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Available from Friday September 30 at 09:00 AM (UTC-3)
SESSION 1: Industrial Practices and Improvements in Mineral Processing
Flotation of Mixed Copper Sulphide and Oxide Minerals in a Jameson Cell using Sea Water at Mina Justa Hernan Guerrero, Mina Justa, Marcobre, Peru; Christopher Anderson, Carter Lawrence and Ryan Jones, Glencore Technology, Australia
Cleaner-Scavenger Flotation Characterization Based on Size-by-Liberation Data from Plant Testing Paulina Vallejos, Juan Yianatos, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile; Marcelo Rodríguez and Jorge Cortínez, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile
Get the Right Material Blend at the Primary Crusher Marcelo Romero, Samuel Bustos and Stuart Sandler, Model Mining, USA and Chile
Practical Mine-to-Plant Implementation Jair Alarcon and Ronald Ticona, Orica, Peru
A Brief Review of Fine Particles Flotation Linda Ayedzi, George Abaka-Wood and William Skinner, ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals, Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia; and Massimiliano Zanin, MZ Minerals, Mineral Processing Consulting, Australia
Workplace-Based Technical Coaching of Young Professionals to Enhance Concentration Plant Performance Diana Drinkwater, Metcelerate Australia and Romke Kuyvenhoven, Metcelerate Chile
SESSION 2: Data Analytics, Modeling, Optimization and Control in Mineral Processing
Real-time Thickener Optimization Using Bayesian Deep Learning Boris Wolter, Alper Koc, Niel Knoblauch, Mark De Geus, Cristian Gonzalez, Denis Rubtsov and Hugh McNamara, IntelliSense, UK
Integrated System for Operational Recommendations Applied to Flotation Process Optimization Pablo Vera, Mario Vergara, Michelle Madrid and Eduardo Silva, Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Simulation of a Copper Rougher Flotation Bank with and without Circulating Load Mohit Gupta, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA; Kaiwu Huang, Aaron Noble and Roe_Hoan Yoon, Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA
SAG Mill Monitoring with Grinding Media Sensors Jacques Olivier, Chris Aldrich, Western Australian School of Mines, Curtin University, Australia; Eugene Davies, Molycop, Australia; Dimitrios Patsikatheodorou, Westgold Resources, Australia
Operational Decision Support in Low Grade Mineral Processing Plants – Digital Twins Osvaldo Bascur, OSB Digital, LLC, USA; and Freddy Retamal, SCM Lumina Copper, Caserones, Chile
SESSION 3: New Process Designs
Increase of Productivity in a Magnetite Concentration Plant CMP by Means of Selective Milling Jean Rojas, Héctor Guerra and Juan Carlos Ramiro, Compañía Minera del Pacífico – CMP, Chile; Alexis Yovanovic, MOPE Mineral Process Consultant, Brazil; Luis Bernal, QP Consultant, Chile
How the Jameson Concentrator Drives Reduced Energy Consumption and Smaller Footprint Chris Anderson, Gabor Csicsovszki and Glenn Stieper, Glencore Technology, Australia
Challenges of Evaluating Projects with Limited Water Resources Sergio Sepúlveda, Sergio Ramírez, Noelia Stuardo and Cristian Garrido, Fluor, Chile
Hollow Drop Technology, Combining Two Worlds Diego Poblete, Claudio Leiva, Oulu Mining School, University of Oulu, Finland; Claudio Acuña, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile; and Leonidas Torres, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile
Technical-Economic Optimisation of a Flotation Plant Design Using Aminfloat Simulator David Barriga, Roger Amelunxen, Aminpro, Chile; and Diego Mesa, Aminpro, Chile and Advanced Mineral Processing Research Group, Imperial College London, UK
SESSION 4: Flotation Fundamentals and Reagents
Fate of Arsenian Pyrite in the Selective Oxidation and Separation from Pyrite and Arsenopyrite Philip Forson, M. Krasowka, Richmond Asamoah, William Skinner, Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia; B. Cowie, Australian Synchrotron, Australia
Assessment of Polymeric Nanoparticles as Collectors in the Recovery Process of Copper by Flotation Romina Murga, Camila Rodríguez, John Amalraj, Lina Uribe, Universidad de Talca, Chile; Leopoldo Gutiérrez, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
Electrokinetic Study of Pentlandite and Quartz for Froth Flotation Separation
Linda Ayedzi, George Abaka, William Skinner, ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals, Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia; and Massimiliano Zanin, MZ Minerals, Mineral Processing Consulting, Australia
The Effect of Polyacrylamide Flocculants on the Flotation of Chalcopyrite, Bornite and Enargite Minerals Valentina Garcés, Christian Soto, Jorge Lagos, Ignacio Novoa, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Chile; and Leopoldo Gutiérrez, Water Research Center for Agriculture and Mining (CRHIAM), Universidad de Concepción, Chile
On the Correlation of Macroscopic Image Features with Bubble Size Parameters in Flotation Luis Vinnett, Benjamín Urriola, Francisca Orellana, Camila Guajardo, Alex Esteban and Ángela Salazar, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile
Evaluation of a Low Impurity Lime on the Efficiency of the Flotation Process of Copper Sulfides Victor Santa Cruz, Marco Carrasco, Siderúrgica Huachipato, Chile; and Leopoldo Gutiérrez, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Water research Center for Agriculture and Mining (CRHIAM), Universidad de Concepción, Chile
SESSION 5: Recycling, Environmental Issues and Efficient Use of Resources
Rosario Waste Dump Geochemistry: Material Distribution and Chemical Stability at the End of the Operation Rodrigo Alarcón, Emilie Coene, Nicolás Ferrada, Luciano Achurra, David Arcos, Amphos 21 Consulting, Chile; and Cristian Burgoa, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile
HPGR and Air Classification, a Step Towards Reducing Water Consumption in Minerals Processing Frank Peter van der Meer, WEIR Minerals Netherlands; and Mario Soto, Weir Minerals Chile
Geochemical Characterization and Stability Assessment for the Reclamation of Soils Affected by Mining Activities
Ramón Sánchez, Department of Geodynamics, Stratigraphy and Palaeontology, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain; Mari Luz García, José María Esbri, Elena Crespo, Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain; Javier Lillo, ESCET, King Juan Carlos University, Spain; Pablo Higueras, Institute of Applied Geology, Castilla-La Mancha University, Spain; and Lorenzo Reyes, Grupo de Investigación en Energía y Procesos Sustentables, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Chile
Effect of Changing Makeup Water on the Future Process Water Quality of Flotation Plants Juan Yianatos, Paulina Vallejos, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile; Carolina Jara, Felipe Ruiz and Dalibor Dragicevic, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile.
RAWMINA: Integrated Innovative Pilot System For Critical Raw Materials Recovery From Mines Wastes In A Circular Economy Context Eduardo Ortega, Leslie Díaz, Mirko Faccini, R&D Department, Leitat Chile; Sonia Matencio, Joaquim Gispert, Diego Morillo, LEITAT Technological Center, Spain; Roberto Boada, and Iris Valido,  Department of Chemistry, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
SESSION 6: Applied Mineralogy
Mineralogy Model Supported in Geological Mapping, Normative Geochemistry and Automated Mineralogy: El Teniente Deposit Chile Jorge Ávila, Paula Fernández, Guiñez Ingeniería, Chile; and Carolina Becerra, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile
Spectral Information Applied to the Construction of Geometallurgical Models Cristian Jara and Donato Vásquez, Outlier, Chile
Geometallurgical and Geomechanical Characterization of a Porphyry-Skarn Deposit Esteban Rodriguez, Aminpro, Chile; Diego Mesa, Aminpro and Advanced Mineral Processing Research Group, Imperial College London, UK; René Gómez, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
Geological Characterization and Metallurgical Impact of Fine Particle Material from the Underground Mine at Andina Division Silvana Herrera and Francisco Marín, Andina Division, Codelco, Chile
Session 7: Mineral Sampling, Sensors and QAQC
Implementation of Reference Material for the Quality Control of Comminution Metallurgical Tests (Work Index and Starkey) Claudio Martínez, Andina Division, Codelco, Chile
Impact of Remote Monitoring, Calibration, and Maintenance of On-Stream Analyzer in the Ore Flotation Process Sebastián Villalobos, Pablo San Martín, Pablo Zúñiga, Luis Nahuelpán, Juan Opazo, Metso:Outotec, Chile; and Michael Venegas, Metso:Outotec, Finland
Metallurgical Samplers or Extractors Slurry: When or Why to Avoid the Increment Delimitation Error Reinaldo Novaes, FLSmidth, Brazil; and Michael Hidding, FLSmidth, Australia
Geometallurgical Estimation of Mineral Samples from Hyperspectral Images and Statistical Topic Modelling
Felipe Santibáñez-Leal, Alejandro Ehrenfeld, Felipe Garrido, Felipe Navarro and Álvaro Egaña, Advanced Laboratory for Geostatistical Supercomputing (ALGES), Advanced Mining Technology Center (AMTC), Universidad de Chile
Superior Process Control Using Precise, Representative and Timely Elemental and Moisture Analysis
Henry Kurth and Luke Balzan, Scantech International, Australia
Need of Alternative Excavation Tools for Mining Robots
Michael Berner and Nikolaus Sifferlinger, Conveying Technology and Design of Mining Machinery, University of Leoben, Austria
Gas Dispersion Characterization of Eriez SlamJet® Sparging Technology
Tomás Verdugo, Miguel Maldonado, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Felipe Valdés, Maximiliano Meléndez and Javier Baeza, Eriez Flotation, Chile
Using BeltSense® to Predict the Specific Energy Consumption of the SAG Mill at Copper Mountain Mine Giovanni Pamparana, Maarten Haest and  Hannah Lang, MineSense Technologies, Canada
Session 8: Testing and Estimating Processes Performance
Innovador Protocolo de Laboratorio para Tests de Sedimentación
  • Gonzalo Barcos, Marcela de Vera, Minera Centinela, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile; Francisco Soto, Gabriel Berkowitz, Vicente Abarca and Gerardo Espinoza, Empírica, Chile
Prediction of SAG Milling Specific Energy for Andean and Structurally Altered Ores José Guerra, Ausenco, Chile; Bianca Foggiatto, Greg Lane, Ausenco, Australia, Rajiv Chadramohan and Connor Meinke, Ausenco, Canada
The Influence of Particle Size and Shape, Caused by Distinct Comminution Environments, to the Flotation of Semi-Soluble Salt Type Minerals Lucas Pereira, Nathalie Kupka, Bruno Michaux, Sondos Saquran, Doreen Ebert, Martin Rudolph, Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology, Germany; and Duong Hoang, Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology and Maelgwyn Mineral Services, Germany
Secrets of the Bond Ball Mill Grindability Test Alex Doll, Alex G Doll Consulting, Canada; and Vladimir Nikolic, Technical faculty in Bor, Department for Mineral and Recycling Technologies, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Rheology Modification to Allow High-Density Copper, Gold and Hematite Tailings Transportation Vinícius Seminotti, Livia Faustino, Rodolfo Ramognini, Leandro Bicalho, Wendel Rodrigues, Wagner Silva, Clariant Mining Solutions, Brazil/Chile; and Ricardo Jaramillo, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile
Using Alternative Grinding Media Shape to Improve Grinding Kinetics of SAG and Ball Mills
Kalin Genchev, Petar Bodurov, Nikolay Kolev, Relo-B, Bulgaria; Rasoul Fatahi, School of Mining Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran; Jesus Medina, Luis Granda, Paula Ferradal and Juan Menéndez-Aguado, Escuela Politécnica de Mieres, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
Ore Particle Agglomeration Behavior Via a Novel Lab-Scale Granulator and its Steady-State/Dynamic Liquid Retention Features Leiming Wang, Shenghua Yin, Hui Li and Yankuo Luo, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China
Session 9: Geometallurgical Case Studies and Industrial Practices
Updating the Collahuasi Throughput Model for the Upcoming Company Growth Eduardo Cortes, Javier Vargas, Francisco Melo, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile; Luis Magne, Gilda Titichoca and Guillermo Vargas, LMagne Ingeniería, Chile
Review and Upgrade of the Throughput Forecast Model of Minera Los Pelambres Francisco Abbott, Liduvina Rodriguez, Michel Morales, Minera los Pelambres; Chile; Walter Valery, Benjamin Bonfils, Kristy-Ann Duffy, Hatch, Australia; Roberto Valle, Claudia Plasencia, Hatch, Peru; and Rodrigo Hayashida, Hatch, Brazil
Mineralogical Characterization as a Support Tool for the Operation of Concentrator Plants at El Teniente Division, Codelco Carolina Pérez, Carolina Becerra, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile; and Jorge Ávila, Guiñez Ingeniería, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile.
Improving Accuracy in Plant Performance Forecasting through Block Model Redefinition Oscar Olvera, Connor Meinke, Rajiv Chandramohan, Paloma Pereira and Logan Phillips, Ausenco, Canada
Rosario Waste Dump Geochemistry: Material Characterization and its Acid Rock Drainage Potential Rodrigo Alarcón, Nicolás Ferrada, Luciano Achurra, David Arcos, Amphos 21 Consulting, Chile; and Cristian Burgoa, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile
Redefining Geometallurgical Estimation Domains at Minera Los Pelambres Felipe Ibarra and Fernando Rojas, Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Session 10: Geometallurgical Characterization and Modeling
Geometallurgical Characterization Using Kinetic Flotation Model for Short-Term Planning in El Teniente Viviana Pavez, Valentina Toledo, Andrés Lobos and Katherine Salazar, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile
Predictive Modelling in Geometallurgy Julian Ortiz, The Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining, Queen’s University, Canada
Defining Geometallurgical Domains in a Phosphate Mine Using Machine Learning Roberto Rolo, Gabriel Moreira, João Lague, Gustavo Usero, Geovariances, Brazil; and Marco Pereira, Daniel Fontoura and Luciano Capponi, Mosaic, Mosaic Fertilizantes P&K, Brazil
Defining Sedimentation Rate UGM’s in División Andina, CODELCO - Chile Karin Quintana and Catalina Martínez, GEOMAQ – Servicios Geológicos y Mineralógicos Integrales, Chile; and Claudio Martínez, Andina Division, Codelco, Chile
Geometallurgical Zoning of the Productive Sectors Pilar Norte, Panel Esmeralda and Panel Reno and Its Application in the Short Term in El Teniente Division Natalia Riquelme, Valentina Toledo, Viviana Pavez and Katherine Salazar, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile
Spatial Multivariate Morphing Transformation Applied to Geometallurgical Attributes Sebastian Avalos, Advanced Predictive Modeling Technology, Chile; and Julian Ortiz, The Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining, Queen’s University, Canada
Technical Courses
Variables fisioquímicas, mineralógicas y tecnológicas de la flotación de minerales y su impacto sobre los parámetros de eficiencia en los circuitos cerrados hídricos de las plantas concentradoras Dr. Leopoldo Gutiérrez, Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
Prediction in Geometallurgical Modeling Dr. Sebastian Avalos, Director, Advanced Predictive Mining Technology (APMT); Dr. Julian Ortiz, Associate Professor, The Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining, Queen’s University, Canada
Applications of Process Mineralogy Dr. Pia Lois-Morales, Assistant Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Universidad de Chile; Sergio Moraga, Researcher, Advanced Mining Technology Center, Universidad de Chile
Clay Tailings Management and Microscopic Scale Phenomena Dr. Ricardo Jeldres, Academic, Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processes, Universidad de Antofagasta