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Exhibition / Sponsorship opportunities are available.
Companies wishing to sponsor or exhibit should contact the Conference Coordinator

Conference Co-ordinator,
SAIMM, P O Box 61127
Marshalltown
2107

Tel: (011) 834-1273/7
Fax: (011) 833-8156 or (011) 838-5923

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Preliminary Programme:

Tuesday, 4 May 2010

08:00- 08:50           Registration and Coffee

08:50-09:00            Opening Address
                                President, SAIMM

09:00-09:25            Keynote Address:
                               Johan Engelbrecht, Multotec

MAGNETIC SEPARATION

09:25-09:50            Optimising the performance of wet drum magnetic separators
                                Marek Dworzanowski Anglo American 

09:50- 10:15           Overcoming Magnetic Separator Limitations in the Mineral Processing Industry
                                Misty Dobbins, Peter Dunn and Ian Sherrell Outotec  

10:15-10:40            From Dumps to Iron Ore Product: Palabora Mining Company’s Magnetite Beneficiation Story
                                Fuzi Maseko Palabora Mining Company

10:40 – 11:00          Mid-Morning Refreshments

11:00-11:15            Characterisation of the Slon magnetic separator
                                Isabel King Mintek

GRAVITY CONCENTRATION – SPIRALS

11:25 – 11:50          Spiral circuit modelling
                                Carl Bergman Mintek

11:50-12:15            Experiences in the production of metallurgical and chemical grade UG2 chromite concentrates from PGM tailings streams
                                N Dawson Xstrata

 12:15 – 13:15        Lunch

13:15 – 13:40         Case study: High capacity spiral concentrators
                                P Ramsaywok, M K G Vermaak, and R Viljoen Exxaro

13:40- 14:05           Spiral concentrator modeling using Qemscan®
                                JD Grobler Exxaro

GRAVITY CONCENTRATION – JIGGING & HINDERED SETTLING

14:05- 14:30           The influence of control and mechanical condition of certain parameters on Jigging
                                 H A Myburgh Kumba Iron Ore

14:30- 14:55           Precis on Ferro Alloy recovery from slag using jigs
                                Brian Hockly AllMineral

 14:55 -15:15          Mid-Afternoon Refreshments

15:15- 15:40           The Use of Teetered Bed Separators in South Africa
                                Peter Hand & Mark Craddock QVA Process Technologies (Pty) Ltd

15:40- 16:05           Teetered Bed Separator Installation at Kleinkopje Colliery
                                T J Letsapa Anglo Coal

16:05 -16:10           End of Day Summary

Cocktail Ceremony: Hosted by SAIMM     
Don’t miss this first class opportunity to network with your peers at this prestigious event whilst enjoying refreshments.

Wednesday, 5 May 2010

08:00 – 09:00         Registration and Coffee

09:00- 09:25           Keynote Address
                                Johan de Korte, Coaltech

DENSE MEDIUM SEPARATION - COAL

09:25-09:25            The economic evaluation of the 5 seam plant efficiency at Greenside
                                Vicky van Schalkwyk Anglo Coal

09:50-10:15            Efficiency of Wemco drums at the Kleinkopje plant over the past 30 years
                                Thamaga Matuludi Anglo Coal

10:15-10:40            Leeuwpan fine coal dense medium plant
                                M Lundt Exxaro

10:40 – 11:00         Mid-Morning Refreshments

DENSE MEDIUM SEPARATION - GENERAL

11:00-11:25            Laboratory density fraction: High density media investigation on a larger scale
                                P Fouché, J.D. Grobler, R.A. Green and M.K.G. Vermaak Exxaro

11:25-11:50            Dense Medium Separation of UG2 ores
                                Ashma Singh Mintek

11:50-12:15            Understanding Inlet Pressure in Cyclone Operation and Process Design
                                Kurt Petersen Metal Dog Minerals

12:15 – 12:40         High density washability using the FeSi-cone
                               Jan van Schoor Kumba Iron Ore

12:40 – 13:40        Lunch

 PHYSICAL BENEFICIATION - GENERAL

13:40 – 14:05         The Future of Ore Sorting in the Mineral Processing Industry
                                S Shamaila and M. Buxton Anglo American

14:05 – 14:30         Matching Coal Type and Metallurgical Circuit
                                Ian Du Plessis Multotec

14:30 – 14:55         Shape factors in gravity separation modeling
                               Carl Bergman Mintek

14:55 – 15:15        Mid-Afternoon Refreshments

15:15- 15:40          Dry Processing Research for Kumba Iron Ore materials
                               S Shamaila and C. Masango Anglo American

15:40-16:05           Case study: The influence of fines on FGX operation on North Block Complex (NBC) coal seams and optimization
                               N Masilela, W Hefer and J De Korte Exxaro

16:05 – 16:30        The Use of Limn:The Flowsheet Processor in the Simulation of Physical Beneficiation Circuits                          
                               Peter Hand and David Wiseman QVA Process Technologies (Pty) Ltd David Wiseman Pty Ltd

16:30 – 16:55         New flow measurement technology for physical beneficiation plants
                               C O’Keefe Cidra Minerals Processing

16:55 - 17:00         Chairman’s Closing Remarks – End of Conference

Please note:

 Non-members are entitled to free membership of the SAIMM, up to 30 June 2010, for attending this event

Registration Fees:

Prepayment is required for all Registration Fees on or before the date of the event.

Delegates who have not paid will not be permitted to attend the event

The abstracts should be no longer than 500 words and should be submitted to the Conference Co-ordinator

Conference Co-ordinator,
SAIMM, P O Box 61127
Marshalltown
2107

Tel: (011) 834-1273/7
Fax: (011) 833-8156 or (011) 838-5923

Co-ordinator Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The conference should be of value to:

- Plant managers and metallurgists
- Mining company technical personnel
- Equipment suppliers
- Technology development companies
- Industry consultants
- Industry contractors
- Research and academic personnel
- Dense media suppliers

• Papers are invited that integrate the following topics:
• Coal: DMS, spirals, hindered settling classifiers, magnetite recovery, jigs.
• Iron ore: DMS, spirals, jigs, hindered settling classifiers, ferrosilicon recovery, magnetic separation (low intensity for magnetite and high intensity for hematite)
• Vanadium: Magnetic separation for magnetite recovery
• Heavy Mineral Sands: Spirals, shaking tables, wet low and high intensity magnetic separation, high intensity dry magnetic separation, electrostatic separation
• Diamonds: DMS, jigs, ferrosilicon recovery, dry and wet recovery with magnetic separation and X-ray sorting
• Copper/phosphate: Magnetic separation for magnetite recovery, spirals forbaddeleyite recovery
• Chromium / Manganese: DMS, spirals, ferrosilicon recovery, jigs
• Gold: Centrifugal concentrators, shaking tables
• Industrial minerals: High intensity magnetic separation (fluorspar, andalusite), DMS (andalusite)

Submission of final paper:                      30 November 2009

Conference:                                             4-6 May 2010

1) First Announcement & Call for papers
2) Conference Program & Registration Form