Fourth Southern African Base Metals Conference
Africa's Base Metals Resurgence
Swakopmund, Namibia, 23-25 July 2007
Cover and Contents
Water balances in hydrometallurgical refineries
W.H. Botha, M.H. Fox, M. Kirsten, A.J. Lathwood, and J.A. Moolman
Microwave-assisted So2 flushed acid leaching of mixed cobalt-copper oxidized ores
A.F. Mulaba-Bafubiandi, J. Ndalamo, and B.B. Mamba
Cu-removal from the Skorpion circuit using EMEWr technology
E. Roux, J. Gnoinski, I. Ewart, and D. Dreisinger
The influence of water quality on the flotation of the Rosh Pinah complex lead-zinc sulfides
R.F. Sandenbergh and Y. Wei
An assessment of pentlandite occurrence in the run of mine ore from BCL mine (Botswana) and its impact on the flotation yield
A.F. Mulaba-Bafubiandi and O. Medupe
Rock support in Southern African hard rock mines
D. van Heerden
Remote mine wide communications
M. Woodhall
Grade control blending and selectivity for optimal process performance at the Skorpion Zinc Mine, Namibia
G.B. Gnoinski
Exploitation of a massive low grade zinc-lead resource at Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation, Namibia
H. Fourie, P.H. van Rooyen, S. Rupprecht, T. Lund, and N.M. Vegter
Intelligent gearing system-Solution to understand and correct operational conditions that reduce the fatigue life of a girth gear
D. van Dyk
Larox horizontal vacuum belt filter with side vacuum
R. Kroukamp
Development of a mineral flotation frother for Nchanga Mine on the Zambian Copperbelt
H. Zimba, M. Chitambo, S. Sondashi, and W.A. Grobler
Planning a new analytical laboratory for an uranium mine taking automation into consideration
P.K. Hofmeyr and J.G. Galloway
Tomorrow's technology-out of Africa-today
P. De Waal
Can we decrease the ecological footprint of base metal production by recycling?
D.R. Groot and P.C. Pistorius
Oxidative precipitation of Fe and Mn by AIR/SO2
M. Mouton, J. van Deventer, and J. Vaarno
Solvent extraction test work to evaluate a versatic 10/NicksynTM Synergistic System for nickel-calcium separation
R. du Preez, G. Nel, M. Kotze, S. Donegan, and H. Masiina
A comparison of the effect of chemical and bioleaching on the kinetics of sphalerite leaching
J.W. van der Merwe, D.C. Odendaal, C. Strydom, and M.I. Sampson
Piloting of the Ishigaki Fibre-Wakishimizu-(Fibre media rapid filtration equipment) at Skorpion Zinc
H.F. Fuls and K. Nong
Uranium recovery from acid leach liquors: The optimisation of RIP/SX based flowsheets
D. van Tonder and B. van Hege
Parameters influencing the leachability of calcines emanating from microwave roasted sphalerite and pyrite concentrates
A.F. Mulaba-Bafubiandi and T. Phiri
Anglo Research (AR) experiences with integrated comminution and flotation plant modelling
S. Naik and W. van Druinik
End-of-life mode of failure of a zinc sulphide concentrate fluidized bed roaster and its rebuilding
C.B. Kohler, S. Venter, N.M. Vegter, and E.H.O. Meyer
Technologies for the base metal casting industry in Southern Africa: The impact of rapid prototyping
D.K. Nyembwe
The minerals industry and syndicated research
R.D. Beck and P.G. Gaylard
Base metals heap leaching applications and process parameters
P.J. van Staden
Skorpion Zinc: Optimization and innovation
J. Gnoinski
Comparison of solvent extraction and selective precipitation for the purification of cobalt electrolytes at the Luilu Refinery, DRC
L.M. Roux, E. Minnaar, P.J. Cilliers, M. Bellino, and R. Dye
Manganese removal from cobalt solutions with dilute sulphur dioxide gas mixtures
J. van Rooyen, S. Archer, and M. Fox
Cadmium removal from cobalt electrolyte
J. Deventer, R. du Preez, S. Scott, and S.R. Izatt
A case study on the operation of a Flottweg Tricanterr centrifuge for solvent-extraction crud treatment at Bwana Mkubwa, Ndola, Zambia
A. Mukutuma, B. Mbao, N. Schwarz, G. Chisakuta, and A. Feather
Assessing the performance and capacity of matte leaching using predictive models
F. Crundwell and A.J. Lathwood
Process development of the Nkomati PCMZ base metals sulphide ore
R.L. Bowers and D.S. Smit
Increasing the capacity of grinding circuits without installing more mills
G.F. Barrios (presented by N.J. Barkhuysen)
Copper and cobalt extraction from sulphate solution using natural clinoptilolite
A.F. Mulaba-Bafubiandi, D. Nyembe and B. Mamba
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Randburg, South Africa
(Last updated on 18 July 2009)