| Scope |
The Symposium will honor Dr. Shijie Wang (王世杰) for his outstanding contributions to the science and practice of extractive metallurgy, in particular his work in the extraction and refining of Cu, Te, Ni, Bi, Platinum Group, Precious Metals and Rare Earths. The scope covers all aspects of the science and industrial practice of metallurgy from mining to refining. The symposium will provide a forum where researchers from industry and universities can interact and share ideas with other stakeholders to facilitate the advancement of minerals, metals and materials process and engineering.
This reflects Dr. Wang’s career as he carried on the legacy of working in corporate metallurgical research laboratories that emerged nearly 125 years ago. Wang has worked at the Beijing General Research Institute for Non-Ferrous Metals, ASARCO Inc. and Freeport McMoRan Inc. before becoming Principal Advisor at Rio Tinto’s Kennecott Utah Copper. He is presently General Manager for Coeur Mining, Inc.. His work interests include optimizing metal recovery, improving operational efficiency and profitability as well as encouraging process safety management. Dr. Wang holds four U.S. patents and has published more than 40 journal papers. He is a copper, gold, silver, and PGM/rare metals refining “subject matter expert.” He has been a TMS member since 1991 and is former chair of the Hydrometallurgy and Electrometallurgy Committee of TMS from 2011 to 2013. Dr. Wang received the TMS EPD Distinguished Service Award in 2017 and was co-chair of the Extraction 2018 conference, a significant event in the global extractive metallurgy community and jointly organized by TMS, SME, and MetSoc. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. The symposium will explore the unique situation of advanced metallurgical studies within the corporate orbit, and topics related to intellectual property and resource uses within this environment.
Abstracts must be submitted through the TMS Program Master. Hard copy papers will be welcomed in the following areas.
General:
* Collaboration of Research and Industry.
* Economic Incentives and Metallurgical Innovation.
* Safety in Industrial Metallurgy.
* Economics of Base Metal Recycling.
* Effective Technical Communication.
* Trade Secrets vs. Licensing in Metallurgy.
Technical:
* Hydrometallurgical Recoveries of Au, Ag, Cu, As, Bi, Ni, Sb, PM/PGM, Te, and Se.
* Electrowinning and Refining Techniques
* Leaching and Chemical Extraction Science in the Base Metals.
* Extraction and alloying of Bi.
* Extraction and alloying of Te.
* Novel Methods of Processing and Recycling Cu, Ni and Pb.
* Downstream Processing of Refined Copper and Copper Alloys
* Extraction and Refining of Rare Earth Metals |