Committees
- Organizing Committee
- Advisory Committee
- Technical Committee
- Editorial Committee
Executive Committe
Cristian Sandoval
Chair
Asset President, Pampa Norte, BHP, Chile
Marcos Guerrero
Chair 2020
Vicepresident of Processes, Ca. Minera Doa Ins de Collahuasi, Chile
Leopoldo Gutiérrez
Co-Organizer
Professor, Dpt. of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad de Concepcin, Chile
Willy Kracht
Co-Organizer
Director, Department of Mining Engineering, Universidad de Chile
Luis Cisternas
Co-Organizer
Director, Doctoral Program in Mineral Processing Engineering, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile
Bern Klein
Co-organizers
Professor, The Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Canada
Claudia Velásquez
Program Director
Metallurgy Specialist, Teck Resources, Chile
Carlos Barahona
Executive Director
General Manager, Gecamin, Chile
Amada Plaza
Coordinator
Gecamin, Chile
Directing Members
Miguel Becerra
Directing Member
Metallurgy Manager - Technical Services, Teck Resources, Chile
Fernando Torres
Directing Member
Chief Technical Officer, Mitsui Mineral Resources Development, Chile
Claudio Muñoz
Directing Member
Production Manager Laguna Seca, Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile
Cristian Ramos
Directing Member
Concentrator Manager, Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Luis Torres
Directing Member
Concentrator Production Manager,, Minera Spence, BHP, Chile
Gonzalo Barcos
Metallurgy Superintendent, Minera Centinela, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Regina Baumgartner
Section Leader, Applied Mineralogy & Geoscience Group, Teck Resources, Canada
Mauricio Belmar
Geology and Geothecnic Manager, Center for Advanced Mineralogy, SGS Minerals, Chile
Gabriel Berkowitz
Technical Manager, Empirica, Chile
Alexis Campos
Business Development Manager - South America, Cytec Solvay Group, Chile
Héctor Carreño
Innovation Director, North District, Codelco, Chile
Felipe Contreras
Processing Data Analytics Manager, Anglo American, Chile
Omar Cortés
Geology Superintendent, Sierra Gorda SCM, Chile
Carlos Delgado
Process Development Superintendent, Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile
César González
Superintendent of Metallurgy and Process Control,
Luis Grunewald
General Manager, Minpro, Chile
Daniel Jordán
Expert Engineer Sulfide Processes, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Guillermo Kelly
Head of Specialty Mining Processess, Chk-Ing - Ingeniera y Desarrollo de Proyectos, Chile
Marcelo Jo López
Director, Jo y Loyola Consultores de Procesos, Chile
Marcial Medina
Process Plant Manager, Hudbay, Peru
Francisco Melo
Geometallurgy Superintendent, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile
Nicolás Miranda
Engineering and Plants Process Superintendent, Andina Division, Codelco, Chile
Héctor Montes
Senior Geometallurgy Consultant, Mine to Port, Chile
Rodrigo Muranda
Technical Manager, Molycop, Chile
Raúl Noriega
Mining Equipment Sales Manager, Metso, Chile
Marcelo Rodríguez
Metallurgy Manager and Process Control, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile
Juan Román
Sales Manager Mining Solutions, Clariant, Chile
Francisco Soto
General Manager, Empirica, Chile
Constantino Suazo
Head of Processing, Mitsubishi Corporation, Chile
Gustavo Tapia
Metallurgy and Process Consultant, GT Metallurgy, Chile
Sebastián Tello
Technical Officer Metallurgy, Mitsui & Co. Mineral Resources Development, Chile
Felipe Valdés
Technical Manager, Eriez, Chile
Max Valenzuela
Technical and Sales Manager, AMINPRO, Chile
Claudio Acuña
Professor, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile
Alfonso AndÃa
Senior Operational Geologist, Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Rodrigo Araya
Senior Metallurgical Engineer, Teck Resources, Canada
Sebastián Ávalos
Postdoctoral Fellow, Queen's University, Canada
Javier Órdenes
Senior Geometallurgist; Ph.D. Candidate Mining Engineering, McGill University, Canada
David Barriga
Senior Metallurgist, AMINPRO, Chile
Egidio Catalán
Senior Process Engineer, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile
Disney Cáceres
Process Control Engineer, Anglo American, Chile
Bianca Foggiatto
Senior Process Engineer, Ausenco, Canada
Elisabeth da Fonseca
Specialist Geologist, Vale, Brazil
Jonkion Font
Senior Engineer Technology and Innovation, North District, Codelco, Chile
Dante García
Metallurgical Consultant, Peru
Mauricio Garrido
Researcher, Universidad de Chile
Yves Van Haarlem
X-ray Technologies Group Leader, CSIRO Mineral Resources, Australia
León Hennen
Process Consultant, Chile
Rodrigo Hurtado
Senior Geologist, Teck Resources, Chile
Christian Jara
Senior Metallurgist, Cía. Minera Teck Carmen de Andacollo, Teck Resources, Chile
Cristian Jeraldo
Senior Geometallurgist, Wood, Chile
Pia Lois-Morales
Assistant Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Universidad de Chile
Claudia Maldonado
Geometallurgist, Radomiro Tomic Division, Codelco, Chile
Juan Pablo Mardones
Research and Process Consultant, Chile
Catalina Martínez
Geologist, Area Mineralogy, GEOMAQ, Chile
Douglas Mazzinghy
Professor, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Olivia Mejías
Project Geologist, SMI-ICE Chile
Javier Meza
Technology Manager, EXPANDE, Fundación Chile
Ignacio Molina
Applications Engineer, Moly-Cop, Chile
Gonzalo Montes
Minerals and Metals Characterisation and Separation Research Group Head, Universidad de Chile
Nelson Mora
Process Engineer, BHP Western Australian Iron Ore, Jimblebar Operations, Australia
Felipe Navarro
Researcher Alges Laboratory, AMTC, Universidad de Chile
Hernán Parra
Professor, Dept. of Metallurgy, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Peru
Roddy Peche
Process Engineering & APC Leader, Metso Outotec, Chile
Javier Pizarro
Senior Metallurgist, Mineralurgia, Chile
Carlos Rabanal
Head of Applications, Molycop, Peru
Lorenzo Reyes
Energy and Processes Research Group Director, Universidad Autónoma de Chile
Martin Rudolph
Head of Processing Department, Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology, Germany
Rodrigo Ruiz
Principal Directional Studies, BHP, Chile
Enrique Sáez
PhD Candidate, W.H. Bryan Mining & Geology Research Centre, SMI, University of Queensland, Australia
Felipe Sepúlveda
Academic, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile
Héctor Suazo
Chief Geologist, Advanced Mineralogy Center, SGS Mineral Services, Chile
Valentina Toledo
Production Geologist, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile
Magín Torres
Senior Metallurgist, Cía. Minera Vizcachitas Holding, Chile
Brian Townley
Associate Professor, Department of Geology, Universidad de Chile
Lina Uribe
Academic, Universidad de Talca, Chile
Roberto Valle
Director Process Improvement, Hatch, Peru
Paulina Vallejos
Researcher, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile
Wendy Ware
Principal Geometallurgy (Mineralogy), Anglo American, South Africa
Juan Yianatos
Professor, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile
VÃctor Zumarán
Senior Metallurgy Engineer, Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile
Alex Doll
Comminution Consultant Alex G. Doll Consulting, Canada
Oscar Jerez
Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Economic Geology Universidad de Concepcin, Chile
Adam Johnston
Editorial Committee
Chief Metallurgist Transmin Metallurgical Consultants, Peru
Romke Kuyvenhoven
Editorial Committee
Director Technical Services Minera Santo Domingo, Chile
Francisco Marín
Editorial Committee
Geologist, Area Geometallurgy and Mineralogy Andina Division, Codelco, Chile
