Committees
- Organizing Committee
- Advisory Committee
- Technical Committee
- Editorial Committee
Executive Committe
Claudia Garrido
Chair
Infraestructure Projects Manager, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile
Cristian Ramos
2018 Chair
Concentrator Manager, Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Rick Valenta
Co-Organizer
Professor, Program Director Geology SMI, The University of Queensland, Australia
Oscar Jerez
Co-Organizer
Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Economic Geology, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
Leopoldo Gutiérrez
Co-Organizer
Associate Professor, Metallurgical Engineering Department, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile
Willy Kracht
Co-Organizer
Director, Mining Engineering Department, Universidad de Chile
Andrés Carlos Silva
Co-Organizer
Associate Professor, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil
Carlos Barahona
Executive Director
General Manager, Gecamin, Chile
Oliver Allendes
Coordinator
, Gecamin, Chile
Directing Members
Leonardo Flores
Metallurgy Superintendent, SGO Project, BHP, Chile
Marcela Oyarzún
Geometallurgy and Process Technical Director, Project Vice Presidency, Codelco, Chile
Carlos Jara
Geometallurgy Manager, CÃa. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile
Fernando Torres
Chief Technical Officer, Mitsui Mineral Resources Development, Chile
Karina Arburo
Principal Process Development, Anglo American, Chile
Mauricio Gironás
General Manager Processing, Lundin Mining, Portugal
Richard Hernández
Plant Manager, Teck Carmen de Andacollo, Chile
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Carlos Aguilera
General Manager, Jaihua Chemical, Chile
Jair Alarcón
Lead Field Information System, Orica, Chile
Juan Carlos Álvarez
Project Metallurgy Engineer, R&Q IngenierÃa, Chile
Gonzalo Araujo
Mining Resources and Development Manager, Caserones, Lumina Copper, Chile
Héctor Benavente
Concentrator Metallurgy Superintendent, Minera Cerro Verde, Peru
Gabriel Berkowitz
Independent Consultant, Chile
Alexis Campos
Business Development Manager, South America, Solvay, Chile
Samuel Canchaya
General Manager, SAMPLING OK, Peru
Carmen Castillo
Superintendent Project SGO Production, BHP, Chile
Luis Castro
Concentrator Plant Superintendent, Mineras Las Cenizas, Chile
Omar Cortés
Geology Superintendent, Minera Sierra Gorda, Chile
Emilio Delgado
Plant Operations Manager, Minera Las Bambas, MMG, Peru
José Delgado
General Manager, Geomaq, Chile
Santiago Figueroa
Mining and Process Deputy Manager, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Carolina Flores
General Manager, Geolaquim, Chile
Francisco Franquesa
Geologist Manager, ByF Consultores, Chile
Daniel García
Metallurgy and Plant Deputy Manager, Consorcio Minero CIEMSA, Peru
Hilario Gorvenia
Production Superintendent, CÃa. Minera Antapaccay, Glencore, Peru
Luis Grunewald
General Manager, Minpro, Chile
José Herrera
Development and Innovation Manager, ENAMI, Chile
David Huaiquil
Corporate Account Manager, Nalco Water - Ecolab, Chile
Bert Huls
Principal, Huls Consulting, USA
Miguel Jiménez
Commercial Products Superintendent, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile
Duber Jofré
Geometallurgy Superintendent, BHP, Chile
Virginia Lawson
Technology Manager – Jameson Cell, Glencore Technology, Australia
Paul Linton
Chief Business Development and Strategy Officer, Terracore, South Africa
Marcelo Jo López
Director, Jo y Loyola Consultores de Procesos, Chile
Teodoro Mallqui
Plant Superintendent, CÃa. Minera Argentum - Pan American Silver, Peru
Hyder Mamani
Metallurgy Superintendent - Processes, La Cima, Goldfields, Peru
Bob Maron
Managing Director, Latin America, CiDRA Minerals Processing, USA
Ekkhart Matthies
Global Applications Director, Weir Minerals, The Netherlands
David Meadows
Global Manager Metallurgy, Bechtel, USA
Marcial Medina
Plant Process Manager, Hudbay Minerals, Peru
Iván Menacho
Superintendent of Port Punta Lobitos-Huarmey, CÃa. Minera Antamina, Peru
Jorge Menacho
General Manager, De Re Metálica Ingeniería, Chile
Héctor Montes
Metallurgy Superintendent, NuevaUnión, Chile
Roberto Montiglio
Director Manager South America, Ekato Process Technologies, Chile
Mika Muinonen
General Manager, Process Metallurgy, XPS - Expert Process Solutions, Canada
Claudio Muñoz
Plant Production Manager, Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile
Rodrigo Muranda
Technical Manager, Moly-Cop, Chile
Raúl Noriega
Capital Equipment Sales Manager - Comminution, Metso, Chile
Rodrigo Ortiz
Concentrator Operations Superintendent, Minera Caserones, Chile
Jesús Pelayo
Vice President Concentrator Plant Solutions, Outotec, Finland
Juan Rayo
General Manager, JRI IngenierÃa, Chile
Juan Román
Mining Solutions Sales Manager, Clariant, Chile
Luis Román
Concentrator Metallurgy Superintendent, Minera Cerro Verde, FMI, Peru
Paul Shelley
Global Vice President Innovation, Moly-Cop, Australia
Heribán Soto
Senior Consultant, SGS Minerals, Chile
Sergio Spichiger
Principal Mine Geology - Copper, Anglo American, Chile
Gustavo de la Torre
Metallurgical Processes Manager, Nexa Resources, Peru
Luis Torres
Metallurgy, Process Control and Management Control, Los Bronces, Anglo American, Chile
Felipe Valdés
Technical Manager, Eriez, Chile
Roberto Valle
Director Process Improvement, Hatch, Peru
Patricio Zúñiga
Geoscience Director, Codelco, Chile
Claudio Acuña
Professor, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa MarÃa, Chile
Lana Alagha
Associate Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
Carlos Álvarez
Senior Mineralogist Supervisor, Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde, Peru
Alfonso AndÃa
Senior Operational Geologist, Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Rodrigo Araya
Senior Metallurgical Engineer, Teck Red Dog, Canada
Miguel Arends
Technical Support Mining Manager, Clariant, Chile
Jorge Ávila
Geometallurgist Geologist, Minera Antucoya, Chile
David Benavente
Process Engineering Leader, Paterson & Cooke, Chile
Moisés Bustamante
Head Professor, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
César Bustos
Geologist, Andina Division, Codelco, Chile
Héctor Carreño
Innovation Director, Radomiro Tomic Division, Codelco, Chile
Bayron Cayunao
Head of Primary Grinding Operations, Anglo American, Chile
Saeed Chelgani
Associate Professor, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Lina Chica
Professor, Universidad de MedellÃn, Colombia
Felipe Contreras
Principal Processing Analytics, Anglo American, Chile
Carlos Delgado
Superintendent Process Development, Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile
Simon Dominy
Visiting Associate Professor, University of Exeter, England
Ricardo Esteban
Project Metallurgist, IAMGOLD, Canada
Francisco FemenÃas
Process Control Engineer, Minera Centinela, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Nilson Fernandes
Professor, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil
AÃda Flores
Head of Mill Shift, Minera Los Pelambres, Chile
Bianca Foggiatto
Senior Process Engineer, Ausenco, Canada
Elisabeth da Fonseca
Specialist Geologist, Vale, Brazil
Susana Fonseca
Senior Geometallurgist Geologist, Guiñez IngenierÃa, Chile
Jonkion Font
Technology Innovation Senior Engineer, Chuquicamata Division, Codelco, Chile
Dante García
Independent Consultant, Peru
Mauricio Garrido
Researcher, Universidad de Chile
Jenny Gaviria
Geologist, Chile,
Aidan Giblett
Senior Technical Advisor - Mineral Processing, Newmont, Australia
Hylke Glass
Rio Tinto Professor of Mining and Minerals Engineering, University of Exeter, UK
René Gómez
Academic, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
César Gómez
Academic, McGill University, Canada
César González
Senior Metallurgical Engineer, Sierra Gorda SCM, Chile
Levi Guzman
Applications Leader, Moly-Cop Adesur, Peru
Yves Van Haarlem
X-ray Technologies Group Leader, Csiro Mineral Resources, Australia
León Hennen
Process Consultant, Chile
Julie Hunt
Research Associate - Geometallurgy, University of British Columbia, Canada
Rodrigo Hurtado
Senior Geologist, Teck Resources, Chile
John Jackson
Systems Integration Manager, Imdex, Australia
Graeme Jameson
Laureate Professor, University of Newcastle, Australia
Cristian Jeraldo
Senior Geometallurgist, Wood Plc, Chile
Fernando Jiménez
Metallurgist Specialist, Minera El brocal, Peru
Guillermo Kelly
Mining Process Senior Engineer, Chk-Ing - Ingeniería y Desarrollo de Proyectos, Chile
Stacey Leichliter
Consultant Geologist, Stacey Leichliter Consulting, USA
Suzanne Lynch-Watson
Global Consulting and Labs Manager, Metso, Australia
Miguel Maldonado
Associate Professor, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Guillaume Maltais
Metallurgy and Technical Services Coordinator, Glencore Zinc, Canada
Juan Pablo Mardones
Independent Consultant, Chile
Francisca San Martín
Academic, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa MarÃa, Chile
Claudio Martínez Martínez
Head of Geometallurgy, Andina Division, Codelco, Chile
Ãlvaro Medina
Head of Geometallurgy, Caserones, Lumina Copper, Chile
Olivia Mejías
Casual Research Assistant, BRC, SMI, University of Queensland, Australia
Nicolás Miranda
Senior Process Engineer & Head of Unit Metallurgical Laboratory, Andina Division, Codelco, Chile
Ignacio Molina
Applications Engineer, Moly-Cop, Chile
Gonzalo Montes
Academic, Universidad de Chile
Nelson Mora
Metallurgist, CÃa. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile
Claudia Vargas Muñoz
Head of Resources, Planning and Development, Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile
Ben Murphy
Global Key Account Manager, FLSmidth, USA
Felipe Navarro
Researcher, Alges, Chile
Rodrigo Nuñez
Process Equipment Senior Engineer, Metso, Chile
Cyril O'Connor
Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Scholar, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Germán Ocaña
Senior Metallurgist, Minera Las Bambas, Peru
Manochehr Oliazadeh
Process Manager, Lycopodium Minerals, Canada
Louisa O’Connor
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Western Australian School of Mines, Curtin University, Australia
Anita Parbhakar-Fox
Senior Research Fellow, BRC, SMI, University of Queensland, Australia
Hernán Parra
Academic, Universidad Nacional de IngenierÃa, Peru
Javier Pizarro
Senior Metallurgist, Mineralurgia, Chile
Carlos Rabanal
Senior Metallurgist - Comminution, Cobre Panama
Shahrokh Rajabpour
Assistant Professor, Instituto GEA, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
Lorenzo Reyes
Director Civil Chemical Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de Chile
Claudio Rubilar
Senior Geometallurgist, Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile
Martin Rudolph
Head of Department Mineral Processing, Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology, Germany
Rodrigo Ruiz
Lead Studies, BHP, Chile
Marcelo Saldaña
Director Development Sulfide-Oxides, Chuquicamata Division, Codelco, Chile
David Di Sandro
Principal Flotation Specialist, Metso, Australia
Exequiel Sepúlveda
Assistant Professor, Universidad de Talca, Chile
Elenice Silva
Professor, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil
William Skinner
Research Professor, University of South Australia
Francisco Soto
General Manager - Metallurgical Consultant, Empírica Consultores, Chile
Héctor Suazo
Chief Geologist, Advanced Mineralogy Center, SGS Minerals, Chile
Mauricio Torem
Head, Mineral Processing Research Group, Pontificia Universidad Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Magín Torres
Process Deputy Manager, Redco Mining Consultants, Chile
Brian Townley
Associate Professor, Universidad de Chile
Lina Uribe
Professor, Universidad de Talca, Chile
Paulina Vallejos
Researcher, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa MarÃa, Chile
Francois Vos
Specialist Metallurgist, Northparkes Mines, Australia
Wendy Ware
Principal Geometallurgy, Anglo American, South Africa
Kristian Waters
Associate Professor, McGill University, Canada
Elaine Wightman
Senior Research Fellow, SMI-JKMRC, The University of Queensland, Australia
Jorge Zapata
Geometallurgy Specialist, Sociedad Minera El Brocal, Peru
Julio Zapata
Senior Metallurgist, Minera Sierra Gorda, Chile
VÃctor Zumarán
Senior Metallurgy Engineer, Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile
Ludovina Burgos
Head of Geometallurgy and Mineralogy El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile
Alex Doll
Comminution Consultant Alex G. Doll Consulting, Canada
Adam Johnston
Chief Metallurgist Transmin Metallurgical Consultants, Peru
Romke Kuyvenhoven
Productivity Project Leader SMI-ICE, Chile
Max Zanin
Associate Research Professor in Mineral Processing University of South Australia