1. The Need for Process Innovation
Part I-Separation Processes and Process Selection
2. Physical Processing
Innovations in Mineral Processing Process Development
3. Thermal Processing
Pyrometallurgy
Non-Ferrous
4. Thermal Processing
Pyrometallurgy -Ferrous
5. Chemical Processing
Hydrometallurgy
6. Biological Processing
7. Process Compression
8. Process Selection
9. Metallurgical Processing Innovations: Intellectual Property Perspectives and Management
Part II
Process Development
Chapter 10 Conceptual idea, Test work, Design, Commissioning and Troubleshooting
Part III
Process Optimization
Chapter 11- An Integrated Mining & Metallurgical Enterprise Enabling Continuous Process Optimization
Part IV
Equipment
Chapter 12- Equipment Development, Design and Optimization
Part V Sustainable Development and Environmental Management
Chapter 13- Sustainability Considerations in Innovative Process Development
Part VI Steps to Commercialization
Chapter 14-Process Development, Execution, Owner's responsibility and Examples of Innovative Developments
Part VII
Financing
Chapter 15
Investing, financing and harvesting innovation and technology
Part VIII Case Study Examples
16. Innovative case study processes in extractive metallurgy
17. Development of a New Technology for Converting Iron-bearing materials to Nodular Reduced Iron
18. Innovative process for the production of Titanium dioxide
19. Innovative Processes In Electrometallurgy
20. Innovations In Gold and Silver Processing
21. Innovative Processes for By-Product Recovery and its applications
22. Conclusion. Process Optimization
Equipment Selection, Design, Development and Optimization
By-Product Production
Environmental Management
Steps to Commercialization
Case Study examples.