tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post8890082837836990624..comments2024-03-26T21:47:45.016+00:00Comments on MEI's Barry Wills: SME Annual Meeting 2019, Denver: mineral processing aspectsMEIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-55659002438241828142019-04-11T12:37:54.633+01:002019-04-11T12:37:54.633+01:00It was very nice to see you again in Denver and to...It was very nice to see you again in Denver and to interact with you on the occasion of the Monday awards afternoon of the Mineral Processing Division. You immortalized a few of the moments with the very good photographs you and others took that afternoon. Years ago, Gaudin Lectures (later Wadsworth Lectures) were at 1 PM before the start of afternoon technical sessions, then changed to 8 or 8:30 AM before the morning technical sessions started. This created people trying to get into the room before the award lectures were completed etc. Someone came up with the idea of having these activities on Monday afternoon, a time when there always was an all-institute roundtable panel which may not have had wide-ranging interest. <br /><br />You certainly presented a thorough tour of the exhibition showing many of the delegates visiting the exhibition hall. Of course many of those in your photos you know, but you must have a pretty good system of recording the names of those in your pictures.<br /><br />Thank you again for all of the kind remarks that you made during the recent events in Denver.<br /><br />My very best regards. DOUG<br />Douglas Fuerstenau, California, USA<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-25869591071385233812019-03-07T14:13:43.883+00:002019-03-07T14:13:43.883+00:00It was good to catch up with Bill Weldon again, an...It was good to catch up with Bill Weldon again, and to meet you and your colleague Pat Cleaves. I hope to see Peter Jansson at Physical Separation '19, representing one of our sponsors, Outotec. See you next year in Phoenix! MEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-45732355141077342102019-03-07T14:06:59.740+00:002019-03-07T14:06:59.740+00:00Hi Barry!
Thanks for including IMSC Group in your ...Hi Barry!<br />Thanks for including IMSC Group in your blog. We really enjoyed seeing old friends at the show and meeting new ones. IMSC Group is dedicated to providing customer service, technical support, and proactive solutions that promote customer success while supporting the Outotec physical separation lines (formerly Carpco, Inprosys and Humphreys). It was inspiring to see how many people were enthusiastic about the continuation of production and support for these long established products. <br />Steve Stewarthttps://www.imsc-group.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-27384334073301642622019-03-07T01:09:26.343+00:002019-03-07T01:09:26.343+00:00Sorry Barry is was Rolf!!! Sorry Barry is was Rolf!!! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08336582717517899573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-68353256438477517812019-03-06T18:54:44.040+00:002019-03-06T18:54:44.040+00:00It was great to meet you Chee, and I wish you ever...It was great to meet you Chee, and I wish you every success with the new journalMEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-42540804592590119622019-03-06T15:44:26.468+00:002019-03-06T15:44:26.468+00:00It's always a pleasure to welcome Barry to our...It's always a pleasure to welcome Barry to our SME Annual Conference & Expo! <br /><br />This year, our Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (MME) journal, published with Springer Nature, launched with 23 articles in a very Special Issue on Mineral and Metallurgical Processing in Honor of Professor Emeritus Douglas W. Fuerstenau. In just over six months, MME has had 274 papers submitted, of which 54 are already published in print and online. Watch out for two more special issues lined up for this year: one on Emerging Technologies/Fourth Industrial Revolution in Mining in June and one on Critical Minerals in October. <br /><br />Thank you so much for your support, Barry, and I look forward to seeing you again next year in Phoenix!<br /><br />Chee Theng, Managing Technical Editor, MME, SMEChee Thenghttps://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/42461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-83129067115323764772019-03-06T13:39:10.610+00:002019-03-06T13:39:10.610+00:00Sorry, typo. Glencore of courseSorry, typo. Glencore of courseMEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-90036142801802562652019-03-06T11:29:46.701+00:002019-03-06T11:29:46.701+00:0025% of cobalt produced is used in smart phones, an... 25% of cobalt produced is used in smart phones, and 60% comes from DRC. Cobalt demand is expected to double by 2025 with the development of the electric vehicle industry. Although major companies such as Gencore produce cobalt as a by-product from copper mining, this <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?hl=en&shva=1#inbox/WhctKJVJjtJZRkrWkfjCMGTHSJgDZDxzsGVTfQrPbfRfjrDXJRwpBwgVWlgXvWPqMKxZRtg?projector=1" rel="nofollow">CBS News</a> report, highlighting children mining for cobalt in the DRC in unregulated artisanal operations, shows that we have a long way to go in convincing the public that mining is a responsible activity.MEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-91169085086010739022019-03-06T09:01:04.592+00:002019-03-06T09:01:04.592+00:00Let us know if anything interesting comes of this,...Let us know if anything interesting comes of this, Unknown. Let us know who you are next time if you canMEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-90804935639705914272019-03-06T08:59:16.057+00:002019-03-06T08:59:16.057+00:00Many thanks for this great overview, Martin. I'...Many thanks for this great overview, Martin. I'm glad you enjoyed the SME, I thought you might do! I'm also pleased that you picked up on my last sentence, as did Rolf Fandrich. I hope that this might lead to further useful debate. Looking forward to seeing you and your colleagues in Freiberg in October.MEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-22640759617348480392019-03-06T08:52:02.122+00:002019-03-06T08:52:02.122+00:00Thank you see stats below.
registrants (6,629)
6...Thank you see stats below. <br /><br />registrants (6,629)<br />623 Students<br />793 International registrants from 43 countries<br />17 members of the Press<br />784 Exhibits – 592 Exhibiting companies<br />126 Technical Sessions, which equates to 749 Presentations<br /><br />Tara Davis, SMEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-19218739590567294962019-03-06T06:50:08.000+00:002019-03-06T06:50:08.000+00:00Dear Barry,
thank you so much for this great revi...Dear Barry,<br /><br />thank you so much for this great review of the SME Denver conference also highlighting the Fuerstenau symposium, which was the initial reason for me to attend the conference. It was great to see you there and I totally agree it was one of the best networking opportunities I have ever had. Before attending mostly the Fuerstenau Symposium and the exhibition I had the pleasure to be guided through the Kroll Institute at the Colorado School of Mines in beautiful Golden by Prof. Patrick Taylor on sunday afternoon. At that time I already felt very comfortable in Denver and at the evening reception at the exhibition of the SME conference I knew this indeed would become one of the best events I have attended so far in my time as a mineral processor, letting me to put the future annual SMEs on my must attend list.<br />On monday I enjoyed the very well selected keynote presentations especially by author Hannah Ubl and FLSmidth's Mikael Lindholm which really set a nice scene for the meeting. In the afternoon I attended the MPD with the award ceremonies. I still get goosebumps thinking about who was there. I told my group back home in germany it felt like being amongst the rockstars of our field, a true hall of fame. Those goosebumps remained until later that day when we had a dinner with the Fuerstenau symposium delegates (many rockstars again) which was organized by IMPC and the University of California Berkeley. I am so thankful for Cyril O'Connor and Jim Gebhardt for leading through the evening making t enjoyable and unforgettable. I will always remember the short conversation I had with Douglas Fuerstenau and also the opportunity to give a short greetings and gratulation address to both Douglas Fuerstenau and Jan Miller as the only representative from Germany. Both 2018 IMPC award recepients are not only great scientists and engineers but also wonderful people which I feel very honored to meet. <br />On tuesday and wednesday I mostly enjoyed the wonderful talks at the Fuerstenau symposium and the intense networking in the hallways, at the exhibition and at evening receptions.<br /><br />Finally, I would like to pick up on your last sentence about the preception of the mining industry. I see a lot of great minds, wonderful good-will people striving for a better future. I have no doubt that what we do is most important and I also actively reach out to society which is always a lot of fun. But unfortunately I cannot shake off my own perception of still seeing a few but powerful and influential people with pure capitalist neoliberalist drive and it is so damn hard to talk to them. This is sometimes very depressing for me. But I hope they will never break the spirit of the long-term forward thinkers which do not solely take quick revenue into account.<br /><br />Best wishes from good old mining historical Freiberg, Germany (851 years of mining history),<br /><br />MartinMartin Rudolphhttps://www.hzdr.de/db/Cms?pNid=2423&pOid=32948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-69094807280410340322019-03-06T00:58:43.996+00:002019-03-06T00:58:43.996+00:00Cheers Barry, where to start on that invitation! P...Cheers Barry, where to start on that invitation! PDAC is current running and the Sustainability Program has many sessions addressing social licence, so if people are interested, a glance at the new approaches, technologies and tools on offer there is a good place to start. At a very high level, the pathway to social licence goes through trust: a concept that the whole world would seems to be discussing at the moment, in many forms and contexts. In mining this means companies truly understanding what builds (and erodes) trust between with them and their host communities and responding accordingly. Thanks again Barry. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08336582717517899573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-16739536042606550432019-03-05T09:40:39.354+00:002019-03-05T09:40:39.354+00:00Thanks Rolf. I full agree with you regarding the n...Thanks Rolf. I full agree with you regarding the need for relationship building, particularly in the wake of Minas Gerais. Suggestions as to how this might be achieved would be welcome.MEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-20133406707895893032019-03-05T09:36:23.664+00:002019-03-05T09:36:23.664+00:00Many thanks Donna, most appreciated. Hope to catch...Many thanks Donna, most appreciated. Hope to catch up with you and John soon- maybe Cornwall in June?MEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-4643499491514340302019-03-05T08:57:17.553+00:002019-03-05T08:57:17.553+00:00As always, I am so impressed with the detailed cov...As always, I am so impressed with the detailed coverage you give to important conferences like the SME. Your comments were interesting; photographs and write-up history -great. I feel like I was there!! You sure covered a lot of ground!<br /><br /> Many thanks again for your report. I was thinking—if you didn’t do this—would there ever be a record? We are indebted to you.<br /><br />Donna Starkey, Starkey & Associates Inc, Canada<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-77659977149732587422019-03-04T23:51:01.271+00:002019-03-04T23:51:01.271+00:00Thanks so much for the summary Barry. Its great to...Thanks so much for the summary Barry. Its great to be reacquainted in a small way with people one has lost touch with. Shout out to Ted Bearman and Paul Gottlieb!<br /><br />Just on your last sentence. The days of the industry using rallying cries like "changing perceptions" and "educating the public" are long gone. The lived experiences of communities in and around Brumdhino and Bento Rodrigues in Minas Gerais make a joke of that idea. Its also wearing thin for society in general. The PR approach is failing and a new one that genuinely listens to host communities and the general citizenry about what matters to them, and where corresponding actions follow, is required. Relationship building has to be the new goal, not just "education".<br /><br />Thanks for the MEI forum you make available, Barry and yes, mineral processors rock!Rolf Fandrichnoreply@blogger.com