Minerals Processing & Extractive Metallurgy, Mp&Em, Board Annual Report for 2015

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MINERALS PROCESSING & EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY, MP&EM, BOARD ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2015

1. Board membership

In 2015 the Board welcomed David G Meadows, Global Manager of Metallurgy – Mining & Metals, Bechtel and Emma Hosking, Senior Process Engineer, Jacobs. Mr Wayne Hopkins left the Board and the Division thanks him. There are 12 directors serving on the MP&EM Board, all members of IOM3. They are: Tony Francis (TF), Chairman – Independent Consultant, FMC Ltd Professor Hylke Glass (HG), Vice Chairman – CSM, Exeter University Stephen Barnett (SB) – Independent Consultant Michael Brooks (MJB) – Independent Consultant Dr Mike Butler (MB) – Director Mining & Minerals, Jacobs Mike Cave (MC) – Independent Consultant, Mike Cave Pyro Ltd Emma Hosking (EH) – Senior Process Engineer, Jacobs Dr R Vasant Kumar (VK) – University of Cambridge David Meadows (DM) - Global Manager of Metallurgy – Mining & Metals, Bechtel Professor John Monhemius (JM) – Director, Anglo Asian Mining Plc Angus Morrison (AM) – RSM, Imperial College Dr Stephen Neethling (SN) – RSM, Imperial College

Professor Hylke Glass has assumed the position of Vice-Chair of the MP&EM Board. Stephen Barnett has been elected to be the representative for the SE England area position on the new IOM3 Advisory Council once the structure has been approved by the Privy Council.

2. Board meetings Three Board meetings were held during the year. The meeting of 29 January was held at 1 Carlton House Terrace, London and was fully attended by all 12 members of the Board. The second meeting on 28 May was also convened at 1 Carlton House Terrace with 6 members present. The third Board meeting of the year was held at the new IOM3 London premises at 297 Euston Road on 24 September with 6 Board members in attendance. Board members proceeded to the IMMa meetings which immediately followed that of the MP&EM Board.

3. Activities during 2015

3.1. Technical programme The major technical activity of the Board during the year was the highly successful Conference “Minerals and Metals from Mine to Market” held at Trinity Hall, Cambridge over December 15 -16, the Conference was IOM3 08/05/2018 2

dedicated to Professor Derek Fray of Cambridge, refer to 3.5 later. This was organised by the Conference section of IOM3 under the direction of the Conference Chairman, Dr R Vasant Kumar, Trinity Hall personnel and other members of the MP&EM Board. The Conference was fully subscribed and attended by 79 delegates from all over the world. Sponsorship was provided by SGS Mineral Services UK Ltd and Zeiss Optical. There were 38 papers of outstanding quality presented by leaders in the field and 10 poster displays. The event was opened and closed by Tony Francis, MP&EM Board Chair. The Conference dinner speeches included an address by Tim Sambrook of SGS, appreciations of the work of Professor Fray and his response. It is intended to publish selected papers in a future edition of the Minerals Processing & Extractive Metallurgy, Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section C and in the International Journal of Minerals Processing. The Conference was reported in the technical press and will be in the February 2016 edition of Materials World. The Conference continues the impetus generated from Geometallurgy2014 and is part of the strategy to establish the Board as a successful organiser of high quality technical events. It is planned to arrange a conference in 2016 at 297 Euston Road to provide a forum for the disciplines covered by Minerals Processing and Extractive Metallurgy. The Board intends to organise a second Geometallurgy Conference in 2017 following on from the success of Geometallurgy2014.

3.2. Web-site developments The MP&EM web site is kept updated with relevant news items, technical meetings and Conferences. In the last statistics reported for May - Aug 2015 the MP&EM micro site ranked 14th out of the 42 IOM3 Technical Communities. The contents of the current and back issues of the IOM3 technical journal, Transactions C, representing the MP&EM industries worldwide are available free of charge to members from a link on the MP&EM micro-site, IMM Transactions C. This journal is highly regarded and is edited by Board member Dr. R. Vasant Kumar.

3.3. Engagement with technical community and/or local societies The Division has developed and issued a newsletter under the editorship of Board member Emma Hosking. The first issue was circulated on 1 October 2015 to registered members and is posted on the MP&EM web site at MP&EM Newsletter. The Minerals and Metals from Mine to Market Conference was covered by the MEI blog. The MP&EM division continued to maintain close cooperation with IMMa, the extractive industries umbrella group and the MinSouth local society. Board members Michael Brooks and Stephen Barnett are active members of the IChemE. The MP&EM Board maintains a keen interest in and liaison with the IOM3 in-house technical library which has an exhaustive collection of books and journals unique in the mining world. The library and the related information services continued to operate well throughout the year.

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The MP&EM board is a prime mover with IMMa in encouraging a link up of OneMine with the IOM3 library and the IMMAGE database. This is considered to benefit both organisations. The IOM3 executive are pursuing this and some progress has been made. Welcome letters to new members of the Division were sent out under the Chairman’s signature by the IOM3 membership department. Dr Vasant Kumar reported that he had a contact at the University of Nizwa in Oman in the form of Dr Carsten Schwandt, Professor of Materials Science and Metallurgy. TF has made contact with Professor Schwandt and informed the International Affairs Board with a view to growing membership and provision of accreditation services by IOM3. Professor Schwandt presented at the Mine to Market Conference, refer to 3.1 above.

3.4. Contributions to IOM3 house journals The MP&EM organised Minerals and Metals from Mine to Market Conference will be reported in the February 2016 edition of Materials World. Board member Angus Morrison contributed an article on the Young Persons Lecture Competition in May’s Materials World and Tony Francis in January’s issue. The contents of the current and back issues of the IOM3 technical journal, Transactions C, representing the MP&EM industries worldwide are available free of charge to members from a link on the MP&EM micro-sit, refer to section 3.2. The contents of the 4 editions published during 2015 cover technical activities across the entire spectrum of the MP&EM disciplines in 29 original and refereed papers.

3.5. Other The Board issued the Divisions Sustainability Statement and posted it under a dedicated tab on the Divisions web site, MP&EM Sustainability. Stephen Barnett is a member of the SDG. IOM3 has purchased video-conferencing equipment and teleconferencing software but has limited its use mainly to the IOM3 executive. The unnecessary printing of documents and minutes is discouraged. The MP&EM Board divisional brochure was updated and re-printed during the year and continues to be used as a marketing tool at suitable fora including schools career fares. The brochure is on display and available at the IOM3 offices, interested members may request copies to be posted for suitable events such as schools careers days, seminars, work-shops and conferences. The MP&EM Board nominated Professor Derek Fray for the Institute’s prestigious 2015 Futers Gold medal for his life-long and distinguished career in minerals processing and extractive metallurgy particularly for his work in developing molten salts technology and company start-ups resulting from his numerous patents and inventions. Professor Fray was duly awarded the honour. Refer also to Section 3.1 above. Board members made a number of nominations for the 2016 IOM3 awards.

4. Strategy and Objectives for 2016 and Beyond

4.1. Opportunities and constraints A primary objective of the MP&EM Board and its members is to grow membership of the IOM3 through academic, industrial and personal networking. In this regard the Board has discussed that a medium to long term objective should be to establish relations with the Universities to encourage them to establish post graduate teaching modules or conversion courses catering for the MP&EM disciplines. Preliminary engagement has started. It is appreciated that some Universities have these modules. Unfortunately the impetus has stalled due to the reduced activity in the mining industry as a result of sustained low commodity prices. During the year 35 IOM3 members. 11 new, elected to affiliate to the MP&EM and all Board members and IOM3 staff involved are to be congratulated. Many existing IOM3 members are practicing in the MP&EM disciplines but have not specified divisional affiliation. Due to the constraints imposed by the Data Protection regulations this is not a simple procedure to effect retrospectively. When such members come to the attention of the Board they are requested to contact the membership department and affiliate to the MP&EM discipline. It is hoped that this will be facilitated as members register using the new IOM3 web site which went live in September 2015. The Board ensures the interests of the MP&EM community continue to be represented in IOM3 through membership of Council, the ITPB and other agencies. The Chairman encourages the MP&EM Board members to be actively engaged in furthering member’s interests and the Institute’s objectives. The slow progress by the Institute on progressing the OneMine tie up is considered a constraint to attracting additional new members from the MP&EM discipline to join IOM3. The Board appreciates that that there are constraints over copyright issues, maintaining the IMMAGE database and costs. The Board noted that the non-availability of the CPD facility on the new IOM3 web site is disappointing and should be re-commissioned as soon as possible as this is a useful and appealing member service.

4.2. Specific targets for 2016 Arrange another MP&EM based event at 297 Euston Road, the lead organiser will be Dr Stephen Neethling. Aim to have at least 50% of the Board members attending meetings and all actively contributing. Nominate a suitable candidates for the 2017 Futers Gold medal and other relevant awards. To arrange a poster display showing the MP&EM discipline when advised by the IOM3 executive. Progress the objective to establish relations with the Universities and encourage those that have not done so to set up teaching modules

catering for the MP&EM disciplines. No UK Universities currently provide MP&EM as primary undergraduate degree courses, refer to 4.1 earlier.

4.3. Specific targets for the 3 years beyond 2016 A primary objective which is applicable to all years of the MP&EM Board and its members is to grow membership of the IOM3 through academic, industrial and personnel networking. The Board will continue to contribute positively to Institute activities covering the areas described in Section3 above. Over the coming years the Board aims to establish relations with the Universities to encourage them to establish post graduate teaching modules catering for the MP&EM disciplines. In 2017 it is intended to manage a follow up Conference to Geometallurgy2014 which will be entitled Geometallurgy2017, Professor Glass will again be leading this. The MP&EM Board will aim to arrange suitable annual technical Conferences for 2018 and 2019. The present Chairman of the MP&EM Board has been in place since May 2011 and a succession plan has been drawn up with Professor Hylke Glass accepting the role of Vice-Chair of the Board.

5. Other matters None

Appendix: Technical Programme as of December 2015

Date Status Title Location Organising Financial 100 Actu (YY/YY/MM) (Held Division(s) Underwrit % al / /Committee er (IOM3/ Targ No’s Progressi (s) Local/ et ng / Other) No's /Planned) Collaborato rs Held SMEET II – Sustainable 1 CHT, EMG/MP&EM IOM3 55 31 27/02/13 Materials for Emerging London Energy Technology Held Minerals for Life – Edinburgh Mineralogica Mineralogi +/- 119 17-19/06/13 Overcoming Resource University l Society cal Society 150 Constraints with MP&EM reps 11-12 June Held Geometallurgy2014 1 CHT, MP&EM IOM3 50 56 2014 London Held Minerals and Metals from Trinity Hall, MP&EM IOM3 60 79 15-16 Mine to Market Cambridge December University 2015 Proposed TBA 297ER MP&EM IOM3 50 2016 2017 Proposed Geometallurgy2017 London MP&EM IOM3 >60

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