JOM back issues from October 2006:
In the Final Analysis
Oct 01, 2006; ... "Oh, the places you'll go! ... You'll be on your way up! You'll be seeing great sights! You'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights." -Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You'll Go! Welcome to an unusual issue of JOM. Il is unusual not in the sense that it is especially weird or ...
A Message From the TMS President
Oct 01, 2006; ... Dear Colleague: In this rapidly changing world where time is in short supply and information is widely and readily available online, it is natural to question the value of belonging to a professional society. Allow me to suggest some answers from my perspective as not only TMS President ...
The Global Copper Industry: Review and Forecast
Oct 01, 2006; ... Though global mine production of copper increased in 2005, smelter production failed to keep pace with demand, resulting in decreased copper warehouse stocks and high copper prices. Scheduled maintenance shutdowns, bottlenecks in the copper production chain, and other unanticipated problems ...
Selected 2005 Annual Report Summaries: Copper
Oct 01, 2006; ... BHP Billiton NOTABLE: BHP Billiton, based in London, conducts its copper operations as part of its Base Metals division. The company's copper assets include mines and cathode production facilities in Australia, Chile, Peru, and the United States. * BHP Billiton acquired Southern ...
TMS RESTRUCTURES EXTRACTION & PROCESSING DIVISION
Oct 01, 2006; ... Technical committees are the heart of TMS. As pan of a strategic plan to revitalize its activities, the TMS Extraction & Processing Division (HPD) has reorganized its Division structure, dissolving some technical committees and merging others to create a more streamlined division. When the ...
WASHINGTON NEWS
Oct 01, 2006; ... Columnist's Note'. As this column was written, Congress was in full pre-election rush mode-as the Washington Post put it, "Congress has given itself little lime in which to avoid doing a lot." It appears that most appropriations bills will have to wait until the lame-duck session, which is ...
Student Ambassadors Represent TMS at Junior Euromat Conference
Oct 01, 2006; ... * "To engage the finest young minds in the design, processing, and application of materials by stimulating the dynamic evolution of our * * educational and professional infrastructures."* In September, The TMS Foundation sent two students to represent TMS at the 2006 Junior Euromat ...
Re-Engineering Engineering Education for the Challenges of the 21st Century
Oct 01, 2006; ... INTRODUCTION Engineering education and the profession are confronting a challenging crossroad. Some of us see it as a crisis, others, as an opportunity for positioning our community and our society for the 21 st century. It would he fair to say, however, that none of us are very ...
The Extraction of Lead from Its Ores by the Iron-Reduction Process: A Historical Perspective
Oct 01, 2006; ... The iron-reduction process for extracting lead from its ores, as practiced in different parts of the world, is reviewed and discussed in this paper based on literary and documentary evidence. It has been shown that the early 14th century Indian reference of Thakkura Pheru appears to be the first ...
Beyond Batteries: Other Trends in the Demand for Lead
Oct 01, 2006; ... Lead has been used for more than 8,000 years and has had important industrial applications for at least 2,000 years. At various times, different uses have dominated demand for the metal. Lead pipes, roofing, type metal, paints, cable sheathing, and batteries have all held significant shares of ...
Lead Alloys for Permanent Anodes in the Nonferrous Metals Industry
Oct 01, 2006; ... This paper reviews the common lead alloys associated with insoluble anodes in different metal deposition operations. Metallographic techniques were used to evaluate microstructures as they relate to physical and mechanical properties. Alloy additions and manufacturing processes are examined as ...
Cobalt Production and Markets: A Brief Overview
Oct 01, 2006; ... As pointed out by N.L. Piret1 in 1998, cobalt is considered a base metal when extraction is concerned, but a specialty metal when referring to its applications. Furthermore, in the introduction to a paper he presented in 2005, S. Brown2 described the cobalt industry as opaque, providing the ...
Expanding the Cobalt Recovery Circuit at the Thompson Nickel Refinery
Oct 01, 2006; ... The cobalt recovery circuit at the Inco Thompson nickel refinery needed to be expanded to allow the treatment of concentrate front the recently commissioned Voisey's Bay project. Due to higher cobalt grades than historically processed, the capacity of the cobalt circuit needed to be increased ...
The Design-of-Experiment Optimization and Development of Cobaltite Ore Mineral Processing
Oct 01, 2006; ... Laboratory testing, plant optimization, and the interpretation and application of metallurgical technologies can be tedious, time consuming, and costly. This paper outlines the use of proven statistical design-of-experimentation software for rapid laboratory testing and optimization of mineral ...
Cobalt-Its Recovery, Recycling, and Application
Oct 01, 2006; ... Although cobalt is one of the least abundant elements compared to copper and nickel, it is an important part of the composition of nearly all alloys developed since the 19th century and has been of considerable interest in recent years. In this paper, cobalt processes that were developed for ...
A Correlation-Based Model for Predicting Gas Extraction Performance in a Copper Converting Plant
Oct 01, 2006; ... To help improve hygiene in a copper smelter building, a correlation-based computer model of the gas extraction system was developed and used in conjunction with experimental observations to investigate the effects of process parameters on extraction performance. The model predicted that 28% of ...
S-Furnace Roof Modifications at Xstrata Copper, Timmins, Canada
Oct 01, 2006; ... Flat panel coolers in smelter furnace roofs are simpler to hang than traditional roofs as only one suspension system is required. Vertical and horizontal installation and operability issues associated with brick-cooler systems and brick supported by coolers are eliminated. Flat panel coolers ...
Increasing the Capacity of High-Efficiency Diffusion Fiber Beds in Smelter Gas Plants
Oct 01, 2006; ... There are many available options to help increase capacity in existing sulfuric acid plants. Several advancements in debottlenecking mist eliminator installations have been made over the years that resulted in increased plant production. Diffusion fiber bed devices, which collect particles by ...
Meetings Calendar
Oct 01, 2006; ... Presenting upcoming TMS meetings and calls for papers Abstract Submissions: For TMS-sponsored meetings, abstracts must he submitted through CMS-Plus. the on-line TMS conference and proceedings management system, unless otherwise noted. The system can be accessed at cmsplus.tms.org ....
A Puzzling Collection: Mechanical Brainteasers Challenge and Entertain
Oct 01, 2006; ... Materials science and engineering in our community Jerry Slocum's parents never bought him souvenir t-shirts or keychuins when they went on vacation. They brought home puzzles-unknowingly starting a collection that now includes roughly 30,000 mechanical puzzles from throughout the ...