PAULB.

QUENEAU
P.B.Queneau&Associates,Inc.
TheBearGroup
Phone:(303)8542036;Fax:2730494
AreasofExpertise
Extractive metallurgy, metals recycling, resource
location,andbyproductmarketing.

Credentials
Ph.D.MetallurgicalEng.,U.ofMinnesota,1967.
B.S.MetallurgicalEng.,CornellUniversity,1964.

ExperienceSummary
Dr. Queneau's technical and project management
responsibilities focus on extractive metallurgy of
nonferrous metals, treatment of metalcontaining
wastes, resource location and byproduct marketing.
His43yearsofexperienceincludethedevelopmentof
custom processes for primary and secondary
feedstocks, plant startups and plant operation to
increaseoutput,yield,andproductquality.

Member of the American Institute of Mining,

Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (AIME),
Mining and Metallurgical Society of America, and
CanadianInstituteofMiningandMetallurgy(CIM).

Inplant projects include recycling of tin solder and

drosses, NiCo recovery from laterite ore (pressure
acid leaching, Australia), processing spent copper
etchants (Hong Kong), processing and utilization of
nonferrousandwasteprocessingslags,productionof
ferroniobiumfromenrichedslag(Brazil),conversion
oftungstenconcentrates(U.S.andRussia),processing
tantalum intermediates, production of molybdenum
chemicals, NiMoW recovery from spent catalyst
(Europe), recycling copper flue dust, production of
secondary bronze ingot, recycling leady residues
(seven plants in U.S., Canada, and Mexico),
processing hazardous waste in rotary kilns (seven
plants), production of antimony oxide (Bolivia),
producing zinc and manganese micronutrient (five
plants), recycling of secondary aluminum in short
rotary furnaces (four plants), silver production (U.S.
and Turkey), production of defluorinated phosphate,
recyclingcalciumfluoride,processingferromanganese
furnacedust,andNiCuCorecoveryfrommatte.

ElectedtomembershipinTauBetaPi
Adjunct Professor at the Colorado School of Mines
(CSM).

AIMETMS 2001 Extraction & Processing

DistinguishedLecturerAward. PastPresidentofthe
DenverSection,AIMEASMChapter.

RegisteredProfessionalEngineer,Colorado;
authored33technicalpapers;holds30U.S.patents.
EmploymentHistory
1997Present
1990Present
19831997
19821983
19721982
19671972

As an R&D supervisor for AMAX in Golden, CO,

Paul Queneau led research on production of
ammonium paratungstate (APT), leading to
commercialization;healsoledtheteamthatinnovated
AMAX'sacidpressureleachfortreatingnickeliferous
laterite. Dr.Queneau wasamemberoftheAMAX
processengineeringteamthatstartedupatmospheric
and pressure leaching circuits, residue flotation and
hydrogenreductionplantatPortNickel.Asaresearch
engineeratKennecott,hedevelopedtheprocess,then
supervised the startup of a fivetonperday plant to
upgradehighrheniummolybdeniteinventory.

ConsultingMetallurgicalEngineer
P.B.Queneau&Associates,Inc.,
TheBearGroup
AdjunctProfessor
ColoradoSchoolofMines
PrincipalMetallurgicalEngineer
HazenResearch,Inc.
President/Owner
P.B.QueneauCompany,Inc.
R&DSupervisor
AMAX,Inc.
ResearchEngineer
KennecottCopperCorporation

KeyProjects
Developed and proved process to produce tungsten
chemicalsfromscheeliteandwolframiteconcentrates.
Aprofitablecommercialoperationresulted.
Establishedoperatingcriteriaandstartedupplant to
produceantimonyoxideatatinoperationinBolivia;a
profitableoperatingfacilityresulted.

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Workedwithslaggingkilnincinerationoperationsto
maximize throughput, and with ingotplant and
industrialwastefurnacestoenhanceslagqualityand
marketability.
Doubledtheleadoutput from aCanadiansecondary
leadproduceroveratwoyearperiodbyimplementing
acomputermodeltooptimizefeedstockselectionand
blending,andcokefluxinputs.
Workedcloselywithwastemanagementoperationin
HongKongtorecovercopperfromspentetchantsand
tomarketbyproductsaltsproduced.
Assisted leadacid battery recycler with selection of
blast furnace formulations to maximize slag
environmental acceptability without significantly
affectingproductionefficiency.
Detailed technologies for nickel and cobalt recovery
fromspentlithiumion,nickelmetalhydride,andNiCd
batteries. WorkedoutN.Americansourcesofthese
spent batteries, as well as capabilities of the
establishedrecyclingoperations.
Providedinplanttechnicalsupporttoproducebronze
secondaryingot fromredmetalscrap,increasingthe
qualityandquantityofalloyoutput.
Upgraded operating practices of rotary furnaces
converting complex tin drosses to solder, improving
yieldbyover20%.
Carried out an indepth technical and marketing
evaluationforproducingbyproductMnSO 4andMnO,
resultinginaprofitableproductionfacility.
Provided onsitestartup assistance (three months) for
largesilverproductionfacilityinTurkey.
Worked with an international oil firm to evaluate
alternativeoutletsworldwideforrecyclingspentresid
andHDScatalyst.
Improved Al furnace yield while recovering NaCl
KClNaF and Al fines from salt cake at U.S.
secondaryaluminumsmelters.Workedoutalternative
marketsforthemetallicaluminumfines.
Providedtechnicalsupportforfacilitymanufacturing
molybdenum chemicals: troubleshooting, unit
operationstartupsandnewproductdevelopment.

Selected and evaluated three routes to recover

Mo/Co/Ni chemicals and aluminumrich byproducts
fromspentcatalyst;detailedmarketoutlets.
Developedwetoxidationsolventextractionprocess
to recover vanadium and nickel from Venezuelan
petroleumcoke.
Identified volumes and producers of etchant,
alternatives for processing the outputs, and market
outletsforproductstherefrom.
Provided startup expertise to a refinery producing
nickel,cobalt,andcopperfrommatte;workincluded
startupoftheleachingandreductionoperations.
Worked out handling of phosphorus electric furnace
slags. Developed byproduct alternatives for the
furnacefluedust.
Developedaprocessforberylliumhydroxiderecovery
from phenacite concentrate by leaching, solution
purification,andprecipitation.

Evaluatedalternativetechnologiestorecovergallium
and germanium from carboniferous shale. Later
examined likely areas worldwide for increased Ge
outputinresponsetoescalatingGeprice.
Worked with aircraft manufacturer to evaluate VC 4
productioninU.S.,EuropeandJapan.
WorkedwithEPAcontractortoassemble"aguideon
recyclinglowmetalcontentwastesforusebydecision
makersatsuperfund,RCRA,andotherwastesites."
Presented onsite short courses on recycling metals
fromindustrialwaste.LocationsincludeCSM,aDOE
facility,EPAsOfficeofSolidWasteinWashington,
AIME and CIM annual meetings, and at a waste
processingfacility.
Assisted in the startup of a rheniumchemical
productionfacilityfromroasterfluegas.
Helpedchemicalproducertoidentifyopportunitiesfor
productionofnickelandcobaltchemicals,aswellas
secondarysourcesforfeedstocks.
Worked with team evaluating hydromet process for
Ni, Cu, Au, and pgms, recovery from flotation
concentrates.

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Worked with firm producing chromated copper
arsenatetoestablishsecondarysourcesforitscopper,
chromium,andarsenicrawmaterials.
AsTechnicalAssessorreportingtotheTribunalforan
international arbitration related to nickel production,
wasresponsiblefordocumentingagreementsbetween
28expertwitnessesandprovidingtechnicalassistance
totheTribunalduringthetrial.
Books
MeetingChairmanandEditor, ThirdInt.Symposium
on Recycling Metals and Engineered Materials,
TMS/AIME,PointClear,AL(November,1995).
Editor, International Symposium on Residues and
Effluents Processing, The Metallurgical Society of
AIME,Warrendale,PA(1991).
Editor, Symposium on Arsenic Metallurgy:
Fundamentals and Applications, The Metallurgical
SocietyofAIME,Warrendale,PA(1987).
TechnicalPublicationsandPresentations

ProductionofCopperChemicalsfromSecondaryand
Byproduct Sources in the United States, Journal of
Metals,3437,49(October,1997).
ProductionofByproductMercury, JournalofMetals,
2428(October,1995).
StateoftheArtinMercuryRecycling,Intl.Symp.on
Treatment and Minimization of HeavyMetal Waste,
AIME/TMSAnnualMeeting,LasVegas(Feb.1995).
SecondaryZincProductionandWasteMinimization,
PollutionEngineering,4244(November,1994).
U.S.MercuryRecyclersExpandProcessCapabilities,
HazmatWorld,3134(February,1994).
RecyclingLeadandZincintheUnitedStates,4thIntl.
Symp.onHydrometallurgy,SaltLakeCity(1993).
Waste Minimization: Recycling of Spent Leadacid
Batteries,HazmatWorld,3437(August,1993).
Slag Control in Rotarykiln Incinerators, Pollution
Engineering,2632(January15,1992).

Recycling MetalRich Industrial Products, 375 th

Anniversary,NickelhtteAue,Aue,Germany(2010)

Producing Zn/FeBased Micronutrient from Copper

Flue Dust, Intl. Sym. on Processing Residues and
Effluents,SanDiego,TMS/AIME,239254(1992).

Rich Country Rich Wastes: Meeting Needs and

Grasping Opportunities, MiMeR/Boliden Foresight
Seminar,Lulea,Sweden(2008).

ApplicationofSlagTechnologytoRecyclingofSolid
Wastes,Intl.IncinerationConf.,Knoxville(1991).

Recent Developments: Specialty U.S. Metals

Recycling Plants, Recycling Metals from Industrial
Waste Short Course, Colorado School of Mines,
Golden,CO(2008)
Recycling Zinc in the United States, The EI Digest
Gathering,SanDiego,CA(September2005)
Hazardous Waste to Valued Byproducts, The EI
DigestGathering,SanDiego,CA(September2004)
RecyclingNonFerrousMetalsfromIndustrialWaste,
Hydrometallurgy2003,AIME/TMS,15431553.
U.S. Plants Operated Solely to Recycle MetalRich
Secondaries,ExtractionandProcessingDistinguished
Lecturer,AIME/TMSAnnualMeeting(2001).
Recycling Lead and Zinc inthe United States, Zinc
and Lead Processing, The Metallurgical Society of
CIM,127153(1998).

Optimizing Matte and Slag Composition in Rotary

Furnace Lead Smelting, Intl. Symp. on Primary and
SecondaryLeadProcessing,145178,Halifax(1989).
ProcessingPetroleumCoketoRecoverVanadiumand
Nickel,Hydrometallurgy,vol.22,324(1989).
Germanium Recovery at Lang Bay, CIM Bulletin,
79(886),9297(February,1986).
IronControlduringHydrometallurgicalProcessingof
NickelLateriteOres,IronControlinHydrometallurgy,
TheMetallurgicalSocietyofCIM,76105(1986).
Silica in Hydrometallurgy: An Overview, Canadian
MetallurgicalQuarterly,25(3),201209(1986).
Control of Autoclave Scaling during Acid Pressure
Leaching of Nickeliferous Laterite, Metallurgical
TransactionsBofAIME,433440(1984).

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ControlofSilicaDepositionduringPressureLetdown
of Acidic Leach Slurries, Third International
SymposiumonHydrometallurgy,121137(1983).
SodaAshDigestionofScheelite, Extr.Metallurgyof
RefractoryMetals,AIME/TMS,237267(1981).
IonExchangePurificationofAmmonium Molybdate
Solutions,Hydrometallurgy,vol.6,6373(1980).
Fluidbed Electrolysis of Nickel, Metallurgical
TransactionsB,659666(December,1979).
LeachingofCu/Ni/FeMatte, CanadianMetallurgical
Quarterly,Met.Soc.ofCIM,18,145153(1979).

Inhibiting Lead Leaching in Water: U.S. Patents

5,544,859,5,632,285&6,013,382(1996,1997,2000).
Electrolytic Dissolution and Control of NiS Scale,
U.S.Patent4,627,900(1986).
RecoveryofAluminaValuesfromAluniteOre, U.S.
Patent4,618,480(1986).
Stripping of Tungsten from Organic Solvents, U.S.
Patent4,450,144(1984).
Recovery of Vanadium and Nickel from Petroleum
Coke,U.S.Patent4,443,415(1984).

Nickel/CobaltSeparationbyOzonation,CIMBulletin,
7481(October,1978).

Silica Control during Acid Pressure Leaching of

NickelLateriteOre,U.S.Patent4,399,109(1983).

Leaching of Nickeliferous Limonites, Metallurgical

TransactionsBofAIME,547554(December,1977).

Precipitation of Lowsulfur Calcium Tungstate, U.S.

Patent4,397,821(1983).

Processing WO3/SnO2 Concentrate for Brannerite

Digestion of Scheelite Concentrates, U.S. Patent

4,351,808(1982).

Removal,AIME/SMEMet.Trans.,218221(1975).
Turbine Mixer Fundamentals and Scaleup at Port
Nickel,Met.Trans.BofAIME,149157(1975).
AtmosphericLeachingofNickelCopperMatteatPort
Nickel,CIMBulletin,7481(February,1974).
Nitric Acid Processing of Copper Concentrates,
AIMESMEMet.Transactions,117123(June,1973).
AcidBake/Leach/FlotationofMolybdenite, Met.
TransactionsofAIME,2327(November,1971).
Sulfation of Copper/Iron Sulfides with Concentrated
SulfuricAcid,JournalofMetals,(December,1970).
Kinetics of Scheelite Dissolution in Alkaline
Solutions,Met.Trans.AIME,245159(Nov,1969).

WO3FeedbackControlWhenProducingAmmonium
Paratungstate,U.S.Patent4,325,919(1982).
Combined Treatment of Wolframite and Scheelite,
U.S.Patent4,320,096(1982).
ProcessingofRefractoryTungstenConcentrates,U.S.
Patent4,320,095(1982).
Upgrading of Scheelite Concentrates, U.S. Patent
4,313,914(1982).
Separation of SiO2, P2O5 and F from Tungsten
Liquors,U.S.Patent4,311,679(1982).
Separation of Molybdenum from Tungsten, U.S.
Patent4,303,623(1981).
ProcessingConcentratesHavingaHighMoO 3/WO3
Ratio,U.S.Patent4,303,622(1981).

Patents
AutoclaveControlduringPressureOxidationof
Molybdenite:U.S.Patent6,818,191(2004).
Producing Pure MoO3 from Lowgrade Molybdenite
Concentrates:U.S.Patent6,730,279(2004).
Pickling of Refractory Metals: U.S. Statutory
InventionRegistrationH2087H(2003).

Electrolytic Cell for Oxidation of Ni(OH) 2, U.S.

Patent4,183,792(1980).
Ionexchange Process for Recovery of Copper and
Nickel,U.S.Patent4,100,043(1978).
SelectiveLeachingofNi/Cu/Fe/SMatte, U.S.Patent
4,094,754(1978).

SulfuricAcidLeachingofNickeliferousLaterite,U.S.
Patent4,044,096(1977).
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SeparationofCobaltfromNickelbyOzonation, U.S.
Patent4,034,059(1977).
Hightemperature Neutralization of Nickel Laterite
Ores,U.S.Patent3,991,159(1976).
AtmosphericLeachingofNickelCopperCobaltMatte
ContainingIron,U.S.Patent3,962,051(1976).
SeleniumRejectionduringAcidLeachingofNickel
CopperMatte,U.S.Patent3,959,097(1976).
SeparatingCopper,Lead,andInsolfromMolybdenite
Concentrates,U.S.Patent3,834,893(1974).
Nitric Acid Process Chalcopyrite Concentrates, U.S.
Patent3,793,429(1972).

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