Minerals for Life: Overcoming Resource Constraints
Here, the final programme and format for the conference are given.
PROGRAMME LAYOUT
PROGRAMME
Monday 17 th June
AT Lecture theatre 2
Sessions 1+ 2: Security of supply: Critical metals and other commodities
10.00: KEYNOTE: NERC SoS Minerals Programme: overview and update
Adrian J. Boyce
10.30: Cook Islands manganese nodules as a new source of rare metals
D.S. Cronan
10.50: Concentrating critical metals in alkaline magmatic provinces: what we know, and what we need to find out
Kathryn Goodenough, Adrian Finch, Frances Wall and Paul Lusty
11.10: The Proterozoic mantle source to carbonatite-hosted critical metal deposits and the role of phlogopite in hosting, transporting and concentrating the critical metals.
Dora Kavecsanszki, Kathryn R. Moore, Frances Wall, Paul A.J. Lusty
11.30: The mineralogy of responsible sourcing of rare earths
F. Wall and J.W. O’Callaghan
11.50: Substitution of critical raw materials
Catherine Joce
12.10: Resource security and the product supply chain
David Gardner
12.30: Achieving security of supply in a UK context
John Cowley
13.00: LUNCH
14.00: PLENARY: The EU and its EIP on Raw Materials – securing Europe’s future growth
Johannes Drielsma
14.45: Losing sleep over potash
David A. C. Manning
15.05: Struvite recovery in STW – Towards closing the phosphorus loop in the UK
Rosanna Kleemann
15.25: TEA
15.45: KEYNOTE: Ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of steel and aluminium
David Leal-Ayala
16.15: MgO and its role as a refractory mineral
C. Piribauer and Roland Nilica
16.35: A framework for reporting sustainability for the mining industry by using existing standards and reporting mechanisms
Oliver Heidrich, Richard Dawson and David A.C. Manning
16.55: By-product potential of critical metals (Nb/Ta/REE/W) and Sn within IMERYS kaolin operational areas, St Austell Granite, Cornwall
Ben Thompson, Robin Shail, Gavyn Rollinson, Richard Pascoe, Frances Wall and Pascal Hirtzig
17.15: PLENARY: Minerals in mine wastes: resources, recycling, remediation
Karen Hudson-Edwards
18.00: END
Tuesday 18 th June
AT Lecture theatre 2
Session 5: Engineering mineral functionality
9.00: KEYNOTE: Engineering functionality on clay surfaces
C. Detellier
9.30: KEYNOTE: Silicates and Phosphates in Nanobiotechnology: From Nanoscale Interfaces to Applications
H. Heinz
AT Lecture theatre 2
Sessions 6 + 7: Engineering mineral functionality
10.00: Novel ceramic casting slips for step change improvement in performance
J.M. Adams
10.20: An Electrochemical Approach to Study Carbonation of Lime Based Materials for Construction
Giovanni L. Pesce, Mara Serrapede, Guy Denuault, Richard Ball, Geoffrey Allen
10.40: COFFEE
11.00: KEYNOTE: The mechanical properties of kaolin-based coating layers and their influence on coated paper properties
J.C. Husband and J.S. Preston
11.30: Tubular halloysite
Stephen Hillier, Helen Pendlowski, Tony Fraser, Jean Robertson, Evelyne Delbos, Ian Phillips, Nia Gray and Ian Wilson
11.50: Hydraulic reactions in Lime Metakaolin mixtures
Giovanni L. Pesce, Richard Ball, Geoffrey Allen, Joao Rocha
12.10: PLENARY: Engineering minerals for performance applications – an industrial perspective
J. Phipps
12.55: LUNCH
14.00: A novel approach to identify trioctahedra smectites with X-ray diffraction
George E. Christidis and Eleni Koutsopoulou
14.20: The mechanical properties of mineral-filled polyolefins
J.M. Adams, C.D. Paynter, S Ritchie
14.50: KEYNOTE: Zeolite catalysts for selective methane oxidation
G.J. Hutchings
15.20: TEA
15.50: Properties and performance of a composite material comprising simulated consumer polymer waste - coal derived mineral residues
Herman Potgieter, Christopher Liauw and David Velado
16.10: Diagenetic silicates: New roles in reservoir quality, metal cycling and palaeo-environmental archiving
Nicholas J. Tosca
16.50: KEYNOTE: Global trends in building materials: Impact on Lafarge research directions
A. Jacquet
17.20: POSTER INTRODUCTIONS
AT Lecture theatre 3
Session 12: Biomineralization: fundamental and applied research
9.00: KEYNOTE: Formation of iron minerals by Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria
Andreas Kappler
9.30: Vertebrate cells respond to nacre topography or chemistry?
Maggie Cusack, Matt Dalby, Peter Chung and Jeni Haggarty
10.00: Co-evolution of Phanerozoic ocean chemistry and CaCO3 biomineralisation
Uwe Balthasar and Maggie Cusack
10.20: Isotopic studies of earthworm secreted calcium carbonate - a novel palaeothermometer
Emma A Versteegh, Mark E Hodson and Stuart Black
10.40: COFFEE
11.00: Biominerals as Indicators of Past Climate – Promises, Potentials and Pitfalls
Adrian A Finch and Nicola Allison
11.30: Exploring microbial biomineralisation for contaminant sequestration from different waste streams
Bryne T. Ngwenya, Derek Martin, Kevin Dodds, Ian B. Butler and Marisa Magennis
11.50-12.10: Biomolecular studies of the diatom silicon transporter
Paul Curnow
13.00: LUNCH
14.00: Coupling bedrock weathering to microbial growth
Heather L. Buss, Laura J. Liermann, Mary Ann Bruns and Susan L. Brantley
AT Lecture theatre 3
Session 10: Carbon Capture and Storage
14.20: KEYNOTE: Carbon Capture and Storage: Meeting energy and mineral demands
Mercedes Maroto-Valer
14.50–15.10: Carbon capture by industrial minerals in soil
Carla-Leanne Washbourne and D.A.C. Manning
15.10: TEA
15.10: Nickel catalysts for capturing CO2
Lidija ?iller and Gaurav A. Bhaduri
16:10: carbon capture and storage by mineralisation using serpentinites and ultramafic rocks
Antony Benham
AT Lecture theatre 3
Session: General
16.30: Multi-technique approach to characterize the inorganic matter in coal and its ashes
S. Potgieter-Vermaak, N. Maledi, N. Wagner, R.H.M. Godoi and J. Potgieter
16.50: Towards carbon-neutral cements
F.P. Glasser and M.S. Imbabi
17.10: The Hemerdon Tungsten Deposit, South Devon, UK: setting, geology and development
Richard Scrivener
17.30: Major Museum Rock and Mineral Collections as Research Resources
Rachel Walcott and John Faithfull
Wednesday 19 th June
AT Lecture theatre 2
Session 11: Biomining and bioremediation
9.00: KEYNOTE: Using bacteria to break and make minerals in acidic liquors: industrial and environmental implications
D. Barrie Johnson
9.30: Microbial redox cycling of surface Fe ions in magnetite nanoparticles
James M Byrne, Nicole Klüglein and Andreas Kappler
9.50: Using bioremediation to remove uranium from groundwater
Laura Newsome, Kath Morris, Divyesh Trivedi and Jonathan Lloyd
10.10: Natural and enhanced bioreduction in hyperalkaline soils found beneath a chromite ore processing residue (COPR) landfill site
Ian Burke
10.30: KEYNOTE: Bionanomineralogy; putting subsurface bacteria to work
Jonathan R Lloyd
11.00: COFFEE
AT Lecture theatre 2
Sessions 3 + 4: Minerals processing/recycling
11.30: KEYNOTE: Geometallurgy – a way towards better resource efficiency in mining industry
Pertti Lamberg
12.00: Nickel Residence in Goethite and Associated Fe-Oxyhydroxides: Strategies Towards Development of Laterite Specific Processing Methods
R.L. Norman, P.F.Schofield R.J. Herrington, S.E.Dann and C.A. Kirk
12.20: A novel process for combined recovery of aluminium, fluoride and graphite from primary aluminium smelting and aluminium finishing industry wastes
Diego F. Lisbona and Karen M. Steel
12.40: Industrial mineral products from mining waste
P.W. Scott
13.00: LUNCH
14.00: KEYNOTE: Ethical mineral production: Fair Trade for whom?
Gavin Hilson
AT Lecture theatre 2
Session 13: Use of large-scale facilities in mineral sciences and industry
14.30: New developments in micro-X-ray diffraction and XANES mapping at Diamond's I18 beamline as applied to the mineralogy of earthworm granules
Fred Mosselmans, Loredana Brinza, Paul Schofield, Sophie Weller, Konstantin Ignatyev, Tina Geraki and Mark Hodson
14.50: Application of synchrotron based analysis for environmental pollution research: Case study of the Ajka aluminium plant red mud spill, October 2010
Ian Burke
15.10: Using soft X-ray spectroscopy for the characterisation of bio-nanoparticles
Victoria S Coker
15.30: The influence of iron oxide crystallization on the mobility of neptunium – synchrotron radiation and transuranic geochemistry
Pieter Bots, Sam Shaw, Gareth T.W. Law, Timothy Marshall, J. Frederick W. Mosselmans, Francis R. Livens, Melissa A. Denecke, J?rg Rothe, Kathy Dardenne and Katherine Morris
15.50: KEYNOTE: Use of Large-Scale Facilities in Mineral Sciences and Industrial Applications
Ian C Madsen
16.20: TEA
16.50-18.00: Discussion chaired by D.A.C. Manning.
AT Lecture theatre 3
Sessions 8+9: Radioactive Waste Management - Engineered Barrier and Natural Analogue Systems
11.30: KEYNOTE: Engineered Barrier Systems for Radioactive Waste Management
Patrik Sellin
12.00: Assessment of the long-term performance of potential wasteforms for plutonium under conditions relevant for geological disposal in the UK
Guido Deissmann, Stefan Neumeier, Felix Brandt, Giuseppe Modolo and Dirk Bosbach
12.20: Mineralogical Comparisons of Experimental Results Investigating the Biological Impacts on Rock Transport Processes
Julia M. West, Doris Wagner, Antoni E. Milodowski, Joanna Wragg and Hideki Yoshikawa
12.40: Molecular-scale studies of radionuclide incorporation into mineral phases
S. Shaw
13.00: LUNCH
14.00: KEYNOTE: Natural analogues of mineral stability as key components of the geological disposal safety case
Ian G. McKinley, W. Russell Alexander, Susie M.L. Hardie, Elizaveta Klein and Ellie M. Scourse
14.30: Microbial ecology of the hyperalkaline Allas Springs (Cyprus), a natural analogue for cementitious radioactive waste repositories
Athanasios Rizoulis, Antoni E. Milodowski, Katherine Morris and Jonathan R. Lloyd
14.50: Cyprus Natural Analogue Project: what are the benefits to NDA-RWMD?
W.R.Alexander, A.E.Milodowski and S.Norris
15.10: Re-distribution of natural series radionuclides during mineral processing
D.M. Read
15.30: An analytical study of uranyl minerals from Cornwall, England
Richard Driscoll, Geoffrey Allen, Steve Parker, Daniel Wolverson, Richard Ball, John Mitchells, David Geeson and Imran Khan
15.50: Use of montmorillonite as a natural sorbent and effective remedy in human health
Y. М . Sapargaliyev, М.М. Kravchenko, А.Zh. Azelkhanov and Е.S. Suyekpaev
Posters
Resource efficiency of some apatite-bearing deposits
Safaa Al-Ali, Frances Wall, Richard Pascoe, William Dawes and Aoife Brady
Use of zeolite-bearing rocks of the Taizhuzgen deposit in agriculture of East Kazakhstan
А .Zh. Azelkhanov, М.М. Kravchenko, Y.М. Sapargaliyev and Е.S. Suyekpaev
Resource recovery and remediation of alkaline wastes
W.M. Mayes, M. Rogerson, I.T. Burke, D. Lisbona and J. Aumonier
Heavy rare earth elements in carbonatite: could late-stage apatite be a potential source?
S. Broom-Fendley, F. Wall, A.G. Gunn and A. Brady
Rare Earth Elements in Mine Waters
Matthew Holloway
Characterisation of potash-bearing evaporite deposits, North Yorkshire, UK
Simon J. Kemp, Doris Wagner, Ian Mounteney, Lorraine P. Field, Jeremy C. Rushton, Chris J. Milne, Jeremy P.L. Dearlove, Frederick W. Smith, Charlotte P. Bell and Tristan L. Pottas
Extreme REE enrichments in ultrapotassic alkaline rocks from Italy: roles of mantle anomalies, magma evolution plus fluid transfer, and economic implications
Angelo Peccerillo
Nanoparticle bioremediation
R.L. Skuce, D.J. Tobler, M.R. Lee and V.R. Phoenix
Identification of alkaliphilic and alkalitolerant microorganisms from a hyper-alkaline spring, and their impacts on the transport characteristics of sandstone
Sarah Smith, Jonathan R Lloyd, Julia West and A. Rizoulis
Kago low-sulfidation deposit: Mineralisaiton, genesis and relationship to the Nansatsu high-sulfidation system
Thomas Tindell, Koichiro Watanabe, Akira Imai, Ryohei Takahashi, Kotaro Yonezu, Adrian J. Boyce, Anders Schersten, Laurence Page and Takeyuki Ogata
Resource recovery and remediation of alkaline wastes
W.M. Mayes, M. Rogerson, I.T. Burke, D. Lisbona and J. Aum?nier
Evaluating the swelling potential of treated clay minerals through computer simulation
H. Christopher Greenwell, James Suter, Richard L. Anderson, Peter V. Coveney and Steve Cliffe
Leak fluid chemistry control on 90Sr sorption mechanism in sediments
S.H. Wallace, S. Shaw, K. Morris, J.S. Small and I.T. Burke
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