SYMPOSIUM and ROUND TABLE TOPICS

Carbon in the form of coal and coke is still a major part of a various heavy mineral and metal extraction industries such as iron and steel making as well as various non-ferrous extraction processes. It is also still used in producing energy and electricity in the world today. However, the current byproducts of coal combustion such as CO₂ have a profound effect on the climate change and global warming. As such, it is indispensable to develop and use new sustainable technologies that
(1) Reduce or eliminate the CO₂ discharge in atmosphere
(2) Capture and processing CO₂ from combustion processes to beneficial products
(3) Develop/use carbon-free but economically viable new technologies

This symposium will tackle the three above mentioned goals concentrating specifically but not exclusively on the following four important topics:

(1) Reducing and/or eliminating the CO₂ discharge in atmosphere in metal extraction processes
Biocoke as Green Carbon Source in Metal Production covering the following topics:

• Characteristics of Carbon carriers
• Requirements on biocoke for metallurgy
• Challenges on new carbon carriers
• Reaction Kinetics
• Biocoke as reducing agent
• Process concepts based on biocoke
• Optimization of biocoke quality
• Sources and availability
• Industrial implementation
• Utilization of pyrolysis by-products (biogas)

(2) Reducing and/or eliminating the CO₂ discharge from combustion processes

• New revolutionary combustions methods
• Chemically washing minerals and impurities from the coal
• Gasification and latest Coal Gasification Technologies
• Treating flue gases to remove pollutants to increasingly stringent levels and at higher efficiency
• Carbon capture and storage (capture the carbon dioxide from the flue gas etc.)
• Dewatering lower rank coals (brown coals) to improve the calorific value and efficiency in energy and electricity production etc.
• The Role of High Efficient Coal Combustion based Power Generation Technologies in the Transition Period
• Alternative Technologies to Utilize Coal without causing GHG's

(3) Capturing and processing CO₂ from combustion processes to beneficial products

• Pre-combustion capture
• Post-combustion capture
• Oxy-fuel combustion
• Other captures and processing methods and technologies

(4) Develop/use carbon-free but economically viable new technologies