The 9th UBC-McGil Symposium on Fundamentals of Mineral Processing will be organized in 2013 by the University of Alberta as part of the COM 2013. The theme will be Water and Energy in Mineral Processing. Water is a process medium in mineral processing, oil sands extraction, and coal washing. Water is also a precious commodity that is being viewed with increasing importance around the world due to continued consumption and environmental regulation. Recycling/reuse of process water is an essential step to reduce or eliminate the intake of fresh water while minimizing the disposal of process-affected water for environment protection. To this end, it is important to understand the interfacial science and interaction of process-affected water with solids in both comminution and physical-chemical separation.
This symposium will cover the fundamentals of water chemistry and its role in grinding and separation for enhancing the recovery of valuable minerals and a better handling of tailings in mineral processing, oil sands extraction, and coal washing.
• Impact of water chemistry on grinding efficiency and grinding energy
• Chemistry of process-affected water in froth flotation
• Interfacial phenomena of ultra-fine grinding in process-affected water
• Challenges of mineral processing in high salinity water
• Processing of coal and oil sands in recycle water
• Water chemistry in tailings treatment
• Impact of process-affected water on environment
• Minimizing water use in physical-chemical separation.
WEBSITE：http://web.cim.org/COM2013/index.cfm
CALL FOR PAPERS：Mineral_Processing_Symposium2013Montreal.pdf
