Committees

  • Organizing Committee
  • Advisory Committee
  • Editorial Committee
  • Technical Committee

Executive Committe


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Claudio Muñoz
Chair
BOS Global Practice Lead, BHP, Australia
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Cesar Sosa
Chair 2022
Manager of Mineral Processing, Freeport-McMoRan, USA
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Leopoldo Gutiérrez
Co-organizer
Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
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Julián Ortiz
Co-organizer
Associate Professor, the Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining, Queen's University, Canada
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Julio Valenzuela
Co-Organizer
Academic Department of Metallurgy and Mines, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile
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Ricardo Jeldres
Co-Organizer
Academic Department of Chemistry and Mineral Processes, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile
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Dennis Vega
Co-Organizer
Senior Investigator, SMI-ICE-Chile
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Carlos Barahona
Executive Director
General Manager, Gecamin, Chile
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Magín Torres
Program Chair
Consultant in Mineral Processing, Chile
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Mimy Mackenzie
Conference Manager
Gecamin, Chile
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Andrea Rodríguez
Conference Coordinator
Gecamin, Chile
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Vera Malchenko
Corporate Relations Coordinator
Gecamin, Chile






















Directing Members


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Cristian Ramos
Directing Member
Concentrator Manager, Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
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Marcela Oyarzún
Directing Member
Corporate Director of Geometallurgy, Codelco, Chile
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Alfonso Muñoz
Directing Member
Process Plant Manager, Minera Chinalco, Peru
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Constantino Suazo
Directing Member
Head of Processing, Mitsubishi Corporation, Chile
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Marcos Guerrero
Directing Member
Vicepresident of Processes, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile
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Raúl Bahamondes
Directing Member
Plant Manager Concentrator, Minera Centinela, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
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Ronald Sorensen
Directing Member
Technical Manager, Rio Tinto, USA
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Marcial Medina
Directing Member
Plant Manager, Hudbay, Peru
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Ismael Ramí­rez
Directing Member
Synergies and New Processes Manager, Southern Peru Copper, Peru
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Marcelo Rodrí­guez
Directing Member
Metallurgy and Process Control Manager, Cía. Minera Doña Ines de Collahuasi, Chile
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Rubén Zevallos
Directing Member
Sulfur Plant Manager, Marcobre, Peru
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Pedro Ticona
Directing Member
Operations Manager, Marcobre, Peru
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Luis Torres
Directing Member
Plant Manager, Los Bronces, Anglo American, Chile
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Alexis Campos
Chile Manager – Mining Division, Grupo – Mathiesen, Chile
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Héctor Carreño
Innovation Director, North District, Codelco, Chile
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Felipe Contreras
Manager Processing Analytics, Anglo American, Chile
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Luis Grunewald
General Manager, Minpro, Chile
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Daniel Gutiérrez
Process Development Manager, Anglo American T&S, Chile
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Daniel Jordán
Expert Engineer Sulfide Processes, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
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Romke Kuyvenhoven
Senior Consultant, MDE Minerals Consulting, Chile
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Claudia Maldonado
Senior Engineer Geometallurgy, Chuquicamata Division, Codelco, Chile
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David Meadows
Chief Technology Officer, Bechtel Mining & Metals, USA
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Nicolás Miranda
Superintendent of Metallurgy and Continuous Improvement, SCM Lumina Copper, Caserones, Chile
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Ignacio Molina
Technology Business Manager, Moly-Cop, Chile
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Rodrigo Muranda
Senior R&D Engineer Mineral Procesing, Molycop, Chile
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Luis Najar
Process Plant Operations Superintendent, Cobre Panama
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Mauricio Naváez
Superintendent of Grinding Operations, Anglo American, Chile
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Raúl Noriega
Sales Manager Grinding Equipment, Metso Outotec, Chile
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Germán Ocaña
Superintendent of Metallurgy, Anglo American, Peru
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Marcelo Rocha
Geometallurgy Superintendent, Anglo American, Chile
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Rodrigo Ruiz
Manager LDP, BHP Minerals Americas, Chile
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Francisco Soto
General Manager - Metallurgical Consultant, Empírica, Chile
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Rodrigo Tapia
Development Manager, Vega Industries, Canada
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Sebastián Tello
Technical Officer Metallurgy, Mitsui & Co. Mineral Resources Development, Chile
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Valentina Toledo
Production Geologist, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile
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Sebastián Urrejola
Principal Processing Operations, Anglo American, Chile
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Felipe Valdés
Global HydroFloat CPF Process Lead, Eriez, Chile
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Max Valenzuela
Technical Manager, AMINPRO, Chile
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Fernando Betancourt
Director Metallurgical Engineering Department, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
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Roberto Gómez
Academic, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
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Marí­a Cecilia Hernández
Academic Department of Metallurgy and Mines, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile
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Sadan Kelebek
Associate Professor, Mineral Processing, Department of Mining Engineering, Queen's University, Canada
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Francisco Marín
Geologist, Andina Division, Codelco, Chile
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Evelyn Melo
Academic, Department of Metallurgical and Mining Engineering, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile
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Julián Ortiz
Associate Professor, the Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining, Queen's University, Canada
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Andrés Ramí­rez
Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
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Felipe Sepúlveda
Academic, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile
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Rodrigo Araya
Flotation Studies Manager, SNC-Lavalin, Canada
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Sebastián Ávalos
Principal Mining Consultant, Advanced Predictive Modeling Technology, Canada
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Javier Órdenes
Geometallurgy Consultant, Chile; PhD Candidate, McGill University, Canada
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David Barriga
Senior Engineer, AMINPRO, Chile
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Galo Brito
Senior Process Management Engineer, SCM Lumina Copper, Caserones, Chile
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Pedro Castellares
Senior Metallurgist Plant, Minera Las Bambas, Peru
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Renzo Chavez
Metallurgist II, Bagdad Mine, Freeport McMoran, Peru
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Luis Cisternas
Director, Doctoral Program in Mineral Processing Engineering, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile
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Bianca Foggiatto
Technical Director, Comminution and Processing, Ausenco, Australia
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Elisabeth da Fonseca
Geometallurgy Specialist, Vale, Brazil
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Dante García
Applications Leader, Molycop, Peru
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Hernán Guerrero
Senior Metallurgist, Marcobre, Peru
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Yves Van Haarlem
X-ray Technologies Group Leader, CSIRO Mineral Resources, Australia
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Christian Jara
Innovation and Technology Leader, Cía. Minera Teck Carmen de Andacollo, Teck Resources, Chile
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Cristian Jeraldo
Technical Director, AsGeoMin, Chile
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Juan Pablo Mardones
Research and Process Consultant, Chile
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Catalina Martí­nez
Geologist, Area Mineralogy, GEOMAQ, Chile
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Douglas Mazzinghy
Professor, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil
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Olivia Mejías
PhD Candidate, Bryan Research Center, SMI, The University of Queensland, Australia
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Héctor Montes
Senior Geometallurgy Cosultant, Mine to Port, Chile
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Nelson Mora
Geometallurgist, BHP Western Australian Iron Ore, Jimblebar Operations, Australia
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José Ojeda
Processing Team Co-leader: energy, water and emissions, SMI-ICE-Chile
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Javier Pizarro
Process and Geometallurgy Consultant, Mineralurgia, Chile
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Karin Quintana
Geomet Mineralogist Geologist, Empírica, Chile
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Lorenzo Reyes
Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Director of the Energy and Sustainable Processes Research Group, Universidad Autónoma de Chile
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Sergio Rivera
Geo Mining Metallurgical, Centro de Investigación y Extensión Geo Minero Metalúrgico, Chile
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Enrique Sáez
PhD Candidate, W.H. Bryan Mining & Geology Research Centre, SMI, University of Queensland, Australia
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Wesley Silva
Specialist Engineer, Vale, Brazil
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Erika Torres
Principal Metallurgist, Minera Las Bambas, Peru
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Brian Townley
Associate Professor, Geology Department, Universidad de Chile
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Lina Uribe
Professor, School of Mining, Universidad de Talca, Chile
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Roberto Valle
Director Process Improvement, Hatch, Peru
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Paulina Vallejos
Researcher and Projects Engineer, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile
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Christiam Vasquez
Metallurgist, Minera Antamina, Peru
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Dennis Vega
Senior Investigator, SMI-ICE-Chile
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Wendy Ware
Principal Geometallurgy, Anglo American, Australia
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Juan Yianatos
Professor, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile
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Max Zanin
Managing Director, MZ Minerals, Australia