ALTA Metallurgical Services (ALTA) was established by metallurgical consultant Alan Taylor in 1985, to serve the worldwide mining, minerals and metallurgical industries. ALTA offers a wide range of services and resources to the metallurgical industry, including: Consulting High-level metallurgical and project development consulting. Short Courses Practically-oriented short courses presented by Alan Taylor. Topics include treatment of nickel laterites, copper ore leaching, uranium ore processing, copper SX-EW, heap leaching and solvent extraction. Conferences ALTA conferences are one of the world’s premier annual metallurgical events. ALTA 2019 is the 24th annual conference and will be held 18-25 May in Perth, Australia. The event comprises five technical conferences, three short courses and an international trade exhibition. It features a highly-focused program, topical forums and presentations from key international speakers. Publications Proceedings and manuals from ALTA conferences, seminars and short courses. MetBytes Free technical articles offering metallurgical commentary and insights. Free Library Includes proceedings from 1995-2016 Nickel-Cobalt-Copper, Uranium-REE and Gold-PM conferences for free download (1350 papers). The library will be expanded regularly, providing a major ongoing resource to the industry. A selection of papers from ALTA 2018 and ALTA 2017 are also available.