INTERNATIONAL PROCESS METALLURGY SYMPOSIUM

Metallurgy as a tool for challenges in circular economy

5^th – 6^th November, 2019 Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering Espoo, Finland

8:00, Main Lobby, Dipoli

Registration

SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE SESSION

Chair: Ari Jokilaakso
Room: Lumituuli

8:55

Ari Jokilaakso
Symposium opening

9:00

Hannu Seristö
Vice President, External Relations, Aalto University
Opening Speech

9:30

Dr. Stathis Peteves
Head of Unit of Knowledge for the Energy Union, European Commission
Materials - a key enabler for a climate-neutral economy

10:00

Joni Lukkaroinen
CEO, Terrafame
Why battery metals, why Finland?

10:30

Andy Abbott
Professor, University of Leicester
Ionometallurgy: Metal processing using ionic liquids

11:00

LUNCH

Tuesday, November 5^th, 2019, Afternoon

Time	Session 1 – Battery Materials BATCirle Session, Room: Lumituuli Chair: Prof. Mari Lundström	Session 2 – Carbon Footprint SYMMET Session, Room: Palaver Chair: Prof. Daniel Lindberg
12:30	Session Keynote Prof. Martina Petranikova, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Northvolt story	Session Keynote Jarmo Lilja, SSAB, Finland HYBRIT - Nordic solution towards fossil free iron and steelmaking
13:00	CEO, PhD, Prof. Pertti Lamberg, Keliber, Finland Production of battery grade lithium chemicals from spodumene ore – Case Keliber	Prof. Timo Fabritius, Oulu University, Finland Biomass based reductants in ironmaking and steelmaking
13:20	Prof. Zhihong Liu, Central South University, China Recycling status of spent lithium ion power batteries in China	Prof. Paul Beukes, North West University, South Africa Reduced CO₂ emissions in Cr-ferroalloy production.
13:40	CEO Joni Hautojärvi, Nornickel Sustainable integrated battery chemicals production from nickel mattes	Dr. Eli Ringdalen, SINTEF Industry Pretreatment of manganese ore as a mean to reduce CO₂ emissions
14:00	Post Doctoral Researcher Fupeng Liu, Aalto University, Finland Synergistic recycling of spent NiMH and Li-ion batteries based on green chemistry principles	Prof. Merete Tangstad, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Reduced CO₂ emissions in Mn-ferroalloy and Si/Fe-production
14:20	COFFEE BREAK	COFFEE BREAK
14:40	Jaakko Savolainen, Fortum, Finland Battery Life Cycle services – How Add value to batteries in all life cycle stages.	Prof. Joohyun Park, Hanyang University, Korea & KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Process optimization for H₂-reduced DRI use in electric arc furnace steelmaking; Slag design for good foamability and low phosphorus
15:00	Dr. Sulalit Bandyopadhaya, NTNU, Norway Recycling of lithium battery	Prof. Ron Zevenhoven, Åbo Akademi, Finland Metals production, CO₂ mineralisation and LCA
15:20	Prof. Tuomo Sainio, Lappeenranta University of Technology Continuous ion exchange in purification of battery metals – case Co	Prof. Ari Jokilaakso, Aalto University, Finland Non-fossile reductants in non-ferrous metals refining
15:40	Prof. Mari Lundström, Aalto University, Finland BATCircle – Recycling and Industrial Integration	Doctoral student Samant Nagraj, KU Leuven, Belgium Plasma-driven metal extraction from industrial process residues
16:00	Shichao He, Central South University, China Recovery of spent LiCoO₂ cathod material with the reduction calcination-leach-precipitation process	Prof. Hürman Eriç, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Quo Vadis Metal Processing? Carbon Footprint, Sustainability and Circular Economy

18:00

SYMPOSIUM DINNER Fat Lizard

Wednesday, November 6^th, 2019, Morning

Time	Session 3 – Gold/Precious metals GoldTail Session, Room: Palaver Chair: Dr. Ben Wilson	Session 4 – Process Simulation SYMMET Session, Room: Takka Chair: Prof. Ari Jokilaakso
8:30	Session Keynote Petri Latostenmaa, Boliden Harjavalta Precious metals production in Boliden Harjavalta	Session Keynote Dr. Jiliang Xia, Outotec, Finland CFD modeling as a powerful tool in development of Outotec products and processes
9:00	Dr. Pyry Hannula, Aalto University, Finland Electrochemical recovery of trace noble elements from Cu electrolyte – and surfaces created	Doctoral student Alejandro Abadías Llamas, Freiberg University, Germany Sustainability evaluation of metallurgical flowsheets through process simulation.
9:20	Doctoral student Stylianos Sphathariotis, University of Leicester, UK Electrowinning of metals in deep-eutectic solvents.	Doctoral student Jani-Petteri Jylhä, Aalto University, Finland Coupled CFD-DEM modelling of flash smelting furnace
9:40	Doctoral student Pelin Altinkaya, Aalto University, Finland Cyanide free leaching of gold.	Research Professor Pertti Koukkari VTT Technical Research Centre Of Finland Thermochemical multiphase methods in process simulation
10:00	COFFEE BREAK	COFFEE BREAK
10:20	Prof. Herman Potgieter, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa How successful is ionic liquids to extract gold from low grade refractory tailings?	Doctoral student Roberto Macchieraldo, University of Bonn, Germany Study of solvent miscibility by computational methods.
10:40	Dr. Fabrice Stassin, Umicore, Belgium Lead metallurgy and its role in enabling the circular economy	Doctoral student Gwydyon Marchelli, University of Bonn, Germany In-silico design of selective metal extractants
11:00	Doctoral student Ivan Korolev, Aalto University, Finland Electrochemical process for selective recovery of gold	Dr. Sirpa Kallio, VTT, Finland CFD modeling of reactive gas-solid flows with examples from combustion processes
11:20	Dr. Tero Korhonen, GTK - Geological Survey of Finland Gold cyanide leaching	Post-doc Min-Kyu Paek, Aalto University, Finland Development of Simulation Model for Vacuum Tank Degasser Process
11:40	Doctoral student Joonas Heikkinen, Aalto University, Finland Pyrolysed carbon for platinum recovery by electrodeposition-redox replacement	Prof. Daniel Lindberg, Aalto University, Finland Elemental recovery and valorization of biomass and waste incinerator ashes
12:00	LUNCH	LUNCH

Wednesday, November 6^th, 2019, Afternoon

Time	Session 5 – Valorisation Room: Palaver Chair: Dr. Jarkko Partinen	Session 6 – Resource Efficiency Room: Takka Chair: Prof. Merete Tangstad
13:00	Session Keynote Dr. Leona Wunderlich, Boliden Odda, Norway Research case of Ag-thiosulfate leaching of neutral residue	Session Keynote Dr. Justin Salminen, Boliden Kokkola, Finland By-product metals recovery from complex streams
13:30	Dr. Mari Lindgren, Outotec Technologies enabling circular economy and opportunities that lie within	Prof. Dimitrios Panias, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Resource Efficiency in Primary Alumina/Aluminum Industry
13:50	Doctoral student Ioanna Maria Pateli, University of Leicester, UK Ionometallurgical leaching of industrial process residues using deepeutectic solvents	Doctoral student Giacomo Damilano, KU Leuven, Belgium Synthesis of extractants and ionic liquids from renewable chemicals
14:10	Doctoral student Thupten Palden, KU Leuven, Belgium Biocompatible solvometallurgical leaching methods for low-grade industrial process residues	Prof. Zhiyong Liu, Central South University, China Mobility and speciation of arsenic species from the lead-zinc smelter
14:30	Dr. Joost Helsen, Flemish Institute for Technological Research, Belgium Electroflex network of infrastructure: Connecting Europe’s infrastructure and expertise on (bio)electrochemical metal recovery	Prof. Emeritus Pekka Taskinen, Aalto University, Finland Direct measurements of iron activities in slags at elevated temperatures
14:50	COFFEE BREAK	COFFEE BREAK
15:10	Doctoral student Jennifer Astoveza, Imerys Aluminates, France Residual matrix valorisation as supplementary cementitious materials in calcium aluminate blended cements	Doctoral student Pirkka-Pekka Ollonqvist, Aalto University, Finland Sulfide precipitation kinetics and particle size distribution in Zn-Ni-Co system
15:30	Doctoral student Christina Siakati, KU Leuven, Belgium Iron-rich inorganic polymers derived from residual matrices	Prof. Tianzu Yang, Central South University, China Oxygen pressure dissolution of antimony trioxide in potassium hydroxide solution
15:50	Dr Oluf Bøckman – Glencore Nikkelverk High lights from 11 years R&D and expected benefits for the new Cu-EW demoplant at Glencore Nikkelverk AS	Doctoral student Nikos Nikolopoulos, KU Leuven, Belgium Advanced characterisation of metal-containing low-grade metallurgical residues
16:10	Prof. Yongxiang Yang, TU Delft, The Netherlands Recycling e-waste and REE	Prof. Longgong Xia, Central South University, China The Strengthening of Copper Recovery from the Smelting Slag
16:30	Prof. Bart Blanpain, KU Leuven Zero waste processing of metallurgical slags: dream or reality	Dr. Alejandro Datas, Technical University of Madrid, Spain Energy storage in molten silicon: AMADEUS project overal concept and context