As International Mining prepares its annual article on advances in mineral processing technology for the April 2009 issue, news has just come in that the International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC) is returning to Australia in 2010 to celebrate its Silver Jubilee in style. The beautiful city of Brisbane, capital of Queensland, will be hosting this landmark event, where the focus will be on enhancing the pre-eminence of the IMPC as the ‘Olympic Games’ of mineral processing. Dr Robin J Batterham, IMPC 2010, President says: “The IMPC has always attracted the very best researchers and practitioners to come together to discuss the latest developments. Our aim is to attract the ‘best of the best’ to IMPC 2010 as plenary and keynote speakers, so you will have the opportunity to hear the latest ideas from researchers and industry on the major issues facing us now and in the future. While leading edge developments have always been of interest they are now critical. Recent worldwide economic changes and energy, water and environmental limitations have put immense pressure on reducing mineral processing costs. It is therefore very appropriate that the theme of IMPC 2010 is Smarter Processing for the Future. Without ongoing innovation to address these issues, the resource industries are bound to falter.”Australia is a major player in mineral commodities. We are well endowed with major production centres and world renowned research and equipment suppliers. Thus, while in Australia for IMPC 2010 you will have the opportunity to visit some of the leading mineral industry research organisations, such as the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC), the University of Queensland Sustainable Minerals Institute, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and company research laboratories in Brisbane and the Ian Wark Research Institute in Adelaide, South Australia. There will also be technical tours to mining operations in Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia, as well as sightseeing tours to the famous Gold Coast and the world heritage Great Barrier Reef in Queensland.
We invite you to join us in Brisbane in September 2010 to celebrate the XXV IMPC and really hope to see you there. It will be a memorable Congress that should not be missed.” For further information: Please email [email protected] or call Alison McKenzie, The AusIMM Telephone: +61 3 9658 6123.
Call for Papers
IMPC 2010 will broadly encompass the following areas:
- Transformational technologies
- Sustainability and energy utilisation
- Water recycling and frugal water use
- Waste management
- In situ processing
- Underground processing
- Plant design and new equipment
- Comminution and physical separation
- Flotation
- Aqueous processing
- Bioprocessing
- Agglomeration
- Extractive metallurgy
- Mineral characterisation and insitu analysis
- Health, Safety and Environment
- Modelling and process simulation
- Minerals industry education.
These areas are subject to change in keeping with promising developments in mineral processing. The submission of cutting edge papers in other emerging areas is encouraged and will be viewed favourably in finalising the program. Contributions in these areas from practising metallurgists and engineers are particularly welcomed.
Please submit an abstract not exceeding 300 words in English to [email protected] or express your interest via http://mei.c.topica.com/maamPEWabN4YobpMDwgeaeQzdZ/
All abstracts due by 20 April 2009. Acceptance of abstract notifications advised June 2009. All first draft papers received by October 2009
All enquiries:
Alison McKenzie
IMPC 2010 Event Management – The AusIMM
Tel: +61 3 9658 6123
Fax: +61 3 9662 3662
Email: [email protected]
Address: PO Box 660, Carlton South
Victoria 3053, Australia