SEMINARS ABM

 
2nd International Symposium on Iron Ore
VENUE
PESTANA SÃO LUÍS RESORT HOTEL
Av. Avicênia, nº 1 - Praia do Calhau
65071-370  São Luís City, Maranhão State - Brazil
Phone +55 98 2106 0505 - Fax: +55 98 2106 0500
www.pestana.com/hotels/pt/hotels/southamerica/SaoLuisMaranhao

OFFICIAL PROGRAMME

September, 22

Special Opening Session, with presentations and homages

* Welcome words from ABM 
* Welcome words from Vale, as host company
* Ministry of Mines and Energy  
* Companhia Siderúrgica Vitória - CSV (Miguel Bentes - General Manager) 
* Companhia Siderúrgica do Atlântico - CSA (Heyno Smith - COO) 
* Homage to Univ. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinrich Wilhelm Gudenau 
(Aachen 
   University)
* Awards

23/9/08 – MORNING – JOSUÉ MONTELLO ROOM
Iron Ore Characterization

08:30 - 08:55
A TIPOLOGY PROPOSAL FOR ALEGRIA’S MINES AMPHIBOLITIC ITABIRITES – SAMARCO MINERAÇÃO S.A.
Júnia Maria de Pinho Rocha (SAMARCO), Paulo Roberto Gomes Brandão, Raul Zanoni Lopes (UFMG) – Brazil

08:55 - 09:20
CHARACTERIZATION OF ALUMINUM AND PHOSPHORUS IN IRON ORE
Marcela L. Figueirêdo Couto, Geraldo Magela da Costa, Ana Cláudia Carioca (UFOP), Flávio de Castro Dutra (Vale) - Brazil

09:20 - 09:45
CHARACTERIZATION OF ULTRAFINES TAILINGS OF IRON ORES
Ana Paula Wolff, Geraldo Magela da Costa (UFOP), Flávio de Castro Dutra (Vale) - Brazil

09:45 – 10:10
THE STUDY ON ASSIMILATION OF IRON ORES AND ORE BLENDING OF ITS COMPLEMENTARY ACTION
Wu Shengli, Chen Hui, Pei Yuandong (Baosteel, China), Hamilton Pimenta, Dauter Oliveira, Catia Casagrande (Vale, Brazil)

10:10 – 10:40 : Coffee-break sponsored by ENFIL   

10:40 – 11:05
INFLUENCE OF THE RAW MATERIALS ON THE COLD AGGLOMERATION IN HPS (HYBRID PELLETIZED SINTER) PROCESS
Aércio Januzzi (ArcellorMittal Monlevade), Paulo Roberto G. Brandão (UFMG) - Brazil

11:05 – 11:30
COMPARISON OF X-RAY FLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUES BY FUSED GLASS DISCS AND INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA (ICP) FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF DRILL HOLE SAMPLES
Mário Alzamora Gomes (Vale, Brazil)

11:30 - 11:55
DETERMINATION OF TOTAL IRON CONTENT IN IRON ORE BY GLASS DISC FOR X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY WITH MATHEMATICAL MASS CORRECTION
Rodrigo Alves Costa, Francisco Fazollo, Rodrigo José da Silva (Vale, Brazil)

23/9/08 – MORNING – GONÇALVES DIAS ROOM
Modeling, simulation, controlling and automation

08:30 - 08:55
MODELING IRON ORE DEGRADATION DURING HANDLING
Luís Marcelo M. Tavares, Rodrigo Magalhães de Carvalho (COPPE-UFRJ, Brazil)

08:55 – 09:20
SENSIBILITY ANALYSIS OF 3D TRANSIENT MODEL FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTOR
Anderson Willian de Souza Baltazar, José Adilson de Castro, Alexandre José da Silva (EEIMVR/UFF Volta Redonda University Pole, Brazil)

09:20 – 09:45
MODELLING AND SIMULATING THE CARAJAS GRINDING CIRCUIT
Bianca Foggiatto, Homero Delboni Júnior (Universidade de São Paulo), Eduardo Veríssimo (Vale) - Brazil

09:45 – 10:10
OPTIMIZING CONTROL SYSTEM© FOR DESLIMING AND FLOTATION IN AN IRON ORE COLUMN FLOTATION AT THE PICO MINE
Sérgio Coutinho, Filipe Guimarães, Adriano Totou, Mauricio Bergerman, Rafael Barbosa, Rodrigo César de Miranda (Vale, Brazil), Marcelo Montalvão Gontijo (CEMI Engineering, Brazil)

10:10 – 10:40 : Coffee-break sponsored by ENFIL  

10:40 – 11:05
INTEGRATED IRON ORE PORT SUPPLY CHAIN LOGISTICS AT VALE
José Valentim, Ricardo Augusto, Leôncio Lima, Torquato Caldas, Vicente Sacramento, Giselle Dazzi, Aline Martins, Sergio Ferreira Martins, Marcelo Coelho (Vale), Marcus Poggi (GAPSO) - Brazil

11:05 – 11:30
VALE PORT CAPACITY PLANNING SYSTEM OF THE IRON ORE TERMINAL IN SÃO LUÍS / MA
Marcelo Fugihara, Michel de Norman et d’Audenhove (Belge), Leoncio Marques de Lima (Vale) -  Brazil

12:20 – 14:00 – LUNCH sponsored by CERÂMICA SAFFRAN 

23/9/08 – AFTERNOON – JOSUÉ MONTELLO ROOM
Iron Ore Characterization / Geometallurgy

14:00 – 14:25
RLM-SEM CO-SITE MICROSCOPY APPLIED TO IRON ORE CHARACTERIZATION
Otávio da Fonseca Martins Gomes (CETEM/MCT), Sidnei Paciornik (DCMM/PUC-Rio) – Brazil

14:25 – 14:50
IMPROVEMENTS IN LABORATORY TESTING OF DR OXIDES AT MIDREX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Jeffrey Myers (Midrex Technologies Inc., USA)

14:50 – 15:15
IRON ORE PELLET CHARACTERIZATION THROUGH DIGITAL MICROSCOPY
Debora Turon Wagner, Hirschel Valiente Rouco, Sidnei Paciornik (DCMM/PUC-Rio, Brazil),  Otávio da Fonseca Martins Gomes (CETEM/MCT), Maria Beatriz Vieira (Vale) – Brazil

15:15 – 15:40
TECHNOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION STUDIES ON IRON MINERALIZED SAMPLES
Maria Manuela Maia Lé Tassinari, Daniel Uliana, Henrique Kahn, Giuliana Ratti, Freud Seigfreid Campbell (Universidade de São Paulo), Antonio Alberto Schettino (Votorantim) – Brazil

15:40 – 16:10 – Coffee-break sponsored by ENFIL 

16:10 – 16:35
APPLICATION OF THE METHODOLOGY OF MINERALOGICAL QUANTIFICATION BY PARTICLE CLASSES AS A FORESEEABILITY TOOL OF CONCENTRATION PROCESSES
Adriana de Cássia Zapparoli, Neymayer Pereira Lima, Leonardo de Almeida Queiroz (Vale, Brazil)

16:35 – 17:00
MINERALOGYCAL AND MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF LUMP ORES USED IN USIMINAS
Luís Augusto Marconi Scudeller, Edilson Pinto Honorato (USIMINAS, Brazil)

17:00 – 17:25
MINERALOGIC AND METALLURGIC CORRELATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH IRON ORES’ GRANULATED PRODUCTS                                                                               
 Eunírio Zanetti Fernandes (Vale), Armando Corrêa de Araújo (UFMG) – Brazil

23/9/08 – AFTERNOON – GONÇALVES DIAS ROOM
Modeling, simulation, controlling and automation

14:00 – 14:25
USE OF PROCESS SIMULATION TO CALCULATE THE BENEFITS OF APPLICATION OF ADVANCED
PROCESS CONTROL TO DECANTERS IN SERIES
Ian Alistair Craw (Honeywell Process Solutions, USA)

14:25 – 14:50
IRON ORE TRACKING AND OPTIMIZATION SOFTWARE
Robert Jonas (Honeywell Automation, USA), Neil Freeman ((Honeywell Automation, Australia)

14:50 – 15:15
DYNAMIC SIMULATION IN IRON ORE PELLETIZING PLANTS
Philippe Lavoie, Pietro Navarra (Hatch, Canada), Robert Kuhne (Iron Ore Company of Canada)

15:15 – 15:40
ASSESSMENT OF COMMINUTION ROUTES FOR ITABIRITIC ORE
Klaydison Carlaile Silva, Ciro Massayuki, Neymayer Pereira Lima, Ivan Pena (Vale, Brazil) 

15:40 – 16:10 – Coffee-break sponsored by ENFIL  

16:10 – 16:35
STATIC AND DYNAMIC INDUSTRIAL PROCESS SIMULATION OF ORE BENEFICIATION
Marco Aurélio Soares Martins, Flávio José da Silva Carvalho, Rodrigo César de Miranda, Marcelo Montalvão Gontijo (CEMI Engineering, Brazil)

16:35 – 17:00
CONCEPTION AND ANALYSIS OF SENSIBILITY AND RISK OF IRON ORE TREATMENT PLANTS USING TECHNIQUES OF STATIC AND DYNAMIC
Marco Aurélio Soares Martins, Flávio José da Silva Carvalho, Carlos Eduardo Centurión, Aldo Horizonte Nato Neves (CEMI Engineering, Brazil)

Cocktail Party sponsored by Paul Wurth do Brasil

24/9/08 – MORNING – LUÍS DE CAMÕES I ROOM
II Panel on Pig Iron Industry – Independent Producers

08:30 - 08:40 - Opening Session

08:40 - 09:00 - Opening Lecture
                            Paulino Cícero de Vasconcelos
                            (ASIBRAS and SINDIFER President)

09:00 - 09:20 - Carbon Credits
                            Fabiana Fonseca 
                           (Siemens and  member of ABM Technical Division on Ironmaking)

09:20 - 09:40 - The forest base for the sustainable development 
                           Rodrigo K Valladares
                           (Viena Siderúrgica and  member of ABM Technical Division on Ironmaking)

09:40 - 10:00 - The route for the auto sufficiency in raw materials
                           Gustavo Trindade Correa (Vetorial Siderurgia)

10:00 - 10:20 - Coffee-break sponsored by INBRÁS-ERIEZ 

10:20 - 10:40 - The Financing for Reforestation
                            Luiz Vitor Constant de Almeida
                            (BNDES: Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento 
                             Econômico e Social)

10:40 - 11:00 - Aspects that Relate the Use and Production of Charcoal with Reforestation
                           Sergio W. Garcia Scherer
                           (Minitec and  member of ABM Technical
                             Division on Ironmaking)

11:00 – 11:20 - Coke and Mini Blast Furnaces
                            Henrique Carlos Pfeifer
                            (Minitec)

11:20 – 11:40 - Experience in the importation and partial coke use in mini high ovens
                            Paulo Afonso Gomes (Grupo Queiroz Galvão) 
                            and Juarez Linhares (Viena Siderúrgica)

11:40 – 11:50 - Technicals Divisions on Ironmaking and  Mineral Technology  homage to 
                             Prof. José Carlos D’Abreu
for having been awarded with the Gold Medal of 
                             ABM

11:50 – 12:40 - Debates

12:40 – 14:00 – LUNCH sponsored by CYBERTÉCNICA

24/9/08 – AFTERNOON – JOSUÉ MONTELLO ROOM
Mineral Processing

14:00 – 14:25

PROCESS ROUTE FOR THE UNDERFLOW OF SAMARCO IRON ORE DESLIMING
Antônio Eduardo Clark Perez (UFMG), Paulo Sérgio Mapa, Marcos Gomes Vieira (SAMARCO) – Brazil

14:25 – 14:50
REVISITING PHOSPHATE SEPARATION FROM IRON ORES
Aline Pereira Leite, Paulo Roberto de Magalhães Viana, Armando Corrêa de Araújo, Andréia Bicalho Henriques (UFMG, Brazil)

14:50 – 15:15
GRINDING AND FLOTATION CIRCUITS OF THE CONCENTRATOR II OF GERMANO
Sergio Luis Vasconcelos, Andreia Carolina Rosa, José Pedro da Silva (Samarco, Brazil)

15:15 – 15:40
EXPERIENCES WITH MODERN DEWATERING TECHNOLOGIES IN FINE IRON ORE APPLICATION
Guido Görres, Joao Nelson Alvares da Silva, Jorma Nuutinen (Larox, Brazil)

15:40 – 16:10 – Coffee-break sponsored by INBRÁS-ERIEZ 

16:10 – 16:35
REVISITING SPIRAL CONCENTRATION AS APPLIED TO IRON ORE BENEFICIATION
Diego de Souza Arenare, Armando Corrêa de Araújo, Paulo Roberto de Magalhães Viana, Otávia Martins Silva Rodrigues (UFMG, Brazil)

16:35 – 17:00
FROTHER ASSISTED AMINE FLOTATION OF IRON ORES
Ronney Rogério Rodrigues Silva (Sandwell Engineering), Armando Corrêa de Araújo (UFMG, Brazil), José Farias de Oliveira (COPPE/ UFRJ) - Brazil

17:00 – 17:25
VARGEM GRANDE PLANT FLOTATION PROCESS OPTIMIZATION: IFLOT SYSTEM
Emir Birro de Castro, Frederico Ibrahim Horta, Marcello Rodrigues Cruz (Vale, Brazil)


24/9/08 – AFTERNOON – LUCY TEIXEIRA ROOM
Agglomeration


14:25 – 14:50
THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF PELLETIZING FOR IRON ORE MINING AND IRON PRODUCTION
José Murilo Mourão (Consultant, Brazil)

14:50 – 15:15
PLATE WATER ABSORPTION METHOD FOR BENTONITE EVALUATION AND ITS RELEVANCE TO IRON PELLETIZING PERFORMANCE
Theodore Karidakis (S&B Industrial Minerals, Greece)

15:15 – 15:40
MICROSTRUCTURE OF IRON ORE PELLETS - ORGANIC AND INORGANIC BINDERS
Sandra Lúcia de Moraes, Monica Speck Cassola (IPT - Institute of Technological Research of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil)

15:40 – 16:10 – Coffee-break sponsored by INBRÁS-ERIEZ 

16:10 – 16:35
INCREASING THE PRODUCTION CAPACITY AT THE PELLETIZING PLANT IN SÃO LUÍS
Liliane Durans de Moraes, Lucas Guimarães Osório, Clayton Francis dos Santos Nonato, Flavio Barbosa do Nascimento, Luciano Guido de Macedo, Reinaldo Henrique Pedrini, Gilmar Lucas Pereira (Vale, Brazil)

16:35 – 17:00
GAS FLOW IMPROVEMENT IN A PELLETIZING PLANT
Magno Rodrigues Ribeiro, Antonio Roberto Caetano, Danilo Pereira Campos, Marcelo Braga Sclauser, Simonny Faria Guachalla (Vale, Brazil)

17:00 – 17:25
ELETROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS’ RECOVERD FINES UTILIZATION
Lincoln Las Casas Amorim, José Antônio Paiva (Vale, Brazil)

17:25 - 17:50
THERMOGRAPHY AS A RELIABILITY ELEMENT IN THE FURNACE OF SÃO LUÍS PELLETIZING PLANT
Simone Morais Silva, Luciano Ruy Castro, Liliane Durans de Moraes, Virgínio Cezar Muniz Xavier, Reinaldo Henrique Pedrini, Flávio Barbosa do Nascimento (Vale, Brazil)

Dinner sponsored by Siemens-VAI
 
25/9/08 – MORNING – 08:55 – 10:10
LUCY TEIXEIRA ROOM


KEYNOTE: Surendra Komar Kawatra (Michigan Technology University)
                    Challenges and opportunities in iron making processes in North America

10:10 – 10:40 - Coffee-break

25/9/08 – MORNING – JOSUÉ MONTELLO ROOM
Mineral Processing

10:40 – 11:05
EVALUATION OF COARSE PARTICLE FLOTATION PROCESSES
Neymayer Pereira Lima (Vale, Brazil)

11:05 – 11:30
RECUPERATION OF ULTRA-FINE IRON ORE FROM TAILING PONDS AS AN ECONOMICALLY AND TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE  AND ENVIRONMENTALLY CORRECT ALTERNATIVE METHOD
José Eustáquio Vieira, Augusto Nogueira Ramos Neto (Ferro + Mineração S/A, Brazil)

11:30 – 11:55
PRE DRYING OF RIO TINTO CORUMBA’S LUMP IRON ORE FOR DIRECT REDUCTION
Edson Miranda da Silva, Gil Lúcio Franco Muniz (Rio Tinto Corumbá, Brazil)

25/9/08 – MORNING – LUCY TEIXEIRA ROOM
Agglomeration


10:40 – 11:05
USE OF VALE HEMATITE PELLET FEED IN CHINESE PELLETIZING PLANTS
Deqing ZHU, Jian PAN (Central South University, China), Marcus Emrich, Vinicius Mendes (Vale, Brazil)

11:05 – 11:30
INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOLID FUELS ON THE QUALITY OF IRON ORE PELLETS
Catia Casagrande, Washington Mafra (Vale), Antônio C. F. Vilela, Eduardo Osório, Maria Luisa Ghiggi (UFRGS) – Brazil

12:20 – 14:00 – LUNCH

25/9/08 – AFTERNOON – JOSUÉ MONTELLO ROOM
Mineral Processing


14:00 – 14:25
SYNERGIC COMBINATION OF DEPRESSANTS FOR IRON ORE FLOTATION
Armando C. Araujo,  Paulo R. M. Viana, Rísia M. Papini  (UFMG), John B. Hines  (Georgia Pacific LLC, Research Center,  USA), Antonio C. Papes  (Georgia Pacific Resinas Internacionais Ltda.,  Brazil)

14:25 – 14:50
OPTIMIZING THE USE OF DEPRESSANTS IN IRON ORE FLOTATION
Armando C. Araujo,  Paulo R. M. Viana, Rísia M. Papini  (UFMG), John B. Hines  (Georgia Pacific LLC, Research Center,  USA), Antonio C. Papes  (Georgia Pacific Resinas Internacionais Ltda.,  Brazil)

14:50 – 15:15
A SCALE UP MODEL FOR HPGR HARD ROCK GRINDING
Claudio L. Schneider (CETEM), Michelle Marques, Vladmir K. Alves (Vale) - Brazil

15:15 – 15:40
EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE REAGENTS FOR LIME IN LONG DISTANCE IRON ORE SLURRY PIPELINE
Ana Cristina Calil Ramos Bragança (Samarco), Paulo Roberto Gomes Brandão (UFMG) - Brazil

15:40 – 16:10 – Coffee-break

16:10 – 16:35
EFFICIENT AND LOW COST UPGRADING OF IRON ORE LUMP AND FINES
Heribert Breuer, Andreas Horn (Allmineral, Germany)

16:35 – 17:00
COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN THE USE OF CYCLONE AND SPIRAL CLASSIFIER IN THE CLOSING OF GRINDING CIRCUITS
Klaydison Silva, Ciro Massayuki, Deizimara Pena, Pedro Pinto (Vale, Brazil)

17:00 – 17:25
MITIGATION CAPACITY RECOVERY OF DAMPING IN GELADINHO DAM TROUGHT OUT THE SEDIMENTARY ADVANTAGE LIKE IRON ORE PRODUCT
José Carlos de Oliveira, Francisco Rodrigues Patto, Tatiana Martins Machado Brandão, Raimundo Honório Queiroga Júnior (Vale), Marcelo Bustamante de Almeida (GeoExplore), Ernesto Crivella (Consultant) – Brazil

25/9/08 – AFTERNOON – LUCY TEIXEIRA ROOM
Iron Ore Commercialization / Materials Handling


14:50 – 15:15
CSN IRON ORE BUSINESS – A NEW INTERNATIONAL PLAYER
João Alberto Nunes Vidal , Ricardo Abramof,  Antonio Abdo Júnior , Fabrizio  Agostino Bontempo, Letícia Duffles Reis do Nascimento, William Thomas von Kruger (CSN, Brazil)

15:15 – 15:40
THE EVOLUTION OF THE IRON ORE PRICES AND THE IRON ORE PRODUCTION SINCE 1940
José Artur dos Santos Ferreira, Douglas Henrique Guimarães Lacerda
Luis Guilherme Esteves Leocádio, Lucas Soares Silva (UFOP, Brazil)

15:40 – 16:10 – Coffee-break

16:10 – 16:35
PELLET FEED PRODUCTION FROM THE CONCENTRATION OF SAMARCO FLOTATION TAILINGS
Marcos Gomes Vieira, Paulo Sérgio Mapa, Domingos Sávio Borges de Queiroz (Samarco, Brazil)

16:35 – 17:00
PASTE THICKENING IRON ORE TAILINGS UPDATE
Steve Slottee, Jerold Johnson, Mark Crozier (Paste Tickening Association, USA)

17:00 – 17:25
PARTICLE AGGREGATION EFFECT ON MINERAL PASTES
Christian A. Hernández, Eugenio A. Pizarro (Universidade Arturo Prat – UNAP, Chile), Armando C. de Araújo, George E. S. Valadão (UFMG, Brazil)

17:50 – 18:00: Closing remarks at LUÍS DE CAMÕES II room

Registration Fees
In Reais http://www.abmbrasil.com.br/seminarios/ironmaking/2008/inscricao/inscricao.asp
In Dollars
http://www.abmbrasil.com.br/seminarios/ironmaking/2008/inscricao/registration.asp

Fees for the conference and for the courses shall be known below:
   
Category          Conference R$ / US$     Course     Conference + Course 
Non ABM/AIST          R$ 1.750               R$ 950               R$ 2.320 
member                   US$ 1000              US$ 600             US$ 1360 
                          
Non ABM/AIST          R$ 1.400               R$ 950                R$ 1.970 
member                     US$ 870               US$ 600             US$ 1160
presenting paper
          
ABM/AIST member     R$ 1.100               R$ 600               R$ 1.460 
                                       US$ 720               US$ 400             US$ 860 

ABM/AIST member
presenting paper        R$ 800                 R$ 600               R$ 1.160 
                                        US$ 520               US$ 400             US$ 680 

Junior ABM member         R$ 300                 --------          -------- 

TO THE LECTURERS
The papers should be written in English.
Power point presentations must be prepared in English, also.
Oral presentation can be made in Portuguese or English.

SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION
Simultaneous translation English / Portuguese / English will be available.

AWARDS
The published and presented papers of ABM members in the event will be awarded by:

• Vale
   Ironmaking preparing 

• Intendente Câmara – USIMINAS
   Ironmaking 

• MULTISERV LTDA.
   Economic value recovering of metal residues spawned in siderurgy 

• SAMARCO MINERAÇÃO S.A.
   Extraction and processing of iron ore 

• SIEMENS-VAI
   Environment

HELD BY
ABM - Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais
(Brazilian Association of Metallurgy and Materials )

HOST
Vale

ORGANIZATION
ABM Events Management

SUPERVISION
Technical Division on Mineral Technology
Director: Antônio Neves Santana (Consultant)
Vice Director: Vânia Lúcia de Lima Andrade (Vale)

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