On behalf of the Hydroprocess Organizing Committee I wish to thank all the participants, authors and reviewers whose valuable contribution and collaboration made it possible to achieve such great success in such a short period of time...

Two hundred forty five professionals from 12 countries participated in the First International Workshop on Process Hydrometallurgy – HydroProcess 2006, which took place in Iquique, Northern Chile, October 11 to 13, 2006. Representatives from Germany, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Finland, Japan, Peru, South Africa, Sweden and USA participated in the event...