Program Topics

Nickel-Cobalt-Copper | Including Pressure Acid Leaching forum & panel | 22 - 24 May

  • Nickel, cobalt and copper extraction and refining
  • Pressure leaching
  • Heap, tank and vat leaching
  • In-situ leaching
  • PAL of laterites
  • Processing of subsea ores and nodules
  • Processing of sulphides - pressure-ox, bio-ox, chloride leach, etc
  • Ore upgrading technology
  • Plant design and operation reviews and issues
  • New and developing projects
  • Application of mineralogy and geometallurgy

  • Testwork, scale-up, process development and modelling
  • Purification, preparation and recovery by SX, IX, EW, precipitation etc
  • SX plant fire protection
  • Solid/liquid separation and clarification
  • Application of membranes
  • New technology developments, applications and experience
  • Materials of construction and corrosion
  • Equipment design and reagent developments
  • Tailings disposal and environmental

Uranium-Rare Earths | Including Rare Earth Process Development forum & panel | 25 May
  • Uranium ore treatment processes
  • Recovery and refining of rare earths
  • Recovery and refining of scandium
  • Operational reviews and issues
  • New technology developments, applications and experience
  • Ore upgrading technology
  • Recovery of other products - vanadium, base metals
  • By-product uranium from phosphoric acid, copper leaching, etc
  • By-product rare earths
  • Plant design
  • Application of mineralogy and geometallurgy
  • New and developing projects
  • Heap, vat and tank leaching
  • Testwork, scale-up, process development and modelling
  • In-situ leaching
  • Solid/liquid separation and clarification
  • SX/IX/CIX/RIP/RIL and precipitation processes
  • Application of membranes
  • Equipment design and reagent developments
  • Tailings, environmental and safety issues
  • SX plant fire protection
  • Materials of construction and corrosion
Gold-PM | Including Refractory & Complex Gold Ores forum & panel | 25 May
  • Refractory and complex ore treatment - ultrafine grinding, pressure-ox, bio-ox, roasting
  • Processes for ores with copper, arsenic, mercury, antimony
  • Alternative leaching mediums - chloride, thiosulphate, bromide etc
  • Fit for purpose leaching systems
  • New and developing projects
  • Heap and vat leaching
  • Cyanidation, CIP and CIL
  • In-situ leaching
  • Elution and gold room technology
  • Gravity treatment and intensive cyanidation
  • Recovery of silver and precious metals
  • Application of membranes
  • Operation reviews and issues
  • Application of mineralogy and geometallurgy
  • Cyanide recovery, recycle, detox and alternative reagents
  • Solid/liquid separation and clarification
  • New technology developments, applications and experience
  • Plant design and new project reviews
  • Testwork, scale-up, process development and modelling
  • Equipment design and reagent developments
  • Tailings environmental and safety issues
  • Sampling, instrumentation and control
In-Situ Recovery (ISR) | Including Enhancing ISR Permeability forum & panel | 26 May
  • Developments in uranium ISR
  • Application to other metals
  • Application to remnant low grade ores and mines
  • Technology for enhancing orebody permeability
  • Product recovery
  • Applications and developments of IX, SX, and membranes
  • Operational reviews
  • Lessons learned from ISR operations
  • Environmental protection and remediation
  • Social, community and regulatory aspects
  • Alternative lixiviants and leaching chemistry
  • Orebody characterisation
  • Geometallurgical implications
  • Mineral and gangue chemistry
  • Application of bio-leaching
  • Process monitoring and control
  • New and developing projects
  • Testwork, design and operation
  • Application of simulation and modelling
  • Project development and feasibility studies
Lithium & Battery Technology | Including Developments in Battery Technology forum & panel | 26 May
  • Lithium ore treatment processes
  • Recovery of lithium from brines
  • Ore preparation and leaching processes
  • Purification of leach solutions
  • Production of battery grade lithium product
  • Battery technology
  • Alternatives to lithium
  • Battery recycling
  • Solid/liquid separation and clarification
  • Application of SX and IX
  • Application of membranes
  • Characterisation of lithium ores
  • Operational reviews and issues
  • New technology developments, applications and experience
  • Ore upgrading technology
  • Recovery of other products
  • Application of mineralogy and geometallurgy
  • New and developing projects
  • Testwork, pilot plant design operation and scale-up
  • Plant design and construction
  • Process development and modelling
  • Equipment design and reagent developments
  • Tailings, environmental and safety issues
  • Materials of construction and corrosion

Important Dates
Sponsorship & Exhibition Prospectus 
Now Available
Registration Opens
Now Open
Deadline for abstracts
30 November
Deadline for papers
28 February
Call for student volunteersNow open
Pre-record submission15 April

(c) ALTA Conference 2022