Technical Program
The emphasis of this carefully crafted program is practical rather than academic, and the themes running through the conference are the various aspects of technology and project development. We are pleased to partner with CSIRO Minerals for the In Situ Recovery (ISR) sessions and Curtin Gold Technology Group for Gold-PM. The Uranium-REE and ISR sessions, and Uranium short course are organised in co operation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
- Nickel-Cobalt-Copper (25-27 May) including Hydromet Processing of Ni-Co-Cu Sulphides Forum & Panel
- Uranium-REE (28 May) including Application of Membranes Forum & Panel
- Gold-PM (28 May) including Cyanide Alleviation & Alternative Lixiviants Forum & Panel
- In Situ Recovery (ISR) (29 May) including Application of ISR to Copper Forum & Panel
- Lithium & Battery Technology (29 May) including Trends in Battery Technology Forum & Panel
This preliminary list includes 94 papers from 82 organisations representing 19 countries. The list will be kept updated as more papers are confirmed. The final program will include 100+ papers.
| Aalto University | Finland |
| ALTA Metallurgical Services | Australia |
| AMIRA International | Australia |
| AngloAmerican Technical Solutions | South Africa |
| ANSTO/Murdoch University | Australia |
| ANSTO Minerals (2 papers) | Australia |
| Arithmetek | Canada |
| Arithmetek/NMR360 | Canada |
| Atom Minerals | Australia |
| Aura Energy (tbc) | Australia |
| Ausenco (2 papers) | Australia |
| BASF/Chemaf/MMG Kinsevere | South Africa/Australia/DRC |
| BDB Process *Keynote: Uranium-REE | Australia |
| BMS Engineers | Australia |
| Chimerical Technology/Orano | South Africa/France |
| Chimerical Technology/PQ Corporation | South Africa/UK |
| China Nerin | China |
| Chyrsos Corporation | Australia |
| CleanTeQ | Australia |
| CleanTeQ Water | Australia |
| Cobalt Blue Holdings | Australia |
| CSA Global/MEPhI/TENEX/ARMZ | Australia/Russia |
| CSA Global/UGTC/JV Kazcobalt | Australia/Russia/Kazakhstan |
| CSIRO Minerals | Australia |
| CSIRO Energy | Australia |
| CSIRO Minerals/Curtin University | Australia |
| CSIRO Minerals/Murrin Murrin Operations | Australia |
| Curtin University | Australia |
| EcoMetales | Chile |
| EKATO Corporation | Germany |
| Element Process | Australia |
| Environmental Copper Recovery | Australia |
| Envirostream Australia | Australia |
| Future Battery Industries CRC *Opening Address | Australia |
| Genesys International | UK |
| GreenGold Technology | Indonesia |
| Hatch | Australia |
| IAEA Sponsored Presenters (2 papers) | TBC |
| IGO Limited | Australia |
| International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) *Opening: Uranium-REE | Austria |
| International Copper Study Group (ICSG) | Portugal |
| International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI)/Newmont Goldcorp | USA/Canada |
| Jenike & Johanson | Australia |
| Konkola Copper Mines/The Copperbelt University | Zambia |
| LANXESS | Germany/Australia |
| LANXESS/Vale | Germany/Canada |
| LiNiCo Pty Ltd | Australia |
| Lithium Australia | Australia |
| Lithium Consultants Australasia | Australia |
| METTKO *Keynote: Gold-PM | Australia |
| METS Engineering (2 papers) | Australia |
| MetEng/METSIM International | Australia/USA |
| MHWirth | Germany/Australia |
| Mike Miller Consultancy | Australia |
| MINES Paris-Tech/Orano Mining | France |
| Mining and Process Solutions (MPS) (2 papers) | Australia |
| Mining3 | Australia |
| MINTEK *Keynote: Nickel-Cobalt-Copper | South Africa |
| MINTEK (2 papers) | South Africa |
| MMG Kinsevere/MMG Australia/Protea Chemicals/Solvay | DRC/Australia/South Africa/DRC |
| Murdoch Mackenzie, Consultant | Australia |
| Mworx/GME Resources | Australia |
| Mworx/Jervois Mining | Australia |
| NMR360 | Canada |
| Northern Mineral/OLI Systems | Australia/USA |
| Ocean Minerals | Australia/USA |
| OLI Systems | USA |
| Outotec (2 papers) | Finland |
| Outotec Biomin (2 papers) | South Africa |
| Peter Jolly, Consultant | Australia |
| Pure Battery Technologies | Australia |
| Queensland Pacific Metals | Australia |
| Ramu Nickel/Peter Jolly, Consulant | PNG/Australia |
| SENET/Process Ideas | South Africa |
| SGS Minerals Metallurgy | Australia |
| SGS Minerals Metallurgy/BHP Nickel West (tbc) | Australia |
| Simulus Group | Australia |
| Solvay | Zambia/USA |
| University of British Columbia/Seabridge Gold | Canada |
| University of British Columbia/Winner Water Services | Canada |
| University of Queensland *Keynote: Lithium & Battery Technology | Australia |
| University of Tokyo/Japan Metal Consulting/Enterprise Florida | Japan |
| Vanik Resources/3M Corporation/ChemQuest Africa | South Africa/Chile/DRC |
Conference Opening |
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| Stedman Ellis Chief Executive Officer, Future Battery Industries CRC (Australia) A Research-Based Strategy for Establishing Australia as a Leading Player in the Emerging Global Battery Industry |
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Nickel-Cobalt-Copper Keynote |
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| John Neale Technical Specialist, Mintek (South Africa) Bioleaching of Nickel and Cobalt - The Progress and The Potential |
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Uranium-REE Opening |
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| Martin Fairclough Uranium Specialist, Uranium Resources and Production International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (Austria) The Role of Unconventional Uranium Resources |
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Uranium-REE Keynote |
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| Darryl Butcher Director, BDB Process (Australia) Review of Membrane Technology as a Process Tool |
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Gold-PM Keynote |
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| Karel Osten Independent Consultant, METTKO Pty Ltd (Australia) POX – Has it Reached its Full Potential, or is There Still Room for Improvement for Treating Refractory Gold Ores? |
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In Situ Recovery Keynote |
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| To be announced | |
Lithium & Battery Technology Keynote |
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| Prof Peter Talbot Institute for Future Environments (IFE), Queensland University of Technology (Australia) The Creation and Implications of Australia’s First Lithium-Ion Battery |
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25th Anniversary Dinner Address |
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| Alan Taylor Conference Chair, ALTA 2020 Metallurgical Consultant and Managing Director, ALTA Metallurgical Services (Australia) |
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| Nickel-Cobalt-Copper | Flowsheet Development for the Conversion of Nickel Concentrate to Nickel Sulphate – IGO’s Proactively Green Approach to Produce Critical Materials for the Clean Energy Revolution by IGO Limited (Australia) |
| Nickel-Cobalt-Copper | Trends and Treatment of Arsenic in Copper Mining by EcoMetales (Chile) |
| Uranium-REE | Preventing Gypsum Scaling of Minewater RO/NF/UF Membranes by Genesys International (UK) |
| Uranium-REE | Sulfuric Acid Baking of Monazite for Rare Earths by ANSTO/Murdoch University (Australia) |
| Gold-PM | Commissioning Experience on Recent Outotec POX Projects by Outotec (Finland) |
| In Situ Recovery | Informatisation Systems for ISR Mines by CSA Global/MEPhI/TENEX/ARMZ |
| Lithium & Battery Technology | Recovery of Lithium from Smackover Brine by Arithmetek (Canada) |
We are excited to offer three new short courses presented by experienced senior experts in their field. ALTA 2020 now includes six short courses, providing significant learning opportunities across a range of key topics.
- A-Z of Copper Ore Leaching (23 May) presented by ALTA Metallurgical Services
- Design of Successful Bulk Flow Systems for Hydromet Operations (23 May) presented by Jenike & Johanson *NEW
- SX and its Application to Copper, Uranium & Nickel-Cobalt (24 May) presented by ALTA Metallurgical Services
- The ART of HPAL - The Way to Success (24 May) presented by Dr Naoyuki Tsuchida and Fumio Iwamoto (ex Sumitomo) *NEW
- Uranium Ore Processing (30 May) presented by ALTA Metallurgical Services
- Lithium Processing (30 May) presented by METS Engineering *NEW
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