SHORT COURSE - EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY OF NICKEL AND COBALT

When	Saturday, March 2-Sunday, March 3, 2013
Sponsored By	TMS Extraction & Processing Division
Presenters	Michael Moats, Bill Davenport, Maurice Solar, Tim Robinson, Bruce Love, Indie Mihaylov, Ram Ramachandran, and Norbert Piret

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Course Registration Fees* (Advance Rates Valid through February 1, 2013)

Advance Member: $725

Advance Nonmember: $775

Late/onsite Member: $775

Late/onsite Nonmember: $825

* Registration fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, morning and afternoon coffee breaks, and course notes.

COURSE OVERVIEW

This two-day short course will cover the main processing steps in the extractive metallurgy of nickel and ore. Presented by industrial and academic experts, the course will examine the fundamentals and current trends of the processing used to produce nickel and cobalt from primary and secondary sources.
The topics to be covered include:

General overview of ores and primary processing

Concentration of sulfide minerals and upgrading of laterite ores

Production of ferro-nickel and matte from laterites

Sulfide smelting and converting

Laterite pressure leaching and precipitation of intermediates

Extractive metallurgy of cobalt from primary sources

Re-leaching and solution purification

Nickel recovery by electrowinning, hydrogen reduction, and carbonyl processing

Recycling of nickel and cobalt

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Managers, supervisors, engineers, scientists, and students who want to learn about the basics and current trends in the extractive metallurgy of nickel and cobalt

PRESENTERS

Michael Moats
Bill Davenport
Maurice Solar
Tim Robinson
Bruce Love
Indie Mihaylov
Ram Ramachandran
Norbert Piret