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Sunday, 11 June 2017

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Associate Professor Grace Ofori-Sampong wins major Elsevier award
A Rising Star: Kate Tungpalan
Del Codd, 1944-2017
CIM Fellowship Award to John Starkey
Flotation- it's a lot older than you think!
Sustainable Minerals '16 Conference Diary
Controversial "invisible gold" paper published
The launch of the latest book on Process Mineralogy
Byron Knelson- a giant in the field of gravity concentration
A virtual reality look at mineral processing
Towards large scale microwave treatment of ores
Are these WASET conferences just a scam?
Flotation '17- final call for abstracts
Developments in the processing of the "Hi-Tech" metals
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