Short Courses
online short courses now available
ALTA offers practically-oriented technical short courses presented by Alan Taylor as a valuable introduction for newcomers and a useful refresher for old hands. These well-respected courses have been presented internationally for many years and are kept current with annual updates.
We are now presenting our short courses online to enable you to continue your professional development while working from your home or office. Join live interactive sessions or access the on-demand recordings in your own time.
- Live online interactive session with Q&A
- Online on-demand recording, including email interaction with course presenter
- Dedicated interactive online sessions for your team
- Face-to-face at ALTA conferences
- Course manuals available for purchase with immediate download
| 3 June | Treatment of Nickel-Cobalt Laterites | 8am AWST / 10am AEST check my time zone |
| 10 June | Heap Leaching and its Application to Copper, Gold, Uranium and Nickel Ores | 8am AWST / 10am AEST check my time zone |
| 17 June | A-Z of Copper Ore Leaching | 8am AWST / 10am AEST check my time zone |
| 24 June | SX and its Application to Copper, Uranium & Nickel-Cobalt | 8am AWST / 10am AEST check my time zone |
| 1 July | Uranium Ore Processing | 8am AWST / 10am AEST check my time zone |
| 15 July | Copper SX/EW Basic Principles and Detailed Plant Design | 8am AWST / 10am AEST check my time zone |
| Available 27 May | Copper SX/EW Basic Principles and Detailed Plant Design |
| Available 10 June | Treatment of Nickel-Cobalt Laterites |
| Available 17 June | Heap Leaching and its Application to Copper, Gold, Uranium and Nickel Ores |
| Available 24 June | A-Z of Copper Ore Leaching |
| Available 1 July | SX and its Application to Copper, Uranium & Nickel-Cobalt |
| Available 8 July | Uranium Ore Processing |
- Fees are for one participant only; group discounts available
- Live online interactive session with Q&A or on-demand recording, including email interaction with course presenter
- Electronic copy of course manual prior to the course, valued at A$300
- Certificate of participation provided on request
- Register for two more more sessions and received a 10% discount
All fees are listed in Australian dollars and include 10% GST
Standard $595
Self-funded, young professional, academic $450
Student $150
| A-Z of Copper Ore Leaching (7 November) | Alan Taylor, Metallurgical Consultant and Managing Director, ALTA Metallurgical Services (Australia) Course outline and presenter bio |
| Design of Successful Bulk Flow Systems for Hydromet Operations (7 November) | Corin Homes, Operations Manager, Jenike & Johanson (Australia) Eric Maynard, Vice President and Director of Education, Jenike & Johanson (USA) Course outline and presenter bios |
| SX and its Application to Copper, Uranium & Nickel-Cobalt (8 November) | Alan Taylor, Metallurgical Consultant and Managing Director, ALTA Metallurgical Services (Australia) Course outline and presenter bio |
| The ART of HPAL - The Way to Success (8 November) | Dr Naoyuki Tsuchida, Research Advisor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo (Japan), former Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Metal Mining Fumio Iwamoto, President, Japan Metal Consulting (Japan), former Executive Chief Engineer, Sumitomo Metal Mining Course outline and presenter bios |
| Uranium Ore Processing (14 November) | Alan Taylor, Metallurgical Consultant and Managing Director, ALTA Metallurgical Services (Australia) Course Outline and Presenter Bio |
| Lithium Processing (14 November) | Damian Connelly, Principal Consulting Engineer, METS Engineering (Australia) Dr Dennis Yan, Consulting Metallurgist, METS Engineering (Australia) Course outline and presenter bio |
| “Thank you very much for that great presentation. I think that it went really well – I would never have thought that it was your first online short course! Everything went smoothly, video was high quality and audio was very good. The material itself was very informative and I appreciated the coverage of industry application and good practical examples from Alan’s experience. I look forward to the next session.” Nicole Jansen van Rensburg, Principal Advisor – Hydrometallurgy Studies - Process Optimization, Growth & Innovation, Rio Tinto (Australia) |
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