Friday at Critical Minerals '24

The final day of this 2-day conference began with six presentations on hard rock lithium processing, followed by three on graphite, another major battery mineral. The afternoon session contained a further seven papers on a variety of critical minerals, all of which will be summarised in a few weeks time.

The long morning coffee and lunch breaks provided a further opportunity to talk to the four exhibitors. Sponsors Petrolab and AECI Mining were also involved with Process Mineralogy '24, and they were joined by Steinert, a sponsor for this conference, and Paterson & Cooke, exhibiting for the first time at an MEI Conference.

Poliana Ferreira (right) of MGLIT, Brazil with John Knouwds (Steinert, Namibia),
Lutke von Ketelhodt, Camila Senna and Jean Makola (Steinert, Germany)

Amanda Wills with Albert du Toit and Ron Rampersad of Paterson & Cooke, South Africa

Mintek delegates

All too soon the conference came to an end, and Amanda Wills thanked the sponsors, exhibitors, chairpersons, authors and the delegates who have made this such an enjoyable event. After inviting everyone to Critical Minerals '26, the venue as yet not decided, we said our goodbyes with final drinks in the Vineyard Gardens.

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