Invited Speakers

IMPC 2012 – Plenary Speakers

Opportunities for improvements in alumina production: balancing incremental and breakthrough innovation

Batterham, R.

University of Melbourne, Australia

A century of unraveling the chemistry of flotation

Fuerstenau, D.W.

University of California at Berkeley, USA

Advanced modeling techniques in Mineral Processing and their Influence on our industry

Herbst, J.

Metso Minerals, USA

Innovation - keeping pace with growth

Hollitt, M.

MMG Group, Australia

Information technology enabled platforms for transformation of mining industry

Krishnan, K.A.

Tata Consultancy Services, India

Vale - Transforming natural resources into wealth & sustainable development

Lawson, V.

Vale, Australia

Advances in X-ray Tomography in the processing of Mineral Resources 

Miller, J. D.

University of Utah, USA

The promise of Africa

Ndlovu, J.

Anglo American Platinum, South Africa

Sustainable development - challenges faced in mineral processing

Nerurkar, H.

Tata Steel, India

Holistic approach for sustainable growth of mineral processing industries

Rao, T.C.

Former Director, Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR), Bhopal, India

IMPC 2012 – Keynote / Invited Speakers

Closing the skill gaps and labor shortages: a priority for mining companies and the Chilean government

Araneda, H., Fundacion, Chile

Drive for low ash metallurgical coal for sustainability of steel industries in India

Banerjee, P.K., Tata Steel, India

Upgrading plant capacity for coal beneficiation plants at Tata Steel- Challenges & improvements

Bhatnagar, A., Tata Steel, India

Aligning Sustainable Development Initiatives with Corporate Strategy for the Resources Industry: Creating Value Chains

Bhattacharya, J., Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

New Dimensions in Advanced Process Control of Mineral Processing Plants

Broussaud, A., Metso Minerals, France

Status and Prospect of Chinese Mineral Processing Education

Chuanyao, S., Chinese Academy of Engineering, Beijing

The supply and demand of minerals engineers - a global survey

Cilliers, J., Imperial College, London, UK

Hydrometallurgical Extraction and Base, Rare and Precious metals from Complex and low Grade Resources

Dreisinger, D., University of British Columbia, Canada

Refractory Gold Treatment-State of the Art and Future Challenges

Dunne, R., Newmont Mining, USA

Developing solutions to complex flotation problems

Gorain, B., Barrick Gold, Canada

Indian iron ore industry - An overview

Gundewar, C.S.,Indian Bureau of Mines, Nagpur

Analysis of ball mill grinding operation for scale-up and design

Gupta, V.K., Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India

Transformational curriculum for B.Sc graduates towards mineral processing expertise

Heiskanen, K., Aalto University, Finland

Flotation in a fluidized bed – a new paradigm for flotation

Jameson, G., University of Newcastle, Australia

IT Enablement in Drilling and Blasting

Jha, A.K., (Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Ltd.) and A. Biswas (Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.)

Modeling and simulation of granular flows

Khakhar, D., Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai

Development of breakthrough technologies for treatment of complex gold and copper-gold ores

Kondos, P., Barrick Gold, Canada

The role of coal surface wettability in coal preparation

Laskowski, J., University of British Columbia, Canada

Newcrest Technology – A step Change

Logan, A.S., Newcrest Mining, Australia

Step change – a staircase rather than a giant leap

Mainza, S., University of Cape Town, South Africa

Fundamentals and kinetics of the colliding bubble attachment to hydrophobic surfaces

Malysa, K., Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

High energy milling

Mishra, B.K., CSIR-Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, India

KISEI Nozzle Reactor - A Noble Spray Reactor for Immiscible Liquids

Moon, K.S., Korea Interfacial Science and Engineering Institute, S Korea

Mineral Industry Education and Training trends in North America: Challenges, Opportunities and a Framework for the Future

Moudgil, B.M., University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

Data reconciliation and its application in mineral processing industries

Narasimhan, S., Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

Biomineralizatio, Biobeneficiation and Bioremediation in Iron Ore Processing

Natarajan, K.A., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Innovation Drivers and Opportunities Across the Gold Metallurgy value stream

Phala, N., Anglo Gold Ashanti, South Africa

Biohydrometallurgy: the key to unlock mineral resources value

Qiu, G., Chinese Academy of Engineering, China

The evolution of tumbling mill simulation with the discrete element method

Rajamani, R., University of Utah, USA

Compressional dewatering of flocculated mineral suspensions

Scales, P., University of Melbourne, Australia

Searching for nuggets of gold in your process data? The mining engineer’s dilemma what to mine and process; good ore or informative data?

Shah, S., University of Alberta, Canada

Green and Advanced Technology for Separation and Recovery of Rare Metals from Solid Wastes

Shibata, J., Kansai University, Japan

Skills Gap for the Minerals Industry - A case for Zambia

Simukanga, S., University of Zambia, Zambia

A New Paradigm for Sustainable Minerals Extraction

Somasundaran, P., Columbia University, USA

Developments in processing of conventional uranium ore resources of India

Suri, A.K., Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai

Multiscale Modeling of Comminution

Tavares, L.M., Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Characterisation of various coal combustion products from Mongolian thermal power stations and their application for preparation of geopolymers and zeolitic compounds

Temuujin, J., Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Mongolia

Human Resource development and training in Mineral Engineering in India

Venugopal, R., Indian School of Mines,  Dhanbad, India

Multiscale CFD Simulation of multiphase process equipments –Structure dependent multi-fluid modeling (SFM)

Wang, W., Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Development of a Flotation Simulator based on a First Principles Model

Yoon, R.H., University of Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA