1. The Need for Process Innovation -- Part I-Separation Processes and Process Selection -- 2. Physical Processing - Innovations in Mineral Processing Process Development -- 3. Thermal Processing - Pyrometallurgy - Non-Ferrous -- 4. Thermal Processing - Pyrometallurgy -Ferrous -- 5. Chemical Processing - Hydrometallurgy -- 6. Biological Processing -- 7. Process Compression -- 8. Process Selection -- 9. Metallurgical Processing Innovations: Intellectual Property Perspectives and Management -- Part II - Process  Development -- Chapter 10 Conceptual idea, Test work, Design, Commissioning and Troubleshooting -- Part III - Process Optimization -- Chapter 11- An Integrated Mining & Metallurgical Enterprise Enabling Continuous Process Optimization -- Part IV - Equipment -- Chapter 12-  Equipment Development, Design and Optimization -- Part V Sustainable Development and Environmental Management -- Chapter 13- Sustainability Considerations in Innovative Process Development -- Part VI Steps to Commercialization -- Chapter 14-Process Development, Execution, Owner’s responsibility and Examples of Innovative Developments -- Part VII - Financing -- Chapter 15 - Investing, financing and harvesting  innovation and technology -- Part VIII  Case Study Examples -- 16.  Innovative case study processes in extractive metallurgy -- 17. Development of a New Technology for Converting Iron-bearing materials to Nodular Reduced Iron -- 18.  Innovative process for the production of Titanium dioxide -- 19. Innovative Processes In Electrometallurgy -- 20. Innovations In Gold and Silver Processing -- 21. Innovative Processes for By-Product Recovery and its applications -- 22. Conclusion. Process Optimization -- Equipment Selection, Design, Development and Optimization -- By-Product Production -- Environmental Management -- Steps to Commercialization -- Case Study examples.

This book describes the phases for innovative metallurgical process development, from concept to commercialization. Key features of the book include: • Need for process innovation • Selection and optimization of process steps • Determination of the commercial feasibility of a process including engineering and equipment selection • Determination of the environmental footprint of a process • Case-study examples of innovative process development .