Keynote Lecture- Improving zinc processing using computational fluid dynamics modelling
M.P. Schwarz (CSIRO Minerals, Australia)

Pyrometallurgy

Keynote Lecture- Towards zinc metal at McArthur River
N.A Warner (Emeritus Professor, University of Birmingham, UK)

Top submerged lancing (TSL) zinc processing
J. Hoang, M. Reuter, R. Matusewicz and S. Hughes (Ausmelt Ltd, Australia)

The role of slag chemistry in the design of freeze linings for zinc slag fuming
E. Jak and P. Hayes (University of Queensland, Australia)

Flotation of lead-zinc ores

Effect of high chrome grinding media on zinc depression in a lead cleaner circuit
J. Kinal (Magotteaux Pty Ltd, Australia)

Effect of dispersion on the flotation of a lead-zinc sulphide ore
M.O. Silvestre (Votorantim Metais Zinco, Brazil), C.A. Pereira (UFOP, Brazil), R. Galery and A.E.C. Peres (UFMG, Brazil)

Online control size limit by modeling and optimization of grinding circuit to effect of Zn-Pb flotation recovery in Lakan factory
A. Hajati (Arak Engineering and Technical Department of Science and Technology, Iran)

Flotation of Zinc Ores

Role of dispersion on the flotation of an undeslimed oxide zinc ore
L. Martins (Votorantim Metais, Brazil), C.A. Pereira (UFOP, Brazil), R. Galery and A.E.C. Peres (UFMG, Brazil)

Effects of reagents on the selective flotation of smithsonite-quartz-calcite
M. Irannajad et al (Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran)

Alternative circuit for flotation of an oxide zinc ore
M.R. Ferreira (Yamana, Brazil), C.A. Pereira (UFOP, Brazil), R. Galery and A.E.C. Peres (UFMG, Brazil)

Bio and Hydrometallurgy

Isolation and characterization of iron-oxidizing, leptospirillum-like bacterium, from Zirab coal mine, Iran, and evaluation of Bama sulfidic ore agitation leaching by this strain
S.M. Meybodi, A.S. Nouhi (Islamic Azad University, Iran), N. Ghaemi (Tehran University, Iran) and M.M. Assadi (Iranian Research Organisation for Science & Technology, Iran)

Zinc recovery from tailings using ammoniacal leaching
P. Freeman (Norilsk Process Technology, Australia), M. Newman, J. Siemon (Nyrstar Pty Ltd, Australia), B. Willis (Aker Solutions, Australia) and P. Bode (Hatch Associates Pty Ltd, Australia)

Zinc hyperaccumulation by Gynura psedochina (L) DC
N. Panitlertumpai (King Mongkut’s University, Thailand), B. Mongkhonsin, W. Nakbanpote and P. Jitto (Mahasarakham University, Thailand)

The effect of zinc dust particle size distribution on optimizing of impurities cementation in zinc ammoniacal leaching solutions by Taguchi method
J. Moghaddam (Sahand University of Technology, Iran) and R. Sarraf-Mamoory (Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran)