Innovative Process Development in Metallurgical Industry

Chapter 1- The Need for Process Innovation

Part I - Separation Processes and Process Selection

Chapter 2- Physical Processing - Innovations in Mineral Processing Process Development

Chapter 3- Thermal Processing - Pyrometallurgy - Non-Ferrous

Chapter 4- Thermal Processing - Pyrometallurgy -Ferrous

Chapter 5- Chemical Processing - Hydrometallurgy

Chapter 6- Biological Processing

Chapter 7- Process Compression

Chapter 8- Process Selection

Chapter 9- Metallurgical Processing Innovations: Intellectual Property Perspectives and Management

Part II - Process  Development

Chapter 10- Conceptual idea, Test work, Design, Commissioning and Troubleshooting

Part III - Process Optimization

Chapter 11- An Integrated Mining & Metallurgical Enterprise Enabling Continuous Process Optimization

Part IV - Equipment

Chapter 12- Equipment Development, Design and Optimization

Part V Sustainable Development and Environmental Management

Chapter 13- Sustainability Considerations in Innovative Process Development

Part VI Steps to Commercialization

Chapter 14- Process Development, Execution, Owner's responsibility and Examples of Innovative Developments

Part VII - Financing

Chapter 15- Investing, financing and harvesting  innovation and technology

Part VIII Case Study Examples

Chapter 16- Innovative case study processes in extractive metallurgy

Chapter 17- Development of a New Technology for Converting Iron-bearing materials to Nodular Reduced Iron

Chapter 18- Innovative process for the production of Titanium dioxide

Chapter 19- Innovative Processes In Electrometallurgy

Chapter 20- Innovations In Gold and Silver Processing

Chapter 21- Innovative Processes for By-Product Recovery and its applications

Chapter 22- Conclusion

- Process Optimization

- Equipment Selection, Design, Development and Optimization

- By-Product Production

- Environmental Management

- Steps to Commercialization

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Dr. V.I. Lakshmanan is an internationally renowned teacher, scientist and innovator in the area of sustainable development. He has more than 40 years of hands-on experience in technology commercialization and skills development initiatives with both private and public sectors including the United Nations. He has successfully guided process technologies from concept through development and demonstration to commercialization for resource, energy and chemical industries. Dr. Lakshmanan is an Adjunct Professor within the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto and is a member of several private and public sector advisory committees on natural resources, recycling technologies and waste management.

Dr. V. "Ram" Ramachandran has over 39 years of experience in non-ferrous metal industry with emphasis on process development and process improvements including water conservation and treatment. He received Milton. E. Wadsworth Hydrometallurgy Award in 2001 and Distinguished Services Award in 2008.

Dr. Raja Roy has over 18 years of experience in minerals processing and metallurgical engineering with emphasis on process flowsheet development. He received Light Metals Recycling Award in 1998. He is currently Senior Project Manager at Process Research Ortech Inc. based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.