Short Courses

We will be offering a series of short courses in the Fall 2021

All sessions are free of charge, a zoom link will be sent to all who registered.

October 7, 2021, 2:00 - 5:30 PM PST: Electrification - Raw Materials Needs and Production

Sections

2:00 – 3:00 PM: Materials for electrification: materials requirements for batteries, solar panels and wind turbines – Ed Asselin

3:00 – 4:00 PM: Production of Li for the battery market – Norm Chow

4:00 – 4:45 PM: Nickel processing: ore to MHP – James Vaughan

4:45 – 5:30 PM: Ni-Co intermediates to battery materials for electrification – David Dreisinger

 

Registration Deadline: October 5

Location: Zoom Link will be sent to attendees after registration

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October 14, 2021, 2:00 - 5:00 PM PST: The evolution of REE processes and an introduction to the circular economy

Sections

2:00 – 3:00 PM: A review of hydrometallurgical flowsheets considered in past and current REE projects- Niels Verbaan

3:00 – 3:20 PM: Limits of the circular economy – Ed Asselin

3:20 – 4:05 PM: Mineral processing techniques for battery recycling – Marek Pawlik

4:05 – 5:00 PM: Li-ion battery recycling: from used cells to battery materials preparation – Thomas Bibienne

 

Registration Deadline: October 12

Location: Zoom Link will be sent to attendees after registration

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September 17, 2020, 8:30 - 11:15 AM PST: Processing of arsenic-containing ores: flotation, leaching, and waste stabilization

Sections

8:30 – 9:15 AM: Flotation of arsenic-containing ores – Marek Pawlik

9:30 – 10:15 AM: Leaching of arsenic-containing concentrates/ores – David Dreisinger

10:30 – 11:15 AM: Disposal and environmental stabilization – Wenying Liu

 

Registration Deadline: September 15

Location: Zoom Link will be sent to attendees after registration

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October 8, 2020, 8:30 -11:15 AM PST: Pyrometallurgical processing of copper: smelting, converting, gas injection, and SO2 processing

Sections

8:30 – 9:15 AM: Copper making technologies and fundamentals to operations – Gerardo Alvear

9:30 – 10:15 AM: Gas injection in bath smelting and converting – Joel Kapusta

10:30 – 11:15 AM: Production of SO2 and Sulphuric Acid – Werner Vorster/Erin Kwan

 

Registration Deadline: October 6

Location: Zoom Link will be sent to attendees after registration

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October 22, 2020, 8:30 - 11:15 AM PST: Leaching process modelling: from laboratory data to design of reactors and heaps

Sections

8:30 – 9:15 AM: Fundamentals of sulfide leaching kinetics – Wenying Liu

9:30 – 10:15 AM: Batch Leaching case studies – David Dixon

10:30 – 11:15 AM: Sizing of leaching reactors – David Dixon

 

Registration Deadline: October 20

Location: Zoom Link will be sent to attendees after registration

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October 29, 2020, 8:30 - 11:15 AM PST: Tailings dewatering and management

Sections

8:30 – 9:15 AM: Fundamentals on colloidal stability and polymer flocculants – Marek Pawlik

9:30 – 10:15 AM: Fundamentals on solid-liquid separation – Marek Pawlik

10:30 – 11:15 AM: Industry perspectives in tailings management – Harvey McLeod

 

Registration Deadline: October 27

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