Although delegate numbers at last week's SME were down on previous years, there was a general feeling of optimism that the industry may at last be climbing out of its long trough. While I was away in Colorado there was an influx of corporate support for MEI Conferences suggesting that things might indeed be on the up.
FLSmidth has long been a serial sponsor of MEI Conferences, and while in Denver I met the new Strategic Marketing Manager Mimi Sofie Stabell, who renewed their vows by signing up for Comminution '18, already being sponsors for Flotation '17. I also heard from Jon back home that sponsor Russell Mineral Equipment had reserved three exhibition booths at Comminution '18.
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| Current Comminution '18 sponsors |
Jon also informed me that Process Mineralogy '17 sponsor ZEISS, another serial sponsor, had also agreed to sponsor Flotation '17, Comminution '18 and Sustainable Minerals '18.
US-based Cytec was a regular sponsor of the flotation series of conferences, but at the end of 2015 the company was acquired by multi-specialty chemical company Solvay, and it was good to hear in Denver that the company will continue Cytec's tradition, by their confirmed involvement in Flotation '17.
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| Current Flotation '17 sponsors |
So, maybe things are on the up and we should now look forward with cautious optimism. I will certainly be keeping an eye on metal prices on MEI Online.
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Bary,
ReplyDeleteI am happy that industry is coming forward to support these events; I hope they would (should) be the main players in presentations etc. Let R&D and academic experts listen to them so that future would be more towards need based work to make the industry more viable and acceptable by general public.
Rao,Y.C.