Southern African Pyrometallurgy 2006 International Conference
Cradle of Humankind, South Africa, 5-8 March 2006
Cover,
Preliminary pages,
Sponsors,
Contents
Foreword
R.T. Jones
Organizing Committee, International Advisers, and Referees,
Session Chairpersons
Sulphuric Acid Manufacture (Keynote address)
W.G. Davenport, M.J. King, B. Rogers, & A. Weissenberger
Process Description and Abbreviated History of Anglo Platinum's Waterval Smelter
M. Jacobs
Mortimer Smelter: Operations Description
C. Sima & M. Legoabe
Process Description and Short History of Polokwane Smelter
R. Hundermark, B. de Villiers, & J. Ndlovu
Common-Sense Improvements to Electric Smelting at Impala Platinum
V. Coetzee
An overview of PGM Smelting in Zimbabwe - Zimplats Operations
L. Mabiza
Spinel Removal from PGM Smelting Furnaces
A.R. Barnes & A.F. Newall
New Opportunities - Exhaustive Monitored Copper Coolers for Submerged Arc Furnaces
M. Hopf & E. Rossouw
A Glimpse of Pyrometallurgy at Wits University
R.H. Eric
Research in Pyrometallurgy at the University of Pretoria, 1980-2005
P.C. Pistorius
A Review of Undergraduate Teaching and Postgraduate Research in Pyrometallurgy at the University of Stellenbosch
J.J. Eksteen
Pyrometallurgy at Mintek
R.T. Jones & T.R. Curr
Added Value Long Steel Products produced at MSSA Newcastle Works
V. Scholtz, D.S. Magudulela, F. van Zyl, A. Coetzee,
A. Humpel, C. Hill, & A.J. Potgieter
Practices and Design for Extending the Hearth life in the Mittal Steel Company Blast Furnaces
K. Spaleck, M. Schoeman, W. Seegers,
J. Bobek, W. Carter, & P. Chaubal
Heavy Mineral Processing at Richards Bay Minerals
G.E. Williams & J.D. Steenkamp
An overview of the Namakwa Sands Ilmenite Smelting Operations
M. Gous
Ilmenite Smelting at Ticor SA
H. Kotze, D. Bessinger, & J. Beukes
Recent Improvements at the BCL Smelter
M.T. Malema & A.C. Legg
Bindura Nickel Corporation Smelter Operations
E. Dzingayi
Transformation of the Palabora Copper Smelter from a Captive Smelter to a Toll/Custom Smelter
D. Brazier, W. Laing, & D. Nixon
Phasing out Reverberatory Furnace Operations at KCM Nkana
C.J. Cutler, M. Natarajan, E. Mponda, & J.J. Eksteen
The Beneficial Effects of Feeding Dry Copper Concentrate to Smelting Furnaces and Development of the Dryers
S.L. Chen & H. Mansikkaviita
An Overview of the Zincor Process
J.P. van Dyk
SA Calcium Carbide
J.M. Sabio & A.W. Stalberg
An Overview of the History and Current Operational Facilities of Samancor Chrome
M. Visser
Xstrata Alloys in Profile
O. Naiker & T. Riley
Zimbabwe Alloys: The First Fifty Years of Operation, Challenges, and Opportunities
J. Chirasha, N.R. Shoko, & M. Machikicho
Laboratory Investigations of the Electrical Resistivity of Cokes and Smelting Charge for Optimizing Operation in Large Ferrochrome Furnaces
H. Krogerus, T. Lintumaa, & P. Jokinen
Mintek Thermal Magnesium Process (MTMP): Theoretical and Operational Aspects
M. Abdellatif
Refining Testwork on Crude Magnesium Produced in the Mintek Thermal Magnesium Process
M. Abdellatif
Metallurgy From Above - A Google Earth Perspective
Q.G. Reynolds
Kyoto Carbon Credits
H. Immink
Pneumatic Injection of Solids into Pyrometallurgical Processes: Past, Present, and Future
J. Kirsch
Innovative and Safe Copper Launder Design
B. Leong & H. Joubert
Passion for Metals
T.A. Schreiter, J. Kempken, R. Degel, & H. Schmieden
Metix - company profile
P. Davies & R. Meyjes
Auburn Furnace Services
R.S. McDonald
Hatch Developments in Furnace Design in Conjunction with Smelting Plants in Africa
L.R. Nelson, J.M.A. Geldenhuis, B. Emery, M. de Vries, K. Joiner,
T. Ma, J. Sarvinis, F.A. Stober, R. Sullivan, N. Voermann,
C. Walker, & B. Wasmund
Author Index
Copyright © 2006, Rodney Jones,
rtjones@global.co.za,
Randburg, South Africa
(Last updated on 1 March 2006)