An International Journal devoted to innovation and developments in mineral processing and extractive metallurgy

1. Submission of papers.

Submission for all types of manuscripts to Minerals Engineering proceeds totally online which can be accessed at http://ees.elsevier.com/mine

Via the Elsevier Editorial System Website for this journal at http://ees.elsevier.com/mine, you will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of the various files. When submitting a manuscript to Elsevier Editorial System, authors need to provide an electronic version of their manuscript. For this purpose only original source files are allowed, so no PDF files. Authors should select a category designation for their manuscripts (article, priority communication, research note, etc.). Once the uploading is done, the system automatically generates an electronic (PDF) proof, which is then used for reviewing. All correspondence, including the editor's decision and request for revisions, will be by e-mail.

Only original material will be considered; submission of a manuscript implies that the work has not been previously published and that it is not being simultaneously submitted for publication elsewhere. The authors must agree not to publish elsewhere once it has been accepted for publication in Minerals Engineering. Publication will be in English.

Manuscripts should be structured in a way that conforms to that of the journal.

Manuscripts must be written in English. Authors whose native language is not English are recommended to seek the advice of a colleague whose mother tongue is English before submitting their manuscript. Manuscripts written in correct English require less time for review and publication.

2. Style of manuscript. Manuscripts, which should not normally exceed 10,000 words (each figure and table should be counted as 250 words), should be prepared according to the following order. Authors should refer to typical papers published in recent issues of the journal for the exact format required.

•Title
•Names and addresses of authors - with e-mail address of corresponding author
•Abstract- 100-200 words giving clear indication of the nature and range of the results contained in the paper
•Keywords - Up to FIVE keywords must be chosen from the list shown in section 11
•Body - to contain primary message with clear lines of thought and mathematical expressions
•Conclusions - to indicate significant contribution with its limitations, advantages and possible applications
•Acknowledgements - when appropriate
•Appendices
•References

At this stage the manuscript should be typed in double spacing throughout, to allow for editing comments, and all pages should be numbered consecutively. All main headings should be in upper case, bold and centred. Sub-headings should be in lower case, left-justified, and bold.

3. Units. IUGS or SI units must be used throughout.

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6. References. References in the text should appear with the name of the author(s) (without initial), followed by the publication date in parentheses. If reference is made in the text to publications written by more than two authors the name of the first author should be used, followed by "et al". This indication, however, should never be used in the list of references. In this list, names of authors and all co-authors should be mentioned instead. The reference list should be in alphabetical order. Names of periodicals should be written out in full. Examples of style follow.

Apelt, T.A., Hunt, A.G. and Elliot, B.J., The upgrade of Kalgoorlie nickel smelter. CIM Bulletin, 1995, 88(992), 97-104.

Conger, H.M., The future of precious metals. In Challenges in Mineral Processing, ed. K. Sastry and M.C. Fuerstenau. SME Inc., Littleton, 1989, pp. 383-386.

Pickles, C.A., The reduction of Miller chlorides with sodium silicate and carbon. Minerals Engineering, 1995, 8(9), 1049-1067.

Shelley, B.L., Design of secondary lead plant for the 1990s. In Proc. Conference on Recycling of Metalliferous Materials. IMM, London, 1990, pp. 259-273

Wills, B.A., Mineral Processing Technology, 6th edn. 1992, Pergamon Press, Oxford.

7. Peer-review. On receipt of your manuscript, copies will be sent to two members of the Editorial Board for refereeing. If revision of the paper is recommended, copies of the referees' reports will be forwarded to the principal author. Revised papers must be returned to the Editor within 6 months, otherwise the paper will be regarded as a new submission.

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11. Minerals Engineering Keywords

MATERIALS
•Acid rock drainage
•Coal
•Diamonds
•Flue dusts
•Gold ores
•Industrial minerals
•Iron ores
•Non-ferrous metallic ores
•Non-metallic ores
•Oil sands
•Oxide ores
•Precious metal ores
•Sulphide ores
•Tailings


MINERAL PROCESSING
•Agitation
•Agglomeration
•Air cyclones
•Autogenous grinding
•Classification
•Column flotation
•Comminution
•Crushing
•Dense medium separation
•Dewatering
•Electrostatic separation
•Elutriation
•Filtration
•Fine particle processing
•Flocculation
•Flotation froths
•Flotation reagents
•Flotation bubbles
•Flotation depressants
•Flotation collectors
•Flotation activators
•Flotation frothers
•Flotation kinetics
•Flotation machines
•Froth flotation
•Gravity concentration
•Grinding
•Hydrocyclones
•Liberation
•Magnetic separation
•Ore handling
•pH control
•SAG milling
•Screening
•Shear forces
•Sizing
•Sorting methods
•Tailings disposal
•Thickening


CHEMICAL/ELECTRICAL PROCESSES
•Activated carbon
•Cementation
•Cyanidation
•Electrometallurgy
•Electrorefining
•Electrowinning
•Hydrometallurgy
•Ion exchange
•Leaching
•Oxidation
•Pyrometallurgy
•Reaction kinetics
•Redox reactions
•Reduction
•Roasting
•Solvent extraction


BIOLOGICAL METHODS
•Bacteria
•Bioleaching
•Biooxidation
•Biotechnology


COMPUTER METHODS
•Artificial intelligence
•Computational fluid dynamics
•Discreet element modelling
•Expert systems
•Modelling
•Neural networks
•Process control
•Process optimisation
•Process synthesis
•Simulation


ANALYTICAL METHODS
•Liberation analysis
•Mass balancing
•On-line analysis
•Particle morphology
•Process instrumentation


MISCELLANEOUS
•Environmental
•Extractive metallurgy
•Mineral processing
•Mineral economics
•Ore mineralogy
•Mining
•Particle size
•Pollution
•Reclamation
•Recycling
•Sampling
•Surface modification
•Wasteprocessing