Table of Contents

Coal handling, blending and sizing; thickening and dewatering; gravity concentration; removal of ash and sulphur by advanced physical, chemical and biological methods; interaction of preparation and utilization; processing of coal for innovative usage; briquetting; new coal preparation equipment; flocculation and agglomeration; related aspects of coal preparation; surface chemistry as a basis for separation processes; automation, process control and product quality control; flotation; design and construction of coal preparation plants; coal preparation economics, ecology and waste treatment.