BASE METALS 2015
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Copper Cobalt Africa

8th Southern African Base Metals Conference

Victoria Falls, Livingstone, Zambia, July 2015

Join us for the inaugural Copper Cobalt Africa Conference in the heart of the African Copper Belt. To be held near to Victoria Falls, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, this prestigious event will provide a unique forum for discussion, sharing of experience and knowledge, and networking for all those interested in the processing of copper and cobalt in an African context in one of the world's most spectacular settings.

The Eighth Southern African Base Metals Conference, to be held in Livingstone, Zambia in 2015, follows on from the previous seven bi-annual conferences held in the southern African region.

• 1st Base Metals Conference, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, July 2001
• 2nd Base Metals Conference, Sun City, South Africa, 2003
• 3rd Base Metals Conference, Kitwe, Zambia, June 2005
• 4th Base Metals Conference, Swakopmund, Namibia, August 2007
• 5th Base Metals Conference, Kasane, Botswana, July 2009
• 6th Base Metals Conference, Phalaborwa, South Africa, July 2011
• 7th Base Metals Conference, White River, South Africa, September 2013
• 8th Base Metals Conference, Livingstone, Zambia, July 2015

The eighth event is scheduled to take place at the Falls Conference Centre, Livingstone, Zambia.

The organising committee is looking forward to your participation at the conference in July 2015.

Papers are invited on the following topics:

• Mineralogy
• Minerals processing
• Pyrometallurgy
• Hydrometallurgy
• Waste treatment and minimization
• Environmental compliance
• Current operational practices and improvements
• Project development & execution
• New projects
• Secondary metallurgy and Recycling
• Novel technologies relating to this industry
• The current status of research and development
• Socio-economic challenges
• Compliance with legislation and codes of practice
• Vertical integration and value enhancement
• All fields of base metals mining
• All fields of base metals metallurgy

The event will also offer pre-conference Continuing Professional Development short courses, and post-conference tours to several of the region's most important commercial operations.

This conference is being organized by the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) .

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Please send e-mail to CopperCobaltAfrica@basemetals.org if you would like to have your details added to the mailing list for Base Metals 2015. Your e-mail address will be used for sending conference information, but won't be released to third parties.