tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post2865389660727992821..comments2024-03-29T07:54:12.874+00:00Comments on MEI's Barry Wills: Report on Sustainability through Resource Conservation and Recycling '14MEIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-29440427256020650212014-06-23T14:33:57.293+01:002014-06-23T14:33:57.293+01:00Thanks Jenny. Good to see you using flotation to m...Thanks Jenny. Good to see you using flotation to mitigate acid rock drainage. Hope to hear more at Sustainable Minerals '16, and of course at Flotation '15 in your home town!MEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-74629483814330037022014-06-23T12:48:00.734+01:002014-06-23T12:48:00.734+01:00Very interesting and stimulating presentations and...Very interesting and stimulating presentations and discussions-both informal and formal. It was great to meet researchers with a common interest and, despite the relatively small number of delegates, I made many more useful contacts than I normally tend to do at larger conferences. If you are interested in "closing the minerals to metals systems loop", with a view to enhance sustainabile development of these non-renewable resources, this is the conference to attend!Jenny Broadhurstnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-32435766354251519562014-06-21T16:03:15.404+01:002014-06-21T16:03:15.404+01:00Really pleased to hear that you enjoyed the confer...Really pleased to hear that you enjoyed the conference Argane, our first ever Moroccan delegate in Falmouth!MEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-15991876437596913792014-06-21T13:48:22.067+01:002014-06-21T13:48:22.067+01:00Just a word of thanks for an excellent conference,...Just a word of thanks for an excellent conference, one of the best that I ever attended. A friendly atmosphere and interesting interaction among participants. <br />They are also great networking opportunities especially for young researchers<br /><br />Best regards<br /><br />Argane Rabei, UCA university, Morocco<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14877256062121320983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-89081774198068900872014-06-19T15:38:09.815+01:002014-06-19T15:38:09.815+01:00I agree completely with your comments Romke in tha...I agree completely with your comments Romke in that sustainability should be of major interest to all mining companies, so it was disappointing to see so few involved. This problem is not unique to this conference however and we are making all efforts at the moment to attract operators to all MEI Conferences. They can learn a lot for their operations, and academics and researchers can learn a similar amount from them, as to what is happening at the 'sharp end'. <br /><br />Thanks for coming to your first MEI Conference, and I wish you every success with the IMPC in October- look forward to seeing you in Santiago!MEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-81779129879208499762014-06-19T15:29:56.798+01:002014-06-19T15:29:56.798+01:00Thanks Markus. It has been great working with you ...Thanks Markus. It has been great working with you and Outotec on this event. As you said at the end of the conference minerals are at the centre of sustainability, and I look forward to your continued involvement with MEI towards Sustainable Minerals '16.MEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-71549922530497876632014-06-19T14:01:16.138+01:002014-06-19T14:01:16.138+01:00Despite of the relatively small number of delegate...Despite of the relatively small number of delegates, the diversity among subjects that were covered and the variety of cultures (and languages!) was impressive. Thanks for the good organization Barry. There is a major challenge ahead of us though, for those either directly involved or interested in sustainability in mining, and that is to get the mining companies involved. I was impressed by the technical quality of many of the presentations, and to see how totally different fields (agronomy! mining!) can work together in assuring raw material supply for the manufacturing industry. And that should be of major interest for mining companies. Just by means of example, Urban Mining can provide raw materials to the manufacturing industry without digging a hole a in the ground, using available "waste" streams, and thus with significant support of society because it actually "decontaminates". Sounds like an attractive alternative to primary resource mining. Let's be honest. Maybe the message that we are sending out to the industry is not the right one. Sustainability is not something that is done to be nice or for good people only. It is the only way to do business nowadays. Not being sustainable equals not having a business. Sustainability is not an operational cost for a mining company. If approached the right way, it might very well show up as a source of income on the balance sheet.Romkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03874416343655745210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-34962884095356683452014-06-19T12:11:08.098+01:002014-06-19T12:11:08.098+01:00Dear All
Thanks for all those that have attended!...Dear All<br /><br />Thanks for all those that have attended! It was a great pleasure seeing many friends but also meeting new ones. <br /><br />The beauty of Barry Wills' smaller niche conferences is that everyone starts taking part in the discussions, either after the presentations, at posters, during excellent coffee breaks and even greater lunches. Then the fish dinners in the evening in Falmouth are great...<br /><br />This conference is all about quantified (physics based) sustainability, making resource efficiency work in our industry. Everyone after half a day is already networking, in true system integrated manner. This is what sustainability in its deeper philosophical meaning is in the end all about. <br /><br />Also in the end it is all about minerals and "mineralogy" in a wider context (either geological or product designed) and processing these in traditional and new innovative solutions as well as in modern system integrated metallurgical infrastructures linking to product design. <br /><br />I hope we can see you all again in the future; we all have sustainability at heart.<br /><br />Kind regards<br /><br />Markus.Markus Reuternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-80583142469723146782014-06-18T13:51:59.941+01:002014-06-18T13:51:59.941+01:00Thanks Chris. Hope to see you at Sustainable Miner...Thanks Chris. Hope to see you at Sustainable Minerals '16 and hopefully hear more from you on the reprocessing of the waste storage facility in Romania for Cr, Mg and Ca.MEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-55289660491858069422014-06-18T13:27:19.052+01:002014-06-18T13:27:19.052+01:00Many thanks for organising such a wonderful confer...Many thanks for organising such a wonderful conference. Look forward to returning in a couple of years time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839255773233409469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-30217100228173934592014-06-18T09:09:41.701+01:002014-06-18T09:09:41.701+01:00It was good to meet you too Jorge, and thanks for ...It was good to meet you too Jorge, and thanks for presenting your interesting work on environmental impact assessment.MEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-2663766737169102062014-06-18T09:05:04.350+01:002014-06-18T09:05:04.350+01:00It was a pleasure meet all of you in Falmouth and ...It was a pleasure meet all of you in Falmouth and I would like to come there next time. It was my first time in any MEI Conference and I liked SRCR so much. It has been a great meeting to share interesting research and I take advantage discovering a great area of Britain.<br />Jorge Castilla, Technical University of Madrid, SpainAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com