Developing from MEI’s previous conferences on Process Mineralogy, Applied Mineralogy and Automated Mineralogy, Process Mineralogy ’18 dealt with the following topics:
Quantitative mineralogy, including both X-ray and Electron Beam Techniques
Geometallurgy
Ore characterisation
Mineral Liberation and Textural Analysis
Application of process mineralogy on site
Sampling and Statistics
Advanced Process Control
7 minute video showing Process Mineralogy '14 at the Vineyard Hotel
Papers were published as an unrefereed Proceedings on a USB Memory Stick, and selected papers will be published, after peer-review, in a special Process Mineralogy virtual issue of Minerals Engineering journal.
ZEISS WORKSHOP
ZEISS ran a pre-conference workshop on Sunday 18th November at the conference venue, the Vineyard Hotel, from 1pm – 4.30pm.
The theme of the workshop was based around the circular economy and improvements to existing mineral processing techniques to reduce carbon footprint.
Megan Becker leads the geometallurgy and process mineralogy research activities in the Centre for Minerals Research, and the Minerals to Metals Initiative in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cape Town. She has a background in geology (BSc Hons, MSc - University of Cape Town) and a PhD in process mineralogy from the University of Pretoria (2009). Her research interests focus on understanding the effects of mineralogy on minerals processing, metallurgy and the environment, and how best mineralogy information be articulated and communicated to maximise the value of minerals to society. She has conceptualised, designed, developed and run courses in process and applied mineralogy at both the undergraduate student level and industry professional development level. To date, she has supervised 30 postgraduate students, has 70 peer reviewed publications. After having recognised the complete lack of relevant reference texts on process mineralogy in 2011, she initiated a Monograph on Process Mineralogy. She was the lead editor of this Monograph, published in 2016 through the Julius Krutschnitt Mineral Research Centre. The text contains over 30 peer reviewed chapters written by international experts in the field of process mineralogy.
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Process Mineralogy '18 was certified for Continuing Professional Development.
