AUTHOR GUIDELINES FOR IC-LGO 2015 International Conference on “Processing of Lean Grade and Urban Ores (IC-LGO 2015)” Venue: CSIR- National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur January 20-22, 2015 Submission of Full Manuscript: Instructions to Author We are happy to inform you that the conference will bring out special issue of an International & National Journal/Proceedings (in black & white) covering all the papers accepted for presentation in IC-LGO 2015. Authors are requested to submit the manuscript as per the following guidelines:  Submission: The full manuscript may be submitted to The Chairman, Technical Committee, IC-LGO-2015, MEF Division, CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur- 831007 (email: [email protected]) by 30th November 2014. The manuscript is to be submitted in electronic format (e-mail) and may be limited to eight to ten pages (Times New Roman, Font size -12) inclusive of tables and figures. Manuscript is acceptable either in pdf version or Microsoft (2003 or 2007) word file. Authors may kindly note that document will be produced in single colour (B/W) only.  Format: The paper must be divided into sections starting with Title and ending with Conclusions. Typical format for papers dealing with experimental results is as follows :           Title Name (s) of the author (s) and their affiliation, address (es), e-mail id of principal/corresponding author Abstract Keywords Introduction Experimental (covering materials and methods) Results & Discussions Conclusion Acknowledgement and References  Title Page: (i) Concise and informative. Titles are often used in informationretrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible. The title of the paper must be brief and contain words useful for indexing.  Author names and affiliations: (i) The names with initials of authors as well as address of the institution where the work was done must be given below the names. All affiliations must be indicated with a lower-case superscript Page 1 of 3 letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name.  Corresponding author. It should be clearly indicated that who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also postpublication. The phone numbers (with country and area code) must be provided in addition to the e-mail address and complete postal address. The corresponding author must their contact details up to date. If an author has moved since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a 'Present address' must be given as a footnote to that author's name. However, the address at which the author actually did the work must be retained as the main affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.  Abstract: A concise and factual abstract (300 words) briefly stating the purpose of the research, the main result and conclusion is required that is often presented separately from the article. Avoid the use of references but if necessary, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if important they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract.  Highlights: Highlights are mandatory consisting of short collection of bullet points conveying the core findings of the article and should be submitted in a separate file. Please use 'Highlights' in the file name and include 3 to 5 bullet points (maximum 85 characters, including spaces, per bullet point).  Keywords: Maximum of 6 keywords must be provided for indexing and information retrieval.  Tables: All tables must be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals in the order of occurrence in the text. They should be self contained and have a descriptive title. Footnotes to tables must be placed below the table body and are indicated with superscript lowercase letters. Vertical rules must be avoided. Ensure that the data presented in tables are not described elsewhere in the article.  Figures: All figures including line drawings, graphs and photographs/plates should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals in the order of appearance in the text. The line diagrams may be prepared with computer assisted graphic package such as MS Excel. The figures images should be of high quality and high resolution with a suitable caption. The original graphic files should also be sent. A caption should comprise a brief title (not on the figure itself) and a description of the illustration. Keep text in the illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations used.  Units: Units and associated symbols must invariably follow SI practice.  References: Every reference cited in the text must be present in the reference list and vice-versa. References should be cited in the text by number and is to be shown within square bracket as superscript. References at the end of the paper should be serially listed by authors' names followed by initials, year of publication, name of the journal (abbreviated according to the World List of Scientific Periodicals, Butterworth’s, London), volume number and page numbers. Reference to books/ Proceedings should include: Name(s) of author(s), initials, year of publication, title of the book, edition if not the first, initials and name(s) of editors if any, chapter referred to, Page 2 of 3 publisher, and place of publication and number of the first page. References to thesis must include the year, the title of the thesis, the degree for which submitted and the University. Use of DOI is highly encouraged. Some examples are given below : Text: References cited in the text should be shown with the author’s name without initials and the year of publication if single author is present. If two authors are present than both authors' names and the year of publication. For three or more than that first author's name followed by 'et al.' and the year of publication. Groups of references should be listed first alphabetically, then chronologically. Examples: 'as demonstrated (Allan, 2000a, 2000b, 1999; Allan and Jones, 1999). Kramer et al. (2010) have recently shown ....' List: References should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters 'a', 'b', 'c', etc., placed after the year of publication. Examples: Reference to a journal publication:  Gameiro, M.L.F., Machado, R.M., Ismael, M.R.C., Reis, M.T.A., Carvalho, J.M.R., 2010. Copper extraction from ammoniacal medium in a pulsed sieve-plate column with LIX 84-I. Journal of Hazardous Materials 183, 165–175.  Agarwal, S., Ferreira, A.E., Santos, S.M.C., Reis, M.T.A., Ismael, M.R.C., Correia, M.J.N., Carvalho, J.M.R., 2010. Separation and recovery of copper from zinc leach liquor by solvent extraction using Acorga M5640. International Journal of Mineral Processing 97, 85–91. Reference to a book:  Swaddle, T.W., 1997. Inorganic Chemistry: An Industrial and Environmental Perspective. Academic Press, San Diego.  Wills, B.A., 1992. Mineral Processing Technology, fifth ed., Pergamon Press, Oxford, England. Reference to a chapter in an edited book:  Ritcey, G.M., Ashbrook, A.W., 1979. Solvent Extraction, Principles and Applications to Process Metallurgy. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., Amsterdam, pp. 201–220. Similarly for article on website the following format may be used: Author’ name followed by surname, year, Title, Edition, Publisher, Place of publication, Available from <URL> Accessed date. Page 3 of 3