Technical and Social Program

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1 Technical and Social Program July 10 12, 2013 Sheraton Hotel, Santiago, Chile Organized by

2 General Information Information Please approach the registration desk with any enquiries or comments. Lost & Found All lost items should be reported to the Gecamin staff at the registration desk. All found items must be taken to congress registration desk. Internet In addition to the computers at the foyer entrance, complimentary Wi-Fi is available in all areas of the seminar. Parking Hotel parking is available free of charge to Hydroprocess 2013 participants. Simultaneous Interpretation (English and Spanish) If you plan to use the simultaneous interpretation services, please have your Identification Card with you when requesting your headset. Headsets must be returned at the end of each day. Recommendations For safety reasons, please keep your personal belongings with you at all times. Gecamin is not to be held responsible for any stolen property. Please wear your delegate badge at all times. Gecamin Contacts executive director Carlos Barahona sponsor relations René Catalán technical coordinator Fernando Valenzuela seminar coordinator Fabiola Bustamante

3 Wednesday July 10 TECHNICAL AND SOCIAL PROGRAM B & C 16:00 Registration Foyer 18:00 Authors and Session Chair Coordination Meeting A 19:00 Inauguration Ceremony B & C Words of Welcome Carlos Barahona, Hydroprocess 2013 Executive Director, Gecamin, Chile Courtney Young, Hydroprocess 2013 Co-Chair, Montana Tech, USA Fernando Valenzuela, Hydroprocess 2013 Technical Coordinator, Universidad de Chile Gabriel Meruane, Hydroprocess 2013 Chair, R&D Project Manager, SQM, Chile Opening Address One hundred years of hydroprocess innovation: The case of the nitrate and iodine industry in Chile. Carlos Díaz, Vice-President of the Iodine Nitrate Operations, SQM, Chile 20:00 Welcome Reception Foyer / Courtesy of SQM

4 HOTEL FLOOR PLAN Access / Exit (Lobby) EXIT GOLD SPONSORS Elevator Registration Desk To Pedro de Valdivia 1 Gea Westfalia 2 Basf 3 ICL Catodos 4 SNF-Flomin 1 Lunch & Dinner SILVER SPONSORS 3 5 Metalex Preview room 2 Coffee Break Gecamin Coat room A 4 5 B 6 6 Verne 7 Quemetco 8 Cytec 9 Outotec 10 BTA MEDIA PARTNERS Coffee Break A AreaMinera B Ecoamérica Technical Sessions B 10 C Direcmin C Lobby Level Technical Sessions C Poster Session Work Stations EXIT

5 Thursday July 11 PLENARY SESSION 01 B & C Session Chair: Óscar Rosas, Division El Soldado, Anglo American, Chile 08:20 Day 2 program update Fernando Valenzuela, Hydroprocess 2013 Technical Coordinator, Universidad de Chile 08:30 Impregnated activated carbon for gold extraction from thiosulfate solutions Courtney Young, Montana Tech, USA; Nick Gow, Hydrometallurgy Group, FLSmidth, USA 09:00 Breaking down some paradigms in copper hydrometallurgy Gabriel Zárate, Anglo American Chile 09:30 Heap leaching aeration: Science or art? Jorge Menacho and Wildo Cifuentes, De Re Metallica Ingeniería, Chile 10:00 Poster Session and Coffee Break Foyer

6 Thursday July 11 SESSION 01 B Base metals hydrometallurgy: Copper leaching processes Chair: Óscar Ferrada, Minera Escondida, Chile 10:50 Daily process mineralogy a metallurgical tool for optimized copper leaching Wolfgang Baum, Kevin Ausburn and Randy Zahn, FLSmidth,USA 11:10 Kinetics of chalcopyrite leaching in either ferric sulfate or cupric sulfate media in the presence of NaCl Tácia Veloso, Johne Peixoto, Michael Rodrigues and Versiane Albis Leão, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil 11:30 11:50 Mineral QT s in place leaching, standard sector Hugo Letelier, Patricio Giménez, Carola González, Luis Zenteno and Carlos Castillo, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile A step closer to the leaching of primary sulfides Guillermo Velarde, Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde S.A.A., Peru 12:10 Copper extraction from oxide ore using sea water Cynthia Torres, María Elisa Taboada, Teófilo Graber and Héctor Galleguillos, CSIRO-Chile International Centre of Excellence in Mining and Mineral Processing, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile; Helen Watling, CSIRO-Chile International Centre of Excellence in Mining and Mineral Processing, CSIRO Minerals Down Under Flagship, Australian Minerals Research Centre 12:30 Lunch / Pedro de Valdivia (level Z)

7 Thursday July 11 SESSION 02 C Electrometallurgical processing Chair: Virginia Ciminelli, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil 10:50 Practical determination of galvanic corrosion of steel induced by mineral particles Genny Leinenweber and Luis Cáceres, CSIRO-Chile International Centre of Excellence in Mining and Mineral Processing, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile 11:10 Tankhouse parameters for transition from lead to alternative anodes Scot Sandoval, Casey Clayton, Ephrem Gebrehiwot and Jason Morgan, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., USA 11:30 CoolBar: A new intercell bar for electrolytic processes Gerardo Cifuentes and Rodolfo Mannheim, G2M Ingeniería Ltda., Chile 11:50 12:10 MIRS Starter Sheet Robotic Stripping Machine (SSRSM) Luis Felipe Ramirez, Mining Industry Robotic Solutions, (MIRS), Chile SELE Technology: An alternative to boosting current efficiency and cathode quality in EW plants Pedro Aylwin, Nicolás Lagos and Patricio Melani, New Tech Copper SpA, Chile 12:30 Lunch / Pedro de Valdivia (level Z)

8 Thursday July 11 SESSION 03 B Base metals hydrometallurgy:polymetallic ore processing Chair: Guillermo Velarde, Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde, Peru 14:00 Controlling the irrigation flow in heap leach piles of El Soldado mine by canopy system with thermal camera Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Omar Daud and Mauricio Correa, Advanced Mining Technology Center, Universidad de Chile; Marco Torres, El Soldado Division, Angloamerican, Chile 14:20 Maboumine process: Example of a promising process for developing a polymetallic ore deposit Florent Delvallée, Valérie Weigel and Antoine Greco, ERAMET, France 14:40 Hydrothermal mineral replacement reactions and their applications in mining and processing Jing Zhao, Allan Pring, Joël Brugger, Fang Xia and Kan Li, University of Adelaide and Department of Mineralogy, South Australian Museum; Yung Ngothai, University of Adelaide, Australia 15:00 Study of the recovery of silica from the zircon chemical treatment Part 1 Laura Rocha and Carlos Morais, Centro de Desenvolvimento da Tecnologia Nuclear/Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear CDTN/CNEN, Brazil 15:20 Direct production of high purity cobalt sulphate heptahydrate from a NICO deposit concentrate Alex Mezei, Michael Johnson and Cornelia Lupu, SGS Mineral Services; Ron Molnar, METNETH2O Inc.; Keith Lee and Robin Goad, Fortune Minerals Limited, Canada 15:40 Poster Session and Coffee Break / Foyer

9 Thursday July 11 SESSION 04 C Modelling and optimising hydrometallurgical operations Chair: María Elisa Taboada, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile 14:00 A theoretical study of SART precipitate generation: Operational and safety impacts Humberto Estay, Pablo Carvajal, Karina González and Verónica Vásquez, Arcadis, Chile 14:20 Data mining for process analysis and development through historical data Gabriel Meruane, M. Irrazabal and Juan José Segura, SQM Industrial S.A., Chile 14:40 Rheometallurgical process risk mitigation through engineering data generation Alex Mezei and Mike Ashbury, SGS Mineral Services, Canada 15:00 Implications of hydrodynamic testing for heap leach design Stefan Robertson, Mintek, South Africa; Amado Guzmán, HydroGeoSense, USA; Graeme Miller, Miller Metallurgical Services, Australia 15:20 Dynamic model of copper recovery in heaps, Compañía Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi Eduardo Flores, Juan Pablo Garcés and Christan Hu, Compañía Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi; Jesús Casas, Process Consulting, Chile 15:40 Poster Session and Coffee Break / Foyer

10 Thursday July 11 SESSION 05 B Non-metals compounds and base metals processes Chair: Jesús Casas, Process Consulting, Chile 16:30 Study steel dust leaching for the recovery of zinc and cadmium Ernesto de la Torre, Alicia Guevara and Cynthia Espinoza, National Polytechnic University, Ecuador 16:50 Zinc recovery from electric-arc furnace dust by hydrochlorhic leaching and bi-electrolyte electrolysis José Ricaurte and Ernesto de la Torre, National Polytechnic University, Ecuador 17:10 Some improvements in Caliche heap leaching Javier Ordóñez and Silvia Valdez, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile; Luis Moreno, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; Luis Cisternas, Centro de Investigación Científico Tecnológico para la Minería (CICITEM), Chile 17:30 Innovation, research and development in the nitrates and Iodine operations at SQM Gabriel Meruane, Juan José Segura, M. Irrazabal and R. Vera, SQM Industrial S.A., Chile 17:50 Advances in the treatment of gold refractory ores Julio Tremolada, Instituto Iberoamericano de Metalurgia Extractiva, Peru 18:10 Cocktail and Seminar Dinner / Pedro de Valdivia (level Z)

11 Thursday July 11 SESSION 06 C Modelling hydrometallurgical operations and SX Processes Chair: Francisco Arriagada, Arcadis, Chile 16:30 Dynamic simulator of ore preparation processes and leaching Francisco Reyes, Gabriel Tejeda, Pablo Karelovic and Aldo Cipriano, DICTUC S.A.; Miguel Herrera, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez; Fernando Romero, Solange Rojas and Cristian Salgado, Anglo American, Chile 16:50 DROP Project: Leaching process optimization for reducing water consumption in copper mining Ulrike Broschek, Jorge Lobos, Jorge Cornejo, Luis Bravo, Josué Lagos and Karien Volker, Fundación Chile 17:10 Mo recovery process from high acidity solutions via solvent extraction using CYANEX 600 Mauricio Salamanca, Alejandro Quilodrán and Osvaldo Castro, Cytec Chile Ltd 17:30 Analysis phase separation profiles in copper extraction Patricio Navarro and Sebastián Jara, Universidad de Santiago de Chile 17:50 Advantages and contributions of modifiers to copper extraction Rodrigo Zambra, Alejandro Quilodrán, Osvaldo Castro and Sara Pascuale, Cytec Chile Limitada 18:10 Cocktail and Seminar Dinner / Pedro de Valdivia (level Z)

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13 Friday July 12 PLENARY SESSION 02 B & C Session Chair: Gabriel Meruane, SQM, Chile 08:20 Day 3 program update Fernando Valenzuela, Hydroprocess 2013 Technical Coordinator, Universidad de Chile 08:30 Geotechnical lessons learned from the operation of Cerro Verde s crush leach pad 4-A Helbert Galdos, Javier Guevara and Arnaldo Saavedra, Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde S.A.A., Peru 09:00 Biohydrometallurgy: The state of the art and industrial operation Cecilia Demergasso, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile 09:30 New frameworks for copper mining projects Nelson Pizarro, Minera Lumina Copper, Chile 10:00 Poster Session and Coffee Break Foyer

14 Friday July 12 SESSION 07 B Cyanidation: Leaching of gold ores Chair: Courtney Young, Montana Tech, USA 10:50 Copper cyanocomplexes adsorption on activated carbon: Effects on the selectivity of gold dicyanide adsorption Clauson de Souza, Virginia Ciminelli and Daniel Majuste, Federal University of Minas Gerais and the National Institute of Science and Technology on Mineral Resources, Water and Biodiversity (INCT-Acqua), Brazil 11:10 11:30 Cyanide leaching of copper-gold-silver ores Humberto Estay, Pablo Carvajal, Karina González, Héctor Yáñez, Waldo Bustos, Sergio Castro and Francisco Arriagada, Arcadis, Chile Leaching of sulphide gold ores using dithiooxamide, a noncyanide solvent of low-toxicity Juan Pablo Serrano and Ernesto de la Torre, DEMEX/ National Polytechnic University, Ecuador 11:50 Successful application of SART technology for gold-copper ore deposits Kresimir Ljubetic and Óscar López, BioteQ Water Chile SpA; David Kratochvil and Andrew Hall, BioteQ Environmental Technologies, Canada 12:10 Development of a new technique to recover cyanide for gold mining using membranes contactors Humberto Estay, Laboratory of Membrane Separation Processes, University of Santiago de Chile and Arcadis, Chile; Miguel Ortiz and Julio Romero, Laboratory of Membrane Separation Processes, University of Santiago de Chile 12:30 Lunch / Pedro de Valdivia (level Z)

15 Friday July 12 SESSION 08 C Solvent extraction and electrometallurgy Chair: Fernando Valenzuela, Universidad de Chile 10:50 Regeneration process for copper solvent extraction reagents Piritta Salonen and James Kabugo, Outotec Oy, Finland 11:10 Metallurgical performance of small and medium size copper SX plants: Relevance of the SX reagent formulation Philippe Joly and Francisco Reyes, BASF Mining Solutions, Chile 11:30 Use of NR reagents in presence of nitrate ion in SX: A revision of the present moment Rodrigo Zambra, Alejandro Quilodrán, Gonzalo Rivera and Osvaldo Castro, Cytec Chile Limitada 11:50 Electrochemistry of Enargite: Reactivity in alkaline solutions Nick Gow, FLSmidth, USA; Courtney Young and Hsin-Hsuing Huang, Montana Tech, USA and Greg Hope, Griffith University, Australia 12:10 12:30 Effects of organic impurities on zinc electrowinning Daniel Majuste and Virginia Ciminelli, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil and INCT Acqua, National Institute of Science and Technology on Mineral Resources, Water and Biodiversity, Brazil; Eder Martins and Adelson de Sousa, Votorantim Metais Zinc, Brazil Lunch / Pedro de Valdivia (level Z)

16 Friday July 12 SESSION 09 B & C Bioleaching processes Chair: Cecilia Demergasso, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile 14:00 Bioleaching of covellite from low grade copper sulfide ore and tails Víctor Zepeda, Pedro Galleguillos and Cecilia Demergasso, Universidad Católica del Norte and the Centro de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica para la Minería; Dina Cautivo, José Soto and Yasna Contador, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile 14:20 A real-time method for detecting active microorganisms in commercial-scale biohydrometallurgical processes Davor Cotoras and Pabla Viedma, Biohidrica, Biotecnologías del Agua Ltda., Chile 14:40 The effect of temperature on column bioleaching of secondary copper sulfide ores Michael Rodrigues, Klinger Lopes, Hamilton Leôncio, Tácia Veloso and Versiane Albis Leão, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil 15:00 Bioaccelerant: A new biotechnological product for bioleaching process optimization María de la Luz Osses, Matías Saavedra and Simón Beard, Biotecnologías Antofagasta S.A., Chile 15:20 Mineral analysis on conveyor belts using V/NIR spectroscopy Claudio Sagredo, Soltex Chile 15:40 Poster Session and Coffee Break / Foyer

17 Friday July 12 DISCUSSION PANEL B & C Use of sea water in hydrometallurgical plants Chair: Jacques Wiertz, Universidad de Chile 16:20 Topics and panellists Impact of sea water on hydrometallurgical processes Jorge Menacho, General Manager, De Re Metallica Ingeniería, Chile Mantoverde experience sea water Gabriel Zárate, Senior Process Engineer, Anglo American, Chile Michilla, 25 years of experience in sea water leaching Pablo Schmidt, Metallurgist Advisor, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile 18:00 Closing Ceremony / B&C Seminar Balance and Final Comments Carlos Barahona, Hydroprocess 2013 Executive Director, Gecamin, Chile Fernando Valenzuela, Hydroprocess 2013 Technical Coordinator, Universidad de Chile Courtney Young, Hydroprocess 2013 Co-Chair, Montana Tech, USA Gabriel Meruane, Hydroprocess 2013 Chair, R&D Project Manager, SQM, Chile

18 POSTER SESSION / FOYER 1. Mathematical testing and adjustment to measure the in situ soaking of a halite brines salts. Andrés Soto, Sun il Kim and Patricio Olivares, Universidad Mayor, Chile 2. Influence of seawater on chalcopyrite leaching. Pía Hernández and María E. Taboada, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile 3. Chalcopyrite bioleaching in the presence of NaCl. Johne Peixoto, Tácia Veloso, Flávio Martins, Michael Rodrigues and Versiane Leão, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil 4. Behaviour of oxidation reduction potential in a copper concentrated-chloride-sulphuric solution. Juan P. Ibáñez, Felipe Guerrero, Juan I. González and Javier Vásquez, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile 5. Removal of some heavy metals from a sulphate-containing residual mining solution using nano-structured calcium silicates. Fernando Valenzuela, Viviana Ide, Jaime Sapag, Carlos Basualto and Luis Verdugo, Universidad de Chile 6. Study of the transport of the lighter lanthanide metal ions through Emulsified Liquid Membrane by means of CYANEX 272 extractant. Carlos Basualto, Lorena Molina, Jaime Sapag and José Gaete, Universidad de Chile 7. Practical determination of galvanic corrosion of steel induced by mineral particles. Genny Leinenweber and Luis Cáceres, CSIRO-Chile International Centre of Excellence in Mining and Mineral Processing, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile 8. Controlling the irrigation flow in heap leach piles of El Soldado mine by canopy system with thermal camera. Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Omar Daud and Mauricio Correa, Advanced Mining Technology Center, Universidad de Chile; Marco Torres, El Soldado Division, Angloamerican, Chile 9. A real-time method for detecting active microorganisms in commercial-scale biohydrometallurgical processes. Davor Cotoras and Pabla Viedma, Biohídrica, Biotecnologías del agua Ltda., Chile

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