MEI's Barry Wills

The opinions here are solely those of MEI's Dr. Barry Wills (www.linkedin.com/in/barrywillsmei), author of Mineral Processing Technology, Founding Editor of Minerals Engineering.
"MEI is the glue that holds the minerals industry together" (Prof. John Ralston, South Australian Scientist of the Year).

Thursday, 5 March 2026

New book: The Art and Science of the Flowsheet

In this new book , launched at last month's SME Annual Meeting in Salt lake City, John O. Marsden explores the essential visual langua...

Monday, 2 March 2026

Soft Sensors for Decision Making in Comminution and Classification Circuits

According to Prof. Mohsen Yahyaei , a keynote lecturer at next year's Comminution '27 , modern comminution and classification circui...

Thursday, 26 February 2026

February summary: Winter breaks and sad goodbyes

January had been an awful month in Cornwall with three major storms causing much devastation ( January summary ) so Barbara and I took ourse...

Monday, 23 February 2026

We welcome COMEX as a sponsor of Physical Separation '26

Electronic sorting is increasingly important in mineral processing because it enables the early separation of valuable ore from waste rock, ...

Friday, 20 February 2026

February Cornish Mining Sundowner with visitors from far afield

A tremendous turnout last night for the February sundowner at Falmouth’s Chain Locker , helped by a welcome break in the relentless rain. Ca...

Sunday, 15 February 2026

The SME Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City is only a week away

The MEI blog began in February 2009. That same month, Jon and I attended the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration ( SME ) Annual ...

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