Memories of Flotation '03 in Helsinki

Immediately following Applied Mineralogy '03 (posting of March 23rd), Flotation '03 was held in Helsinki, Finland 20 years ago this month. It was the 2nd MEI Flotation Conference, the first being held in Adelaide in 2000, and led to the biennial series in Cape Town, beginning with Flotation '07. Flotation '23 this year will be the 11th in the series.

Flotation '03 was held from 19-21 March 2003 in collaboration with Helsinki University of Technology and the Ian Wark Research Institute, and sponsored by "Limn: The Flowsheet Processor" developed by David Wiseman Pty Ltd, Outokumpu Technology, Minerals Processing, Metso Minerals, and the Minerals Gazette, published by Australia's Resource Information Unit.

The 115 delegates from 18 countries who attended the conference will remember how cold Helsinki was, the nearby Baltic Sea frozen solid, so many did not venture too far from the conference venue, the Radisson Royal, and there was high attendance at the 16 posters and 42 oral deliveries. Full papers from the presentations were peer reviewed after the conference  and those accepted were published in Volume 16 Number 11, a special issue of Minerals Engineering.

An extremely cold Helsinki

Below is a selection of photos taken at the conference. I am sure many of the delegates will be familiar to you, a fair number attending the latest events.