FRAY INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

VOLUME 1: SUSTAINABLE NON-FERROUS SMELTING IN THE 21ST CENTURY

 

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Chairman/ Editor Foreword........................................................................................................lxvii

Professor Derek Fray - Biography.............................................................................................lxxix

Editor's Biography...................................................................................................................lxxxiii

Organizers.................................................................................................................................lxxxv

International Committees.......................................................................................................lxxxvii

Session Chairpersons...............................................................................................................lxxxix

Sponsors/Financial Supporters...................................................................................................xciii

Sponsors Logos..........................................................................................................................xcvii

Corporate Section :

SOMIKA, Société Minière du Katanga ........................................................................ ..ciii

RHI..........................................................................................................................................cv

Oschatz GmbH....................................................................................................................cvii

Berzelius Metall...................................................................................................................cix

Umicore, Precious Metals Refining......................................................................................cx

FLOGEN® Technologies Inc..............................................................................................cxi

 

 

PLENARY

 

Sustainability - The Challenge of 21st Century-Reflections on the Role of Science and Technology.........3

Florian Kongoli

 

Examples of Synergy Leading to Innovations in Materials Science.............................................15

Derek Fray

 

Doing More with Less: The Competitive Advantage in the 21st Century (Speech).....................25

Janez Potocnik

 

Investment into R&D, use of Urban Mines and International Cooperation:

Elements of a Win-Win Strategy (Speech)....................................................................................27

Reinhard Butikofer

 

The Quest for Sustainable and Responsible Mining (Speech).......................................................29

Stephan Dion

 

Sustainability is not Wishful Thinking; It Lies in Our and Your Hands! (Speech).......................33

Stephan Vavrik

 

Mining and Sustainable Development: Oxymoron or Rx for a Bright Future?

(Abstract Only)..............................................................................................................................39

Manuel E. Ramos, Krishna Parameswaran

 

Growing Material Requirements and Tightening Material Availabilities and a Legislative

Environment Change The Dynamics for Recycling (Abstract Only)............................................41

Mark Cafferey

 

KGHM - Our Way to Sustainability (Abstract Only)....................................................................43

Wojciech Kędzia

 

Lead Smelting and Refining at Weser-Metall GmbH (Abstract Only).........................................45

Ulrich Kerney

 

Effective Management for Productivity Improvement at a Metallurgical Complex:

The Peñoles Case (Abstract Only).................................................................................................47

Javier Hernandez-Gallegos

 

Integrated Battery Recycling at Berzelius Metall GmbH, Germany - A Closed Loop!

(Abstract Only)..............................................................................................................................49

Hans-Peter Behrendt

 

Recent Developments in Iron-Making Technologies in Japan......................................................51

Takashi Miwa, Kiichiro Kurihara

 

A Strategy of Metal Resources for Sustainable Development and Supporting Technologies

for it in Japan (Abstract Only).......................................................................................................63

Takashi Nakamura

 

Charcoal Blast Furnace for Ironmaking (Abstract Only)..............................................................65

Jose Carlos D'Abreu, Cyro Takano

 

Materials Characterization of Complex Systems by Applying the Anomalous X-Ray

Scattering (Axs).............................................................................................................................67

Yoshio Waseda

 

Regenerative Energy System Using High-Temperature Electrolyzer and Fuel Cell

Equipped with Liquid Metal Electrodes........................................................................................81

K. T. Jacob

 

The Pivotal Role of Materials Science and Engineering in the Recycling of Materials

(Abstract Only)..............................................................................................................................97

Martin Pech-Canul, Florian Kongoli

 

Overview of Mineral and Metal Industry in Chile: Case of Copper Production (Abstract

Only)..............................................................................................................................................99

Mario Sanchez

 

Mining, Metallurgy, and Society (Abstract Only).......................................................................101

Fathi Habashi

 

 

SPECIAL ARTICLE

 

Changes of the Past 50 Years.......................................................................................................103

Derek Fray

 

VOLUME 1: SUSTAINABLE NON-FERROUS SMELTING IN THE 21ST CENTURY

 

 

Revalorization of Mining-Metallurgical Wastes: The Case of Copper Slags (Keynote)

(Abstract Only)...........................................................................................................................109

Mario Sanchez

 

Mathematical Modeling of Fluidized-Bed Reactors Used in Non-Catalytic Gas-Solid

Reactions (Keynote).....................................................................................................................111

Behnam Khoshandam, Samane Maroufi, Ramachandran Vasant Kumar

 

A Novel Electrochemical Analyser for Hydrogen Determination in Aluminium Melts -

From the Laboratory to the Shop Floor - (Invited)......................................................................127

Carsten Schwandt, Matthew P. Hills, Mark A. Henson, R. Vasant Kumar,

Derek J. Fray

 

Feed Material Challenges on the Kumera Steam Dryer(Invited)..................................................137

Jyri Talja, Shaolong Chen, Hannu Mansikkaviita, Ilpo Kylmäkorpi

 

Implementation of a Slide Gate System for Copper Tapping.....................................................143

Klaus Gamweger

 

Retorts and the Production of Metals: A Historical Review (Keynote)......................................151

Fathi Habashi

 

Fluid Dynamics Study of the Roasting of Zinc Sulfide Concentrate in a Fluidized Bed

Reactor.........................................................................................................................................169

Orfelinda Avalo Cortez, Francisco José Moura, Roberto José De Carvalho

 

Recovery of Metals/Materials from Pyrometallurgical Slags......................................................179

Michael Sudbury, Jose Palacios, Mario Sanchez

 

Building and Fine-Tuning a FeNi Simulator...............................................................................187

Harmen Oterdoom

 

The Effect of CaO/SiO2 and Fe/SiO2 Ratios on the Phase Equilibria in the

PbO-ZnO-CaO-SiO2-"Fe2O3" System in Air...........................................................................201

Miguel Pérez, Antonio Romero, Aurelio Hernández, Isaías Almaguer,

Ricardo Benavides

 

IsasmeltTM at Mufulira - Increased Flexibility on The Zambian Copperbelt(Invited)...................217

Alistair Burrows, Phil Partington, John Sakala , Paul Hermit Mascrenhas

 

Composition and Characteristics of Slags from Continuous Converting of Copper

Matte and Concentrate(Keynote)..................................................................................................229

Leonid Tsymbulov, Florian Kongoli, Sergey Pigarev

 

Reactive Gas Bubbling in Metals in a Hele-Shaw Cell...............................................................249

Bart Klaasen, Frederik Verhaeghe, Bart Blanpain, Jan Fransaer

 

Measurement of Non-Isothermal Oxygen Potentials in the Cu-Fe-Ca-S-O Liquid

During the Reduction of Chalcopyrite, Lime and Carbon Mixtures...........................................257

Animesh Jha, Srinivash Srikanth

 

Thermodynamics of Materials at a High-Temperature Limit (Keynote) (Abstract)...................273

George Kaptay

 

Crystals of Different Dispersion Competition in 4-Phase Invariant Reactions...........................275

Vasily Lutsyk, Edward Nasrulin

 

Dissolution Mechanism of Indium in Molten CaO-SiO2-Al2O3 Slag (Keynote)......................287

Kyu Yeol Ko, Joo Hyun Park, Seong Hyun Hong

 

Three-Phase Reaction Type Changing in Systems Ti-Ru-Ir And Zr-Ru-Ir.................................299

Vasily Lutsyk, Vera Vorob'eva, Alexandr Zyryanov

 

Dissolution Behavior of Platinum Group Metals nto Molten Slags(Keynote)................................305

Kazuki Morita, Chompunoot Wiraseranee, Hiroshi Shuto, Shigeko Nakamura,

Toru H. Okabe, Nobuo Sano

 

Recovery of Nuclear Materials and Rare-Earths by Sulfide Method..........................................319

Nobuaki Sato, Takashi Ohnishi, Akira Kirishima

 

Tailor-Made Basic Engineering by Thermodynamic Process Modeling in the

Secondary Copper Metallurgy.....................................................................................................325

Stefan Konetschnik, Christine Wenzl, Ladislav Koncik, Andreas Filzwieser

 

Reductant Reactivity for Chromite Reduction............................................................................337

R.Hurman Eric, Amit Bhalla

 

Dissolution of Chromite in Slags(Keynote).......................................................................................347

R. Hurman Eric,Orhan Demir

 

Structural Analysis around Boron and Phosphorous in CaO-SiO2 Based Slag by

MAS-NMR....................................................... ..........................................................................361

Motohiro Sakamoto, Yutaka Yanaba, Kazuki Morita

 

Influence of Simultaneous Infiltration and Reaction on the Chemical Degradation of

Magnesia-Chrome Bricks in Contact with a Synthetic Lead Slag...............................................371

Lennart Scheunis, Mieke Campforts, Tom Jones, Bart Blanpain

 

Numerical Simulation of the Slag-Matte Distribution in a Peirce-Smith Converter...................387

Deside K. Chibwe, Given Akdogan, Chris Aldrich, Pekka Taskinen

 

Optimization of Technological Process of Obtaining Fe-Ni in Newco Ferronikeli in

Kosovo(Keynote)...........................................................................................................................401

Shefik Imeri, Ioannis Gaitanos, Naim Tahiraj, Musa Rizaj, Florian Kongoli

 

Т-Х-У Diagrams with Kinematical Surfaces for Lead-Free Soldering Systems.........................407

Vasily Lutsyk, Vera Vorob'eva, Olga Sumkina

 

 

Towards Sustainable Metals Production by Molten Oxide Electrolysis(Keynote)...........................413

Donald R. Sadoway

 

Applications of MRT to Separations of Interest in Metal Recycling from Low-Level

Waste Streams and Electronic Wastes.........................................................................................415

Steven R. Izatt, Ronald L. Bruening, Neil E. Izatt

 

Basic Approaches for Processing Technologies of Rebellious Gold-Bearing Ores

Providing Competitiveness of the Company in Present-Day Conditio.......................................427

Boris. Zakharov, I. Yashchenko, Y. Shneerson, L. Chugaev, Marat Zhunusov

 

Optimal Design of a Prototype to Produce Tin Powder..............................................................437

José G. Rivera-Ordoñez

 

Production of Elemental Sulfur: A Promising Alternative for SO2 Abatement

from Smelter Gases......................................................................................................................455

Rafael Padilla, Fernando Parada, Arcadio Ulloa, Juan Carlos Carrasco,

Maria Cristina Ruiz, Mario Sanchez

 

Microwave Assisted Recovery of Platinum.................................................................................457

Monika Willert-Porada, Thorsten Gerdes

 

Thermal Conductivity of Manganese Bearing Slags - An Introduction.....................................459

Joalet D. Steenkamp, P. Chris Pistorius, Merete Tangstad

 

Application of Dynamic Simulations in Metallurgical Industries (Keynote)..............................471

Dan Berkley

 

Mechanisms of Continuous Copper Fire Refining in Packed Bed Reactors (Keynote)..............485

Gabriel Riveros, Andrzej Warczok, Ariel Balocchi, Daniel Smith

 

Ionic Liquid Cooling Technology in Metallurgical Furnaces.....................................................503

Christine Wenzl, Andreas Filzwieser, Eva Raaber

 

Refractory Applications in the Seccondary Lead Industry (Keynote)(Abstract Only)..........517

Alfred Spanring

Process Intensification in Large Scale Gold Ore Roasters..........................................................519

Thorsten Gerdes, Monika Willert-Porada, A. Schmidt, J. Hammerschmidt,

Nikola Anastasijevic

 

Fayalite Based Slags: Metal Recovery and Utilization...............................................................525

Xuan Wang, Daneel Geysen, S.P. Tinoco, N. D'hoker, S. Huang, Tom Jones,

Tom Van Gerven, Bart Blanpain

 

Secondary Metal Raw Materials: Highly Concentrated Open Pit Mines (Keynote)...................545

Massimo Maccagni, Jonathan Nielsen

 

Effluent Treatment of Crab Waste Processing, Using an Anaerobic-Aerobic Integrated

System.........................................................................................................................................555

R. Plascencia Jatomea, Javier Almendariz Tapia, Maria Teresa Certucha-

Barragan,Onofre Monge Amaya, M. Plascencia Jatomea , M. Meraz Rodríguez

 

Mathematical Simulation of the Copper Drossing in Lead Bath With Sulphur Injection(Poster)...........565

Victor Hugo Gutiérrez Perez, Marissa Vargas Ramírez, Alejandro Cruz Ramírez

 

Influence of Mechanical Vibration on Grain Refinement of Copper Solidification(Poster)...................577

Yanbing Zong, Daqiang Cang, Chen Wang

 

Using Pre-Concentrate Nickel-Iron Ore of Nickel Laterite to Make Low Ferronickel(Poster)..............591

Zhu Deqing, Zhou Xianlin, Pan Jian, Xu Xiaofeng

 

Manufacturing Friendly Technologies for Manufacturing Pure Metals......................................601

Omar Mikadze, Alexander Kandelaki, Jondo Bagdavadze, Leri Rukhadze

 

The Equilibrium between Titanium and Oxygen in Liquid Fe-Ni, Fe-Cr and Fe-Cr-Ni

Alloys(Poster)......................................................................................................................607

Seong-Ho Seok, Takahiro Miki, Mitsutaka Hino

 

Study on the Enrichment of Ti in Ti-Containing Slags Through Selective Enrichment

Method(Poster)....................................................................................................................619

Jing Li, Xidong Wang, Zuotai Zhang

 

A Comparison between Fluidized-Bed and Packed Bed Reactors- Non-Catalytic

Gas-Solid Reactions(Poster).....................................................................................................627

Behnam Khoshandam, Samane Maroufi, Ramachandran Vasant Kumar

 

Recovery Of Cu and Mo from Copper Slag Cleaning Treatment(Poster)..........................................649

Federico Chávez, Ricardo Sánchez, Marco Zander, Bern Friedrich,

Antelmo Robles, Gustavo Ortega

 

Current State and Prospects of Vaniukov Smelting.....................................................................659

Leonid Tsymbulov, М.V. Kniazev, Lev Tsemekhman

 

Smelting Applications of DC Arc Furnaces (Keynote) (Abstract Only)............................679

Rodney Jones

 

Feed Forward Control, Optimization and Automation of Converter Operations

(Keynote) (Abstract Only)............................................................................................681

Mirardo C. Malazarte,M.G. Variacion, C.C. Conde, E.S. Coraza,

L.B. Sinas, H.E. Lim, G.G. Laviste, E. Sayco, G. Conde, Redouane Merdjani,

E. OBrien4, S. Llubani, I. McBow, Florian Kongoli

 

A New Optimization, Control and Automation Process for Fe-Ni Smelting Process in NewCo Ferronikel .................683

Shefik Imeri, Ioannis Gaitanos, Naim Tahiraj, Musa Rizaj, Florian Kongoli

 

The Importance Role Of Sulfur In Autogenous Copper Smelting Technology

(Poster) (Abstract Only)...........................................................................................................................685

Ljubisa Misic, Vlastimir Trujic, Tatjana Apostolovski-Trujic

 

Production Of Nickel Pig Iron Via Carbothermal Processes Of Lateritic Ores

(Poster) (Abstract Only) ...........................................................................................................................691

Cem Colakoglu, Onuralp Yücel

 

A New Copper Smelting Process - Oxygen-Enriched Bottom Blowing Technology

Developed at Fangyuan Non-Ferrous Metal (Poster) (Abstract Only)....................................................693

Baojun Zhao, Dianbang Shen

 

Effects of Mineralogical Characteristics of Concentrate Blends on Flash Smelting

Phenomena (Poster)(Abstract Only)........................................................................................................695

Roberto Parra

 

Reaction Kinetics by Coherent Electromagnetic Wave Energy at Ghz (Poster) (Abstract Only)............697

Motoyasu Sato

 

Energy Consumption in Metal Production (Poster) (Abstract Only)........................................................699

William Rankin

 

New Alternatives for Arsenic Control in Non Ferrous Smelting Developed by

University of Concepción (Poster) (Abstract Only)..................................................................................701

Roberto Parra

 

Hafnium Sponge Sintering Kinetics (Poster) (Abstract Only)..................................................................703

Yakov S. Bataev, Ilya Polovov, Vladimir Volkovich, Oleg I. Rebrin,

Maksim A. Ryzhko, Artemii A. Popov, Trevor Griffiths

 

De-Oxidation of Tiox Melt with Al and CaAl/Ca2Al Alloys (Poster) (Abstract Only)...........................705

Krzysztof Borowiec

 

Application of Water Cooled Copper Elements for Non-Ferrous Metallurgical

Furnaces (Poster) (Abstract Only)............................................................................................................707

Tongxin Lu

 

The Prospect of a Two-Zone Vaniukov's Furnace Use for Processing of Raw

Material Containing Heavy Non-Ferrous Metals (Poster) (Abstract Only)..............................................709

Leonid Tsymbulov, Mickail Knyazev, Lev Tsemekhman