Birol Sönmez PhD, PTI Manager – Turkey, Metso Process Technology & Innovation sent the following report on the XV Balkan Mineral Processing Congress (BMPC 2013) held in International Congress Centre Sozopol, Bulgaria during June 12-16, 2013.
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Prof. Dr. Ümit Atalay and Birol Sönmez[/caption]
Almost 450 delegates from several countries participated in this conference, held every 2 years in Balkan countries. BMPC 2013 was organized jointly by University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski” and Municipality of Sozopol.
The Congress was supported generously by the mining and minerals industry. Metso was the major sponsor for this. The General sponsors were Metso Minerals (Bulgaria), Dundee Precious Metals Inc., Kaolin Bulgaria, Geostroy AD, Gorubso Madan AD, Gorubso Zlatograd AD,. The Gold sponsors were Outotec, Gorubso Kardjalı JSC and Mintech Ltd. The Silver sponsors included Assarel Medet JSC, Litex Motors, Vatia Holding AD and Kolobar Holding.
The theme of the Congress was “The Wave of Changes in Processing and Recycling”, and the following scientific program included all aspects of mineral processing industry, research and development, environment and recycling organized in four parallel sessions, as well as plenary lectures and company presentations.
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Prof. Dr Ali İhsan AROL (from Middle East Technical University, Turkey (left)[/caption]
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The majority of the attendees were from the universities. It was clear that the majority of the papers was focused on waste treatment and flotation.
The following plenary lectures and company presentations were delivered during the Congress.
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AUTHOR(S) |
| A Study Of The Effect Of Changes In The Milling And Flotation Processes On The Recovery Of Chromite In A Platinum Group Mineral (Pgm) Concentrator | C. O’Connor,J. G. Wiese, M. A. Silva, T. Khonthu |
| Theoretical Framework For Selection, Design, And Evaluation Of Novel Selective Collecting Reagents For Gold And Platinum Metals | V. A. Chanturiya, T. V. Nedosekina, T. A. Ivanova |
| Clariant – Providing Solutions For Mining And Mineral Processing | Th. Dziobek |
| Online Chemical Analysis Of Iron Ore Using Pgna | Derek Griffiths |
| Benninghoven Recycling Granulator | Ralf Port |
| Energy, Materials, Performance And Recycling | H. Zoz |
| Modeling And Simulation Of A Commercial-Scale Slurry Bubble Column Rector For Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis | L. Sehabiague, B. I. Morsi |
| Greenhouse Emissions And Energy Usage In Gold Mining And Processing | J. L. Hendrix |
| Treatment Of Wastewater From The Mining Industry. Envirochemie Practical Examples | M. Natcheva-Schwarz |
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The technical exhibition was located adjacent to the Congress Centre[/caption]
The technical exhibition was organized on the front of Sozopol Congress Centre. Several industries, equipment suppliers, research institutions, consulting companies and other organizations both from India and abroad showcased their processes, products, instruments, equipment, expertise and achievements during the exhibition.
PTI presented the following titled papers at the congress.
"The Benefits Of High Classification Efficiency In Closed Ball Mill Circuits”: The intention of this paper is to inform mineral processing engineers about of the benefits of high classification efficieny in closed ball mill circuits
"Modelling And Simulation Studies At An Aggregate Plant": in this paper modeling and simulation studies conducted at aggregate plant for improving plant performance for higher productivity by PTI was summarized.
Many thanks to Birol for his report and great pictures.
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Delegates moving between the trade exhibition and plenary sessions[/caption]