Mineral processing and extractive metallurgy 100 years of innovation / Переработка полезных ископаемых и металлургическое извлечение: 100 лет инноваций

Reports of economic crises, investor anxiety and the impact of climate change al help paint a gloomy picture of the future. More optimistic predictions may be met with scorn and accused of lack of ‘reality.’ Nonetheless, one of the many lessons of history is that accurate factual data provides by far the best basis for discussion of future alternative paths of development, optimistic or otherwise (Raw Materials Database 2012).
The objectives of this paper are to show: (1) that positive future trends related to mining and metals are evident (Ericsson and Hodge 2012); and (2) that a number of gloom-laden myths should be refutedSupply and Demand: Innovation Drivers in the Minerals Industry

Rules of Engagement for the Innovator in the Minerals Industry

History of Innovations in Extractive Metallurgy

Mine to Mill Value Chain Optimization—Role of Blasting

Innovations in Comminution Equipment: Crushers, High Pressure Grinding Rolls, Semi‑Autogenous Grinding, Ball Mills, and Regrind Mills

Innovations in Comminution Modelling and Ore Characterisation

Innovations in Comminution Instrumentation and Control

Advances in Discrete Element Method Application to Grinding Mills

The Future of Comminution

Innovations in Flotation Processing Technology—The Next Hundred Years

Major Innovations in the Evolution of Flotation Reagents

Innovations in Froth Flotation Modeling

Innovations in Flotation Plant Practice

Ore Sorting

Magnetic Separation

Innovations in Electrostatic Separation

Density-Based Separation Innovations in Coal and Minerals Processing Applications

Innovations in Dense Medium Separation Technology

Innovations in Coal Processing

A Review of Industrial Innovations in Phosphate Processing

Mineral Sand Separations

Innovations in Liquid/Solid Separation for Metallurgical Processing

Innovative Strategies for Copper Hydrometallurgy

Innovations in Gold and Silver Extraction and Recovery

Innovations in Zinc and Lead Hydrometallurgy

Innovations in Nickel and Cobalt Hydrometallurgy

The Bayer Hydrometallurgical Alumina Process Evolution and Innovations

Rare Earth Hydro- and Pyrometallurgy

Biohydrometallurgy Innovations—Discovery and Advances

Uranium Processing Practices, Innovations, and Trends

Innovations in Hydrometallurgy

Brief Overview of Some Innovations in Pyrometallurgy

Innovations in Copper Smelting—Keys to Productivity and Efficiency

Innovations in Zinc and Lead Pyrometallurgy

Technology Advancement in the Refining of Platinum Group Metals

Metallurgical Innovations in the Iron and Steel Industry

Innovations in Process Mineralogy and Laboratory Automation

Innovations in Measurement of Mineral Structure and Surface Chemistry in Flotation: Past, Present, and Future

Innovations in Analytical Chemistry—The Key to Metallurgical Advancement

The Generation and Treatment of Acid Rock Drainage

A Perspective of Innovations in Tailings Management

Innovations in Water and Brine Treatment Using Membrane Technology

Innovations in Chemical and Bacterial Water Treatment

Innovations in Air Pollution Control