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, 13 August 2026

$3 Billion for Mining: The West’s Critical Minerals Wake-Up Call

On August 7th US President Donald Trump announced a mining/critical minerals investment package of roughly $3 billion. The announcement ca...

Monday, 10 August 2026

Developments in Heap Leaching as a Technology Choice for Value Extraction from Primary and Secondary Resources

Heap leaching is part of the group of “percolation leaching” processes that selectively remove metal values from an ore into a suitable aque...

Thursday, 6 August 2026

Close encounters with a wild dolphin

August is always a quieter time, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere, where many families are away on holiday. So, today's blog is s...

Monday, 3 August 2026

Congratulations Mari Lundström on the award of the Faraday Medal

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Electrochemistry Interest Group Faraday Medal is one of the most prestigious international awards in...

Thursday, 30 July 2026

July summary: Memories of 60 years ago; another heatwave and another PM

Sixty years ago today Barbara and I were travelling from Lancashire to Kent for a family holiday. The roads were relatively quiet in those ...

Monday, 27 July 2026

The first AI-assisted mineral processing book series

I am sure that any mineral processor who uses LinkedIn cannot fail to have noticed the proliferation of books announced every few days by t...

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