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This, the 1st International Grinding Mills Symposium (Grinding Mills 08) is organised by Minerals Engineering International in consultation with Dr Malcolm Powell, and is sponsored by PMT-Jetmill, JKTech and Sigmund Lindner.

This conference immediately follows Crushers and High-Pressure Grinding Rolls 08 (June 16) and precedes Ultrafine Grinding 08 (June 19-20). The three conferences together form Comminution 08, the proceedings of which will be published on CD-ROM, and selected papers, after peer-review, will be published in a special Comminution issue of Minerals Engineering journal.

Themes

This event will deal with all aspects of grinding using ball, rod, AG and SAG mills.

Progress in multi-component modelling
The squeeze on mills, from above and below

Organizers

The conference is organized by Minerals Engineering International (MEI) in consultation with Dr Malcolm Powell.

In 1997 Dr Malcolm Powell formed the comminution group at the University of Cape Town, following the suggestion of Prof Cyril O'Connor (director of the Mineral Processing Research Unit MPRU) -after a memorable MEI conference in Cornwall. From January 2007 Malcolm has joined the JKMRC of the University of Queensland to take up the Alban Lynch Chair of sustainable comminution.

Malcolm specialises in mill liner design, charge motion and DEM modelling, SAG mill modelling, and classification, with a strong link into applying the research knowledge in extensive site work and consulting to industry. The work aims to link fundamental research into applied outputs through the development of practical and robust process models.

Dr Malcolm Powell

Email: amanda@min-eng.com