Normal MEI service will resume as soon as possible.

Time to relax now after a very full and enjoyable week in Cape Town for Flotation '11.

Barbara and I are now in Johannesburg and tomorrow fly to Madagascar for a week's holiday before returning to Cape Town for a further week, then back to UK. I apologise to all Minerals Engineering authors - there will be a few week's delay in dealing with any submissions.

Jon and Kathryn leave for UK tomorrow, and Jon will deal with any MEI enquiries (jon@min-eng.com) until next Friday, when they leave for Chile and the Procemin '11 conference. From then until December 4th, contact Amanda (amanda@min-eng.com), who returns to UK next Thursday after a short break in Camp's Bay.