In 1995, He left research activities and took over the
responsibility for the Waelz kiln operation of
Harz-Metall GmbH. In 1999, he became technical
director of all Goslarian Zinc activities including the
operation of the last New Jersey retorts, the Contop
smelter, and the Zinc oxide line in Harlingerode.
In 2003, He switched his activities from zinc to lead
and moved to Nordenham. Since then, he has been the
technical director of Weser-Metall’s Pb smelter first
responsible for production, now for maintenance and
general services.
His activities for the German Society for Non-Ferrous
Metallurgy and Mining (GDMB) cover three expert
committee chairs. He started with the presidency of the
Expert Group for Special Metals, continued with that for
Zinc, and is now the chairman of the Lead Expert
Group. He was also the chairman of the PbZn 2015 in
Düsseldorf, Germany.
Etsuro Shibata is a professor at the Institute of
Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials
(IMRAM), Tohoku University, Japan. He has worked in
various roles at Tohoku University since 1999 after
obtaining his Dr. of Engineering from Kyushu University.
His main research aim is to establish the metal resources
circulation system based on the non-ferrous smelting
industry. His research activities in non-ferrous metallurgy
along with mineral processing beyond the traditional
framework are intended to achieve high-efficiency circulation of metal resources and environmental conservation
in the future. Research of smelting processes for primary
and secondary resources, treatments of by-products, and
stabilization of environmental load elements also have
been conducted.
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About the Editors
responsibility for the Waelz kiln operation of
Harz-Metall GmbH. In 1999, he became technical
director of all Goslarian Zinc activities including the
operation of the last New Jersey retorts, the Contop
smelter, and the Zinc oxide line in Harlingerode.
In 2003, He switched his activities from zinc to lead
and moved to Nordenham. Since then, he has been the
technical director of Weser-Metall’s Pb smelter first
responsible for production, now for maintenance and
general services.
His activities for the German Society for Non-Ferrous
Metallurgy and Mining (GDMB) cover three expert
committee chairs. He started with the presidency of the
Expert Group for Special Metals, continued with that for
Zinc, and is now the chairman of the Lead Expert
Group. He was also the chairman of the PbZn 2015 in
Düsseldorf, Germany.
Etsuro Shibata is a professor at the Institute of
Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials
(IMRAM), Tohoku University, Japan. He has worked in
various roles at Tohoku University since 1999 after
obtaining his Dr. of Engineering from Kyushu University.
His main research aim is to establish the metal resources
circulation system based on the non-ferrous smelting
industry. His research activities in non-ferrous metallurgy
along with mineral processing beyond the traditional
framework are intended to achieve high-efficiency circulation of metal resources and environmental conservation
in the future. Research of smelting processes for primary
and secondary resources, treatments of by-products, and
stabilization of environmental load elements also have
been conducted.
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About the Editors