MINERAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS - 2023
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR
May 15-19, 2023
at McGill University, Montreal, QC
Course/ Seminar Leaders:
Kristian Waters, McGill University
Rob McIvor, Metcom Technologies, Inc.
The Department of Mining and Materials Engineering at McGill University will be running a Short Course on Mineral Processing Systems from May 15-19, 2023. This 5-day seminar will review fundamentals, equipment and current practices.
Some of the topics include: applied mineralogy, AG/SAG milling, crushers and crushing, grinding and classification, high pressure grinding, fine grinding, sensors in classification, grinding circuit models, flotation physics and chemistry, collector and frother chemistries, flotation machine diagnostics, flotation banks and circuits, gas dispersion sensors, gold processing, geometallurgy, design of experiments, particle characterization, mineral economics, metallurgical accounting, developments in process control, and environmental issues.
The seminar will benefit both experienced engineers and those new to the field.
The seminar will be held in the Room 1020 in the Wong Building on the McGill Campus. The address is below:
Wong Bldg, 3610 Rue University, Montreal, QC H3A 2B2
Registration
Registration form.pdf. Please contact barbara.hanley [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Information%20request%20for%20the%202023%20McGill%20Short%20Course) (Barbara Hanley) for more information.
Registration Fees: $4000. $3500 for industrial research sponsors.
The fees include Breakfast and Lunch, Welcome Cocktail, Gala Dinner, Presentation Materials (hard copy and USB). Certificates will be presented. Cheques made payable to McGill University should accompany the registration form. Registration will be confirmed upon receipt of payment. There is no cancellation charge provided the Department is notified at least 10 working days in advance of the seminar. If there is withdrawal less than 10 working days before the seminar there will be a cancellation charge of $1,000. The full fee is payable if the registrant fails to attend without notice.
Seminar Topics
Applied Mineralogy
Autogenous and Semi-autogenous Grinding
Circuit Models for Making Plant Improvements
Collector and Frother Chemistries
Conventional Grinding and Classification Circuits
Crushing
Developments in Process Control
Design of Experiments
Environmental Issues
Flotation Bank and Circuit Optimization
Flotation Chemistry and Physics
Flotation Froths
Gas Dispersion Sensors
Geometallurgy
Gold Processing
High Pressure Grinding
Metallurgical Accounting
Mineral Economics
Physical Separations
Sensors in Classification
Surface Analysis
Very Fine Grinding
Contact Information
Barbara Hanley
3610 University Street
Wong Building Room # 2170
Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2B2
Tel.: 1- 514-398 4383
Fax: 1- 514-398 4492
e-mail: barbara.hanley [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Mineral%20Processing%20Short%20Course%20Information)
e-mail: kristian.waters [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Mineral%20Processing%20Short%20Course%20Information)
e-mail: ozan.kokkilic [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Mineral%20Processing%20Short%20Course%20Information)
Confirmed Speakers
(Name, Company - Presentation Title)
James A. Finch, Gerald G. Hatch Emeritus Professor of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering - Flotation Chemistry
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Faculty member in the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University since 1973, he served as Chair from 1988 to 1991, and was appointed to the Gerald G. Hatch Chair in Mining and Metallurgical Engineering in 2005. He has held a succession of NSERC Industrial Research Chair awards since 1991, has supervised 50 PhD and 73 M. Eng. students, authored/co-authored over 400 articles, one monograph, Column Flotation, with Glenn Dobby (1990), and most recently (2016) co-authored the 8th Edition of Wills’ Mineral Processing Technology. From SME he received the Gaudin Award, from CIM the Alcan Award, Silver Medal, Falconbridge Innovation Award, and twice the Best Presentation Award, and from NSERC, as team leader, the prestigious Leo Derikx Synergy Award for Innovation. A conference in his honour was held in Sudbury, 2009; and he was General Chair of XXVIII IMPC held in Québec City, September 2016. He is a Fellow of CIM and in 2002 was elected to the Academy of Science of the Royal Society of Canada. He retired 2014 as the Gerald G. Hatch Emeritus Professor in Mining and Metallurgical Engineering. |
Robert E. McIvor, Chief Metallurgist, Metcom Technologies, Inc. and Consulting Metallurgist at Corem - Grinding Systems
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Rob McIvor is Chief Metallurgist – Grinding Systems, Metcom Technologies, Inc., and Consulting Metallurgist at COREM. He has a Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering from McGill University. Rob has devoted his career to the design and optimization of industrial grinding circuits. He initially worked in grinding mill application engineering at Allis-Chalmers under the guidance of Fred Bond and Chet Rowland, Jr. He discovered “The Functional Performance Equation” for ball milling circuits and developed a training program covering all the steps to measure and increase the efficiency of plant grinding operations. His program is certified by The Engineering Institute of Canada and has been completed by hundreds of metallurgists around the world. In 2010 the CMP awarded Rob the Art MacPherson Medal for “Significant Contributions to Comminution Technology”. In 2019 he was co-recipient of the CEEC writing Medal for Operations Improvement. |
Professor Kristian Waters, McGill University - Physical Separations
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Tassos Grammatikopoulos, SGS - Applied Mineralogy
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Professional background: SGS Canada: Director Technical Services (Mineralogy), NAM Adjunct Professor McGill University, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering Industry Expertise
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Donald Leroux, LRX Mineral Processors - Metallurgical Accounting
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Throughout his career, Donald Leroux has been involved in the development and implementation of new technologies in mineral processing plants. He has worked in operating plants, innovation centres, engineering firms and technology development firms, often in strategic positions with high level of responsibility. Those experiences exposed him to a wide spectrum of innovative technologies and operating practices, which include state-of-the-art metal accounting, deployed in multiple mineral processing plants around the world Dr. Leroux obtained a Ph.D. degree from Laval University (in collaboration with CSIRO, Australia) in 1994 for his work on mineral liberation. He has been instrumental to the posthumous edition of the Gilles Barbery textbook and has has contributed to the preparation of over 30 technical papers. From 2009 to 2018, he was a Director of the Canadian Mineral Processors (CMP) Society and was a Technical Program Chair of the 2016 IMPC congress. |
Alex Doll, A.G Doll Consulting - AG/SAG Milling
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Alex is an independent consulting process engineer specializing in conceptual design and auditing of mineral comminution systems, including: designing grinding systems for studies or detailed design, executing metallurgical sample collection programs, peer reviews and design checks, supervising laboratory test programs, expert witness evaluations, and operating plant optimization studies. Alex is actively involved in technology transfer, participating in conference organizing, by providing short courses, and offering guest lectures on grinding modelling and geometallurgy. Alex G Doll Consulting Ltd. is the developer and operator of "the Internet's first comminution resource" at https://www.sagmilling.com. Web site contains a collection of both free and subscription-based calculation tools to aid metallurgical process engineers perform comminution calculations. The online library of technical articles contains several papers on metallurgical topics including comminution modelling, mass balance calculations and laboratory comminution testwork program information. |
Bill Conger, ME Global - Media Motion & Wear
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Bill is a mostly retired Mineral Processing Engineer specializing in grinding systems and grinding media applications. Bill has a BA in Chemistry from Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA and a certificate from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management Academy. Bill began working in the mining industry in 1978 as a laborer at the Minorca Mine then moved to Erie Mining Co as a Chemist. He became the Laboratory Supervisor and was the Section Manager of the Grinding Section overseeing all aspects of the operation and maintenance of a 34 rod mill + ball mill + magnetic separation + flotation magnetic ore concentrator. In 1995 he began working for Magotteaux as a project engineer specializing in media wear, grinding efficiency and control projects. He began working for ME Elecmetal in 2010 as the Application Engineer in the new Grinding Media Division. He mostly retired in 2019 leaving behind a respected Application Engineering group working with mining customers worldwide. Bill presently works a consultant for ME Elecmetal part time and grandfather full time. He lives just north of the Iron Range in Northern Minnesota, USA. |
Erich Dohm, Eriez Flotation - Flotation Physics
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Erich joined Eriez as manager of global testing services in 2019. In his current dual role as senior manager of USA operations and product development, Erich manages Eriez’ flotation business in the USA including equipment sales and a full-service metallurgical laboratory, as well as global product development and commercialization activities to define and execute flotation product strategy. Prior to joining Eriez, Erich worked for five years as a minerals process engineer for Jacobs Engineering. Erich is a registered professional engineer in the United States (Florida), and he received B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mining and Minerals Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). |
Professor Mustafa Kumral, McGill University - Mineral Economics
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Dr. Kumral is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering at McGill University. He has over 20 years of experience in mining engineering research and teaching in Canada, the United Kingdom and Turkey. He obtained his PhD from the Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering at the University of Leeds in 2000. His research focuses on surface mining, mine systems optimization, reliability and maintenance analysis, and mine risk analysis. He has held many research grants individually and in collaboration with other researchers. Over the years, Dr. Kumral has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. His specialties are mineral economics, open pit mining, and mining reliability. |
Elizabeth Whiteman, XPS Canada - Flowsheet Development
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Olivier Gravel, Corem - Ore Sorting
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Graduate of the chemical engineering program at Université Laval, Olivier Gravel joined Corem as a researcher in 2017. Specialized in feature engineering, his prior academic activities led him to work on magnetohydrodynamics, thermal processes, and mixing technologies. His doctoral work, in collaboration with Corem, the University of Alberta and Surface Science Western, was focused on the impact of galvanic interactions on the conditioning of copper, zinc and nickel ores. More recently, he worked on vision and sensing systems development, particle sorting, surface chemistry and fundamental interactions in flotation. He is currently the senior researcher and team leader of the Mineralogy Analytics & Technology group at Corem, mainly focusing on machine learning, signal processing, advanced analysis of data, and applied process mineralogy. |
Graham Davey, Metso Outotec - Fine Grinding
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Graham Davey, director, Stirred Mills at Metso Outotec. Graham is based in the UK providing stirred mill product management and process engineering for mining and engineering companies throughout the world. Graham joined Metso UK in 1995 as an applications engineer, where he commissioned the first ultra fine grinding and flotation plant. Graham has been based in South Africa and the USA before returning to the UK, developing, and supporting the Metso Outotec stirred milling technologies and associated fine particle technologies. Graham is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and a professional member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. Graham holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Minerals Engineering from the Camborne School of Mines and a Master of Science by Research degree from the University of Exeter. |
Tuhin Banerjee, Woodgrove Technologies - Development in Process Control
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Tuhin Banerjee is a Partner at Woodgrove Technologies, who is responsible for overseeing Woodgrove's Corporate Development division. In addition, he runs the Advanced Systems group including development, R&D, integration, and ongoing support. His experience spans over 60 concentrators across 25 countries focused on commissioning, plant intelligence and optimization. Tuhin has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of British Columbia. |
Steve Wilson, Consultant - Geometallurgy
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Steve is recognized by his peers as one who gets to the crux of the matter. He is a dynamic professional with diverse experience and a unique perspective of industry drivers developed working in operations, technology development, and executive management roles in Base Metals, Coal, Precious Metals and Mineral Services. He is a graduate in Geological Engineering at the University of Toronto and received a PhD at the University of Nottingham. His 30+ year career in the Minerals Industry has included time with SGS, Teck Resources, Placer Dome Gold and Inco (now Vale). He is currently an industry consultant and an adjunct faculty member at Brigham Young University in Utah |
Frank Cappuccitti, Flottec - Collector/Frother Chemistries
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Frank Cappuccitti graduated from the University of Toronto in 1978 with a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Mineral Processing Engineering. From 1982 to 2002 he worked for Cyanamid and Cytec Industries in various positions becoming the General Manager of the Global Mining Chemicals Business in 1998. In 2002, Frank and his partner Randy Nix formed a new Mining Chemicals and Technology Company that would eventually become Flottec, where he is CEO and President. Over the last few years, Flottec has expanded to include several subsidiaries and global Joint ventures including Chemiqa in Canada, Flottec in Mexico and Chile, Florrea in China, Kemtec in Australia and South Africa and Metrix in Vancouver. |
Jan Nesset, Nessetech - Design of Experiments
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Dr. Nesset has Bachelors, Masters and PhD degrees in mineral processing from McGill University where he has been an Adjunct Professor since 2012 in the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering with almost 50 years of experience in mill operations, industrial R&D, university research and as a consultant to the industry. His current areas of focus are on flotation hydrodynamics and self-heating of sulphide minerals, and he has been a contributor to the McGill Short Course series since 2003. Dr Nesset has also served as Chair of the Canadian Mineral Processors Society and is a Fellow and former Distinguished Lecturer of the CIM. He is based in Thunder Bay, Ontario and is the Director of NesseTech Consulting Services Inc. |
Gilles Tremblay, INAP - Environmental Issues
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Gilles Tremblay is the Technical Manager of the International Network for Acid Prevention (INAP). Mr. Tremblay also coordinates activities jointly with the Global Alliance, which has organizations working on acid prevention in Australia, Canada, Europe, South Africa, South America and USA. He is also involved in the review and update of the GARD Guide, a leading practice guide for the prevention of mine-impacted waters and with the organization of the ICARD series of conferences. Prior to joining INAP Gilles worked for the Government of Canada for more than 33 years coordinating large multi-party R&D consortia related to environmental issues affecting the mining industry. Key activities include managing the Mine Environment Neutral Drainage (MEND) Program on acidic drainage and the National Orphaned/Abandoned Mines Initiative (NOAMI). |
Edward Wipf, EdRockman 1V LLC - Crushing, High Pressure Grinding
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Edward Wipf is an accomplished senior executive and consultant with 45 years of success across the mining, mineral, industrial manufacturing, and equipment buying industries. In his quest to make big rocks small, he has traveled over 5 million miles, visiting 68 different countries all around the world. Throughout his executive career, Edward has held leadership positions with numerous organizations, currently including the vice Cchairman of the Bohringer Group Board of Directors. Edward obtained his Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemical Engineering and Power Plant Energetics from University of Wisconsin. He then served as general/product manager for various companies, such as N.A., Polysius, Nordberg Mills, Metso, Svedala, MPSI, Hardinge and Allis Chalmers. In 2008-2010 he became the COO and vice president in Aerosion LTD. With all these experiences, he began to work as vice president responsible for the process and global business development comminution at Weir Minerals until 2015. In 2015, he started his own company, EdRockMan IV LLC. Now he is the CEO and president of that family-owned consulting firm which has grown to 25 products and 50 global members across 16 countries. |
Harald Günter, EdRockman 1V LLC - Crushing, High Pressure Grinding
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Harald Günter is manager and consultant with more than 35 years’ experience in roller press technology, mainly HPGR technology (R & D, process engineering, and mineral processing). Harald got his Ph. D degree from Technical University Bergakademie, Freiberg, Germany in 1981. Then he started his ten-year general manager in agglomeration and plant engineering, division, Deutsches Brennstoffinstitut (Fuel Research Institute), Freiberg. From 1993 to 1995, he served as a senior process engineer at Maschinenfabrik Köppern. Then he started his career from a general manager, managing director to a consultant at Köppern Aufbereitungstechnik (Mineral Process Engineering) GmbH & Co. KG until now. His key experiences are in process and plant engineering for briquetting plants, compaction-granulation plants, crushing and grinding plants in cement industry and mineral processing, sizing and application of HPGR in mineral processing and in the cement industry. He is also a highly experienced happy grandfather in life. |