Recent Advances in Mineral Processing Plant design

Engineers are constantly striving to build better and more reliable plants. In order to do so, they need to keep abreast of the new technologies and ongoing equipment improvements that can have significant impact on the plant design. One of the functions of the professional organization is to provide a forum for the engineers in the various disciplines to get together on a periodic basis to review the recent development in the various plant design areas. This symposium is the platform to update the recent development in plant design since the last symposium, which was held in Canada in 2002. Professor Andy Mular has provided a historical prospective of how this idea of plant design symposium was born in the forward to this book. The organizing committee extends its sincere appreciation to the plenary speakers who were the organizers for the plant design symposium in 2002; session chairs who were instrumental in finding authors and reviewing the papers; and the authors and presenters without whom this symposium would not have been possible. The efforts and support of the two organizations, SME and TMS, are greatly appreciated. It would not be possible to organize an event of this magnitude without the efforts of SME’s Dave Kanagy, Tara Davis, Carol Cudworth, Jane Olivier, AnnMarie Estrada, Heather Bonic, and others.