IMPC 2014

International Mineral Processing Congress

Organising Institutions

Collaborating Institutions

Main Sponsors IMPC 2014

IMPC 2014 Sponsors (as of July 2014)

Venues of Past IMPC Congresses

IMPC 2014 Slogan

Optimizing water and energy usage for sustainable mining

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28

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19 48

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Plenary Presentations

Flotation Fundamentals

Flotation Chemistry

Flotation Modelling

Flotation Technology

New Applications in Sulfide Flotation

New Applications in Non-Sulfide Flotation

Comminution

Energy Efficiency in Comminution

Comminution Modelling

Design of Mineral Processes

Tailings, Environmental, Sustainability

Dewatering & Water Management

Geometallurgy & Process Mineralogy

Process Automation

Classification, Screening & Sorting

Gravity Separation

Magnetic Separation

Urban Mining

Hydrometallurgy

Human Capital & Mineral Economics

Number of papers received per area of interest

Country of origin of authors

81

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38

34

33 28

26

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China Brazil Russia Chile Canada India USA South Africa Turkey Germany Iran Japan Sweden Finland Bulgaria Poland Australia Korea Colombia France Peru Rest of World

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20

16

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14

10

6

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copper

carbon and coal

iron & steel

precious metals

zinc

lead

rare earth

nickel

phosphate

molydenum

arsenic

magnesium

platinum group metals

lithium

Papers per type of commodity

Author affiliation

321

75

158

University

Research Institute

Other Type of Company

The following mining companies have confirmed participation at the IMPC 2014 congress:

Alcoa

Anglo American

Anglo Asian Mining

Antamina

Antapaccay

Antofagasta Minerals

Barrick

CAP

Cerro Verde

Codelco

Collahuasi

Escondida

Fakoor Sanat Tehran

Glencore

Gole-Gohar mining

Goldcorp

Goldfields

Hutti Gold Mines

Koza Gold Corporation

Minera Esperanza

Los Pelambres

Minera Saucito

Mount Isa

Newcrest

Newmont

Rio Tinto

Samarco

Sierra Gorda

Tata Steel

Teck

Vale

Votorantim

Yanacocha

Profile of Delegates

IMPC 2014 Characteristics

• Date: Monday 20 – Thursday 23 October, 2014

• Hotel Sheraton Santiago, Chile

• Estimated number of delegates: 1000

• Estimated distribution per continent:

300

250

150

125

125

50 Chile

Australasia

Latin America

Europe

North America

Africa

Plenary Presentations 1. A crystal ball vision of innovation in mineral processing, Jannie van Deventer, University of

Melbourne (Australia)

2. Overcoming sustainability challenges of future concentrator plants, Kalle Härkki, Outotec (Finland)

3. Drivers that will change the design and plant operation in the mining industry, Bert Huls, Goldcorp (USA)

4. Challenges in Solid-Liquid Separation – Thickener Theory and Applications, Fernando Concha, Universidad de Concepción (Chile)

5. Reducing whole of enterprise running costs through coarse particle flotation, Graeme Jameson, University of Newcastle (Australia)

6. Sustainability and Public Engagement, Marcello Veiga, University of British Columbia (Canada)

7. Antofagasta Minerals: Sustainable Mining, Diego Hernandez, Antofagasta Minerals (Chile)

8. Lower Operating Costs through Enterprise Dynamic Performance Management, Osvaldo Bascur, Osisoft (USA)

9. A new approach to assessing energy efficiency, grindability and HPGR technology by comminution research, Prof. Doug Fuerstenau

Focus of Keynote Presentations 1. Comminution Modelling (Jaime Sepulveda, Molycop Chile)

2. Floatability of liberated and composite particles (Stephen Grano, Australia)

3. Plant sampling (Francis Pitard, EEUU)

4. Concentration plant optimization (Jorge Menacho, Chile)

5. Bubble size in flotation (Kari Heiskanen, Finlandia)

6. Environmental evaluation of mining projects in Chile (Jaime Solari, Chile)

7. Gravity separation (Kevin Galvin, Australia)

8. Flotation with sea water (Janusz Laskowski, Sergio Castro; Canadá/Chile)

9. Bioremediation (Maurício L. Torem, Brasil)

10. Business strategy at Gold Fields (Manuel Diaz, Perú)

11. Process mineralogy (Dee Bradshaw, Australia)

12. Leaching of sulfide minerals and concentrates (Tomas Vargas, Chile)

13. Computer aided design and optimization in flotation (Pradip, India)

14. Mass mining and mine-plant integration, (Gideon Chitombo, Australia)

15. Opportunities for collaboration in research in China (Han Long, China)

16. Energy efficiency in both generation and consumption (Nicolas Caussade, AMSA, Chile)

17. Filtration and thickening (OUTOTEC, Chile)

Special Feature: IMPC Sustainability Symposium

• Open for all IMPC 2014 delegates

• Exclusive program focused on Sustainability with presentations by invitation only

• A total of 4 sessions including discussion panels on: – The Mine of the Future

– Innovation & Engineering

– Social Responsibility

– Sustainability Aspects in Engineering Education

• Date: Wednesday October 22

Registered delegates: see online

Tuesday 21: Cultural Outing

Wednesday 22: Congress Banquet

Thursday 23: Farewell Cocktail

IMPC 2014 Congress Summary

Short Courses and Site Visits

• Short Courses on Saturday 18/Sunday 19 1. Sampling theory, sampling practices and their economic impact

2. Tools and technology for flotation optimization

3. Boosting your research capacity

4. Empowering engineers to design comminution circuits or forecast their throughputs using open patented technology

5. Geometallurgy of copper and gold ores: How to better design and optimize your process?

• Plant Visits – Minera Valle Central Cu/Mo Tailings Treatment Facility (Friday 24)

– Las Tortolas Flotation Plant (Friday 24)

– Sewell Mine Camp UNESCO World Heritage Site (Saturday 25)

For more information….check our website www.impc2014.org

...and enjoy the official IMPC congress video at …..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPPWyKQSysM

See you in Santiago! – IMPC 2014