Committees
- Organizing Committee
- Advisory Committee
- Technical Committee
Executive Committe
Nelson Salazar
Chair
Cathode Plant Manager, Minera Centinela, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Freddy Aroca
2018 Chair
Metallurgical Process Manager, Minera Antucoya, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Wenying Liu
Co-Organizer
Assistant Professor, Materials Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Canada
Luis Cisternas
Director, Department of Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processes, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile
Carlos Barahona
Executive Director
General Manager,, Gecamin, Chile
Fernando Valenzuela
Program Chair
Academic, Fac. of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Sciences, Universidad de Chile
Amada Plaza
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Directing Members
Isaías Almaguer
Directing Member
Process Metallurgy Manager, Industrias Peñoles, México
Emilio Bunel
Directing Member
Manager of Innovation, SQM, Chile
Sergio Castro
Directing Member
Process Technical Manager, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Claudia DomÃnguez
Directing Member
Extraction and Leaching Manager, Chuquicamata Division, Codelco, Chile
Julio Flores
Directing Member
Plant Manager, Mantoverde, Mantos Copper, Chile
Percy Mayta
Directing Member
Process Plant Manager, Lagunas Norte, Barrick, Peru
Héctor Morales
General Manager Cathode Operations, Escondida Mine, BHP, Chile
Percy Ponce
Directing Member
Plants and Metallurgical Research Manager, Cía. de Minas Buenaventura, Peru
Juan Carlos Villarroel
Directing Member
Senior Manager of Development Projects, Minera Centinela, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
José Aldana
Wet Area Superintendent, Minera Antucoya, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Pablo Amigo
Technology Director, Jacobs, Chile
Manuel Aragon
Hydrometallurgy Superintendent, Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde, Peru
José Luis Arenas
General Manager, Biohydro, Chile
Mario Carrasco
Management and Planning Operations Superintendent, CÃa. Minera ZaldÃvar, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Enrique Carretero
Program Manager, Amira International, Chile
Dick Celmer
Process Manager, Fluor, Chile
Mauricio Chovar
Engineering Manager, Minera Spence, BHP, Chile
Gustavo Escobar
Process Superintendent, Minera Barrick Misquichilca, Lagunas Norte Unit, Peru
Luis Espinoza
Technical Manager, Kapptek, Chile
Manuel Guzmán
Vicepresident Research, Technological Innovation and Development, Molibdenos y Metales, Chile
Christian Hecker
General Manager, Hecker ElectroquÃmica Industrial, Chile
Marcelo Jo López
Director, Jo y Loyola Consultores de Procesos, Chile
Oscar López
General Manager Latin America, BQE Water, Chile
Jorge Menacho
General Manager, De Re Metálica Ingeniería, Chile
Reinaldo Mendoza
General Manager, RMV IngeHidromet, Chile
Gabriel Meruane
Director of Projects Research, SQM, Chile
Kelly Montes
Manager Planning, Minera Spence, BHP, Chile
Mauricio Morales
Development Manager, Solvay, Chile
Katherine Muñoz
Cathodes Plant Superintendent, Anglo American, Los Bronces, Chile
Christian Pasten
Senior Business Development Latinoamerica, Glencore Technology, Chile
Fernando Penna
General Manager, AsComposites, Chile
Zou Qian
Chairman, Kopper Chemical Industry Corp, China
Jorge Retamal
Wet Area Superintendent, Gabriela Mistral Division, Codelco, Chile
Juan José Segura
Deputy Manager Metallurgical Process, Molymet, Chile
José Manuel Valenzuela
Operations Superintendent LX-SX-EW, Radomiro Tomic Division, Codelco, Chile
Juan Vergara
Operations Manager, Tesra, Chile
Héctor Vilches
Plant Manager, LS-Nikko Copper, Planta Recuperadora de Metales, Chile
Héctor Yañez
Hydrometallurgy and New Technologies Specialist, Mining Solutions South America, Basf, Chile
Rodrigo Zambra
Global Technical Director, Solvay, Chile
Fernando Acevedo
Academic, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
Juan Carlos Ahumada
Projects Engineer - Process, SNC-Lavalin, Chile
Juan Carlos Álvarez
Project Metallurgical Engineer, R&Q IngenierÃa, Chile
Leonor Ardiles
Technical Account Manager, Mining Solutions, BASF, Chile
Francisco Arriagada
Senior Consultant, Arcadis, Chile
VÃctor Benavente
Plant Superintendent SX-EW, Minera Cerro Verde, Freeport McMoRan, Peru
Héctor Carreño
Director of Innovation, Radomiro Tomic Division, Codelco, Chile
Pablo Carvajal
Process Engineer, Wood, Chile
Jesús Casas
Senior Process Consultant, Chile
Robinson Constanzo
Academic and Process Consultant, Asesorías Mineras ASESMIN CAR, Chile
Davor Cotoras
Professor, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile
Sebastián Santa Cruz
Senior Specialist Process Development, Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile
Pablo Durán
Senior Engineering and Process Leader, Vicepresidency of Projects, Codelco, Chile
Raúl Escobar
Engineer, Protech, Chile
Humberto Estay
Associate Researcher, Advanced Mining Technology Center (AMTC), Universidad de Chile
Juan Pablo Garcés
Process Superintendent, Santiago Metals, Chile
Ahmad Ghahreman
Assistant Professor, The Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining, Queen´s University, Canadá
Richard Gómez
Project Engineer, DICTUC, Chile
Teófilo Graber
Professor, Dpt. of Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile
Nélida Heresi
Process Consultant, Chile
Pía Hernández
Academic, Laboratory of Process Research, Department of Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processes, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile
Fabián Hurtado
Processes Corporate Leader, SNC-Lavalin, Chile
Juan Ibáñez
Professor, Dept. of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile
Jorge Ipinza
Director, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa MarÃa, Chile
Oscar Jerez
Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Economic Geology, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
Yecid Jiménez
Academic, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile
Héctor Lizama
Senior Process Scientist, Teck Metals, Canada
Juan Pablo Mardones
Researcher, Department of Metallurgy, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
Patricio Martínez
Director, Department of Hydrometallurgical and Biotechnological Processes, CodelcoTech, Chile
Ernesto Menacho
Senior Geometallurgist, Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile
Ramón Mendoza
Research and Development Superintendent, Southern Peru Copper, Toquepala, Peru
Marcelo Montenegro
Principal Researcher Mining, CICITEM, Chile
Gonzalo Montes
Academic, Department of Mining Engineering, Universidad de Chile
Mario Núñez
Plant Superintendent LIX-SX-EW, Radomiro Tomic Division, Codelco, Chile
Dagoberto Obreque
Senior Plant Engineer, Radomiro Tomic Division, Codelco, Chile
Juan Olave
Metallurgical Consultant, Globa Hydroprocess, Chile
Raúl Peralta
Technical Metallurgical Process Consultant, Chile
Martina Petranik
Assistant Professor, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Carlos Pinilla
Hydrometallurgy Specialist, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Juan Luis Pizarro
Senior Process Engineer, El Salvador Division, Codelco, Chile
Felipe Portilla
Planning Engineer, Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile
M Gonzalo Quiroz
Lead Process, BHP, Chile
Sergio Rivera
Director, Metallurgical Geo-Mining Research and Extension Council, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile
Julio Rosales
Hydrometallurgy Specialist Engineer, Wood, Chile
Diego Rubio
Process Specialist Engineer, JRI IngenierÃa, Chile
Verónica Rueda
Process Consultant, Chile
María Cristina Ruiz
Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
Felipe Sagredo
Head of EW Unit, Radomiro Tomic Division, Codelco, Chile
Andrés Soto
Director, Civil Mining Engineering, Universidad San Sebastián, Chile
Petrus Van Staden
Senior Technical Specialist, Hydrometallurgy Division, MINTEK, South Africa
Jaime Tapia
Research and Innovation Director, Facultad de IngenierÃa y Arquitectura, Universidad Arturo Prat, Chile
Ernesto de la Torre
Head, Department of Extractive Metallurgy, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador
Cristian Vargas
Associate Professor, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
María José Vega
Projects Engineer, Centro Nacional de Pilotaje de TecnologÃas para la MinerÃa, Chile
Gabriel Vera
Technical Consultant, GVMetallurgy, Chile
Álvaro Videla
Assistant Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Andrés Reghezza †
Process Consultant, Chile