MEI's collaboration with the SME on next year's International Mineral Processing Congress

We were more than pleased to see the recent announcement from the USA's Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME), which continues our long standing role as IMPC media partners since the 2003 IMPC in Cape Town:

SME is happy to announce a collaboration with MEI for #IMPC2024, September 29 – October 3, 2024 in Washington DC. Share your insights in the advancements #mineralprocessing for the #energytransition by submitting an abstract.

The International Mineral Processing Congress is regarded as the 'Olympics' of mineral processing, where countries bid to hold this, the biggest meeting place for mineral processors of all disciplines. 

Covid played havoc in the organisation of recent events. The last face to face event was held in Moscow in 2018. Due to visa problems MEI was unable to attend this one, and our last full IMPC was in Quebec in 2016.   The Cape Town IMPC scheduled for 2020 was postponed to  2021 due to the pandemic, and again to 2026 as the pandemic raged on. 

Melbourne was the original scheduled venue for 2022 and this was cancelled due to the severe lockdowns in Australia. The IMPC, AusIMM and CSIRO then took a big gamble in organising the hybrid IMPC Asia Pacific 2022 within eight months, so they must be highly commended for a successful conference, bringing mineral processors together after this long lay off.

The IMPC has now rewarded Melbourne with a full Congress in 2028, following Cape Town in 2026, but before that the next Congress will be at National Harbor, Washington D.C., from September 29th-October 3rd, 2024.

The structure of global energy supply and demand is undergoing a dramatic transformation with shifts towards renewable and alternative sources of electric power and the electrification of transportation. Mineral Processing for the Energy Transition is the theme of the Congress, which will draw together the world’s leading experts to promote, discuss and reveal the latest advances in the science and technology of mineral processing. 

Full details of the event can be found on the congress website.

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