MEI was a media partner for last week's MillOps '21 in Brisbane. Unfortunately we could not be represented as Australia has closed its borders until at least the middle of the year, and, of course, we were occupied with Sustainable Minerals '21 which ran at the same time.
As there is always a high Australian contingent to the Mill Operators conference it was held as a hybrid, with Australian participation at the venue, and online interaction for international delegates.
It was great to see the photo below, of the JKMRC alumni, staff and students with Professor Alban Lynch, the first Director of the JKMRC, who I had the pleasure of interviewing for MEI in 2014.
Alban will be 91 years old in two months' time, and I would have loved to have caught up with him, as I last saw him at the IMPC in Brisbane in 2010, where he was signing copies of the newly launched History of Flotation, with his co-authors Mike Nelson and Greg Harbort. He also received the IMPC Lifetime Achievement Award at that meeting.
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| Alban, Mike and Greg at the 2010 IMPC |
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Barry,
ReplyDeleteI am naturally thrilled to read about him on our Blog--hope it comes many more times keeping in view of the heights he took our profession into, apart from I being his disciple.
Fortunately he talked to me at 2pm IST and same energy and articulation--only for a few minutes and then your Blog.
Thank you, Barry
Prof. A J Lynch very kindly helped me carefully review a manuscript submitted to International Journal of Mineral Processing when he visited China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT) twenty years ago. Wishing Prof. A J Lynch good health and happiness always!
ReplyDeleteDr. Maoming Fan, Eriez Manufacturing Co, USA
Prof. A J lynch happens to be the guide of Our Founding HoD Prof. T. C. Rao, Lynch and Rao Models are still relevant in recent scenario, may God bless Prof. lynch with good health
ReplyDeleteNarendra Singh, Dhanbad, India
I had the good fortune of having Dr. Lynch as a visiting professor at Virginia Tech during my masters program 40 years ago.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, great to see Alban as visiting Australia to meet in person seems an ever more remote possibility. The last time we met was 2010 when on sabbatical at the JK and Alban invited Lois and I over for dinner. Always an energizing exchange of ideas, we met many times on our international travels. I wish him all the best.
ReplyDeleteJim Finch, Montreal, Canada
He called me everyyy night to check on my thesis progress till the end! tough times. Big Prof Lynch, GFigueroa JKMRC Australia.
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