All papers published in this volume of IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering have been peer reviewed through processes administered by the Editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by IOP Publishing. • Type of peer review: Double-blind • Conference submission management system: e-mail • Number of submissions received: 9 • Number of submissions sent for review: 7 • Number of submissions accepted: 7 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 78% • Average number of reviews per paper: 2 • Total number of reviewers involved: 12 • Any additional info on review process: The form of the review was a “double – blind review process”. Each article was addressed to two reviewers. The reviewers were asked to evaluate the article in accordance with the below mentioned criteria: Does the issue of the article fit into the scope of THE IMTECH (INNOVATIVE MINING TECHNOLOGIES) CONFERENCE? Does the problem being presented in the article is significant for science? Is the aim of article clearly specified and realized? Is the paper an original study (it means, it is not the compilation of former known publications)? Articles that were approved for publication received a comment: The article is worth publishing in author’s version. or The article is worth publishing after corrections suggested by the reviewer. The reviewers wrote their comments on the review form (“REVIEWER’S COMMENTS”) or directly on the received version of the article (without names), and the authors were obliged to make corrections. • Contact person for queries: mmalec@komag.eu