Scientific Program | IMM2018

March 2nd

Opening Session | Chair: Hiroyuki Fukuyama, IMRAM, Tohoku University
13:30-13:45 Opening address
Atsushi Muramatsu, Director of IMRAM, Tohoku University
13:45-14:15 Introduction of a New Research Center, IMRAM, Tohoku Unviersity
Itaru Honma, Head of a New Research Center, IMRAM, Tohoku University

Session 1 | Chair: Itaru Honma, IMRAM, Tohoku University
14:15-14:45 Why Soft Processing (=Low-Energy Production) of Advanced Materials is Difficult but Necessary for Sustainable Society?
Masahiro Yoshimura, National Cheng Kung University
14:45-15:15 Industry-academia Collaboration in the Field of Non-ferrous Metals Resource Recovery Engineering
Toru H. Okabe, The University of Tokyo
15:15-15:45 Coffee Break

Session 2 | Chair: Etsuro Shibata, IMRAM, Tohoku University
15:45-16:15 New activities in Kyoto University aimed at vitalizing non-ferrous extractive metallurgy
Yuki Taninouchi, Kyoto University
16:15-16:45 Recovery of Germanium from Waste Optical Fiber
Wei-Sheng Chen, National Cheng Kung University

Session 3 | Chair: Nobuaki Sato, IMRAM, Tohoku University
16:45-17:15 The Status of Front-and Back-end Fuel Cycle Development in Korea
Kwangheon Park, Kyung Hee University
17:30-18:30 Poster Session / photo
18:30-20:00 Get Together Party

March 3rd

Session 4 | Chair: Shin-ya Kitamura, IMRAM, Tohoku University
9:00 - 9:30 Base Metal Production Process as Hub of Materials Flow
Tetsuya Nagasaka, Tohoku University
9:30 -10:00 Initiatives in European Union towards Carbon Lean Steel Production
Johannes Schenk, Montanuniversitaet Leoben
10:00-10:30 New Recycling System for Minimizing Steelmaking Slag
Yasuo Kishimoto, JFE steel
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

Session 5 | Chair: Takahisa Omata, IMRAM, Tohoku University
11:00-11:30 Investigation for Characteristics of BOF Slag after Mineral Carbonation
Ming-Sheng Ko, Taipei University of Technology
11:30-12:00 Advanced Mineral Processing Technologies towards a Sustainability of Metal Resources
Atsushi Shibayama, Akita University
12:00-12:30 Mineral Processing: Coarse Gangue Rejection and Flotation of Fines
George V. Franks, Melbourne University
12:30 Closing remarks
Hiroyuki Fukuyama, Deputy Director of IMRAM, Tohoku University