The November 2013 issue of Materials World, the member magazine of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. has a key feature on eco-efficent comminution. Journalist Guy Richards quotes global industry leaders in his profile of Eco-efficient comminution.
Crushing victories - comminution...
19-Nov-2013
On behalf of the Pope, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, welcomed mining industry leaders to the Vatican on 7th September. The occasion was the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace’s Day of Reflection on environmental and social questions relevant to the mining industry. The day was...
09-Nov-2013
[caption id="attachment_2580" align="aligncenter" width="700"] L-R: Owen Hegarty, CEEC Patron; Sandy Gray Gekko Systems and Joe Cucuzza AMIRA prepare to address the delegates at Mines and Money Melbourne 2013.[/caption]
CEEC Patron Owen Hegarty, AMIRA's Joe Cucuzza and Gekko Systems's Sandy Gray...
02-Nov-2013
[caption id="attachment_2573" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Queensland Premier Campbell Newman congratulates representatives of the Metso PTI team. Left to right: Kristy- Ann Duffy (Mineral Process Engineer), Walter Valery (Senior Vice President - Global), Premier Campbell Newman, David La Rosa (...
31-Oct-2013
JKTech has been recognised as a global provider of innovative technologies to the international resources industry, by taking out the coveted Minerals and Energy Award announced at The Premier of Queensland’s Export Award in Brisbane last night on 24thOctober. The Minerals and Energy Award is...
29-Oct-2013
CIM's October 2013 Magazine published an excellent feature addressing comminution. The report quotes operators, service providers and equipment manufacturers as well as CEEC Director Joe Pease (CEO Xstrata Technology).
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25-Oct-2013
Download details here: CallforNominationsCEECBoard
Nomination & Expression of Interest – CEEC Board
Please be advised that the Annual General Meeting for CEEC International Ltd (CEEC) will be held on Thursday, 21st November, 2013, at 5.00 p.m. (AEDT).
In accordance with the Cons...
24-Oct-2013
The 2013 CEEC Medal presentation on October 11th drew many from North America: here are pictures some of our guests.
[caption id="attachment_2466" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Sandy Gray from Gekko Systems chatting with Andy Maclean and Gavin Ritson (Hatch)[/caption]
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22-Oct-2013
The 2013 CEEC Medallists were recognised at a " by invitation only" industry event hosted by Ausenco at their Vancouver offices. Ed Meka, Ausenco's President, Minerals and Metals, Americas welcomed the assembled guests, before introducing CEEC Chair, Elizabeth Lewis-Gray who gave an overview of C...
22-Oct-2013
Attending Procemin 2013?
Make sure you register for the course being run by Alex Doll, Comminution Consultant, Canada, and Peter Amelunxen, Aminpro Chile.
The course is for engineers with intermediate or advanced understanding of grinding circuits:
EPCM engineers who will be designing and...
08-Oct-2013
[caption id="attachment_2293" align="alignleft" width="300"] Kyle Bartholomew Metcom Technologies; Mike Daniel CMD Consulting; Bill Johnson,[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_2278" align="alignright" width="300"] Lt: Tom Hunter Outotec Rt Sandy Gray Gekko Systems[/caption]
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08-Oct-2013
[caption id="attachment_2320" align="alignleft" width="300"] Elizabeth Lewis-Gray Gekko and Wayne McFaull Newmont meet special guest Mark Morcombe AngloGold Ashanti[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_2317" align="alignright" width="300"] CEEC Directors: Mike Daniel, Sarah Boucaut (EO) Mike Batters...
04-Oct-2013
CEEC sponsors and supporters joined CEEC's Board to hear CEEC Chair Elizabeth Lewis-Gray interview Mark Morcombe SVP, AngloGold Ashanti on the challenges and opportunties for energy efficiency in comminution at AGA's Obuasi mine. Located in Ghana, the mine has been operating since 1897, and was acqu...
02-Oct-2013
[caption id="attachment_2236" align="aligncenter" width="700"] CEEC Director Dr Mike Daniel (Rt) and CEEC Advocate Levi Guzman (Lt) meet with colleagues in Peru in August 2013[/caption]
Founding CEEC Director Dr Mike Daniel met one of CEEC's South American advocates Levi Guzman recently while in...
24-Sep-2013
The IMPC 2014 is expected to gather over 1,000 professionals and academics from the mining industry representing approximately 60 countries. Top universities specialising in mineral processing,all major mining companies, plus the leading providers in the world of services and technologies will att...
10-Sep-2013
Powerful x-rays can now be used to rapidly and accurately detect gold in ore samples, thanks to a new technique developed by CSIRO – a move that could save Australia’s minerals industry hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
Working with Canadian company Mevex, CSIRO has conducted a pilot stu...
05-Sep-2013
Newcrest Mining has teamed with the University of Tasmania (UTAS) to build a $3 million extension to a minerals research laboratory.
The gold miner has contributed $2.5 million for the extension at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits (CODES), with UTAS and the ARC...
07-Aug-2013
JKTech's Diana Drinkwater, Metallurgical training manager, reported on the JKTech Eco-Efficient Comminution workshop held after MetPlant2013 in Perth, Western Australia.
The Workshop saw 16 delegates, divided pretty evenly between engineers, vendors and operators sharing knowledge and defining o...
22-Jul-2013
Energetics recently published an excellent article reviewing the parameters used to link energy with process efficiency and profitability. Highly recommended read!
Energetics has over 25 years experience in carbon and energy management working with large, complex, multi-site energy users spannin...
22-Jul-2013
The following article appeared in the July 2013 issue of Mining, People and the Environment. Thanks to author Graham White, and Ruth Green at Aspermont for a great feature.
Classic economic theory tells us that competition and the profit motive should herd every enterprise along the ro...
09-Jul-2013
Partner with CEEC for recognition of energy efficiency improvements in your company!
Platts is a leading global provider of energy, petrochemicals, metals and agriculture information, and a premier source of benchmark price assessments for those commodity markets. Over the past 15 years the Global...
09-Jul-2013
he Cooperative Research Centre for Optimising Resource Extraction is pleased to announce the publication of “Understanding Mine to Mill”, a publication written by Don McKee documenting the history of the Mine to Mill concept.
Don McKee is an expert in research and education within the mining and...
03-Jul-2013
In the lead up to the 11th International Conference on Bulk Materials Storage, Handling and Transportation, LEAP Australia in conjunction with TUNRA Bulk Solids, are pleased to announce a second visit to Australia by Dr Alex Potapov, Senior Scientist and Developer of Rocky.
Alex will present an o...
02-Jul-2013
The Kellogg Innovation Network (KIN) is a platform for on-going collaboration between Kellogg faculty, corporate innovation leaders and government. Founded in 2003, the KIN facilitates strategy and management dialogue to promote innovation led growth and build long-term value.
In 2012 a Kellogg...
24-Apr-2013
Robert Friedland and Owen Hegarty were amongst the winners at the Mines and Money Asian Mining Awards, held during Mines and Money Hong Kong last week.
Hundreds gathered at a black tie event at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre to see who picked up awards in six categories: Country,...
09-Apr-2013
“The first follower is actually an underestimated form of leadership in itself. … The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader.” — Derek Sivers
I found this quote on TED Quotes while searching for talks on innovation. There are many excellent presentations on this subject at TED...
20-Mar-2013
Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) is an industry-wide, performance-based program that was developed to help mining companies evaluate and manage their environmental and social responsibilities. The program’s main objective is to enable mining companies to meet society’s needs for minerals, metals a...
13-Feb-2013
International Journal of Mineral Processing 2004
Despite reservations of a number of researchers concerning the applicability of Bond's equation for relating specific energy to the size reduction of rocks, his approach has become an industry standard.
Data from a large number of pilot and full-s...
29-Mar-2005