The evolution of the Jameson Cell: a Glencore Technology Workshop prior to Flotation '25

The Jameson Cell was invented by Professor Graeme Jameson at the University of Newcastle, Australia, in the late 1980s. The cell has been particularly successful in coal flotation, base metals (copper, lead, zinc), and recently in other areas like industrial minerals.

The licensing, marketing, and ongoing development of the Jameson Cell is managed by Glencore Technology, Australia (formerly Xstrata Technology). This month Glencore Technology celebrated the installation of the 500th Jameson Cell worldwide, at the New Afton gold and copper mine in Canada, 

Immediately prior to the welcoming reception for Flotation '25 on Sunday November 16th, Glencore Technology will be running a short workshop on the future of the Jameson Cell technology. This will give insights into new applications, available test work options, and will explore current industry perspectives and show how industry leaders are leveraging Jameson Cells now and for the future.

The workshop will be presented by Adam Price, Manager, Jameson Flotation, and Senior Metallurgist Ryan Jones. One of the topics will be the expansion of Jameson Cell duties and at Flotation '25 which follows Ryan will show how the the Jameson Cell is increasingly being applied in rougher flotation duties as a means of debottle-necking concentrators and addressing space constraints while delivering high metallurgical performance, recent design developments  enabling its use in larger throughput applications. He will also present a poster showing how a Jameson Cell upgrade at KAZ Minerals Bozshakol in Kazakhstan has highlighted the Jameson Cell’s capability to enhance concentrator performance and establish new production benchmarks.

The Glencore workshop is becoming a feature of MEI's flotation series. At Flotation '19 the 30th birthday of the Jameson Cell was celebrated at the workshop with around 40 attendees. At the time there were over 350 installations around the world and it was great to have Prof Jameson at the event to help cut the Jameson Cell birthday cake with Technology Manager Virginia Lawson.

The workshop at Flotation '23, was attended by around 25 conference delegates and presented by Ryan Jones.

The workshop immediately follows the course on Flotation Chemistry Fundamentals and Practice to be given by Prof. Liza Forbes of Australia's JKMRC.

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