The output of the main 10 nonferrous Metals in China has increased rapidly in the recent years and was over 20 million tones in 2007. The Conference in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province of China will focus on the latest progresses and achievements on hydrometallurgy during the past  years and give a profound  opportunity, challenge and development direction faced with hydrometallurgy in the future. The lectures, posters and exhibitions on the conference aim at bringing people to share knowledge and exchange ideas on the development of science, technology and  equipment of hydrometallurgy. The organizing committee earnestly invites all the researchers and enterprises majoring in the hydrometallurgy to attend the conference.

The Conference will be held from July 6th to 10th, 2009 at Zhangjiajie which is situated in the west of Hunan Province of China and is a famous tourist spot for its uniqueness of natural features and primitive charm. Zhangjiajie is the location of China’s first forest park - the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park - and a World Natural Heritage site Wulingyuan Scenic Area. For more information, please click Zhangjiajie International TourismWeb from Zhangjiajie Municipal Information Center.
 
 Contribution scope
(1) Conservation and exploitation of resources and environments, continuous development, lifecycle evaluation;
(2) Physicochemistry, the simulation and emulation of chemical process;
(3) Leaching, detachment, purification, analysis, pretreatment;
(4) The application of new technique and equipment;
(5) The application of new materials and chemical products;
(6) The modeling and analysis of hydrometallurgical processes.

While the main scope will be on hydrometallurgy, appropriate contributions from other disciplines are welcome.

Deadlines
Submission of abstracts: Dec. 31, 2008
Notification to authors:   Feb.28, 2009
Submission of papers:    Apr.30, 2009

For more information, please click ICHM2009 web. If you have any questions on conference, please contact with the secretariat :
E-mail: ichm2009@mail.csu.edu.cn        Tel: +86-731-8877364.
 
Co-Sponsored by The Nonferrous Metals Society of China & Central South University