Modeling of Waterless Matte Granulator for Debottlenecking of Conventional Sulfide Smelters.- Desulfurization of the Non-Ferrous Smelter Flue Gases Based on Scrubbing with a Carbonate Eutectic Melt and Natural Gas Regeneration.- Advanced Thermochemical Fundamental and Applied Research to Improve Integrity of the Steel Water Jacketed Furnace at Port Pirie.- Sustainable Development Considerations in Primary Copper Smelting.- Influence of Arsenic on the Chemical Wear of Magnesia-chromite Refractories in Copper Smelting Furnaces.- Improved Copper Smelter and Converter Productivity through the Use of a Novel High-grade Feed.- Semi-discrete Dynamics and Simulation of Peirce-Smith Converting.- Development of Continuous Radar Level Measurement for Improved Furnace Feed Control.- Research on Recovery of Valuable Metals in Waste Acid from Copper Smelting Flue Gas Acid-making and Reduction and Harmless Treatment of Solid Wastes.- Fundamental Process Equilibria of Base and Trace Elements in the DON Smelting of Various Nickel Concentrates.- Challenges and Opportunities of a Lead Smelting Process for Complex Feed Mixture.- Application of MPE model to Nickel Smelting.- Practice on Exploration of Oxygen-enriched Converting Industrial Production by Kaldo furnace.- Ust-Kamenogorsk Metallurgical Complex : A Silent Achiever.- Trace Metal Distributions in Nickel Slag Cleaning Furnace.- Case Study on the Application of Research to Operations - Calcium Ferrite Slags.- Kinetics of Oxidation of Pyrrhotite.- Formation Mechanism of Ferronickel Alloy due to the Reaction Between Iron and Nickeliferous Pyrrhotite at 850-900 °C.- Two-step Copper Smelting Process at Dongying Fangyuan.- ISASMELT(TM) - Flexibility in Furnace Design.- Investigation of Oxygen Bottom Blown Copper Smelting Process.- Top Submerged Lance Furnace Lining Cooling System Upgrade.- Application Study on the Technology of Reducing Cu in Discarded Slag.- Thermodynamic Consideration of Copper Matte Smelting Conditions with Respect to Minor Element Removal and Slag Valorization Options.- Optimizing Smelter Uptime through Digital Asset Management.- Reducing Refining Cycle Times to Extend Anode Furnace Campaign Life at Kennecott Copper.- Smelting Mechanism in the Reaction Shaft of a Commercial Copper Flash Furnace.- Progressing Towards Furnace Modernization by Utilizing Comparative Analysis of Acousto Ultrasonic-Echo (AU-E) Monitoring: Case Studies.- Kinetics of Roasting of a Sphalerite Concentrate.- Thermodynamic Modeling of Oxygen Bottom-Blowing Continuous Converting Process.- Thermodynamic Considerations of Copper Complex Resources Smelting Process.- Part 3.- Peter Hayes Symposium on Pyrometallurgical Processing.- Peter Charles Hayes' Contributions to Metallurgical Research: Brief Biography and List of Publications.- Int