Announcing Physical Separation '26

Physical Separation '26 will be the 9th in MEI's popular physical separation conference series. The first seven were held in Falmouth, UK but Physical Separation '24 was held 3 months ago in Cape Town and we will be back there again in April 2026 for Physical Separation '26, with the support of our media partners International Mining and Minerals Engineering.

Relaxing at Cape Town's beautiful Vineyard Hotel

In his keynote lecture at Physical Separation '24, James Agenbag, of Mineral Technologies, South Africa, showed why physical separation in mineral processing is of critical importance, as it is the most energy-efficient, chemical-free means of sorting and upgrading minerals. It will become an even more vital first-stage in future flow sheets. In addition, physical separation will also become a critical step in the recycling of batteries, cables, cell-phones and other electronics as we start to close the metal loop and start to re-use more and mine less.

So if you are involved in any physical separation activities -  gravity separation, magnetic and electrical separation, electronic sorting, sizing, classification, solid-liquid separation- then do consider submitting an abstract to the conference. Final papers, which are invited after the conference, will be considered for publication in a special issue of Minerals Engineering after peer-review.

The Vineyard Hotel Conference Centre provides an ideal opportunity for exhibiting your products and services, and 10 booths are available for rental in the coffee and lunch break area. If you decide to exhibit you may also be interested in our sponsorship package, which will give you much exposure before and during the conference.

Coffee break in the exhibition area at Physical Separation '24

MEI Conferences have the reputation of being relaxed, informal events, the sundowners in the Vineyard gardens providing ideal networking opportunities at the end of the daily sessions.

The venue for the conference dinner will be announced later but we can guarantee that it will be a "fun" event!

Physical Separation '24 delegates at the conference dinner in central Cape Town

And finally, an added bonus, Physical Separation '26 will be followed by the 2-day Mineral Processing Circuits '26. Delegates staying on for this will receive discounted registration rates. Full details of this conference will be published soon.

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