Hydroprocess

Committees

Organizing Committee
Advisory Committee
Technical Committee

Executive Committe

Maria de la Luz Osses

Chair 2023

Operations Manager, Minera ZaldÃvar, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Pablo Carvallo

Chair 2021

General Manager, Minera Lomas Bayas, Glencore, Chile

Pía Hernández

Co-Organizer

Academic, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

Wenying Liu

Co-Organizer

Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Canada

Carlos Barahona

Executive Director

General Manager, Gecamin, Chile

Fernando Valenzuela

Program Director

Prefessor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Sciences, Universidad de Chile

Karin González

Coordinator

International Conferences Coordinator, Gecamin, Chile

Carola Inostroza

Corporate Relations Coordinator

Gecamin, Chile

Directing Members

Gonzalo Barcos

Directing Member

Cathode Plant Manager, Minera Centinela, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Julio Flores

Directing Member

Oxide Plant Manager, Mantoverde, Capstone Copper, Chile

Saddy Peroncini

Directing Member

Oxide Plant Manager, Mina Justa, Marcobre, Peru

Juan Luis Reyes

Directing Member

Deputy Director of Research Metallurgy, IMM, Grupo Mexico, Mexico

Jorge Saenz-Diez

Directing Member

Hydrometallurgical Manager - Copper Assets, Glencore, Chile

Cristian Caro

Directing Member

Manager Metallurgical Modeling, Freeport-McMoran, USA

Edgardo Cisternas

Directing Member

Research and Development Manager, Molymet, Chile

Eduardo Hasan

Directing Member

Plant Operations Manager, Minera Tres Valles, Chile

Miguel Ángel González

Directing Member

Process Manager, Shahuindo Mine, Pan American Silver, Peru

Boris Medina

Directing Member

General Manager, SCM El Abra, Freeport-McMoRan, Chile

Percy Ponce

Directing Member

Metallurgy and Business Development Manager, Cía. de Minas Buenaventura, Peru

Isaías Almaguer

Directing Member

Deputy Technical Director, Peñoles, México

Fernando Aguiar

Process Manager, Cía. Minera Lomas Bayas, Chile

Galmar Alarcón

Engineering Manager, HLC Ingeniería y Construcción, Perú

José Luis Amaya

Superintendent Hydrometallurgy

Minera La Caridad, Grupo México,

Corby Anderson

Professor, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, USA

Fernando Bórquez

Hydrometallurgy Director, Ceibo, Chile

Dusan Buzolic

Senior Process Control Engineer, División Radomiro Tomic, Codelco, Chile

Héctor Carreño

Innovation Director, North District, Codelco, Chile

Freddy Castro

Operations Manager, Elektrochemie, Chile

Robert Dufresne

President, Pultrusion Technique, Canada

Gustavo Escobar

Process Plant Chief, Summa Gold Corporation, Peru

Luis Espinoza

Co Founder & Technical Manager, Kapptek, Chile

Jorge Flores

Superintendent Hydrometallurgy Operations, Caserones, SCM Minera Lumina Copper, Chile

Juan Pablo Garcés

Metallurgy and Transition Leaching Superintendent, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile

Rafael Garcia

Technical & New Business Manager, Inppamet, Chile

Christian Hecker

Expert Advisor, Elektrochemie SpA, Chile

Ronie Lau

Wet Area Operations Superintendent, Compañía Minera Cerro Colorado, BHP, Chile

Marcelo Jo López

General Manager, MJO Ingeniería y Consultores en Metalurgia, Chile

Oscar López

General Manager Latin America, BQE Water, Chile

Claudio Loyola

General Manager, CLMetcing Consultoría e Ingeniería de Procesos, Chile

Patricio Martínez

Biomining Consultant, Chile

Percy Mayta

Consultant, PM&H Consulting, Peru

Jorge Menacho

General Manager, De Re Metálica Ingeniería, Chile

Reinaldo Mendoza

General Manager, RMV Ingehidromet, Chile

Francisca Neut

Superintendent Metallurgical Planning, División Gabriela Mistral, Codelco, Chile

Mario Núñez

Plant Process Engineering and Control Superintendent, Radomiro Tomic Division, Codelco, Chile

Dagoberto Obreque

Superintendent of Metallurgical Planning, Radomiro Tomic Division, Codelco, Chile

Manuel Olivares

Study Manager, Worley, Chile

Christian Pasten

Senior Business Development Latinoamerica, Glencore, Chile

M Gonzalo Quiroz

Operations Manager, Cosayach, Chile

Felipe Sagredo

Wet Area Superintendent, Minera Zaldívar, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Marcelo Saldaña

Superintendent Hydrometallurgical Projects, División Chuquicamata, Codelco, Chile

Juan Carlos Sánchez

Regional Technical Manager - LATAM, Solvay, Chile and Peru

Miguel Sepúlveda

Superintendent of Integrated Management and Wet Area Operations, Minera Centinela, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Francisco Soto

General Manager, Empírica, Chile

Guillermo Stephens

Technical Manager Mining, AXXA Chemicals, Chile

Juan Carlos Tapia

Process Senior Engineer, Worley, Chile

Mauro Torres

Mining Commercial Manager, Pochteca, Chile

Cristian Vargas

Dean of the Engineering Faculty, Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Manuel Vargas

Superintendent of Dry Area Operations

Gabriela Mistral Division, Codelco, Chile,

Juan Vergara

Operations Manager, Tesra, Chile

Héctor Vilches

Plant Operations Superintendent, Cía. Explotadora de Minas - CEMIN, Chile

Christian Willatt

General Manager, SUN S.A, Chile

Héctor Yañez

Regional Technical Segment Lead Hydromet Mining Solutions South America, BASF, Chile

Rodrigo Zambra

Regional Sales Director LATAM, Solvay, Chile

Fernando Acevedo

Academic, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

Juan Carlos Ahumada

Senior Process Engineer, CMDIC for R&Q Ingeniería, Chile

Juan Carlos Álvarez

North Zone Operations Superintendent, ReliX Water

Leonor Ardiles

Technical Consultant in Mining SX, BASF, Chile

Francisco Arriagada

Senior Consultant, Arcadis, Chile

Carlos Basualto

Professor, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile

Mario Carrasco

Hydrometallurgy Advisor, Elektrochemie, Chile

Raúl Carrillo

Academic, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Mexico

Pablo Carvajal

Leader of Hydrometallurgical Processes, Hatch, Chile

Mitchell Catling

Global Technology Development Manager - Hydrometallurgy, BASF, USA

Robinson Constanzo

Senior Engineer, New Technologies, SQM, Chile

Davor Cotoras

Universidad de Chile

Professor, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile

David Dreisinger

Professor, Faculty of Applied Science, Materials Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Canada

Pablo Durán

Senior Head of Processes, Codelco, Chile

Diana Endara

Professor-Researcher, DEMEX, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador

Camila Espinoza

Wet Area Senior Engineer, Minera Centinela, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Humberto Estay

Principal Researcher, Process Engineering, Advanced Mining Technology Center, Universidad de Chile

Peter Fleming

Researcher, Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear

Victor Flores

Associate Professor, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile

Claudia Fontalba

Principal Engineering, BHP

Michael Free

Professor and Chair, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, USA

Juan Carlos Gentina

Academic, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

Yousef Ghorbani

Associate Professor in Materials Chemistry, University of Lincoln, UK

Rodrigo Glasner

Project Leader, Empírica, Chile

Richard Gómez

Project Manager, Centro Nacional de Pilotaje de Tecnologías para la Minería, Chile

Ernesto González

Professor, Department of Biochemical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

Teófilo Graber

Professor, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

Marcela Guerrero

Process Metallurgist Engineer, División Radomiro Tomic, Codelco, Chile

Roberto Gutiérrez

Metallurgical Planning Engineer, Los Bronces, Anglo American, Chile

Pía Hernández

Academic, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

Christian Hu

Senior Engineer Hydrometallurgy and Bioleaching, Radomiro Tomic Division, Codelco, Chile

Juan Ibáñez

Professor, Dept. of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

Jorge Ipinza

Development and New Technologies Manager, Foster Ingenieros Consultores, Chile

Maik Irrazábal

SME Lithium, Projects Manager, Hatch, Chile

Sebastián Jara

Technical Project Coordinator, Leitat, Chile

Oscar Jerez

Director, Institute of Applied Economic Geology, IGEA, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Guillermo Kelly

Senior Mining Processes Engineer, Chk-Ing - Ingeniería y Desarrollo de Proyectos, Chile

Jae-chun Lee

Emeritus Research Scientist, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), South Korea

Claudio Leiva

Academic, Department of Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processes, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile

Benedicto Letelier

Short Term Metallurgist, Minera Antucoya, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Huan Li

Research Associate, Curtin University, Australia

Juan Pablo Mardones

Research and Process Consultant, Chile

Guadalupe Martínez

Academic, Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy Dept., Universidad de Sonora, Mexico

Ernesto Menacho

Senior Geometallurgist, Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile

Cristian Mundaca

Principal Processing Engineer, BHP, Chile

Rodrigo Muñoz

Senior Control and Production System, Cerro Colorado, BHP, Chile

Patricio Navarro

Director, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad de Santiago, Chile

Silvana Navarro

Project Leader, CLMetcing ConsultorÃa e IngenierÃa de Procesos, Chile

Andrés Olea

Metallurgy and Process Leader, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Javier Ordóñez

Academic, Department of Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processes, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

José Orellana

Wet Area Senior Engineer, Minera Zaldívar, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Rafael Padilla

Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Fernando Parada

Assistant Professor, Metallurgical Engineering Department, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Martina Petranikova

Assistant Professor, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Carlos Pinilla

Senior Advisor, Chile

Juan Luis Pizarro

Head of Grinding Operations, Hydrometallurgy, Salvador Division, Codelco, Chile

Sergio Rivera

Independent Consultant, Centro de Investigación y Extensión Geo Minero Metalúrgico, Chile

Enrique Roman

Chemical and Metallurgical Consultant, Chile

Julio Romero

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Bioprocesses, Universidad de Santiago, Chile

Verónica Rueda

Process Consultant, Chile

María Mercedes Salazar

Academic, Universidad de Sonora, Mexico

Fernando Salazar

Metallurgy Lead, Minera Andina del Sol, Veladero, Argentina

Iván Sánchez

Principal Process Engineer - Hydrometallurgy SME, Fluor, Chile

Cristian Serrano

Academic and Head of the Mining Engineering Department, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile

Andrés Soto

Director, Civil Mining Engineering, Universidad San Sebastián, Chile

Petrus Van Staden

Senior Technical Specialist, Hydrometallurgy Division, MINTEK, South Africa

María Elisa Taboada

Academic, Department of Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processes, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

Jaime Tapia

Academic, Laboratory of Accous Process, Universidad Arturo Prat

JJ Taute

Head of Hydrometallurgy, BASF, USA

Graciela Tejeda

Senior Geologist, Hydrogeology Specialist, Pampa Norte, BHP, Chile

Ernesto de la Torre

Head of the Department of Extractive Metallurgy, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador

Jesús Valenzuela

Professor, Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad de Sonora, Mexico

Tomás Vargas

Associate Researcher, AMTC, Chile

María José Vega

Technical Sales Representative, Motion Metrics, Chile

Lilian Velásquez

Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Fernando Vera

Process Specialist, JRI Ingeniería, Chile

Álvaro Videla

Associate Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Andrés Espinoza Villegas

Senior Metallurgist, Minera Zaldívar, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Leiming Wang

Associate Professor Mining Egnineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Yuri Zepeda

Head of Investigation and Development, Cía. Minera Lomas Bayas, Chile

Carolina Zuanic

Superintendent of Metallurgy, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Andrés Reghezza †

Process Consultant, Chile