Kurt Aasly is currently on sabbattical from his position as Associate Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) at the Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, Trondheim, Norway. His main field of research is within process mineralogy and geometallurgy of industrial minerals and iron oxides. Additionall, Kurt is also involved in technology projects related to deep sea mining on the Atlantic Mid Ocean Ridge as project manager.
Kurt has recently been involved in developing a national research infrastructure Norwegian Laboratory for Mineral and Materials Characterization (MiMaC), where he is responsible for establishing a mineral characterisation lab equipped with e.g. one JEOL JXF-8530F PLUS Electron Probe Micro Analyser and one Zeiss Sigma 300 FE with Mineralogic Mining.
Kurt received his MSc degree in Resource Geology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, in 2000, and PhD degree also in Resource Geology from NTNU, in 2008.
Kurt has experience as an exploration geologist for base metals and Au in Norway and at Greenland. After finishing his PhD, he continued his work related to quartz within Elkem before re-joining NTNU as an Associate Professor in 2012.
Kurt will spend his sabbatical as a Visiting academic in the period from mid-July 2019 to the beginning of July 2020. The research carried out in this period will be related to process mineralogy and geometallurgy. Kurt is interested in connecting with researchers and students working on projects within any of these topics.
Main publications:
Kowalczuk, Przemyslaw; Bouzahzah, Hassan; Kleiv, Rolf Arne; Aasly, Kurt (2019) Simultaneous leaching of seafloor massive sulfides and polymetallic nodules. Minerals Vol. 9 (8)
Kowalczuk, Przemyslaw B.; Snook, Ben; Kleiv, Rolf Arne; Aasly, Kurt (2018) Efficient extraction of copper and zinc from seafloor massive sulphide rock samples from the Loki's Castle area at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. Minerals Engineering, Vol. 115. p. 106-116
Kowalczuk, Przemyslaw; Dan, Oliric Manaig; Drivenes, Kristian; Snook, Ben; Aasly, Kurt; Kleiv, Rolf Arne (2018) Galvanic Leaching of Seafloor Massive Sulphides Using MnO2 in H2SO4-NaCl Media. Minerals Vol. 8 (6)
Lang, Aleksandra; Aasly, Kurt; Ellefmo, Steinar Løve (2018) Mineral characterization as a tool in the implementation of geometallurgy into industrial mineral mining. Minerals Engineering Vol. 116. p. 114-122
Lang, Aleksandra Maria; Ellefmo, Steinar Løve; Aasly, Kurt (2018) Geometallurgical Flowsheet as a Tool for Designing and Communicating Geometallurgical Programs. Minerals Vol. 8 (9)
Mena Silva, Camilo Andrés; Sørensen, Bjørn Eske; Aasly, Kurt; Ellefmo, Steinar Løve (2018)
Geometallurgical Approach to the Element-to-Mineral Conversion for the Nabbaren Nepheline Syenite Deposit. Minerals Vol. 8 (8)
Røisi, Ida; Aasly, Kurt (2018) The effect of graphite filler in sample preparation for automated mineralogy – a preliminary study. Mineralproduksjon Vol. 8. p. A1-A23
Snook, Ben; Drivenes, Kristian; Rollinson, Gavyn; Aasly, Kurt (2018) Characterisation of Mineralised Material from the Loki’s Castle Hydrothermal Vent on the Mohn’s Ridge. Minerals Volum 8 (12)
Tøgersen, Marte Kristine; Kleiv, Rolf Arne; Ellefmo, Steinar Løve; Aasly, Kurt (2018)
Mineralogy and texture of the Storforshei iron formation, and their effect on grindability. Minerals Engineering Vol. 125. p. 176-189
Ludvigsen, Martin; Søreide, Fredrik; Aasly, Kurt; Ellefmo, Steinar Løve; Zylstra, Michael; Pardey, Marshall (2017) ROV based drilling for deep sea mining exploration. IEEE conference proceedings 2017 ISBN 978-1-5090-5278-3.
Aasly, Kurt; Ellefmo, Steinar Løve (2014) Geometallurgy applied to industrial minerals operations. Mineralproduksjon Vol. 5. p. A21-A34
Hestnes, Kristin Husebø; Aasly, Kurt; Sandøy, Roar; Sørensen, Bjørn Eske (2013) Occurrence of iron in industrial granitic pegmatite. Minerals Engineering, Vol. 52. p. 21-30
Conference proceedings:
Aasly, Kurt and Dosaj, Vishu (2016) Assessment of production performance of quartz in the Si-furnace. In Silicon for the Chemical and Solar Industry XIII. p. 279-294
Aasly, Kurt; Malvik, Terje; Myrhaug, Edin (2007) A review of previous work on important properties of quartz for FeSi and Si metal production. In: INFACON XI: Innovations in the Ferro Ally Industry, Vol. 1. Macmillan. ISBN 9780230630697. p. 393-401
Aasly, Kurt; Malvik, Terje; Myrhaug, Edin (2007) Advanced methods to characterize thermal properties of quartz. In: INFACON XI: Innovations in the Ferro Ally Industry, Vol. 1. Macmillan. ISBN 9780230630697. p. 381-392
Aasly, Kurt; Malvik, Terje; Myrhaug, Edin (2006) Quartz for Carbothermic Production of Silicon - effect of the process steps, handling and transport from mine to furnace. In: Silicon for the chemical industry VIII. Trondheim, Norway. ISBN 82-997357-0-X. p. 9-18
Reports and thesis:
Ludvigsen, Martin; Aasly, Kurt; Ellefmo, Steinar Løve; Hilário, Ana; Ramirez-Llodra, Eva; Søreide, Fredrik Xander; Falcon-Suarez, Ismael; Juliani, Cyril Jerome; Kieswetter, Amanda; Lim, Anna; Malmquist, Christian; Nornes, Stein Melvær; Reimers, Hauke; Paulsen, Emil; Sture, Øystein (2016) NTNU Cruise reports 2016 no 1 - MarMine cruise report Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge 15.08.2016 - 05.09.2016. Trondheim: NTNU 2016 120 p. NTNU Cruise reports (1)
Aasly, Kurt (2008) Properties and behavior of quartz for the silicon process. Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). PhD thesis at NTNU no. 2008:236. ISBN 978-82-471-1164-2.