Areas of Expertises

Hydrometallurgy, Water Treatment Technologies, Aqueous Chemistry of Transition Metals, Oxidation-Reduction Chemistry, Inorganic
Chemistry, Mineral Processing Technology, Solid Separation Technology, Solid and Liquid Waste Remediation, Analytical Methods for
Solid and Aqueous Systems, Metal Precipitation Processes, Materials Processing Technology

List of Research Clients:

Newmont Metallurgical Services: (two projects)
(1) Developed, engineered and optimized a process to treat and recycle the lead from fire assay wastes. A pilot facility has been engineered
and constructed to handle approximately 1 ton of waste daily.
(2) Conducted preliminary study on the efficacy of using a precipitation process to treat the acid rock drainage from their Batu Haiju mine in
Indonesia.

Copper Range Company:
Developed a biological process for their in situ copper leaching plant. The plant shut down before pilot scale plant could be constructed.
The process was patented in the U.S. with foreign patents pending.

Barrick Goldstrike Mine:
Used the biological process for leaching experiments with refractory gold ores. Also developed laboratory experiments that Barrick
personnel could use to evaluate autoclave process parameters.

Kohler and U.S. EPA: Developed, tested and optimized a process for the removal and recovery of lead from brass wastes.

Michigan Great Lakes Protection Fund:
Developed and optimized a process to remove mercury from copper concentrates prior to smelting.