expansion. His expertise consists of metal production,
gas handling and treatment, by-product recovery, and
wastewater treatment. He provides services and advice
from operator to executive management level. He is an
active member of GDMB in Germany and of TMS in the
USA and has served in several committees of both
organizations. He also was a co-organizer of PbZn 2000
and PbZn 2005, chairman of PbZn 2010, and has been
involved in the organization of other symposia worldwide.
Shafiq Alam is an associate professor at the University
of Saskatchewan, Canada. He is an expert in the area of
mining and mineral processing with profound experience in industrial operations, management, engineering,
design, consulting, teaching, research, and professional
services. As a productive researcher, he has secured two
patents and has produced over 170 publications. He is
the co-editor of eight books and an associate editor
of the International Journal of Mining, Materials and
Metallurgical Engineering. He is the winner of the
2015 Technology Award from the Extraction &
Processing Division (EPD) of The Minerals, Metals &
Materials Society (TMS).
With extensive relevant industry experience as a
registered professional engineer, he has worked on
projects with many different mining industries. He is an
executive committee member of the Hydrometallurgy
Section of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy
and Petroleum (CIM). During 2015–2017, he served
as the Chair of the TMS Hydrometallurgy and
Electrometallurgy Committee. He is a co-organizer of
many symposia at international conferences through
CIM and TMS. He is one of the founding organizers
of the Rare Metal Extraction & Processing symposium at
TMS. He was involved in organizing the International
Nickel–Cobalt 2013 symposium and the TMS 2017
Honorary Symposium on Applications of Process
Engineering Principles in Materials Processing,
Energy, and Environmental Technologies. He is also
involved in organizing the Rare Metal Extraction &
Processing Symposium at the TMS 2020 Annual
Meeting and Exhibition in San Diego, California.
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gas handling and treatment, by-product recovery, and
wastewater treatment. He provides services and advice
from operator to executive management level. He is an
active member of GDMB in Germany and of TMS in the
USA and has served in several committees of both
organizations. He also was a co-organizer of PbZn 2000
and PbZn 2005, chairman of PbZn 2010, and has been
involved in the organization of other symposia worldwide.
Shafiq Alam is an associate professor at the University
of Saskatchewan, Canada. He is an expert in the area of
mining and mineral processing with profound experience in industrial operations, management, engineering,
design, consulting, teaching, research, and professional
services. As a productive researcher, he has secured two
patents and has produced over 170 publications. He is
the co-editor of eight books and an associate editor
of the International Journal of Mining, Materials and
Metallurgical Engineering. He is the winner of the
2015 Technology Award from the Extraction &
Processing Division (EPD) of The Minerals, Metals &
Materials Society (TMS).
With extensive relevant industry experience as a
registered professional engineer, he has worked on
projects with many different mining industries. He is an
executive committee member of the Hydrometallurgy
Section of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy
and Petroleum (CIM). During 2015–2017, he served
as the Chair of the TMS Hydrometallurgy and
Electrometallurgy Committee. He is a co-organizer of
many symposia at international conferences through
CIM and TMS. He is one of the founding organizers
of the Rare Metal Extraction & Processing symposium at
TMS. He was involved in organizing the International
Nickel–Cobalt 2013 symposium and the TMS 2017
Honorary Symposium on Applications of Process
Engineering Principles in Materials Processing,
Energy, and Environmental Technologies. He is also
involved in organizing the Rare Metal Extraction &
Processing Symposium at the TMS 2020 Annual
Meeting and Exhibition in San Diego, California.
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About the Editors