Papers are invited for presentation at Automated Mineralogy 08. All papers must be written and presented in English, the official language of the conference.

Themes

Papers are invited on the following suggested topics:

• reviews on existing automated techniques
• new automated techniques
• optical-based systems
• electron-beam based systems
• X-ray based system
• software data processing packages in-stream, on-line, on-belt analysis
• applications in the earth resources industries
• process mineralogy case studies
• sampling and sample preparation techniques
• case studies

Abstract Submission Short abstracts, of no more than 150 words, should be emailed to Dr. Barry Wills. Draft Papers If accepted, draft papers will be required. These will form the unrefereed Proceedings, which will be available to delegates on CD-ROM at the conference.

Final Papers

Final papers should be submitted no later than one month after the end of the conference. These will be refereed, and, if accepted, published in a special Automated Mineralogy issue of Minerals Engineering, the highest impact factor mineral processing journal. Corresponding authors will receive one complimentary copy of this special issue. All other delegates may purchase the special issue from Elsevier Science Ltd at a discounted rate.

Ordering Papers

Papers from the conference will be published in a special issue of Minerals Engineering journal. You will be able to view and download papers from this special issue from ScienceDirect after it has been published.

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Advantages of MEI Conferences

This is an ideal opportunity to present your work to an international audience and have your paper published in a refereed journal of high repute.