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Technical and Social Program

November 20 - 22, 2019. Hotel Sheraton Santiago, Chile

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20

09:00-16:30 1st International Cobalt Workshop (Spanish only, without interpretation)

14:00-17:00 Registration, Foyer

NOVEMBER 20

BALLROOM A & B

Inaugural Ceremony

17:00

Words of welcome

Carlos Barahona, Procemin-Geomet 2019 Executive Director; General Manager, Gecamin, Chile
Rick Valenta, Procemin-Geomet 2019 Co-Organizer; Professor, Program Director Geology, WH Bryan Mining and Geology Research Centre, SMI, University of Queensland, Australia
Leopoldo Gutiérrez, Procemin-Geomet 2019 Co-Organizer; Associate Professor, Metallurgical Engineering Department, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
Willy Kracht, Procemin-Geomet 2019 Co-Organizer; Director, Mining Engineering Department, Universidad de Chile
André Silva, Procemin-Geomet 2019 Co-Organizer; Associate Professor, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil

Opening Address

(SPA) "Digital Transformation Developments"
Claudia Garrido, Infrastructure Project Manager, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

18:00 - 19:00 Welcome Reception. Foyer. Courtesy of Outotec

NOVEMBER 21

BALLROOM A

Session 1: Comminution Processes I
Chair: Romke Kuyvenhoven, SMI-ICE, Chile

08:20

Day 2 Program Updates

08:30

(ENG) Comparative Study of Mechanical Properties of Pebbles within an AG/SAG Circuit Dominic Fabbri and Dusty Jacobson, Metso Minerals, USA

08:50

(SPA) SAG Mill Optimization Insights by Measuring Inside the Mill Ignacio Molina, Moly-Cop, Chile; Paul Shelley, Moly-Cop, Australia; and Dimitrios Patsikatheodorou, Westgold Resources, Australia

09:10

(SPA) Optimizing SAG Plant Production using Advanced Analytics at Codelco El Teniente Division Julio Díaz, Cristian López, Úrsula Contreras, Guillermo Droguett and Cristian Órdenes, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile; and Rodrigo Toro, Honeywell, Chile

09:30

(ENG) HPGR Roll Surface Design Approach Frank Van der Meer, Weir Minerals, The Netherlands

09:50

(ENG) SAG Mill Liner Selection to Maximize Productivity Richard Whittering, Rajiv Chandramohan, Greg Lane and Matt Pyle, Ausenco, Canada

BALLROOM B

Session 2: Flotation Fundamentals and Reagents I
Chair: Francisca San Martín, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

08:20

Day 2 Program Updates

08:30

(SPA) Evaluation of Vegetable Recycled Oil as Collector in Flotation of Copper Sulfides Lina Uribe, Felipe Sazo and Carlos Moraga, Universidad de Talca, Chile

08:50

(SPA) Green Chemistry in Froth Flotation: Evaluating the Use of Environmentally-Friendly Agents Lorenzo Reyes, Universidad Autónoma de Chile; Eduardo Vyhmeister, University College Cork, Ireland; Alex Godoy and Héctor Valdés, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile; Pablo Higueras, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain; Carlos Fúnez, Centro Nacional del Hidrógeno, Spain; José Luis Salazar, Universidad de Santiago de Chile; and Ronaldo Herrera, Universidad de Sonora, Mexico

09:10

(SPA) Clay and Mica Minerals in Flotation: Downstream Effect of the Use of Dispersing Agents Leopoldo Gutiérrez, Joaquín Roa, Rodrigo Yepsen and Andrés Ramírez, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

09:30

(SPA) Challenges and Innovation in the Flotation Reagent Dosing Systems Álvaro Rendón, ECN Scientific, Mexico

09:50

(ENG) Analysis of the Rougher and Scavenger Bank using Tecflote™ S11 at Boliden Aitik, Sweden Odair Lima, Nouryon, Brazil; Andrew Lewis and Magnus Svensson, Nouryon, Sweden; Nils-Johan Bolin and Lisa Malm, Boliden Mines, Sweden

(ENG) Electroflotation of Iron Ore Fines using Biosurfactan

Mauricio Torem, Carolina Simões, Ronald Rojas and Marcelo Camarate, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Río de Janeiro, Brazil

AUTHOR UNABLE TO ATTEND. PAPER PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS

BALLROOM C

Session 3: Applied Mineralogy and Mineral Characterization I
Chair: Gerson Sandoval, Anglo American, Chile

08:20

Day 2 Program Updates

08:30

(SPA) Geological-Mineralogical and Chemical Analysis of Reactive Rocks in the Río Blanco Deposit, Andina División-Codelco Francisco Marín, Claudio Martínez and Juan Verdugo, Andina Division, Codelco, Chile; and Yasna Contreras, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

08:50

(ENG) A Quantitative and Comparative Laboratory Analyses of X-Ray Computed Tomography and Mineral Liberation Analyzer Ahmad Hassanzadeh, Jose Godinho, Thomas Heinig, Robert Möckel, Doreen Ebert and Martin Rudolph, Helmholtz-Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology, Germany

09:10

(ENG) Geometallurgical Considerations: Processing Mineralogy vs Alteration Footprints Cassady Harraden, Cari Deyell-Wurst and Ronell Carey, Corescan, Australia; Sam Scher, Corescan, Chile

09:30

(ENG) X-Ray Tomography as a Tool in Geometallurgy Rick Valenta, Cathy Evans and Kate Tungpalan, WH Bryan Mining and Geology Research Centre, SMI, University of Queensland, Australia; Pía Lois and Elaine Wightman, JKMRC, SMI, The University of Queensland, Australia

09:50

(SPA) A Rapid Estimation of Processing Behaviour Based on Ore Texture Rocío Vargas, Kate Tungpalan, Cathy Evans and Emmy Manlapig, WH Bryan Mining and Geology Research Centre, SMI, University of Queensland, Australia; John Jackson, IMDEX, Australia; Khoi Nguyen, Independent Consultant, Austrlalia; and Anh Nguyen, BHP, Australia

10:10 - 10:50 Poster Session and Coffee Break. Foyer. Courtesy of Weir Minerals

BALLROOM

Poster Session. Foyer

Transition from Spray to Roping in Hydrocyclones: Influence of the Feed Particle Size Distribution Juan Daza, Pablo Cornejo, Cristian Rodríguez, Fernando Betancourt and Fernando Concha, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Study of the Lignosulphonates Effect as Molybdenite Depressant in Seawater Consuelo Quiroz, Juan David Giraldo and Lina Uribe, Universidad de Talca, Chile; and Leopoldo Gutiérrez, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Recovery of Gold and Copper from Printed Circuit Boards by Flotation Jeser Villalobos and Lina Uribe, Universidad de Talca, Chile

Study of the Use of Guar Gum as Depressant of Pyrite in Seawater Ángela Díaz, Juan Giraldo and Lina Uribe, Universidad de Talca, Chile; Leopoldo Gutiérrez, Universidad de Concepción, Chile; and Ricardo Jeldres, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

Concentration and Distribution of Cobalt in Pyrites from La Estrella IOCG Mineral Deposit, Atacama Region

Javier Quevedo, Universidad Mayor, Chile; Romke Kuyvenhoven and Ximena Prieto, SMI-ICE, Chile

Common Actual Challenges and Operating Troubles in Copper Flotation Plants Maximiliano Caro, Juan Yianatos and Paulina Vallejos, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

Characterization of a Recycling Process for the Recovery of Spherodized Graphite from Spent Lithium Ion Batteries Anna Vanderbruggen and Martin Rudolph, Helmholtz-Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology, Germany

Geochemical Characterization, Distribution and Geometallurgy of Black Copper Oxides in the Gaby Ore, Antofagasta Region, Chile Abigail Fredes and Eduardo Campos, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile; Luis Plaza, Claudio Seguy and Claudio Vargas, Gabriela Mistral Division, Codelco, Chile

BALLROOM A

Session 4: Testing and Process Performance Estimate I
Chair: Ignacio Molina, Molycop, Chile

10:50

(SPA) The MiniBond Test: Description, Calibration and Sources of Error Patricio Berríos, Roger Amelunxen and Esteban Rodríguez, Aminpro, Chile; Miguel Becerra, Anglo American, Chile; Marcial Medina, Hudbay Minerals, Peru; and Peter Amelunxen, Hudbay Minerals, Canada

11:10

(ENG) Magsus Proxy for Pyrrhotite at AngloGold Ashanti Cuiabá Mine Luiz da Costa, Bruno Penna and Gabriel Silva, AngloGold Ashanti, Brazil

11:30

(ENG) A Preliminary Investigation into Dry Separation of Gold Ore using a Laboratory Knelson Concentrator Ozan Kökkiliç, Meng Zhou, Raymond Langlois and Kristian Waters, McGill University, Canada

11:50

(ENG) 2018/19 Comparative Testing Program for JKDW and SMC Testing: Implications of Test Variance Matthew Weier and Percy Madrid, JKTech, Australia

(ENG) Evaluation of the LCPC Test for Application in the Operations of Mining and Processing of Compact Ores: Case Study of the Sossego Mine

Petterson Barbosa and Elisabeth da Fonseca, Vale, Brazil; Maurício Bergerman, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

AUTHOR UNABLE TO ATTEND. PAPER PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS

BALLROOM B

Session 5: Modeling, Design and Optimization of Mineral Processes
Chair: Gonzalo Barcos, Minera Centinela, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

10:50

(SPA) Optimization of the Flotation Process of Copper Ore with High Pyrite and Clays Bearing in Seawater utilizing Response Surface Methodology María Arancibia, Felipe Sepúlveda, Jean López, José Mercado and Luis Cisternas, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile; and Freddy Lucay, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

11:10

(ENG) Preliminary Studies on Process Design for Ilesa Lode Gold Deposit John Ajayi, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria

11:30

(SPA) Analysis of Voids in Leaching Cells to optimize the Gold Cyanuration Process and Water Treatment Luis Santiago and Segundo Velásquez, Cia. Minera Coimolache, Buenaventura, Peru

11:50

(ENG) Mineralogy and Beneficiation Studies of Low-Grade Copper-PGM Deposit Janne Suhonen, Tero Kravtsov, Matthew Hicks and Juha Saari, Outotec, Finland; Alexey Chistyakov, Polymetal, Russia

12:10

(SPA) Digital Twin for Planning, Debottlenecking and Process Analysis under Variability Felipe Matamoros and Enrique Rubio, Redco, Chile

(SPA) Concentrate Quality Model based on Geometallurgical and Mineralogical Models

Enzo Martínez, Independent Consultant, Chile; and Ludovina Burgos, El Teniente, Codelco. Chile

AUTHOR UNABLE TO ATTEND. PAPER PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS

BALLROOM C

Session 6: Geometallurgical Characterization and Modeling I
Chair: Marcela Oyarzún, Codelco, Chile

10:50

(SPA) An Overview of Good Practices in the Use of Geometallurgy to Support Mining Reserves in Copper Sulfides Mauricio Garrido and Luis Farfán, IMDEX, Chile; Julián Ortiz, Queen’s University, Canada; Exequiel Sepúlveda, Universidad de Talca, Chile; and Brian Townley, Universidad de Chile

11:10

(SPA) SWNIR Gangue Mineralogy Applied to Modelling and Estimation of UGM in Antucoya Copper Oxide Mine Jorge Ávila and Gonzalo Mendoza, Minera Antucoya, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile; Xiomara Rubio, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile; and Pablo Valiente, Minera Centinela, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

11:30

(ENG) The Potential of Veins in Improving Geometallurgical Characterisation of Mineral Separation Rick Valenta, Kate Tungpalan, Elaine Wightman, Cathy Evans and Emmy Manlapig, WH Bryan Mining and Geology Research Centre, SMI, University of Queensland, Australia

11:50

(SPA) Geometallurgical Model based on Mineralogical-Textural Assemblages and Geological Fragmentation Units Samuel Canchaya, SAMPLING OK, Peru

12:10

(ENG) Short Term Geometallurgy at Salobo Mine Elisabeth da Fonseca, Vale, Brazil; Axel de Sousa, Patrícia Santos, Francisco Olegario, Lucas Almeida, Ana Silveira, Rosiane de Aquino, Helbert Lino and Victor Hyodo, Salobo Mine, Vale, Brazil

12:30 - 13:40 Lunch. Pedro de Valdivia Ballroom. Courtesy of FLSmidth

BALLROOM A

Session 7: Solid-Solid Separation
Chair: Lina Uribe, Universidad de Talca, Chile

13:40

(SPA) Research Findings Driving New Banana Screen Designs Vicente Esparza, InterMining Process, Chile; Kenny Mayhew-Ridgers, Kwatani, South Africa

14:00

(ENG) REWO-SORT Sensor Fusion for Enhanced Ore Sorting: a Project Overview Markus Firsching, Christine Bauer, Rebecca Wagner and Alexander Ennen, Fraunhofer EZRT, Germany; Amit Ahsan, SECOPTA analytics, Germany; Tobias Kampmann and Glacialle Tiu, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden; Alvaro Valencia, Aldo Casali and Gonzalo Montes, Universidad de Chile

14:20

(ENG) Single Module Screening for 10,000 t/h of Slurry from a 40 Foot Semi-Autogenous Grinding Mill Douglas Teyhan and Gordon Ashley, Schenck Process, Australia

14:40

(ENG) AI Algorithms to Monitor the Performance and Condition of Vibrating Machines Jan Schäfer, Schenck Process, Germany

15:00

(ENG) On-Line Detection of Abnormal Cyclone Performance using Particle Size Tracker (PST) Technology Jaime Sepúlveda, J-Consultants, Chile; Robert Maron, Christian O’Keefe, Adam Jordens and Henry Walqui, CiDRA Minerals Processing, USA; Mauricio Estrada and Rodrigo Bruna, SGS Minerals, Chile

BALLROOM B

Session 8: Flotation Fundamentals and Reagents II
Chair: Leopoldo Gutiérrez, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

13:40

(SPA) Effect of Bubble Size Distribution on Recovery of Copper and Molybdenum in an Industrial Column Cell Hanrrieth Candia, Miguel Maldonado, Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Nicolás Miranda, Andina Division, Codelco, Chile; Felipe Valdés, Eriez, Chile

14:00

(ENG) Interactive Effect of Particle Size, Liberation and Hydrophobicity on the Flotation Kinetics of a Carbonaceous Phosphate Deposit Ahmad Hassanzadeh, Duong Huu Hoang, Edgar Schach, Nathalie Kupka, Lucas Pereira and Martin Rudolph, Helmholtz-Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology, Germany

14:20

(SPA) Bioflotation with Acidithiobacillus Ferrooxidans in Seawater Francisca San Martín, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile; Willy Kracht and Tomás Vargas, Universidad de Chile; and Ignacio Valles, AMTC, Universidad de Chile

14:40

(ENG) Optimal Blend of Macaúba and Jatropha Curcas Oil as Apatite Collector André Silva, Ana Amorim, Carlos Mata, Elenice Silva and Ramon Lima, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

15:00

(ENG) Xanthate Replacement: Case of the Sossego Mine Wendel Rodrigues and Ronaldo Fonseca, Clariant, Brazil; Marlon Souza, Jefet Machado, Geovan Oliveira, Rafael Oliveira, Renan Sousa, Sossego Mine, Vale, Brazil

BALLROOM C

Session 9: Process Modeling and Industrial Practices
Chair: Juan Román, Clariant, Chile

13:40

(SPA) Installation of Online Redox Potential Sensors for Flotation Control Claudio López and Marcelo Maya, Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile

14:00

(SPA) Bottlenecks and Beyond Juan Schwarze, Rodrigo Kong, Karina González and Waldo Bustos, Arcadis, Chile

14:20

(SPA) Scaling of the Primary Metallurgical Recovery Model for Copper, Molybdenum and Gold at the Centinela Concentrator Plant Gonzalo Barcos, Javier Vargas, Charles Lozano, Leyla Vaccia, Minera Centinela, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile; Iván Yutronic, Eduardo Díaz, Cecilia Arrué, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile; Francisco Soto and Gerardo Espinoza, Empírica Consultora, Chile

14:40

(SPA) Evaluation of an Industrial Simulator Built on an Extended Industrial Database Paulina Vallejos and Juan Yianatos, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile; Rodrigo Grau and Alejandro Yáñez, Outotec, Finland

15:00

(SPA) New Models for Better Mine-to-Plant Planning Jorge Menacho, Guillermo Vega, and Carlos Martínez, De Re Metallica Ingeniería, Chile

15:20-15:50 Poster Session and Coffee Break. Foyer. Courtesy of Weir Minerals

BALLROOM A & B

Plenary Session 1
Chair: Sergio Spichiger, Principal Mining Geology - Copper, Anglo American, Chile

15:50

(SPA) Mining Safety: Towards a Preventive Culture without Fatalities Samuel Chávez, General Director, Rekrea, Chile

16:20

(SPA) Geometallurgy and Processes Workflow Marcela Oyarzún, Geometallurgy and Process Technical Director, Codelco, Chile

16:50 - 18:30 Networking Cocktail. Foyer

NOVEMBER 22

BALLROOM A

Session 10: Solid-Solid and Solid-Liquid Separation
Chair: Adam Johnston, Transmin Metallurgical Consultants, Peru

08:20

Day 3 Program Updates

08:30

(ENG) Impact of Particle Size in High Tension Roll Separation Marcin Ziemski, JKMRC, SMI, The University of Queensland, Australia

08:50

(ENG) Dewatering Agents for Iron Ore and Bauxite Pedro Rollo, Valdilene Rhodes, Leandro Bicalho, Ronaldo Fonseca and Wendel Rodrigues, Clariant, Brazil; and Wagner Silva, Clariant, USA

09:10

(SPA) A Physicochemical Approach to Explain the Decrease in Solids Content of Thickener Underflow in Compañía Minera Cerro Negro Norte Leopoldo Gutiérrez, Universidad de Concepción, Chile; and Juanita Carvajal, CAP Minería, Chile

09:30

(ENG) Cancha Geometallurgy Software Demonstration Adam Johnston, Transmin Metallurgical Consultants, Peru

(ENG) Selective Bioflocculation of Ultrafine Hematite Particles using the Yeast Candida Stellata

Mauricio Torem, Marcelo Camarate, Antonio Merma and Carolina Simões, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Río de Janeiro, Brazil

AUTHOR UNABLE TO ATTEND. PAPER PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS

(ENG) Efficiency in Tailings Dewatering: What Parameters will affect the Performance and Capacity of a Pressure Filter

Niclas Hällevall and Lars Gustavsson, Metso Minerals, Sweden; and Rodrigo Gouveia, Metso Minerals, USA

AUTHOR UNABLE TO ATTEND. PAPER PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS

BALLROOM B

Session 11: Testing and Process Performance Estimate II
Chair: Gabriel Berkowitz, Empirica Consultores, Chile

08:20

Day 3 Program Updates

08:30

(ENG) Pilot Plant for the Processing of a Complex Tin Ore: a Contribution towards Geometallurgy in Beneficiation

Lucas Pereira, Edgar Schach, Flavio Padula, Robert Möckel, Doreen Ebert, Markus Buchmann, Thomas Leißner, Martin Rudolph and Karl van den Boogaart, Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology, Germany; Dzmitry Pashkevich, G.E.O.S. Ingenieur Gesellschaft, Germany; Rui Sousa, National Laboratory of Energy and Geology, Portugal; Irina Bremerstein, UVR-FIA, Germany; Lev Filippov, University of Lorraine, France; Chris Broadbent, Wardell Armstrong International, United Kingdom

08:50

(ENG) Quantifying the Effects of Mass Transport and Mineralogy in the Curing and Leaching of Agglomerated Ores Luis Salinas and Stephen Neethling, Imperial College, United Kingdom

09:10

(SPA) Pilot-Scale Cu-Mo Separation as a Tool for Industrial Plant Design David Barriga, Aminpro, Chile; Francisco Abbott, Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile; and Roger Amelunxen, Aminpro, Canada

09:30

(ENG) Pilot Trial of a New High Rate Flotation Machine James Dickinson and Kevin Galvin, The University of Newcastle, Australia; Bart Dabrowski, Dariusz Lelinski, Lance Christodoulou, FLSmidth, USA

09:50

(SPA) Process Mineralogy Applied to Assess the Rougher Flotation Circuit Performance in a Copper-Gold Ore Processing Plant

Elizabeth Carrera, Pedro Paucar and Hyder Mamani, GoldFields La Cima, Peru

AUTHOR UNABLE TO ATTEND. PAPER PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS

BALLROOM C

Session 12: Applied Mineralogy and Mineral Characterization II
Chair: Rick Valenta, WH Bryan Mining and Geology Research Centre, University of Queensland, Australia

08:20

Day 3 Program Updates

08:30

(SPA) Mineralogical Characterization of Muds in El Teniente Mine and its Impact in Copper Recovery Susana Fonseca, Guiñez Ingeniería, Chile; and Ludovina Burgos, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

08:50

(SPA) Implementation of a Quality Control System for QEMSCAN® Mineralogical Analysis in Codelco Andina Francisco Marín, Claudio Martínez and César Bustos, Andina Division, Codelco, Chile

09:10

(SPA) Chemical and Mineralogical Characterization Method for Tailings Deposit Irene Aracena, Tania Triviño and Juan D. Rayo, JRI Ingeniería, Chile

09:30

(SPA) Alteration and Speciation Model of Soto-Norte Gold Deposit

Orlando Rojas, Rodrigo Barra, Javier Olivares, GeoEstima, Chile; Martin Balcucho and Margareth Guerrero, Minesa, Colombia; and Pim van Geffen, Vangeochem, Canada

09:50

(SPA) Application of Advanced Mineralogical Techniques in the Characterization of Precious Metals in Copper Concentrates Felipe Martínez and Mauricio Belmar, SGS Minerals, Chile; Grammatikopoulos Tassos, SGS Minerals, Canada; Ludovina Burgos and Ricardo Floody, El Teniente Divison, Codelco, Chile; Carolina Portilla and Susana Fonseca, Guiñez Ingeniería, Chile

10:10 - 10:50 Poster Session and Coffee Break. Foyer. Courtesy of Outotec

BALLROOM A

Session 13: Comminution Processes II
Chair: Alex Doll, Alex G Doll Consulting, Canada

10:50

(ENG) Review of Comminution Testwork Requirements for Fine Grinding Mill Sizing and Selection Bianca Foggiatto, Monong Huang and Rajiv Chandramohan, Ausenco, Canada; and Greg Lane, Ausenco, Australia

11:10

(ENG) Gravity Induced Stirred Mill – Tower Mill: Advancement to Improve Ore Processing Profitability Samayamutthirian Palaniandy, Nippon Eirich, Australia; and Hidemasa Ishikawa, Nippon Eirich, Japan

11:30

(SPA) Progress on the Model Based Laboratory/Plant Scale-up of HPGR Circuit Performance Jaime Sepúlveda, J-Consultants, Chile; Edson Tobar and Santiago Figueroa, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

11:50

(ENG) Multi-Compartment Rod/Ball Mill Evaluation on Bauxite Operation Ana Soares and Júlio Almeida, Metso Minerals, Brazil

12:10

(SPA) An Optimization Journey: from Blasting, Dry AG Milling to Regrind HPGR and Everything in between Roberto Valle, Hatch, Peru; Walter Valery, Kristy-Ann Duffy, Alex Jankovic, Peter Holtham, Erico Tabosa and Bianca Andrade, Hatch, Australia; Rodrigo Hayashida, Hatch, Brazil

BALLROOM B

Session 14: Flotation Industrial Practices
Chair: Paulina Vallejos, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

10:50

(SPA) Optimizing the Froth Area of Large Mechanical Flotation Cells Rodrigo Grau and Alejandro Yáñez, Outotec, Finland; Diego Davoise and Ángel López, Riotinto Atalaya Mining, Spain

11:10

(SPA) Challenges and Opportunities for Cobalt Recovery at Copper Plants Romke Kuyvenhoven, Sustainable Minerals Institute - International Centre of Excellence, Chile; and Brian Townley, Universidad de Chile

11:30

(ENG) Collaborative Research on Coarse Particle Processing Marcin Ziemski, Liza Forbes and Kym Runge, JKMRC, SMI, The University of Queensland, Australia

11:50

(SPA) El Teniente: Increase in Molybdenum Recovery Aldo Collari, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

12:10

(SPA) Introducing Metso VPX: Smart and Future Ready Filtration Solutions Patricio Mujica, Metso Minerals, Chile

BALLROOM C

Session 15: Geometallurgical Characterization and Modeling II
Chair: Orlando Rojas, GeoEstima, Chile

10:50

(SPA) Mineralogical Blast Hole Sampling at Andina Division: An Opportunity to Improve Geometallurgical Modelling Francisco Marín, Claudio Martínez and Rodrigo Silva, Andina Division, Codelco, Chile

11:10

(ENG) Reinventing the Wheel: the Environmental Geometallurgy Matrix and its Supporting Tools Rick Valenta and and Anita Parbhakar-Fox, WH Bryan Mining and Geology Research Centre, University of Queensland, Australia

11:30

(SPA) Determination of Mineralogical Controls for In-Situ Geometallurgical Models at El Teniente Division Gustavo Urízar and Óscar Jerez, Instituto GEA, Universidad de Concepción, Chile; Ludovina Burgos and Carolina Becerra, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

11:50

(SPA) Multi-Scale Mineral Analysis Tools and Technologies for Geometallurgical Characterization Rocío Vargas and Nathan Fox, WH Bryan Mining and Geology Research Centre, SMI, University of Queensland, Australia

12:30 - 13:40 Lunch. Pedro de Valdivia Ballroom. Courtesy of Metso Minerals

BALLROOM A

Session 16: Modeling and Control of Mineral Processes
Chair: Lorenzo Reyes, Universidad Autónoma de Chile

13:40

(SPA) A Flexible Steady State Comminution Circuits Simulator Daniel Sbárbaro, Fernando Ureta and Christian Goni, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

14:00

(SPA) Developing of Metamodel for Grinding Process using Geostatistical and Support Vector Machine Felipe Sepúlveda, Mauricio García, Dubett Muñoz, and Renato Acosta, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile; Freddy Lucay, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

14:20

(ENG) Criticality of Appropriate Control System Design on High Pressure Grinding Rolls Bianca Foggiatto, Ausenco, Canada; John Long, CSAutomation, Australia; and Kevin Erwin, Minera Peñasquito, Mexico

14:40

(ENG) A New Particle-Based Approach to Process Modelling and Diagnostics Lucas Pereira, Mahdi Khodadadzadeh, Raimon Tolosana, Edgar Schach, Juho Hannula, Ivan Fernandes and Max Frenzel, Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology, Germany

BALLROOM B

Session 17: Production Planning and Industrial Practices
Chair: Juan Yianatos, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

13:40

(SPA) Improvement of Short-Term Planning in Molybdenum Recovery at El Teniente Úrsula Contreras, Erika Méndez, Viviana Pavez and Valentina Toledo, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile; Olivia Mejías, BRC, SMI, University of Queensland, Australia

14:00

(SPA) Impact of Hydrodynamics and Operational Parameters over Concentrate Quality at Minera Fresnillo Juan Anes, Flottec, Canada; Jaime Godínez and Mario Franco, Flotecc, Mexico; and Adrián Tolentino, Fresnillo Zacatecas, Mexico

14:20

(SPA) Diagnostic Cu-Mo Circuit at Minera Cuajone and Adjustments to Increase Efficiency in the Flotation Process Alexis Campos, Solvay, Chile; Erland Zegarra and Nelver Benavides, Southern Cuajone, Peru

14:40

(SPA) Update of the Throughput Model and Ore Processing Plan at the Minera Centinela Concentrator Javier Vargas and Gonzalo Barcos, Minera Centinela, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile; Sebastián Tello, JKTech, Chile; and Iván Yutronic, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

BALLROOM C

Session 18: Geometallurgical Characterization and Modeling III
Chair: Claudio Rubilar, Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile

13:40

(ENG) Revisiting the Geometallurgy Roadmap Rick Valenta and Alice Clark, WH Bryan Mining and Geology Research Centre, SMI, University of Queensland, Australia

14:00

(SPA) Sampling Methodology for Geometallurgical Characterization: Porphyry Copper Deposits Marcela Oyarzún, Codelco, Chile

14:20

(SPA) Geometallurgical and Mineralogical Models for the Prediction of Concentrate Quality at El Teniente Division Carolina Becerra and Ludovina Burgos and El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

(ENG) Upfront Process Mineralogy: a key Influencer to Success in Flowsheet Development and Plant Design

David Meadows, Bechtel, USA; Wolfgang Baum, Ore & Plant Mineralogy, USA; and Gillian Hall, Independent Consultant, United Kingdom

AUTHOR UNABLE TO ATTEND. PAPER PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS

15:00-15:30 Poster Session and Coffee Break. Foyer. Courtesy of Outotec

BALLROOM A & B

Plenary Session 2
Chair: Alejandro Astudillo, Flotation Superintendent, Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

15:30

(ENG) Sustainable Innovation in Mineral Processing Plants Neville Plint, Director, Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland, Australia; and Romke Kuyvenhoven, Productivity Project Leader, Sustainable Minerals Institute - International Centre of Excellence, Chile

16:00

(SPA) The Future of Tailings Management: Technical and Economic Challenges Cecilia Arrué, Technical Process Manager, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

BALLROOM A & B

Closing Ceremony

16:30

Conference Balance and Final Comments

Carlos Barahona, Procemin-Geomet 2019 Executive Director; General Manager, Gecamin, Chile
Claudia Garrido, Procemin-Geomet 2019 Chair; Infrastructure Projects Manager, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile