Thursday at Comminution '23

After a week of sunshine the weather deteriorated overnight and delegates crowded into the exhibition area for the coffee and lunch breaks.

Eleen Strydom, Maria-Paula Lucero Zalesak of FLSmidth, South Africa
and Peter Wulff of FLSmidth, USA

The Tega Industries team with the MEI team

Amanda with Dean David

Seven companies have now signed up for sponsorship of Comminution '25, the latest being Russell Mineral Equipment, Glencore Technology and Metso Outotec.

Jon with John and Cherylyn Russell of Russell Mineral Equipment, Australia

Jon with Chantel Fourie of Metso Outotec, South Africa

Jon with Cedric Walstra and Hans De Waal of Glencore Technology, Australia

Today has been very intensive, with 19 presentations, ending with a final summary from MEI consultant Aubrey Mainza, of the University of Cape Town, who presented  prizes, on behalf of the Global Comminution Collaborative (GCC), to Tulio Campos, of UFRG, Brazil and Maximilian Tobaben, of Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Germany, for the best overall student presentations at the conference.

Maximilian and Tulio (centre) with members of the GCC

MEI's Amanda Wills then thanked the sponsors, exhibitors, chairmen and presenters for their contributions to a fine event, and invited everyone to Comminution '25, which will be at the Vineyard Hotel from 31 March to 3 April 2025, after which farewell drinks were in the confines of the conference centre rather than outside in the cold and damp.

Welcome visitors from nearby UCT, Megan Becker (left) and Cyril O'Connor (2nd right),
with Sherry Bremner and Aubrey Mainza

The Cornish contingent, Jon Wills, Simon Bailey (Keramos), Felicity Wilshaw (gsl),
Amanda Wills, Nick Wilshaw (gsl), Barbara and Barry Wills

A summary of the technical presentations will be published on the blog on May 8th. Thanks to everyone for making this conference so special.

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