About ALTA

ALTA was established by metallurgical consultant Alan Taylor in 1985 to serve the worldwide mining, minerals and metallurgical industries.  Alan has 40+ years’ experience in the metallurgical, mineral and chemical processing industries in Australasia, New Zealand, North and South America, Africa, Asia and Europe.

ALTA offers a wide range of services and resources to the metallurgical industry.

Consulting

High-level metallurgical and project development consulting.  More information

 Conferences

ALTA conferences are world-class annual metallurgical events and a leading platform for innovation.  Next conference: ALTA 2020 Nickel-Cobalt-Copper, Uranium-REE, Gold-PM, In Situ Recovery, Lithium & Battery Technology Conference & Exhibition to be held 23-30 May in Perth, Australia.  More information

Short Courses

Practically-oriented short courses on topics including treatment of nickel laterites, copper ore leaching, uranium ore processing, copper SX-EW, heap leaching and solvent extraction.   More information

Publications

Proceedings and manuals from ALTA conferences, seminars and short courses.  More information

MetBytes

Free technical articles offering metallurgical commentary and insights.  More information

Free Library

The ALTA Free Library includes proceedings from ALTA 1995-2017 Nickel-Cobalt-Copper, Uranium-REE and Gold-PM conferences for free download (1440+ papers). A selection of papers from ALTA 2019 and 2018 is also available. The library is expanded regularly, providing a major ongoing resource to the industry. More information

ALTA Metallurgical Services (ALTA) is a wholly owned subsidiary of JO-AL Enterprises Pty Ltd incorporated in Melbourne, Australia.