Sunday in Cape Town

Sunday 30th March

The Vineyard Hotel has been filling up over the weekend with delegates from 28 countries arriving for tomorrow's Comminution '25. 

Delegates from Germany and Sweden relaxing on the Vineyard terrace

There was much pre-conference activity today. Our industry advocate, CEEC: Coalition for Minerals Efficiency, ran a whole day workshop, The Future of Comminution, sponsored by Metso, which was well attended by 57 delegates.

This was followed by a short course  the capability and application of the Isamill from Glencore, Technology. The course, attended by 34 delegates, celebrated the 30th birthday of the IsaMill, which has led the way in energy efficient ultra-fine grinding since its development in the early 1990s, and I was pleased to be invited to cut the celebratory cake!

Cutting the IsaMill cake with Glencore's Cedric Walstra, , Hans De Waal, Ion Gurnett and Kai Johnston

And then in the late afternoon the welcome reception for Comminution '25 got underway, a great way to start the week and meet the 28 exhibitors.