Post by pling on Dec 5, 2015 12:45:33 GMT
10th Heavy Minerals Conference 2016, 16–17 August 2016—Conference | 18 August 2016—Technical Visit Sun City, South Africa
- The series of heavy minerals conferences has traditionally focused on the industries associated with ilmenite, rutile and zircon. There are many other economic minerals which have specific gravities such that they may also be classed as ‘heavy minerals’.
- The physical and chemical properties of these other minerals results in them being processed by similar technologies and sharing similar markets to the more traditional heavy minerals. In this conference we continue to examine the mining, processing and usage of the traditional heavy minerals but also ‘expand our horizons’ to include other valuable minerals.
- This Conference series was started in 1997 and has run every second year since that date. The Conference alternates between South Africa and other heavy mineral producing countries. It will provide a forum for an exchange of knowledge in all aspects from exploration through processing and product applications.
- This is a strictly technical conference and efforts by the organizing committee are aimed at preserving this technical nature. The benefit of this focus is that it allows the operators of businesses within this sector to discuss topics not normally covered in such forums. The focus on heavy minerals includes the more obvious minerals such as ilmenite, rutile and zircon; and in addition also covers other heavy minerals such as garnet, andalucite, sillimanite, and chromite.
- The series of heavy minerals conferences has traditionally focused on the industries associated with ilmenite, rutile and zircon. There are many other economic minerals which have specific gravities such that they may also be classed as ‘heavy minerals’.
- The physical and chemical properties of these other minerals results in them being processed by similar technologies and sharing similar markets to the more traditional heavy minerals. In this conference we continue to examine the mining, processing and usage of the traditional heavy minerals but also ‘expand our horizons’ to include other valuable minerals.
- This Conference series was started in 1997 and has run every second year since that date. The Conference alternates between South Africa and other heavy mineral producing countries. It will provide a forum for an exchange of knowledge in all aspects from exploration through processing and product applications.
- This is a strictly technical conference and efforts by the organizing committee are aimed at preserving this technical nature. The benefit of this focus is that it allows the operators of businesses within this sector to discuss topics not normally covered in such forums. The focus on heavy minerals includes the more obvious minerals such as ilmenite, rutile and zircon; and in addition also covers other heavy minerals such as garnet, andalucite, sillimanite, and chromite.