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SOUTHERN AFRICAN PYROMETALLURGY 2024 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Date	12 March 2024
-	14 March 2024
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INTRODUCTION

Sustainable Pyrometallurgy - Surviving Today and Thriving Tomorrow

The Southern African Pyrometallurgy Conference series has covered a range of themes since the first edition in 2006. The Southern African Pyrometallurgy 2024 International Conference will structure a programme which covers crucial aspects of this continually evolving and exciting field towards sustainable pyrometallurgy. It is envisaged as an international conference on pyrometallurgy with a Southern African flavour.
Many new developments have taken place in southern African Pyrometallurgical plants since the previous conferences of this series, and it is hoped that this event will provide an update on operational developments.
The conference will cover a wide spectrum of activities within pyrometallurgy. Contributions are anticipated from operating plants, universities, research organisations and engineering companies, so that the full spectrum of pyrometallurgical activities can be covered with a special focus on decarbonisation, energy and resource efficiency and cleaner processes.
International participation is encouraged, with some broad overview papers covering international trends to be presented by experts in various topical technologies and commodities.

Keynote speakers

Emer. Prof. Peter Charles Hayes
University of Queensland

Peter Hayes 06122023 Prof Hayes has over 400 research publications in international journals and conferences, has published undergraduate texts on Extractive Metallurgy. Peter has over 45 years experience of teaching and curriculum development in extractive metallurgy.

Prof Hayes’ research encompass experimental studies on:

High temperature phase equilibria
Reaction kinetics and mechanisms in high temperature metallurgical systems.

He was the Foundation Director of the Pyrometallurgy Innovation Centre (PYROSEARCH) at The UNiveristy of Queensland and developed strong collaborations with the metallurgical industry. A feature of the research has been the focus on fundamental science in support of industrial process and process development.

Markus A Reuter 17012024 Dr Markus A Reuter
Chief Expert, SMS-Group GmbH

Industry: Chief Expert SMS Group (Germany 2020 ongoing); Chief Technologist Ausmelt Australia & Director Technology Management Outotec (Australia and Finland 2006-2015); Anglo American Corporation & Mintek (1984-1985 & 1994-1996 South Africa).
Academic: Director at Helmholtz Institute Freiberg (Germany 2015-2020); Full Professor TU Delft (Netherlands 1996-2005); Honorary & adjunct professorships @ (i) TUBAF Freiberg (Germany 2015 ongoing); (ii) Curtin University Perth (Australia 2018 ongoing) (iii) Aalto University (Finland 2012-2018); (iv) Central South University (China 2012-2017) & (v) Melbourne University (Australia, also full professor 2005-2018).
Education: D.Eng. & PhD Stellenbosch University (2006 & 1991 South Africa); Dr. habil. RWTH Aachen (1995 Germany).
Publications and Patents: H-factor: 43 (Scopus) 53 (Google); >38 patents in 4 patent families.
Ranking: Global Stanford top 2% Scientist Ranking: Globally 9th 21st in Mining and Metallurgy category - single year, 26th&34th in Mining and Metallurgy category (complete career) 2022&2023
Recent Awards: 2022 TMS (USA) Science Award; 2022 TMS Best paper “Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy”; 2022 Light Metals Luncheon Lecture; 2020 TMS EPD Luncheon Lecture; 2 Honorary Doctorates @ (i) 2015 University of Liège (Belgium), (ii) 2017 University of Stellenbosch (South Africa); 2016 TMS EPD Distinguished Lecture Award; 2015-2016 SME Henry Krumb Lecturer; 2014 TMS Science Award; 2013 Outotec technology award.

Prof Petrus Christiaan (Chris) Pistorius,
POSCO Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Chris Pistorius is the POSCO Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Iron and Steelmaking Research in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. His research focuses on pyrometallurgy and solidification.

Prof Bernd Friedrich,
RWTH-AACHEN University

Prof Friedrich has been R&D manager of GFE, Germany from 1998 to 1995, then plant manager at VARTA Batteries, Germany until he took the position of institute director of IME@RWTH Aachen University in 1999. IME is focussing on process metallurgy in a circular economy and such in metal recycling and purification. Main topics are:

Recovery of metals from spent batteries, electronic scrap, magnets
Mineral waste to products, slag design and properties
Thermal conditioning of organic contaminated recycling goods
Selective oxidation, vacuum distillation and crystallisation of molten metals

He is the Foundation Director of the Center of Circular Economy (CCE) and the open innovation center on Advanced Metals and Processes (AMAP GmbH) in Aachen. Research is done mainly with industrial partners. Together with his team members he has almost 1000 scientific contributions to be found on www.researchgate.net.

Erwee Lourens,
Principle Specialist, ArcelorMittal South Africa

First plant experience was at secondary metallurgy on the Electric Arc Furnace plant of ArcelorMittal SA Vanderbijlpark. Spend 10 years on the plant in various technical and later managerial positions before affording the plant manager opportunity for the Oxygen Steel Making facility, followed by the DRI plant for 5 years, During the time at the DR plant, successfully completing the construction project of 2 additional DRI kilns. Then spend 8 years at the Coke Plant as plant manager. Today responsible for the energy transition strategy and decarbonisation roadmap of AMSA

Dr Johan Zietsman,
CEO, Ex Mente Technologies

Johan has been working in pyrometallurgy for more than 30 years, in industry, research and academia. He founded Ex Mente in 2001, and is a research associate in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Pretoria, where he guides Master's and Ph.D. students. He works on theoretical, experimental, and computational thermochemistry; computational modelling of materials, processes, and reactors; process and reactor design; and the development of new pyrometallurgical production technologies. He contributes to the design and development of software for modelling materials, processes, techno-economics; for operational enhancement; and advanced process control. He has a Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering from the University of Pretoria, and has published several articles at peer-reviewed conferences and in refereed journals.

Dr Phillip Mackey,
P.J. Mackey Technology Inc

A Member of the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, Dr. Mackey has worked extensively in the production, engineering and piloting in the nickel and copper industries.

He co-developed the Noranda Reactor Process that has treated over 40 million tonnes of copper concentrate since its inception in Canada alone, and about 80 million tonnes globally, making it a major non-ferrous smelting technology. He co-invented the Noranda Converting Process, which has produced more than 6 million tonnes of copper since the late 1990s and remains the world’s third most productive copper converting technology. In addition to these and other technical achievements, Mackey expanded industry knowledge as a prolific author of technical papers, renowned lecturer, and inspirational mentor of young metallurgists.

He was involved with other initiatives during his career with Noranda (and related entities such as Falconbridge and Xstrata), including new developments for processing lateritic nickel deposits, and concluding technology agreements with other nations, notably Chile. He conducted due diligence and technical studies on a range of projects around the world. His expertise has benefited numerous metallurgical operations and continuous improvement projects. He formed his own consulting company after leaving Xstrata and this has led to a range of projects worldwide, including work on the development of a new nickel laterite project in Brazil.

Mackey mentored a new generation of metallurgists as a professor at Laurentian University in Sudbury, and as a Special Lecturer at McGill University in Montreal. He also was an honorary professor at Northeastern University in Shenyang, China. He was a co-founder of the Copper-Cobre conferences, which expanded from a joint Canadian-Chilean enterprise to embrace the entire global industry. Mackey is on the Board of Hazen Research of Denver, USA.

He is a strong supporter of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (CIM) and is a Past-President of the Metallurgical Society (METSOC). A Fellow of CIM and of The Minerals, Metals and Material Society (TMS) in the USA, Mackey has authored or co-authored more than 100 technical papers covering diverse aspects of non-ferrous metallurgy. His CIM and METSOC Awards include the Silver Medal (2006), a Special Medal of Honour (2007), the Selwyn G Blaylock Medal (2010), and the prestigious Airey Award (2012) for “outstanding contributions” to the field of extractive metallurgy.

He has earned many honours over the years, including the Noranda Technology Award (1998) for his continuous converting process. The Phillip Mackey Symposium was held in his honour at the 2019 Copper Conference in Vancouver. He presented the TMS Extractive & Processing Division Distinguished Lecture in 2020 and received the John Elliott Lectureship Award of the Association for Iron and Steel Technology for 2021-2022. He received the Award of Distinguished Lecturer from the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in 2023.

Professor Shengqiang Song,
Wuhan University of Science and Technology

Shengqiang Song is currently a professor at Wuhan University of Science and Technology. He is the Vice-Director of China-Africa Research Center for Low-Carbon Metallurgy. After completed his Ph.D at WUST in 2014, Dr. Song did his first postdoctoral fellowship with Prof. Andrie Garbers-Craig at University of Pretoria and then a second postdoctoral fellowship with Prof. Chris Pistorius at Carnegie Mellon University. His research interest includes ironmaking and steelmaking, refractories, hexavalent chromium, and recycling of solid waste.

Dr Nicholas Barcza

- BSc, MSc and PhD Metallurgical Engineering (1969 to 1972 and 1977)
Wits University SA MSc Chromite Pre-Reduction, PhD Low Carbon FeMn
- PrEng ECSA South Africa and SAAE South African Acadmy of Engineering

Project R&D Management and General Manager Business Development and Technology Implementation, Director of Mindev and Manager Pyrometallurgy Division with Mintek from 1977 to 2005 and then an Executive Consultant until 2021.

Chairman of Mogale FeCr Alloy Plant and metallurgical development with Voskhod chrome and FeCr projects and Shevchenko FeNi projects in Kazakhstan (2004 to 2016) for Nickel Projects in Brazil, Guatemala, New Caledonia, Russia and Venezuela (1995 to 2024).

Dr Nicholas Barcza is a Past President of the SAIMM 1996-1997

Johan Andries Terblanche,
Principal Specialist, Refractories, ArcelorMittal Vanderbijlpark (Retired)

Obtained B. Eng from PU for CHE, Vaal Triangle with bursary from ISCOR.

Completed training program at Cold Mills North Production, Direct Reduction Maintenance and BOF Production.

Function in the role of:

Process Engineer at BOF Process Development,
Manager Production, Continuous Casting, V1V2 during OPEX Process,
Manager Planning and Development, Refractory Services responsible for Steelmaking with Ironmaking and Rolling facility added,
Plant Manager, Refractory Services responsible for sourcing, contracting and improvements in refractory applications, installation and material selection for all units in Vdbp and the former Technical and test facility for Refractories at ISCOR Research.
Transferred as Principal Specialist, Refractories with cross unit technical support to all facilities (Vanderbijlpark, Newcastle, Saldanha, Vereeniging & Pretoria).

Development work included: BF Hearth, BF shotcrete, BF Trough, Stove repair, EAF, BOF, Torpedo ladles, HM Transfer ladles, steel Casting ladles, Tundishes, RH-OB / MFL, slab reheat furnaces (pusher and walking beam), Hot dip Galv lines, sinter plant ignition hood, Midrex lining development, Corex hearth design, BOF jumbo plug bottom stirring, convert pusher reheat soak floor from fusion cast mullite to monolithic floor, improve the heat up control of BOF vessel with the use of tc via taphole and control of C addition and O₂ flow rate.

I was actively involved in mentoring and coaching of technical staff.

I received tremendous support, cooperation, inputs and know how from all suppliers and technical staff that I had the privilege to work with.

I retired from ArcelorMittal in August 2022 after a challenging but fulfilling and satisfying career in the Refractory- & Pyrometallurgy Industry.

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SOUTHERN AFRICAN PYROMETALLURGY 2024 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

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