Curriculum vitæ of Fathi Habashi

Professor Emeritus of Extractive Metallurgy at Laval University in Quebec City. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cairo (1949), a Dr. techn. degree in Inorganic Chemical Technology from the University of Technology in Vienna (1959), and Dr.Sc. h.c. from the Saint Petersburg Mining Institute in Russia (1993). He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Chemistry, University of Vienna (1959–1960), then he held the Canadian Government Scholarship in Ottawa (1960–1962), taught at Montana College of Mineral Science & Technology (1964–1967), then worked at the Extractive Metallurgical Research Department of Anaconda Company in Tucson, Arizona before joining Laval in 1970. In 1998 he was named a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum and in 1999 he received its silver medal. He is an Honorary Professor at the Technical University of Oruro in Bolivia, Honorary Citizen of the city of Oruro, Governor at the Fondation de l'Université Laval, and Member of Le Cercle des Ambassadeurs in Québec City.

He was guest professor at the following institutions:

• 1977 — USSR Academy of Science in Leningrad (October–November)
• 1980 — National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City (December)
• 1981 — Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (May)
• 1982 — Brazilian National Council for Scientific & Technical Development, Lorena (December)
• 1984 — Academia Sinica in Beijing, China (May)
• 1986 — Technical University of Oruro, Bolivia (June–July)
• 1987 — Higher Institute of Chemical Technology in Sofia, Bulgaria (October–November)
• 1990 — Central South University of Technology in Changsha, China (May–June)
• 1991 — Faculty of Metallurgy in Košice, Czechoslovakia (May)
• 1992 — School of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (June–July)
• 1992 — National University of San Luis, Argentina (October–November)
• 1992 — Catholic University of the North, Antofagasta, Chile (December)
• 1993 — University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico (February–March)
• 1993 — Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia (May)
• 1993 — University of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, S. Africa (June)
• 1993 — University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, S. Africa (June)
• 1996 — University of Rome, Italy (May)
• 2000 — University of Pretoria, S. Africa (February)
• 2002 — University of Rome, Italy (September)
• 2006 — National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City (April)
• 2008 — School of Mines, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico (June)

He was guest lecturer at the following institutions:

• 1962 — Technical University in Berlin, German Federal Republic (October)
• 1962 — University of Technology in Vienna, Austria (November)
• 1963 — Royal School of Mines, London (January)
• 1966 — American Institute of Mining Engineers (AIME), Montana Section, East Helena, Montana (November)
• 1966 — Research Division, The Anaconda Company, Anaconda, Montana (November)
• 1968 — Department of Metallurgy, University of Arizona, Tucson (November)
• 1971 — Research Division, Aluminum Company of Canada, Arvida, Quebec (August)
• 1971 — École Polytechnique, Montreal (February)
• 1977 — Stauffer Chemicals, Eastern Research Center, Dubbs Ferry, New York (June)
• 1977 — Helsinki University of Technology, Finland (October)
• 1977 — Outokumpu Research Center in Pori, Finland (October)
• 1977 — Leningrad Mining Institute, Leningrad (October)
• 1977 — Mineral Processing Laboratory “Mekhanobr,” Leningrad (October)
• 1977 — State Institute for Nickel Research “Gipro-Nickel,” Leningrad (November)
• 1977 — Polytechnic Institute, Alma Ata, Kazakh Republic, USSR (November)
• 1977 — Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India (November)
• 1977 — Bangal Engineering College, Calcutta, India (December)
• 1977 — Faculty of Science, University of Madrid, Spain (December)
• 1978 — Centre de recherches minérales, Sainte-Foy, Quebec (September 1978–March 1979)
• 1979 — Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Québec (April)
• 1979 — Technical University of Wrocław, Poland (June)
• 1980 — Department of Chemical Engineering, Kuwait University (October)
• 1981 — Trondheim Institute of Technology, Trondheim, Norway (May)
• 1981 — Henkel Corporation, Tucson, Arizona (December)
• 1982 — Center for Professional Advancement, East Brunswick, New Jersey (November)
• 1984 — Changsha Institute of Mining & Metallurgy, Changsha, China (May)
• 1987 — University of Transkei, Umtata, Transkei, South Africa (July)
• 1987 — MINTEK, Randburg, South Africa (July)
• 1987 — National Laboratories of Engineering & Industrial Technology in Lisbon, Portugal (October)
• 1987 — Suez Canal University, Suez, Egypt (October)
• 1987 — İstanbul Technical University, İstanbul, Turkey (October)
• 1987 — Department of Chemistry, Karl Marx University, Leipzig, German Democratic Republic (November)
• 1987 — Mineral Research Center, Havana, Cuba (December)
• 1990 — Kunming Institute of Technology, Kunming (June)
• 1990 — Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece (June)
• 1990 — Department of Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (June)
• 1991 — Department of Metallurgy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (July)
• 1993 — Outokumpu Research in Pori, Finland (May)
• 1993 — Helsinki University of Technology, Finland (May)
• 1993 — Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town, S. Africa (June)
• 1993 — Research Department, CODELCO, Chuquicamata, Chile (August)
• 1993 — Training Center, CODELCO, El Teniente, Chile (August)
• 1994 — Institut national polytechnique de Lorraine in Nancy, France (January)
• 1994 — School of Chemical Engineering, University of Bradford, England (May)
• 1994 — Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, University of Leeds, England (May)
• 1994 — Hydrometallurgy Department, CODELCO, Chuquicamata, Chile (August)
• 1994 — University of Tarapaca, Arica, Chile (August)
• 1994 — Geological Surveys of Iran (September)
• 1995 — University of Toronto, Toronto (March)
• 1995 — Reminex, Marrakesh, Morocco (May–June)
• 1995 — Nuclear Materials Authority, Qattamiya, Cairo, Egypt (June–July)
• 1995 — Egyptian Geological Surveys and Mining Projects (June–July)
• 1996 — National Institute of Engineering & Industial Technology, Lisbon, Portugal (June)
• 1996 — Syrian Atomic Energy Authority (December)
• 1997 — Reminex, Marrakesh, Morocco (March)
• 1997 — CETEM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (April)
• 1997 — ASM International, Cleveland, Ohio (May)
• 1997 — School of Metallurgy, Central University of Venezula, Caracas (November)
• 1997 — CVG Minerven, El Gallao, Bolivar State, Venezula (December)
• 1997 — Technische Universität, Vienna, Austria (September)
• 1999 — Reminex, Marrakesh, Morocco (March)
• 2000 — Dept. Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy, University of Barcelona (May)
• 2000 — Copper Plant, Lubin, Poland (May)
• 2000 — Dept. Inorganic Chemistry & Metallurgy of Rare Metals, Polytechnic University, Wrocław, Poland (May)
• 2000 — CETEM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (December)
• 2000 — CVRD Research Department, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (December)
• 2001 — Reminex Research Center, Marrakesh, Morocco (April)
• 2001 — Chilean Mining Society, Santiago de Chile (August 14)
• 2001 — University of Concepción, Chile (August 17)
• 2001 — University of La Serena, Chile (August 20)
• 2001 — Jia Tong University, Shanghai, China (October)
• 2001 — Vietnam Atomic Energy Commission, Hanoi, Vietnam (October)
• 2002 — Beijing General Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, China (April)
• 2002 — Institute of Process Technology, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China (April)
• 2002 — Seoul National University, Seoul, S. Korea (April)
• 2003 — Research Institute for Precious & Rare Metals and Diamonds, Irkutsk, Russia (September)
• 2003 — Royal Technical University, Stockholm (October)
• 2003 — University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden (October)
• 2003 — Hanoi University of Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam (October)
• 2003 — Ho Chi Minh University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (October)
• 2004 — Astrakhan State University, Astrakhan, Russia (October)
• 2005 — Punta del Cobre, Copiapó, Chile (April)
• 2005 — Atacama University, Copiapó, Chile (April)
• 2005 — CODELCO, Santiago, Chile (April)
• 2006 — AMIRA, Toronto (March)
• 2006 — Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City (April)
• 2006 — National Metropolitan University at Izatapalapa, Mexico City (April)
• 2007 — Technical University of Košice, Slovakia (April)
• 2007 — Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Miskolc (April)
• 2007 — University of Miskolc (April)
• 2007 — University of Belgrade in Bor (April)
• 2007 — University of Belgrade in Belgrade (April)
• 2007 — University of Transylvania, Braşov (April)
• 2007 — University of Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco (September>
• 2007 — ONA Research Centre, Marrakesh (September)
• 2007 — UNAM, Mexico City (October)
• 2007 — Autonomous University of Hidalgo, Pachuca, Mexico (October)
• 2007 — School of Mines, Guanajuato, Mexico (October)
• 2007 — Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico (October)
• 2007 — University of Tokyo, Japan (October)
• 2007 — Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (October)
• 2007 — Prefecture of Osaka University, Osaka, Japan (October)
• 2007 — University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan (October)
• 2008 — University of Nantong, China (January)
• 2008 — Higher Institute of Mining & Metallurgy, Moa, Cuba (July)
• 2008 — Centro de capacitación y certificación del níquel, Cuba (July)

He was plenary lecturer at the following conferences:

• 1977 — International Conference on Chemical Metallurgy, Varanasi, India (November)
• 1984 — Portuguese Chemical Society Meeting, Lisbon (July)
• 1987 — South African Chemical Society 75th Jubelium, Durban, S. Africa (July)
• 1990 — Rare Metals Symposium, Kitakyushu, Japan (November)
• 1991 — International Conference on Chemical Metallurgy, Bombay (January)
• 1991 — International Conference on Environmental Issues and Management of Waste in Energy and Mineral Production, Calgary, Canada (September)
• 1993 — III Jornadas de Metalurgia del Norte Grande, Catholic University of the North, Antofagasta, Chile (August)
• 1993 — International Congress on Mining Engineering, University of Atacama, Copiapo, Chile (August)
• 1994 — International Symposium on Problems of Complex Ores Utilization, Saint Petersburg, Russia (May)
• 1994 — VIII Congreso Nacional de Metalurgia, Antofagasta, Chile (August)
• 1994 — Fourth Mining Symposium of Iran, Yazd, Iran (September)
• 1994 — First International Conference on Solvo-Thermal Reactions, Takamatsu, Japan (December)
• 1996 — Forty Fifth Anniversary of the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) March)
• 1996 — Second International Conference on Solvo-Thermal Reactions, Takamatsu, Japan (December)
• 1997 — First Rare Earths Workshop, CETEM, Rio de Janeiro (April)
• 1997 — International Conference on High Pressure Science & Technology, Kyoto, Japan (August)
• 1997 — Third International Conference on Solvo-Thermal Reactions, Takamatsu, Japan (September)
• 1997 — II Jornadas de Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Ciencia de los Materiales, Caracas, Venezuela (November)
• 1998 — XVII Encontro National de Tratamento de Minérios e Metalurgia Extractiva, Brazilian Assossiation of Metallurgy & Materials, Aguas de São Pedro, S.P. (August)
• 1998 — Anniversary of the Banares Hindu University, Varanasi, India (December)
• 2000 — National Academy of Science, Almaty, Kazakhstan (October)
• 2001 — II Mining Meeting of S. America/VII Mining Meeting of Tarapaca, Iquique, Chile (August)
• 2001 — Fourth International Conference on Materials Engineering, Akita, Japan (October)
• 2002 — International Conference on Metallurgical High Technology and New Materials of Heavy Nonferrous Metals, Kunming, China (April)
• 2003 — Second International Conference “Metallurgy of Nonferrous and Rare Metals,” Krasnoyarsk, Russia (September)
• 2003 — International Committee for Bauxite, Alumina, and Aluminium (ICSOBA), Zagreb, Croatia (October)
• 2003 — Eighth Euroasia Conference on Chemical Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam (October)
• 2004 — V. N. Tatishchev Conference, Astrakhan, Russia (October)
• 2004 — Fourth International Conference on Hydrometallurgy, Xi’an, China (October)
• 2005 — HydroCopper 2005, Santiago, Chile (November)
• 2006 — International Conference on Extractive Metallurgy, Saltillo, Mexico (April)
• 2006 — International Mineral Processing Congress, İstanbul (September)
• 2007 — Workshop on Water Science & Technology, Sakawa, Japan (November)
• 2008 — Summer School, University of Havana, Cuba (July)
• 2008 — ICSOBA Conference, Bhubaneswar, India (November)

He acted as a consultant to the following organizations:

• 1965 — Anaconda Company, Anaconda, Montana
• 1971 — Arthur D. Little Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• 1976 — United McGill, Columbus, Ohio (June)
• 1982 — Telor Inc., Roswell, New Mexico (June)
• 1989 — United Nations Development Programme for the Cuban Laterite Project (March)
• 1995 — Reminex Mineral Research Center, Marrakesh
• 1995 — Federal Business Development Bank, Québec (February)
• 1998 — INNOVATEC, Quebec City (November)
• 2000 — A.W. Atkins, Epsom, England (January–July)
• 2004 — COREM, Québec City (May)
• 2005 — Jordanian Magnesia, Amman, Jordan (February)
• 2005 — Jordanian Magnesia, Amman, Jordan (May)

He contributed to the following encyclopedias and handbooks:

• 1997 — Handbook of Extractive Metallurgy
• 1999 — Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry
• 2001 — Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology
• 2003 — Handbook of Aluminum
• 2003 — Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers
• 2003 — Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

He is a member of the following societies:

• American Chemical Society (emeritus 1998)
• Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum (Life Member 2006)
• The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society of AIME (TMS)
• Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration of AIME (SME)
• Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association
• Amnesty International
• Association of Friends & Graduates of the Technical University in Vienna

He was member of the following committees:

• 1975 — Historical Metallurgy, The Metallurgical Society, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum (Chairman from 1992–2000)
• 1982 — CANMET, NACMMR (June)
• 1985 — UNIDO Round Table Discussion “The Development of Phosphates and Phosphate Fertilizer Industry in Developing Countries,” Gafsa, Tunisia (November)
• 1991 — Organizing Committee Eighth Canadian Congress on Engineering Education (Quebec City May 1992)
• 1992 — Co-chairman, Organizing Committee International Symposium Problems of Complex Ores Utilization (St. Petersburg May 1994)
• 1993 — Member of Board of Directors of the Metallurgical Society, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum (to 2000)
• 1993 — Publications Committee, The Metallurgical Society, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum (to 2000)
• 1993 — Committee on the Evaluation of the Library of the Seminary of Quebec, Musée du Séminaire de Québec, Quebec City
• 1993 — Organizing Committee VIII Congreso Nacional de Metalurgia (CONAMET), Antofagasta, Chile, (August 1994)
• 1994 — Executive Committee of the International Mineral Processing Congress
• 1995 — Committee on the Evaluation of Armenian Museums (May)
• 1997 — Organizing Committee Third International Conference on Hydrometallurgy, Kunming, China (November 1998)
• 1997 — Scientific Committee Advanced Materials and Technologies, Košice, Slovakia (November 1998)
• 1997 — Organizing Committee Refractory and Reactive Metals, (Mumbai, India) (December 1998)
• 1998 — Manuscript Review Committee Global Symposium on Recycling, Waste Treatment, and Clean Technology, San Sebastian, Spain (September 1999)
• 1998 — Organizing Committee International Conference on Solvothermal Reactions, Bordeaux, France (July 1999)
• 1999 — Manuscript Review Committee Hydrometallurgy and the Environment, Conference of Metallurgists, Quebec City (August 1999)
• 2000 — Book Review Editor, CIM Bulletin
• 2000 — Chairman Consulting Committee Reminex, Marrakesh (January)
• 2001 — Chairman, NSERC Project Evaluation Committee “High Temperature Confinement Materials for the Aluminum Industry,” École Polytechnique, Montreal (January)
• 2001 — Member, Evaluation Committee, Abu Dhabj Magnesium Project, Epsom, UK (January)
• 2002 — Member, International Advisory Panel, New Materials, Kunming, China (April)
• 2002 — Member, Stearing Committee: Sixth Symposium Cultural Heritage in Geosciences, Mining, and Metallurgy, Idria (June)
• 2002 — Member, Organizing Committee: Global Symposium on Recycling Waste Treatment, and Clean Technology, Madrid (September 26–29, 2004)
• 2002 — Member, International Conference Metallurgy East–West VII, Slovak Metallurgical Society (May 25–27, 2004)
• 2003 — Member, NSERC Committee, Polytechnique Industrial Chair
• 2003 — Member, Organizing Committee, International Conference “Metallurgy of Nonferrous and Rare Metals,” Krasnoyarsk, Russia (September 9–12, 2003)
• 2005 — Member, Technical Committee, HydroCopper 2005 (November 24–25)
• 2006 — Member, Organizing Committee, Mining & Metallurgy in Kazakhstan (September 19–22)
• 2006 — Member, Organizing Committee, Metallurgy of the XXI Century. State of the Art & Development Strategy (October 3–5)
• 2006 — Member, Organizing Committee, Siberian Gold (December 5–7)
• 2006 — Member, Organizing Committee, Ninth Cultural Heritage Symposium in Geosciences, Mining, Metallurgy, and Archaeology, Quebec City, September 3–7, 2007
• 2007 — Member, Advisory Committee, Clean Technologies for the World Mining Industry, Concepción, Chile (April 13–16, 2008)
• 2007 — Member, NSERC Advisory Committee, Queen’s University Industrial Chair
• 2007 — Member, Advisory Committee, Hydro Process 2008, Santiago, Chile (May 14–16, 2008)
• 2008 — Member, Advisory Committee, VIII International Conference on Clean Technology for the Mining Industry, Santiago, Chile (April 13–16, 2008)

He is a member of the Editorial Board of the following journals:

• 1988 — Ciencias y Técnicas del Oro (La Paz)
• 1998 — Minerals Engineering (Falmouth, Cornwall)
• 2000 — Journal of European Mineral Processing & Environmental Protection (Isparta, Turkey)
• 2004 — Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy (London)
• 2004 — De Re Metallica (Madrid)

He was presented medals from the following institutions:

• 1979 — Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland
• 1983 — The Metallurgical Society of AIME (David Evans Souvenir Medal)
• 1990 — Central South University of Technology, Changsha, China
• 1990 — Kunming Institute of Technology, China
• 1991 — Metallurgical Faculty of the Technical University, Košice, Slovak Republic
• 1991 — Metallurgical Faculty, Cracow, Poland
• 1991 — Technical University, Košice, Slovak Republic
• 1991 — Technical Museum, Banská Štiavnica, Slovak Republic
• 1991 — Memorial Library of the Technical University, Miskolc, Hungary
• 1991 — Technical University, Miskolc, Hungary (Dean’s Medal)
• 1991 — Technical University, Miskolc, Hungary (Rector’s Medal)
• 1992 — Center of Mineral Technology, Rio de Janeiro
• 1993 — Saint Petersburg Mining Institute, Russia
• 1993 — Aneka Tambang Silver Medal, Jakarta, Indonesia
• 1994 — Maria Theresa Medal, Technical University, Košice, Slovak Republic
• 1999 — Silver Medal, Metallurgical Society of CIM
• 1999 — Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University (Dean’s Medal)
• 2003 — Laval University, Professor Emeritus Medal
• 2006 — University of Miskolc, Hungary, Verő József (1904–1985) Medal

He edited the following monographs:

• 1973 — Progress in Extractive Metallurgy, volume 1
• 1994 — A History of Metallurgy
• 1994 — Proceedings International Conference of Complex Ores Utilization (with I.N. Beloglazov and A.A. Galnbek)
• 1997 — Handbook of Extractive Metallurgy, 4 volumes
• 1998 — Alloys. Preparation, Properties, Applications
• 1998 — Gellert’s Metallurgic Chymistry

He published the following books:

• 1969 — Principles of Extractive Metallurgy — Volume 1: General Principles (Russian translation in 1975 and Chinese in 1974), reprinted 1980
• 1970 — Principles of Extractive Metallurgy — Volume 2: Hydrometallurgy (Russian translation in 1975, Vietnamese in 1977, and Chinese in 1978), reprinted 1980
• 1978 — Chalcopyrite. Its Chemistry and Metallurgy
• 1981 — Mineral Resources of the Arab Countries (co-author)
• 1986 — Principles of Extractive Metallurgy — Volume 3: Pyrometallurgy, reprinted 1992 (out of print)
• 1987 — Metallurgical Chemistry, American Chemical Society Audio Course (out of print). Reprinted 2007
• 1993 — Textbook of Hydrometallurgy (2nd edition 1999)
• 1996 — Pollution Problems in the Minerals and Metallurgical Industries
• 1998 — Principles of Extractive Metallurgy — Volume 4: Amalgam and Electrometallurgy
• 1999 — Mining and Metallurgy on Postage Stamps (co-author)
• 1999 — Kinetics of Metallurgical Processes
• 2000 — Extractive Metallurgy Today, Progress and Problems
• 2002 — Textbook of Pyrometallurgy
• 2002 — From Alchemy to Atomic Bombs
• 2003 — Schools of Mines. The Beginnings of Mining and Metallurgical Education
• 2003 — Metals from Ores. An Introduction to Extractive Metallurgy
• 2005 — Ida Noddack (1896–1978). Personal Recollections on the Occasion of 80th Anniversary of the Discovery of Rhenium
• 2006 — Readings in Historical Metallurgy — Volume 1: Changing Technology in Extractive Metallurgy
• 2006 — The Copts of Egypt
• 2008 — Postage Stamps: Metallurgy, Art, History
• 2008 — Aluminum. History & Metallurgy
• 2008 — Researches on Rare Earths. History and Technology
• 2008 — 70 years old. Department of Mining, Metallurgical, and Materials Engineering, Université Laval, 1938–2008
• 2009 — Researches on Copper. History & Metallurgy
• 2009 — Gold. History, Metallurgy, Culture

He published 75 research papers, 110 review articles, 120 historical articles, over 200 trip reports, 15 technical reports, over 120 book reviews, and holds 4 patents.