Post on 26-May-2020
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
50
40
38
34
33 28
26
25
24
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16
12
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9 7
7 5
5 5 49
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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5 4 2 2 1
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
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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