More than 100 papers originating from 24 countries report the most recent advances in mineral processing and related fields. They represent a coherent combination of subjects from such diverse areas as communication classification, gravity, magnetic and electrostatic separation, flotation fundamentals and technology, hydrometallurgy, coal processing, industrial minerals, gold and silver, modeling, simulation and control, dewatering, agglomeration. Conventional and column flotation, reagent-surface interactions, handling of cyanide containing leach liquors in gold recovery processing of industrial minerals, especially boron minerals, and of coal receive special emphasis. The book is anticipated to be a reference material for those who practice mineral processing, coal preparation, hydrometallurgy, surface chemistry and environmental remediation.