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1. Mintek reports The folowing reports are available from Mintek, Private Bag X3015, Randburg, 2125 South Africa. They are available at R25 (plus R3,25 GST) per copy to South African addressees, and US$25 per copy (including airmail postage) to addressees elsewhere. Report M91D A mineralogical investigation of samples from the Renosterkop tin prospect near Upington, by M.J. Southwood. First issued Jul. 1983, reissued May 1989. 16 pp. Report M256D The upgrading of Mamatwan manganese ores heavy-medium separation, by P. W. Overbeek. First issued Apr. 1986, reissued May 1989. Report M299D A mineralogical investigation of samples from the Eenzaamheid cobalt-molybdenum deposit, by C.D. de Nooy. First issued Jan. 1987; reissued May 1989. Report M301D The evaluation of manganese metal powder by automatic image analysis, by E.J. Oosthuyzen. First issued Feb. 1987, reissued May 1989. 13 pp. Report M311D Mineralogical and beneficiation studies of ore from Lutzputz, by R.N. Guest and C.T. Logan. First issued Mar. 1987, reissued May 1989. 13 pp. Report M314D The beneficiation of a sample of magnesium ca/crete, by L. Jonker. First issued Apr. 1987, reissued May 1989. 13pp. Report M369 The determination, by flow-injection analysis, of thiocyanate, by E.A. Jones and M-J. Hennings. Jun. 1989. 7pp. Report M389 A spectrophotometric method for the determination of zinc by flow-injection analysis, by D.E. Barnes and RA. Jones. Jul. 1989. 15 pp.2. Recent publications Pumps-principles and practice. Available from K. Myles & Associates CC, P .0. Box 2212, Northclif 2115. :200pp. R99 including GST. Standard handbook of hazardous waste treatment and disposal, edited by H.M. Freeman. Bergano Book Co., P .0. Box 190, Fairfield, CT 06430, USA. 1120 pp. US$130.Quality control handbook, by J. Juran and F. Gryna Jr. Bergano Book Co. (address as above). 4th 00. 1536pp. US$125.Refractories in the manufacture and transport of pig iron. Verlag Schmid GMBH, P.O. Box 6609, 7800 Freiburg, West Germany. DM 100. The user-computer interface in process control, byW.E. Gilmore, D.I. Gertman, and H.S. Blackman. London, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Ltd, 1989. " 312pp. $29.Aluminum alloys-contemporary research and applications, edited by A.K. Vasudevan and R.D. Doherty. London, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Ltd, 1989. " 676 pp. " £90.3. TMS publications issued recently The folowing publications are available from The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, 420 Commonwealth Drive, Warendale, PA 15086, USA (Telephone: (412) 776-9000, Telex: 9103809397, Fax: 4127763770). Advances in magnesium alloys and composites, by H. Paris and W.H. Hunt (eds.). 145 pp. $65. Arsenic metallurgy-fundamentals and applications, by R. Reddy (ed.). 515 pp. $104. Casting of near net shape products, by Y. Sahai (ed.). 7oopp. $155.Continuous casting of non-ferous metals and alloys, by H.D. Merchant, D.E. Tyler, and E.H. Chia (eds.). 360 pp. $90.Dislocations and interfaces in semiconductors, by K. Rajan, D. Ast, and J. Narayan (eds.). 210pp. $75.