Sunday in Phoenix

I arrived in Phoenix last night after an 11 hour flight from London. For once everything went to schedule including, remarkably, the trains from Falmouth to Heathrow.

Due to the seven hour time difference I was up very early this morning and after breakfast ventured out into a very balmy downtown, the temperature similar to a good summer day in Cornwall.

The short walk from my hotel took me to the Phoenix Convention Centre, where not surprisingly at 7.30 in the morning the registration area for MINEXCHANGE2024 was very quiet.

After completing registration I called in at the SME Bookshop to say hello to Theo Warrior and Melissa Serdinky and to see what the latest mineral processing offerings are this year.

Melissa and Theo

Tailings Case Studies: Real-World Lessons in Tailings is edited by Kimberly Finke Morrison, Senior Director for Global Tailings Management at Newmont Corporation, USA.

Basic Cyanide Chemistry: a simple guide for gold and silver leaching by Michael Botz equips readers with basic knowledge about cyanide's interactions with gold, silver, and other metals, enhancing understanding of these processes and their influence on leach solutions and ore processing.

Leaving the convention centre I strolled around downtown passing by Heritage Centre, an historic site anchored by the Rosson House, a fully-restored 1895 Queen Anne Victorian house, now a museum which interprets the history of Phoenix. 

Passing by the convention centre again I had coffee with Kriss Waters and Alex Doll. Kriss is the Canadian Editor for Minerals Engineering and Alex, Principal Consultant with Alex G Doll Consulting Ltd, has agreed in principle to present a keynote lecture at Comminution '25 in Cape Town next year.

With Kriss and Alex

I met up with Kriss again a couple of hours later for lunch at the ever excellent Seamus McCaffrey's Irish Pub on Monroe Street, not in the least being tempted by the restaurant opposite!

Then it was back to the hotel, a quick change and back to the convention centre for the opening reception for the exhibition, the start of MINEXCHANGE2024.