The following are a selection of testimonials that MEI Conferences have received...

"JKTech has supported MEI and MEI conferences for many years as we believe MEI provides effective contact with relevant people across all disciplines in the mining industry. Sponsoring MEI conferences gives JKTech the opportunity to highlight our quality solutions and technology tools to assist in improving processes throughout the mine value chain. MEI is well respected for being technically relevant and up to date with the latest innovations across the minerals industry, and JKTech is proud to be associated with MEI."
Sarah Schwarz, Technology Transfer Manager, JKTech Pty Ltd, Australia

"Xstrata Process Support (XPS) have sponsored MEI’s Flotation ’07 in Cape Town, South Africa, and more recently, their Nickel Processing ’10 held in Falmouth, Cornwall."

"The international representation by the delegates and presenting authors delivers relevant conference papers and subsequent peer-reviewed proceedings and transactions in Minerals Engineering at an excellent standard for which MEI has long been known, and more recently, awarded an A* rating and a high impact factor amongst a comparative rating between all mineral processing and related journals. This provides an ongoing archival reference journal of very high value."

"As importantly, the networking dynamic in these conferences is very engaging and offers a great opportunity for technical and business discussions between academics, operations and project managers, and technical service providers. Although these conferences are never large, it is who attends that counts. And in Nickel Processing ’10, this was no exception."
Norman O. Lotter, Manager, Business Development, Xstrata Process Support, Sudbury, Ontario

“We have found our association with MEI to be very worthwhile. The conferences themselves are very good, represent value for money and importantly manage to achieve the right balance between academia and industry related papers. Conference administration is professionally handled by Barry, Barbara, Jon and Amanda and unlike some conferences you not only get to meet the people behind the arrangements but also speak to the same people and don’t get shunted around."

"We have also found that the conferences are correctly sized in terms of the number of delegates. Not too large so as to be chaotic like several of the investment focused mining conferences, but still sufficiently large to attract the relevant industry experts for the conference topic and so therefore provide an excellent platform for professional networking. Even after the conference is finished Barry continues to promote interesting metallurgical discussions and information dissemination through use of the MEI website and blog. We therefore look forwards to many more fruitful years of mutual co-operation.”
Steve Flatman, General Manager, Maelgwyn Mineral Services, Wales, UK

"I’d just like to thank you and the family for putting together a very enjoyable, informative and thoroughly professional conference last week in Cape Town [Comminution '10]. Very pleased to hear we’ll be back their in two years. Once again thank you very much it was one the best run events I have attended."
Dave Capstick, Director Sales, Deswik Mining Consultants (Pty) Ltd, South Africa

"I want to congratulate you on the very successful organization of PIM '10. It was a very useful conference for me."
Asst. Prof. Dr. Adem Tasdemir, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey

"Thank you very much for Processing of Industrial Minerals '10. It was a very brilliant symposium."
Dr. Ilgin Kursun, Istanbul University, Turkey

"It was a great conference [Flotation 09] for a PhD student like myself: as there were no parallel sessions I could see all of the presentations; I learned lots more about the Flotation industry, and it was a great opportunity for my first academic presentation!"
Kathryn Cole, Imperial College, UK

"The MEI Flotation conferences now seem to have a firm foothold in the international calendar and the variety of papers [at Flotation 09] was just as good as in 2007."
Martyn Hay, Eurus Mineral Consultants, South Africa

"Physical Separation 09 was my first professional international conference which was held in a very unique friendly atmosphere. In amazing sessions, I got a great amount of important insights and useful information. I impatiently look forward to take part in another MEI conference next year."
Golnaz Jozanikohan, University of Tehran, Iran

"It was a great pleasure to meet you at Physical Separation '09 in Falmouth, a nicely organized event that I enjoyed very much indeed. Please convey my best regards and many thanks also to other MEI members, who were very helpful and supportive. Being able to discuss with other colleagues our interests at a greater length, I should also say that Physical Separation '09 was a great occasion."
G. Dodbiba, University of Tokyo, Japan

"I congratulate you for a very successful conference. Thank you very much for everything.
I met valuable colleagues which may result in lasting relationships. This Comminution 08 conference did move my career forward in a meaningful way. It was one of the most productive conferences I have ever attended."
Prof. Tarik Ozkahraman, University of Suleyman, Turkey

"Comminution 08 was a really enjoyable and important conference. It gave an excellent update of the current status in comminution research. Also, thanks to its (fairly) small format it was possible to have informal discussions with those in the field."
Dr. B. Pålsson, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

"We have received a lot of pleasure from the organization of your conference [Comminution 08]. At your conference we felt as our home. The fine organization!!! I think, your conference is the best of the world on crushing and grinding ores. Also many thanks for yours spouse, your son, your daughter and all your assistants, who helped you to make such fine conference."
Alexander Hvan, Navoi Mining, Uzbekistan

"Cornwall was a very pleasant surprise and apart from being effective business-wise, I had an excellent time [at Comminution 08]."
Hans von Michaelis, Randol International, USA

"It was my first visit to the Comminution conference [Comminution 08] and I would like to send you and your family my thanks and appreciation for an excellently organized meeting. I am looking forward to participating in your future meetings."
Boris Farber, Zircoa Inc., USA

"I really liked Falmouth, wonderful choice of place for this conference [Comminution 08]. Good organization, good food, nice hotel."
Mattias Åstholm, Metso Minerals (Sala) AB, Sweden

It was my third time attending Comminution [Comminution 08]. I enjoyed it!
Prof. Jorge Pontt, University Federico Santa Maria, Chile

"...the format of the conferences is instrumental for getting new contacts."
Vladyslav Sokolov, PTIMA, Ukraine

"Congratulations on Flotation 2007. It was an excellent meeting."
Prof. Graeme Jameson, University of Newcastle, Australia

"This conference [Flotation 07] will go down in the history of flotation as a point of reference when flotation turned a new page and moved on to its next level of knowledge and best practice."
Dr. Norman Lotter, Xstrata Process Technology, Canada

"Flotation 07 at Cape Town was my first MEI conference. I really enjoyed it and benefited to a great extent. The most important thing I liked was that there were no parallel sessions. So one could attend all the presentations without running from room to room. I appreciate and admire the way the conference was organized."
Dr. Ramanathan Natarajan, Lakehead University, Canada

"It was in my view the best MEI Conference [Flotation 07] I've ever attended. The papers were excellent throughout."
Prof. Cyril O’Connor, University of Cape Town, South Africa

"It was certainly one of the better conferences [Automated Mineralogy 06] I have attended over the years. I had a very productive time in Brisbane and made lots of useful contacts."
Mark Pownceby, CSIRO Minerals, Australia

"We would like to thank you for the accurate organization of the Ultrafine Grinding 06 conference. We enjoyed very much the professional environment yet in a relaxed comfortable atmosphere, allowing professional interchange. "
Andrey Chumokhvalov & Ezry Akkerman, Cyclotec/Leotec, Russia

"Small conference [Nickel Processing 05] - big impact"
Dr. Michael King, Director, Metallurgical Technology, Falconbridge Ltd, Canada

"I enjoyed the conference [Computational Modelling 05]; it brought together some of the key players in DEM and CFD in mineral processing and gave me a good opportunity to bring the capability of our particle mechanics simulation software to their attention."
John Favier, CEO, DEM Solutions Ltd, UK

"The conference [Computational Modelling 05] was very informative and provided me with an opportunity to interact with the experts in this growing field of mineral processing."
PK Banerjee, R&D, Tata Steel, India

"I found my participation at BioHydromet 05 to have been beneficial and am looking forward to Reagents 06. I would like to add that I really liked the "small family approach" very much."
Peter Raine, Strategist, Engen Chemicals

"The conference [BioHydromet 05] afforded me the opportunity to meet international experts in the field of biohydrometallurgy and I was able to receive clear directions on my on-going research"
Peter Olubambi, Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

"We were more than satisfied with the event [Reagents 04] .... the money was well spent from the first day. What I like about your conferences is the compact and personal scale."
Ton de Gouw, Akzo Nobel, The Netherlands (sponsors of Reagents 04)

"Thank you for providing a valuable comminution forum [Comminution 04] in Perth. We enjoyed being associated with this conference and the exposure it brought with it."
Sarah DeBono, Senior Process Engineer, Xstrata Technology (sponsors of Comminution 04)

"I wish to congratulate you and your "team" again for the excellence of everything at Comminution '04, and I hope I can be available again for Comminution '06"
Alain Broussaud, Metso Minerals Cisa, France

"The conferences [Gravity Concentration 04 & Comminution 04] were very informative and I will be passing on some information from the CD to my bosses... There was quite a bit of networking to be done, and I also picked up some advantageous processing operations tips."
Andrew Taylor, Equigold NL, Australia

"The whole South African experience was wonderful. It was a great pleasure meeting you and your family [at Hydrocyclones 03] and we look forward to another one of your conferences."
Don Madge, Senior Process Specialist, SNC Lavalin Inc.

"I would like to ... thank you and your family for your hard work and commitment to excellence - a commitment that made Hydrocyclones 2003 a very successful conference."
Khalid Hashmi, CANMET, Canada

"I thoroughly enjoyed the conference in Cape Town (Hydrocyclones 03). It gave me great inspiration for the continuation of my PhD studies."
Jonas Bergström, Postgraduate student, Paper Process Technology

"I enjoyed very much the conference (Processing & Disposal of Mineral Industry Wastes 03) and came back with wealth of knowledge and networking contacts. I congratulate you for a very successful meeting."
Prof. H. El-Shall, University of Florida, USA

"Presenting my flotation simulation program (SUPASIM) at Flotation 03 initiated a lot of interest. Up to that point all my clients were within South Africa. As a result of my presentation, four plant analysis projects were obtained with clients outside of South Africa. This just shows the value of your conferences."
Martyn Hay, Eurus Mineral Consultants, South Africa

"...a good mix of interesting papers, all well presented... very pleasant and interesting people... very useful discussions with solid/liquid separation specialists (at Solid-Liquid Separation '02). The information and contacts I gained will be useful to me in my work, and I feel Larox's received an excellent return on its sponsorship in terms of general exposure and promotion of its technical message."
Ian Townsend, Larox Corp., UK

"The Solid-Liquid Separation 2002 conference was very successful. It was a very useful meeting for me, and I would like to congratulate you on such fine organization."
Prof. G. Onal, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

"The relatively small-scale organisation of this conference, together with the absence of parallel sessions, created an excellent opportunity and atmosphere to discuss the presented papers extensively... Pyrometallurgy '02 was what a Symposium or Conference should be like! "
M.A. Reuter, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

"This conference (Comminution 01) has provided a good mix for us because we are not only into grinding mills as capital equipment, but we're also in consumables and wear parts for both crushing and grinding operations."
Steve Hall, Bradken Mineral Processing Sales and Marketing Manager

"Not only were the venue and the food superb, but every little detail of the programme was thoroughly organised. I personally found the conference (Minerals Engineering 2000) beneficial for it being focused, productive and small enough to get to know other people."
Giang Nguyentranlam, Uni. of Newcastle, Australia

"High scientific level, as well as attractive field tours and social programme emphasise the professionalism of the organisers and place this (Minerals Engineering '94), already the fourth, Minerals Engineering Conference among important international events in mineral processing..."
Prof. I. Florek, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
Magnetic and Electrical Separation vol. 6 no.2 (1995)

"...the Minerals Engineering series of conferences certainly deserves a place beside the larger ones such as the International Mineral Processing Congress."
Prof. K.S.E. Forssberg, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden
Minerals Engineering vol. 8 nos. 1/2 (1995)

"From a technical standpoint, as a marketing opportunity, and as a place to renew business relationships, it (Minerals Engineering '95) was first class."
J.B. Mosher, Hazen Research, Inc., Colorado, USA

"This conference series has developed into one of the more important annual events on the mineral processing calendar, offering a forum for both researchers and industrial metallurgists to share views, developments and improvements to existing processes through high quality papers and poster presentations."
J.Q.P. Campbell, Potchefstroom University, South Africa
Magnetic and Electrical Separation. Vol. 8 1997

".....Minerals Engineering Conferences can be strongly recommended to anyone who has a strong interest in Minerals Engineering. The mixture of theory and industrial practice and high quality papers gives them this distinction."
Prof. M.A. Reuter, Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands
Minerals Engineering. Vol. 10 no. 11 (1997)

and lastly, a life-changing experience at Minerals Engineering '95...

"Having completed my PhD, I had been travelling for a year and was located in a somewhat penniless state in London. I determined to write up my work for your journal and attend your conference to present it. I took on a menial job and Frances and I scraped together every last pound we had to attend the conference. While there I got the first serious airing of my PhD work, and made some crucial contacts."

"I met Walter Valery, of the JKMRC, and through him I was offered the JKTech agency for when I got back to South Africa. I also Met Prof Cyril O'Connor of the University of Cape Town, the institute through which I had studied for my PhD. He encouraged me to come and start a comminution research group at UCT, to supplement the growing Flotation group. These two contacts lead directly to the position I have held for the past 7 years, as Southern African Agent for JKTech, and leader of the comminution research group at UCT. Both facets of my work have developed into a wonderful career."

Malcolm Powell, MPTech Manager and Leader Comminution group, Mineral Processing Research unit, University of Cape Town