
Overview
Background
Biography:
Prof Hayes is Emeritus Professor of Metallurgical Engineering within the School of Chemical Engineering. He is curently a senior researcher in the Pyrometallurgy Innovation Centre (PYROSEARCH). He received his PhD in Metallurgy from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1974. He has a BSc (1970) and MSc (1972) in Metallurgy from the University of Newcastle on Tyne, England.
Research:
Prof Hayes was founding Director of the Pyrometallurgy Innovation Centre (PYROSEARCH). Prof Hayes' research is focused on the high temperature processing of minerals and materials, with particular application to the pyrometallurgical production and refining of metals. His interests include chemical equilibria, reaction kinetics and mechanisms.
His current research projects encompass:
- High temperature phase equilibrium measurements and determination of liquidus isotherms in complex industrial slag systems relevant to the smelting of copper, ferro-chromium, ferro-manganese, iron, ferro-nickel, lead and zinc production and metal recycling.
- The development of thermodynamic databases, and their use in conjunction with FactSage, to predict phase equilibria and thermodynamic properties in oxide systems.
- Reaction kinetics and mechanisms in metal and materials processing, smelting and refining; in particular, gas/solid reactions.
Prof Hayes has over 450 research publications.
Teaching and Learning:
Prof Hayes’ teaching interests include pyrometallurgy, chemical thermodynamics, and physical and chemical processing of minerals.
He is author of the undergraduate textbook “Process Selection in Minerals and Materials Production” by P.C. Hayes, Hayes Publishing Co, Sherwood, Brisbane, the 4th ed. is currently available and downloadable from the web as a e-book. Prof Hayes introduced the dual major BE Chemical and Metallurgical to the UQ curriculum and has been activity involved in program and curriculum development in the field of metallurgical engineering over a several decades.
Projects:
- Reaction mechanisms and kinetics of high temperature gas/solid/liquid reaction kinetics relevant to metals production.
- Fundamental experimental studies of phase equilibria in metal smelting, refining and metals recycling processes.
Availability
- Emeritus Professor Peter Hayes is:
- Not available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), Newcastle University
- Masters (Coursework) of Science, Newcastle University
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Strathclyde
Research interests
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Pyrometallurgy
High temperature metal production and recycling
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Extractive Metallurgy
Chemical processing of minerals and metals
Research impacts
2004 TMS Science Award (The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society's (TMS) Extraction and Processing Division the best research paper in recognition of a series of six research papers published in the leading scientific journal Metallurgical & Materials Transactions B. (co-recipients E. Jak and P.C. Hayes)
2004 CRC Association Award for Excellence in Innovation awarded to CAST CRC – supervised the original fundamental research for the role played in the development of SF6 cover gas technology for magnesium melt protection.
2008 Billiton Gold Medal award - IMM (London); "Phase equilibria in the system FeO-Fe2O3-Al2O3-CaO-SiO2, with applications to non-ferrous smelting slags", Trans IMM C., 2008 vol.117(3), pp.147-152.(co-recipients E. Jak, B. Zhao and P.C. Hayes)
2009 Metallurgical Society of CIM, Non-Ferrous Pyrometallurgy Best Paper Award for "High temperature softening behaviour of Imperial Smelting Furnace sinters in Air", Can. Met. Quart., 2008, vol 47, no.2 pp. 139-148. (co-recipients B. Zhao, E. Jak E and P.C. Hayes.)
2010 TMS Science Award Extraction and Processing Division "Phase equilibria in ferrous calcium silicates, Parts I-IV", co-recipients S. Nikolic, P.C. Hayes, H. Henao, E. Jak"
2013 TMS Science Award Extraction and Processing Division, P.C. Hayes, “Stability criteria for product microstructures formed on gaseous reduction of solid Metal oxides” Metall. Mater. Trans. B, 2010, vol 41B, pp. 19-34.
2018 TMS Extraction & Processing Division Distinguished Service Award - Peter Hayes
2018 Named Symposium "Peter Hayes Symposium on Pyrometallurgy", Extraction2018, Ottawa, TMS/CIM/SME
2019 TMS Science Award Extraction and Processing, Fallah-Mehrjardi, T. Hidayat, P.C. Hayes and Jak E., Experimental investigation of slag/matte/tridymite equilibrium in the Cu-Fe-O-S-Si system at controlled gas atmosphere: development of technique, Metall. Mater. Trans. B, 2017, vol.48(6), pp.3002-3016.
2019 TMS Best Paper Award Extraction & Processing Division. Hidayat T., Fallah-Mehjardi A, Hayes P.C, Jak. E., "Experimental investigation of gas/slag/matte/spinel equilibria in the Cu-Fe-O-S-Si System at T=1250 °C and P(SO2)=0.25 atm", Metall. Mater. Trans. B, 2018, vol.49B, pp.1-8.
2019 Billiton Gold Medal award, IMM (London). T. Crivits, P.C. Hayes & E. Jak, "An investigation of factors influencing freeze lining behaviour", Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy, 2018, vol. 127(4), pp.195-209,
2021 TMS Best Paper Award Extraction & Processing Division, J. Chen and P.C. Hayes, "Mechanisms and Kinetics of Reduction of Solid NiO in CO/CO2 and CO/Ar Gas Mixtures", Metall. Mater. Trans B, 2019, vol. 50, pp. 2623–2635.
2021 TMS Science Award Extraction and Processing Div., S.Nicol, E.Jak and P.C. Hayes, Microstructure evolution during controlled cooling of "Fe2O3"-CaO-SiO2 melts liquids in air”, Metall. Mater. Trans B, 2019,vol.50, pp.2706-2722
Most cited article
Yamashita T. and Hayes P.C., "Analysis of XPS spectra of Fe2+ and Fe3+ ions in oxide materials", Applied Surface Sci., 2007, vol. 254(8), pp. 2441-2449.
Over 400 research publications in international journals and conferences.
Works
Search Professor Peter Hayes’s works on UQ eSpace
1993
Journal Article
Microstructural changes on reduction of ISF sinters
Lee, F. T. and Hayes, P. C. (1993). Microstructural changes on reduction of ISF sinters. Metallurgical Transactions B, 24 (1), 39-51. doi: 10.1007/BF02657870
1993
Journal Article
Sulphur partition between CaO-SiO2-Ce2O3 slags and carbon saturated iron
Anacleto, Nathaniel M., Lee, Hae-Geon and Hayes, Peter C. (1993). Sulphur partition between CaO-SiO2-Ce2O3 slags and carbon saturated iron. ISIJ International, 33 (5), 549-555. doi: 10.2355/isijinternational.33.549
1993
Book
Process principles in minerals and aterials production
Hayes, Peter (1993). Process principles in minerals and aterials production. 2nd ed. Sherwood, Brisbane: Hayes Publishing Co.
1993
Conference Publication
The Thermodynamics of Zinc-Oxide in Iron Silicate Slags
Grimsey, EJ, Li, H, Hayes, P and Lee, HG (1993). The Thermodynamics of Zinc-Oxide in Iron Silicate Slags. International Symposium on Zinc: World Zinc 1993, Hobart Australia, Oct 10-13, 1993. PARKVILLE VICTORIA: AUSTRALASIAN INST MINING & METALLURGY.
1992
Conference Publication
Conditions for the formation of dense and porous iron on reduction of wustite in H2/H2O and CO/CO2 gas mixtures
St John, D.H., Matthew, S.P. and Hayes, P.C. (1992). Conditions for the formation of dense and porous iron on reduction of wustite in H2/H2O and CO/CO2 gas mixtures. International Symposium on Iron and Steelmaking, Toronto,
1992
Conference Publication
The application of phase equilibrium studies to the characterisation of zinc and lead blast furnace sinters
Lee, F. T., Nairn, J. D. and Hayes, P. C. (1992). The application of phase equilibrium studies to the characterisation of zinc and lead blast furnace sinters. AusIMM Extractive Metallurgy Conference, Kalgoorlie, WA, Australia, 26-28 October 1992. Parkville, VIC Australia: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
1992
Conference Publication
A review of the mechanisms of decomposition of solids and their relevance to extractive metallurgical processes
Hayes, P.C. (1992). A review of the mechanisms of decomposition of solids and their relevance to extractive metallurgical processes. International Conference on Advances in Chemical Metallurgy, Bombay, India, 9-11 January 1991. Philadelphia, PA United States: Gordon and Breach.
1992
Journal Article
A review of the mechanisms of decomposition of solids and their relevance to extractive metallurgical processes
Hayes, P. C. (1992). A review of the mechanisms of decomposition of solids and their relevance to extractive metallurgical processes. Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review, 8 (1-4), 73-94. doi: 10.1080/08827509208952679
1991
Conference Publication
The Reduction of Zinc-Oxide
Lee, FT and Hayes, PC (1991). The Reduction of Zinc-Oxide. 5Th Conf of the Australasian Inst of Mining and Metallurgy : Extractive Metallurgy, Perth Australia, Oct 02-04, 1991. PARKVILLE VICTORIA: AUSTRALASIAN INST MINING & METALLURGY.
1991
Journal Article
Kinetics of S35 exchange between SO2/CO/CO2 mixtures and copper sulphide melts at 1523K
Morland, P.T., Matthew, S.P. and Hayes, P.C. (1991). Kinetics of S35 exchange between SO2/CO/CO2 mixtures and copper sulphide melts at 1523K. Metallurgical Transactions B, 22B (2), 211-217. doi: 10.1007/BF02652485
1991
Conference Publication
The effects of thermal pretreatment on the electrical conductivities of rutile and zircon
Struthers, A. A. and Hayes, P. C. (1991). The effects of thermal pretreatment on the electrical conductivities of rutile and zircon. Proc 5th AusIMM Symposium on extractive Metallurgy, Perth Australia, 2-4 October 1991. Parkville, VIC Australia: AusIMM.
1990
Journal Article
The effects of impurity elements on the reduction of wustite and magnetite to iron in CO/CO2 and H2/H2O gas mixtures
Geva, S., Farren, M., St John, D. H. and Hayes, P. C. (1990). The effects of impurity elements on the reduction of wustite and magnetite to iron in CO/CO2 and H2/H2O gas mixtures. Metallurgical Transactions B, 21 (4), 743-751. doi: 10.1007/BF02654253
1990
Journal Article
Reduction of solid wustite in H2/H2O/CO/CO2 gas mixtures
Farren, M., Matthew, S. P. and Hayes, P. C. (1990). Reduction of solid wustite in H2/H2O/CO/CO2 gas mixtures. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 21 (1), 135-140. doi: 10.1007/BF02658125
1990
Journal Article
In situ observations of the gaseous reduction of magnetite
Matthew, S. P. and Hayes, P. C. (1990). In situ observations of the gaseous reduction of magnetite. Metallurgical Transactions B, 21B (1), 141-152. doi: 10.1007/BF02658126
1990
Journal Article
Mechanisms of porous iron growth on wustite and magnetite during gaseous reduction
Matthew, S. P., Cho, T. R. and Hayes, P. C. (1990). Mechanisms of porous iron growth on wustite and magnetite during gaseous reduction. Metallurgical Transactions B, 21 (4), 733-741. doi: 10.1007/BF02654252
1990
Journal Article
Microstructural changes occurring during the gaseous reduction of magnetite
Matthew, S. P. and Hayes, P. C. (1990). Microstructural changes occurring during the gaseous reduction of magnetite. Metallurgical Transactions B, 21 (1), 153-172. doi: 10.1007/BF02658127
1987
Conference Publication
The reduction of PbO-Silicate melts using CO.
Russell, R.W. and Hayes, P.C. (1987). The reduction of PbO-Silicate melts using CO.. Research and Development in Extractive Metallurgy, Adelaide, 1987. AusIMM.
1986
Journal Article
Techniques for the preparation and examination of partially reduced oxides, Metallography
Matthew, S. P., St. John, D. H., Hardy, J. V. and Hayes, P. C. (1986). Techniques for the preparation and examination of partially reduced oxides, Metallography. Metallography, 18 (4), 367-379. doi: 10.1016/0026-0800(85)90005-9
1986
Journal Article
The gaseous reduction of solid calciowustites in CO/CO2 and H2/H2O gas mixtures
Nakiboglu, F., St John, D. H. and Hayes, P. C. (1986). The gaseous reduction of solid calciowustites in CO/CO2 and H2/H2O gas mixtures. Metallurgical Transactions B, 17 (2), 375-381. doi: 10.1007/BF02655085
1985
Journal Article
The Breakdown of dense iron layers on wustite in CO/Co2 and H2/H2O systems
St. John, D. H., Matthew, S. P. and Hayes, P. C. (1985). The Breakdown of dense iron layers on wustite in CO/Co2 and H2/H2O systems. Metallurgical Transactions B, 16 (4), 857-857. doi: 10.1007/BF02667525
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Emeritus Professor Peter Hayes is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Development of the thermodynamic database for the optimisation of the recycling of waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Evgueni Jak, Dr Maksym Shevchenko, Dr Denis Shishin
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Doctor Philosophy
Development of the thermodynamic database for the optimisation of the recycling of waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Evgueni Jak, Dr Maksym Shevchenko, Dr Denis Shishin
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Doctor Philosophy
Development of the thermodynamic database for the optimisation of the recycling of waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Evgueni Jak, Dr Maksym Shevchenko, Dr Denis Shishin
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Doctor Philosophy
The Fundamental Experimental and Thermodynamical Phase Equilibria Studies of the Cu-Sb-Sn-Ni-S-Fe-As Matte / Speiss / Liquid Metal System in Support of Improvements of Existing and Developments of Novel Sustainable High-Temperature Pyrometallurgical Refining, Recycling, and Recovery Technologies from Integrated Sources
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Evgueni Jak, Dr Maksym Shevchenko
Completed supervision
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Solidificiation of Melts in the CaO Fe2O3 SiO2 System
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Evgueni Jak, Dr Jeff Chen
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2017
Master Philosophy
The high temperature decomposition of hematite in reactive gas atmospheres: for use in chemical looping combustion
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Evgueni Jak
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
The Fundamental Studies on Reduction Roasting of Saprolite Ore in the Caron Process
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Evgueni Jak
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2011
Master Philosophy
Phase Equilibria Study of Tin-containing Slag
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Evgueni Jak
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
Investigation into the high temperature phase equilibria in the system CaO-FeO-Fe2-O3-SiO2-MgO at copper metal saturation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Evgueni Jak
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
PHASE EQUILIBRIA IN MgO-CONTAINING SMELTING SLAGS
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Evgueni Jak
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Development of the thermodynamic database for the optimisation of the recycling of waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Evgueni Jak, Dr Maksym Shevchenko, Dr Denis Shishin
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Integrated Experimental/Modelling Studies of the Equilibria of the Pb-Fe-Cu-Zn-Si-O Slag/Metal/Gas System and Subsystems
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jeff Chen, Dr Maksym Shevchenko, Dr Denis Shishin, Dr Evgenii Nekhoroshev, Professor Evgueni Jak
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Fundamental Studies on Pyrometallurgical Processing with a Focus on Iron Making Systems
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Maksym Shevchenko, Professor Evgueni Jak
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2021
Master Philosophy
Experimental Phase Equilibria in the "CuO0.5"-AlO1.5-CaO-SiO2 System with Cu Metal for the Pyrometallurgical and Recycling Industries
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Maksym Shevchenko, Professor Evgueni Jak
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Sintering Method for Recycling Sodium and Aluminium from Bayer Desilication Product: Reaction Mechanisms and Novel Process Development
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor James Vaughan
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Integrated Experimental and Thermodynamic Modelling Research on the Multicomponent Pb-Cu-Fe-Zn-Ca-Si-O system
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Evgueni Jak
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Fundamental studies on the chemical aspects of freeze linings
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Evgueni Jak
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
A novel low-energy process route for primary copper production utilising synergistic hydro- and pyro-metallurgical processes
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor James Vaughan
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Chemical thermodynamics of novel high temperature processing technologies: Phase equilibria studies related to recycling processes
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Evgueni Jak
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2014
Master Philosophy
High Temperature Phase Equilibria in the Cu-Fe-S System
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Evgueni Jak
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Recovery of nickel and cobalt from laterite tailings through scavenging with ion exchange resin and selective ammoniacal elution
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor James Vaughan
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Investigation of freeze-lining formation in metallurgical systems
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Evgueni Jak
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Equilibrium Studies of Complex Silicate-Based Slag in the Copper Production
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Evgueni Jak
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2013
Master Philosophy
Experimental Phase Equilibria Studies in Oxide Systems for Copper Smelting Slags
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Evgueni Jak
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
Characterisation of Physical-Chemical Properties of complex silicate industrial slag systems
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Evgueni Jak
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2007
Master Philosophy
HIGH-TEMPERATURE VISCOSITY MEASUREMENTS IN SLAGS
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Evgueni Jak
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
PHASE EQUILIBRIA OF ZINCITE CONTAINING SYSTEMS RELEVANT TO ZINC/LEAD SMELTING
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Evgueni Jak
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2004
Doctor Philosophy
DEVELOPMENT OF VISCOSITY MODELS FOR MULTIPHASE SLAG SYSTEM
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Evgueni Jak
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