A second Lifetime Achievement Award for Prof. Jim Finch

I was more than pleased to hear that my old friend Jim Finch received the Canadian Mineral Processors' Lifetime Achievement Award at the CMP Annual Meeting last week in Ottawa. In 2020 he was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the International Mineral Processing Council.

Jim with McGill's Associate Professor Kristian Waters

With current and former graduate students of McGill University 

I have known Jim since 1986 when he attended the NATO Advanced Study Institute in Falmouth and in 2015 he was the subject of one of my interviews with leading mineral processors.

Jim had an illustrious career at McGill University, where he is now, after retirement, an Emeritus Professor, and did much to rank the University highly in the mineral processing field. As well as authoring over 300 journal articles he was co-author of the seminal book Column Flotation, with former student Glenn Dobby.

With Jim and Glenn in Cornwall in 1988

I am particularly proud of the fact that Jim agreed to work with me on Mineral Processing Technology, which was published as an 8th edition in 2016, a busy year for Jim as he was Chair of the International Mineral Processing Congress in Quebec.

Book signing in Phoenix, 2016

Opening IMPC 2016 in Quebec

Jim has had a big involvement with MEI. In 2015 he became a consultant to MEI's Flotation Conferences on the retirement of Prof. J-P Franzidis and  has proven to be a huge asset, advising on the technical programme and judging student presentations with his wife Lois, as well as presenting three keynote lectures over the years.

Jim and J-P Franzidis at Flotation '15

Jim actively involved with Flotation '23 and '25

Jim with fellow Antoine Gaudin Award winners, Jan Cilliers,
Kevin Galvin and Osvaldo Bascur at Flotation '25

Congratulations Jim from all at MEI. Nobody deserves this award more than you.

Jim and Lois with Barbara Wills at Flotation '11

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