The 13th Symposium on Automation in Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing 2010
August 2 - 6, 2010(Ended)Radisson Blu Hotel Waterfront, Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa
The IFAC Symposium on Automation in Mining, Mineral and Metal
Processing provides a forum where control, mining, mineral processing,
extractive metallurgy, smelter, refinery and metal processing
professionals and researchers may meet to review state-of-the-art
automation technologies in the field. The objectives of the Symposium
are:- To promote the exchange of knowledge and experience among practitioners and researchers related to automation in the mining, mineral and metal industries.
- To promote development of an international interdisciplinary network among professionals interested in automation in mining, mineral and metal processing.
- To identify the best practices,
methodologies and technologies used in process automation in mining
and metallurgical processes.
Stellenbosch University is pleased to invite practitioners, executives, professionals academics, researchers, consultants and vendors of automation products to participate in the 13th IFAC Symposium.
Areas of interest
The Symposium will include developments and innovations in automation related to the mining, mineral and metal industry. This will include among other;
- Measurement and instrumentation
- Data mining and multivariate statistical analysis
- Fault diagnosis and process monitoring
- Process modelling, control and optimisation
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning systems
- Advanced process control
- Robotics, mechatronics and teleoperation
- Data reconciliation and metallurgical accounting
- Maintenance scheduling and product planning
Applications
- Mine unit operations
- Mineral processing
- Pyrometallurgy
- Blast furnaces and smelters
- Electrorefining
- Steel making and continuous casting
- Hot/cold rolling
- Environmental recycling
- Liquid and solid waste treatment
- Forming of metal and metallic materials
- Hydrometallurgy
Address
Beach Rd,
Cape Town,
South Africa
Cape Town,
South Africa
Prices *
2248-5620 South African Rand (Early registration date: June 18, 2010)
Abstract submission deadline
April 7, 2010
Organization
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