*Programme subject to change
Thursday 7th July
| 08:45 | Registration and coffee | ||
| 09:15 | Opening of Day 1 and announcements | ||
| Hylke Glass, Rio Tinto Professor of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Camborne School of Mines | |||
| 09:20 - 10:15 | Session 1: Analytics (Session Chair: Vasant Kumar, Professor in Materials Chemistry, Univeristy of Cambridge) |
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| 09:20 | Keynote speaker: Matt Pankhurst, Institute of Volcanology in the Canaries (INVOLCAN) | ||
| Towards 4D petrographic X-ray microscopy: implications for geometallurgy | |||
| 09:50 | Speaker: James Strongman, Petrolab Ltd | ||
| Practicalities of implementing a minesite mineralogy program | |||
| 10:15 | Refreshments and networking | ||
| 10:45 - 12:25 | Session 1 continued: Analytics (Session Chair: Vasant Kumar) |
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| 10:45 | Speaker: Juan Carlos Catalina, Multispectral Microscopic Technologies S.L. | ||
| Multispectral reflected-light ore microscopy: a new approach to automated mineralogy | |||
| 11:10 | Speaker: Leonard Krebbers, Institute of Mineral Resources Engineering, RWTH Aachen University | ||
| Computed tomography of graphite ore: implications for product use | |||
| 11:35 | Speaker: Teshan Rezel, University of Nottingham | ||
| Using advanced image processing to characterise the performance of metallurgical coke in blast furnaces | |||
| 12:00 | Speaker: Alan Butcher, GTK Finland | ||
| The use of integrated 2D-3D non-destructive imaging and analysis as a new workflow for geometallurgical studies | |||
| 12:25 | Lunch and networking | ||
| 13:45 - 15:30 | Session 2: Technology (Session Chair: Gawen Jenkin, Professor of Applied Geology, University of Leicester) |
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| 13:45 | Keynote Speaker: Mark de Geus, Intellisense | ||
| Artificially Intelligent geometallurgy: real-time decision optimisation | |||
| 14:15 | Speaker: Phoebe Whattoff, Minviro | ||
| Life cycle assessment to minimize the impact of critical minerals and metals production | |||
| 14:40 | Speaker: Daniel Parvaz, Lightning Machines Limited | ||
| Pre-concentration of ores using high voltage electric pulses | |||
| 15:05 | Speaker: Baker Giyani, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham | ||
| Is it possible to enhance the leaching of metals from ores through selective and targeted microwave heating? | |||
| 15:30 | Refreshments and networking | ||
| 15:50 - 17:05 | Session 2 continued: Technology (Session Chair: Gawen Jenkin) |
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| 15:50 | Speaker: Jeroen van Duijvenbode | ||
| Material fingerprinting to capture impact of geology on metallurgical performance | |||
| 16:15 | Speaker: Rakan Abdulwahed, Geological Survey of Saudi Arabia | ||
| Geometallurgy as a tool to increase the sustainability and efficiency of gold mining | |||
| 16:40 | Speaker: Lucy England, FLSmidth | ||
| Filtration technology for best practice tailings disposal | |||
| 17:05 | Closing Remarks for Day 1 | ||
| Hylke Glass, Rio Tinto Professor of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Camborne School of Mines | |||
| 17:15 | Close of Day 1 | ||
| 18:30 | Drinks Reception | ||
| 19:00 | Evening Meal & Presentation | ||
| 19:30 TBC | Speaker: Kevin Foo, Tianshan Jade | ||
| TBC | |||
Friday 8th July
| 08:45 | Registration and coffee | ||
| 09:15 | Opening of Day 2 and announcements | ||
| Hylke Glass, Rio Tinto Professor of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Camborne School of Mines | |||
| 09:20 - 09:50 | Session 3: Practice (Session Chair: Hylke Glass, Rio Tinto Professor of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Cambourne School of Mines) |
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| 09:20 | Keynote speaker: David Meadows, Bechtel Corporation | ||
| Geometallurgical aspects of project design | |||
| 09:50 | Speaker: Quentin Dehaine, Geological Survey of Finland | ||
| Geometallurgical developments at the Rajapalot Au-Co project, Finland | |||
| 10:15 | Refreshments and networking | ||
| 10:45 - 12:25 | Session 3 continued: Practice (Session Chair: Hylke Glass) |
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| 10:45 | Speaker: Simon Dominy, Camborne School of Mines | ||
| Sampling broken ore residues in underground gold workings: implications for reconciliation and lost revenue | |||
| 11:10 | Speaker: John Monhemius, Anglo Asian Mining plc | ||
| Application of ore sorting to copper-gold ore processing | |||
| 11:35 | Speaker: James McFarlane, Tungsten West | ||
| Geometallurgy at the Hemerdon deposit: past, present and future | |||
| 12:00 | Speaker: Kevin Foo, Tianshan Jade | ||
| Fifty and Not Out | |||
| 12:25 | Lunch and networking | ||
| 13:45 - 15:30 | Session 4: Trends (Session Chair: Stephen Neethling, Professor of Minerals Processing, Imperial College) |
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| 13:45 | Keynote Speaker: Lorena Tafur, Anglo American | ||
| Geometallurgy: unlocking value in bulk commodities | |||
| 14:15 | Speaker: Klaas Peter van der Wielen, Ausenco | ||
| Metallurgical performance of an ore based on simulation of selective liberation | |||
| 14:40 | Speaker: James Gaydon, Grinding Solutions | ||
| Incorporating environmental impact into flowsheet development | |||
| 15:05 | Refreshments and networking | ||
| 15:35 - 16:50 | Session 4 continued: Trends (Session Chair: Stephen Neethling) |
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| 15:35 | Speaker: Mark Burnett, AMC Consultants | ||
| PERC, RPEEE, and Geometallurgy: a natural confluence? | |||
| 16:00 | Speaker: Alex Cisneros Menchaca, Wardell Armstrong International | ||
| A case for the “S” in ESG | |||
| 16:25 | Speaker: Adam Johnston, Transmin Metallurgical Consultants | ||
| Compliance when reporting geometallurgical predictions | |||
| 16:50 | Closing Remarks for Day 2 | ||
| Hylke Glass, Rio Tinto Professor of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Camborne School of Mines | |||
| 17:00 | End of Conference | ||
Poster presenter:
- Nicola Gambaro, Imperial College London: Dynamic forecast of metal price, supply and flows in the economy
Posters will be on display during refreshment breaks.