Metso Interview with Graeme Jameson

Froth flotation stands as one of the most significant scientific and practical breakthroughs of the 20th century. This method remains the cornerstone of the mining industry for extracting valuable raw materials from ores, the great interest being shown in Flotation '25 bearing testimony to this.

One of the most prominent figures in this field is Professor Graeme Jameson, renowned for his extensive career, who is part of the exceptional team of flotation innovators at Australia's University of Newcastle (posting of 23 June 2025).

The inventor of the Jameson, Concorde and NovaCell flotation cells he was recently interviewed by Metso about his career and his groundbreaking work in flotation technology. The Concorde Cell, an improved version of the earlier invention, the Jameson Cell, is an important part of Metso's flotation portfolio,and will be the subject of three presentations at Flotation '25. His latest invention, the NovaCell, will be the focus of two presentations.

Graeme Jameson started work in flotation when he was at Imperial College in London in the late 1960s. He  became friends with Dr Joe Kitchener of the Royal School of Mines (posting of 15 January 2018), who was very well-known in the field of flotation chemistry, who set Graeme off on his stellar career when he told him that in his opinion the chemistry of flotation was well advanced, but the hydrodynamics of bubble-particle interactions was much less understood.

What followed makes a fascinating story of a remarkable man, who at the age of 89 is still working on improving flotation technology.

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