These proceedings and the symposium from which they derived could not have been made success without the efforts and supports of many individuals and organizations.
Firstly, special thanks must go to all the members of the International Scientific Committee of IBS for their reviews on the abstracts and papers of the symposium, in particular, Professor Corale Brierley and Professor Dianzuo Wang, who also provide their expert views on the selection of topics and help to organize the symposium.
Secondly, we would like to extend our grateful thanks to some Chinese governmental departments, enterprises and research institutes for their assistances, supports and funds. Some of them are listed as follows:
Ministry of Science and Technology of the Peoples Republic of China
Ministry of Education of the Peoples Republic of China
National Natural Science Foundation of China
State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs of the Peoples Republic of China
Mengzi Mining and Metallurgy Co.,Ltd.
Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.
China Nonferrous Metal Mining (Group) Co., Ltd.
China National Nuclear Corporation
China National Gold Group Corporation
China Tin Group Co., ltd.
Daye Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
Jiangxi Copper Corporation
China Minmetals Corporation
FEI Company
Central South University
Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shandong University
Changchun Gold Research Institute
General Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals
National Engineering Laboratory of Biohydrometallurgy
Key Laboratory of Biohydrometallurgy, Ministry of Education of China
Beijing General Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Beijing GeoEnviron Engineering and Technology, Inc.
Further, we gratefully appreciate the contributions of the Organizing Committee of IBS2011 in preparing, organizing and running the symposium, held by the first time in China. We also thank our colleagues for their invaluable job, assistance, dedication and support.
Finally, we wish to thank all the authors of the abstracts and papers that appear in these proceedings, all contributors to the proceedings and all participants in the symposium.
Guanzhou Qiu