Published Papers

Papers have now been published in Volume 20 Issue 5 (April 2007) of Minerals Engineering. Papers available for download from ScienceDirect

Conference Proceedings CD-ROM

The conference proceedings CD-ROM is available by emailing Jon Wills. The CD costs £55 which includes postage and contains the following papers:

Towards a virtual metallurgical plant. 2- application of mineralogical data
M.D. Adams (Mutis Liber Pty Ltd, Australia)

The estimation of mineral grain size using automated mineralogy
D. Sutherland (Mineralurgy P/L, Australia)

Electron-beam based imaging of kimberlites� pushing the limits
B. Benvie (De Beers, South Africa)

EPMA mapping for minerals and materials characterisation
M.I. Pownceby, C.M. MacRae, and N.C. Wilson (CSIRO Minerals, Australia)

Simultaneous absorptiometric determination of copper, nickel, iron and cobalt in refinery process streams: potential on-line Application
E. Archery (Anglo Platinum Ltd, South Africa)

Automated mineral identification by LIF
H.F. Broicher (ROCK-ID Consulting, Germany)

Measurement of on-line bulk mineralogy using radio frequency methods
D. Bennett, D.G. Miljak, and J. Khachan (CSIRO Minerals, Australia)

Compact Optical Parametric Oscillator for mid-infrared reflectance measurements: applications in mineralogy and ore sorting
D.L. Death, L.J. Pollard and C.A. Rogers (CSIRO Minerals, Australia)

Utilization of optical image analysis and automatic texture classification for iron ore particle characterisation
E.Donskoi et al (CSIRO Minerals, Australia) and J.M.F. Clout (Fortescue Metals Group Limited, Australia)

Semi-automated petrographic assessment of coal by coal grain analysis
G. O�Brien (CSIRO Exploration and Mining, Australia), B. Jenkins (Jenkins-Kwan Technolgy Pty Ltd, Australia) and P. Ofori (CSIRO Energy Technology, Australia)

Automated mineralogical analysis of coal and ash products requirements and challenges
C. van Alphen (Van Alphen Consultancy, South Africa)

Automated mineralogy applied to bauxite characterization: a case study
R. Kwitko-Ribeiro (CVRD, Brazil)

The application of the value SCAN methodology to the Pooncarie Mineral Sands Project
G. Balderson (BEMAX Resources NL, Australia)

The Campaign Survey Model - a case study at Raglan Mine, Qu�bec
N.O. Lotter (Falconbridge Ltd, Canada) and A. R. Laplante (McGill University, Canada)

A case study for integrated use of automated mineralogy in plant optimization: the Falconbridge Montcalm Concentrator
A. Charland et al (Falconbridge Technology Center, Canada)

QEMSCAN analysis as a tool for improved understanding of gravity separator performance
R.D. Pascoe and M. Power (Camborne School of Mines, UK)

The use of quantitative mineralogical data to interpret the behaviour of gangue minerals in the flotation of Merensky Reef ores
M. Becker, P. Harris, J. Wiese and D. Bradshaw (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

Mineral balancing as a diagnostic tool for interpreting the leach behaviour of ores
G. Wilkie and D. Latti (Rio Tinto Technical Services, Australia)