CSRP Newsletter, January 2007
Welcome to the January edition of the CSRP Newsletter. If you wish to have anything included in the newsletter, please e-mail Kelly Dwyer at kelly.dwyer@csrp.com.au.
Updated Documentation
The project initiation form and other project development forms have been updated. The project initiation form and project proposal forms have been updated. Pleased download current version from Centric. Contact Lisa Laurie (lisa.laurie@csrp.com.au) if you have any questions regarding Centric
Congratulations
Congratulations to Senthil Dorai, Bilal Nasir and Shah Khalid, who have completed their MSc; and Ross Williams and Damien Bryant who have completed their Honours. We wish them well in the next phase of their career.
Welcome
We welcome Prof Arie van Riessen, Curtin University, who will lead CSRP's suite of Geopolymers projects. We also welcome Prof Malcolm Powell, University of Queensland who has taken up the Chair in Comminution based at the JKMRC. Malcolm will be leading the suite of comminution projects. Welcome to Arie and Malcolm.
New Students
We welcome Graeme Thompson and Robbie Cocks as new PhD students in CSRP . Graeme's thesis is entitled “ Novel anodes for more efficient electrowinning circuits” and will be supervised by Dr Nick Welham, Murdoch University. Robbie’s thesis is entitled “Sustainable water use and reuse in a remote area gold mine” and is supervised by Prof Goen Ho, Murdoch University, and Mr Rob Dunne, Newmont.
Conferences
- Materials and Austceram 2007 – International Ceramics Conference , Sydney , Australia , 4 th-6 th July 2007 Details are available at www.materialsaustralia.com.au/ma2007 . Submission of abstracts due 1 st December 2006 .
- World Conference on Science and Technology Education, Perth, Australia, 8th-12th July 2007
Call for papers information and further details are available at www.worldste2007.asn.au
- World Gold 2007, Cairns, Australia, 22nd-24th October 2007
Details are available at www.ausimm.com/gold2007 (submission for abstracts due 30th October 2006)
- 10th International Symposium on Environmental Issues and Waste Management in Energy and Mineral Production , Bangkok , Thailand , December 11-13, 2007
View the Call for papers at: http://www.mpes-cami-swemp.com/swemp2007.pdf (Abstracts due: April 15, 2007). For more information see SWEMP 2007 website: http://www.mpes-cami-swemp.com/
If you are aware of any upcoming conferences that would be of interest to other CSRP members, please e-mail the details to Kelly Dwyer. Links to these conferences (where available) will be published in the newsletter each month.
New Publications
It would be wonderful to keep our publications lists up to date. If you have anything that has been published as part of CSRP (including conference presentations), please send Kelly Dwyer a copy of or the reference for the publication.
Listed below are publications received this month
and a complete list can be found in the 2006 Publications and 2007 Publications sections.
- Blackford, MG, Hanna, JV, Pike, KJ, Vance, ER and Perera, DS (2007) “Transmission electron microscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance in geopolymers for radioactive waste immobilisation,” J. Amer. Ceram. Soc. (In press).
- Bossilkov, A and Corder, G (2006) “Report on Potential Synergy Opportunities for the Geelong Region” CSRP Report , November 2006
- Bryant, D (2006) “ A Comparison of Pb and Cu Activation of Iron Sulphides in Flotation” Honours Thesis, Murdoch University , December 2006
- Corder, G (2006) “Second Year Report on Developing Industrial Synergies in the Gladstone Region” CSRP Report , November 2006
- Johnston, MD, Jahanshahi, S and Lincoln, F (2006) “Thermodynamics of Slenium and Tellurium in Calcium Ferrite Slags” Sohn International Symposium on Advanced Processing of Metals and Materials, San Diego, USA, 27-31 August 2006
- Nikraz, H, Bodley, A, Cooling, D, Kong, P and Soomro (2007), “Comparison of Physical Properties between Treated and Untreated Bauxite Residue Mud”, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (ASCE), Volume 19, Issue 1, pp. 2-9.
- Norgate, T and Jahanshahi, S (2006) “Energy Use in Metallurgical Processes and Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions” CSIRO Report DMR-2957, November 2006
- Norgate, TE, Jahanshahi, S and Rankin WJ (2007) “Assessing the Environmental Impact of Metal Production Processes” Journal of Cleaner Production, 15, pp838-848
- Perera, DS, Uchida, O, Vance, ER and Finnie , KS (2006) “Influence of the curing schedule on the integrity of geopolymers,” J.Mater.Sci. published online: doi:10.1007/s10853-006-0533-6 (Invited).
- Perera, DS, Vance, ER, Kiyama, S, Aly, Z and Yee, P (2006) “Geopolymers as Candidates for Low/Intermediate Level Highly Alkaline Nuclear Waste,” 2006 MRS Fall Meeting, 27thNov-1 stDec, Boston , USA
- Perera, DS (2006) "Geopolymers: Past, present and the future," presentation at the 14th International Symposium on Hybridized Materials and Super Functions, Monterrey , Mexico , 3-6 Dec 2006. (Invited plenary)
- Pownceby, M, Wilson , N and Burckard, W (2006) “An SEM Study of a Zinc Slag Fumer Spent Slag with Specific Reference to Germanium.” CSIRO Report DMR-3051, October 2006
- Subaer and van Riessen, A "Thermo-mechanical and microstructural characterisation of sodium-poly(sialate-siloxo) (Na-PSS) geopolymers" published in Journal of Materials Science: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-0522-9
- van Beers, D , Bossilkov, A and van Berkel, R (2006) “Enhancing Water Efficiency Through Regional Cooperation - The Case of Kwinana” Water in Mining 2006, 14 th-16 th November 2006 , Brisbane , Queensland
- van Berkel, R (2007) “Eco-efficiency in the Australian Minerals Processing Sector” Journal of Cleaner Production, 15, pp772-781
- van Berkel, R and Power, G (2006) “AMIRA Project P772 Stage 2&3 Report – Bauxite Residue Sustainability Measure of Improvement (BRSMI)”. Report to AMIRA International and the Centre for Sustainable Resource Processing, 23 October 2006 .
