The objectives of the Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division are to:
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Provide a means for cooperation and communication among industry professionals interested in the unit processes and operations of mineral and metallurgical processing;
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Promote the advancement of mineral and metallurgical technology through related meetings and professional discourse;
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Stimulate the preparation, reading, discussion and circulation of technical papers on mineral and metallurgical processing;
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Provide scholarships and awards for students to further the recruitment of new members to the industry.
Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division Annual Lunch
This event is a fantastic opportunity for division members to network while supporting the Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division scholarships.
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Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division Bylaws
Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division Brochure
Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division Handbook
List of MPD Chairs
Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division Meeting Minutes
2024 Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division Annual Meeting Minutes
2023 Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division Annual Meeting Minutes
2022 Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division Annual Meeting Minutes
2021 Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division Annual Meeting Minutes
2020 Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division Annual Meeting Minutes
2019 Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division Annual Meeting Minutes
2018 Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division Annual Meeting Minutes
2017 Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division Annual Meeting Minutes
Calling MPD Volunteers!
The MPD is seeking volunteers to help with steering the MPD technical programming of the MINEXCHANGE SME Annual Conference & Expo and with other volunteering opportunities.
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The MPD welcomes submissions to the MPD Student Poster Contest!
Learn MoreMineral & Metallurgical Processing Division Committees
The Committee shall review the nominations for the Gaudin Award and select the recipient. The Gaudin Award is given for scientific or engineering contributions that further the understanding of the technology of mineral processing. Eligible areas for contributions are agglomeration, classification, comminution, electrical and magnetic separation, flocculation and sedimentation, froth flotation, hydrometallurgy, particulate behavior, and other related mineral processing operations.
Name | Position | Start | End |
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James E. Gebhardt, PE, PHD | Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Clifton A Boylston | Member | 03/01/2023 | 02/28/2026 |
Leonard N. Hill | Member | 03/01/2023 | 02/28/2026 |
Dr York Smith, PHD | Member | 03/01/2022 | 02/28/2025 |
Dr Mohammad Rezaee | Member | 03/01/2022 | 02/28/2025 |
Michael Blois | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2027 |
Dr. Barbara J. Arnold | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2027 |
The Taggart Award is made for the paper or series of closely related papers with at least one common author, which, in the opinion of the Committee, represents a notable contribution to the science of mineral processing. The Committee shall review the eligible papers and select the recipient.
Name | Position | Start | End |
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Dr. Barbara J. Arnold | Chair | 05/02/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
D. R. Nagaraj, PHD | Member | 03/01/2022 | 02/28/2025 |
Dr York Smith, PHD | Member | 03/01/2023 | 02/28/2026 |
Fangyu Liu | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2027 |
Jiaqi Jin | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2026 |
Pengbo Chu | Member | 05/02/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Seyed Hassan Amini, PHD | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2027 |
Responsible for organizing programming related to hydrometallurgical processing (including leaching, precipitation, ion-exchange, solvent extraction, electrowinning, electrorefining, crystallization) and pyrometallurgical processing (including pyrolysis, roasting calcinations, reduction, smelting and fire refining) and metallurgical-processing fundamentals and principles.
Name | Position | Start | End |
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Jiajia Wu | Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Xinbo Yang | Vice Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Chee Theng | SME Staff | 03/01/2015 | 02/28/2025 |
Responsible for organizing programming related to crushing, grinding, size classification, microwave fracturing, blast fragmentation, instrumentation and process control, particle-size measurement and materials handling in comminution.
Name | Position | Start | End |
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Clifton A Boylston | Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Chee Theng | SME Staff | 03/01/2015 | 02/28/2025 |
The Committee shall have oversight of all activities within the Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division.
Name | Position | Start | End |
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Dr. Jaeheon Lee | Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Christopher A. Noble, PE, PHD | Vice Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Kimberly D. Mills, PHD | Vice Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
David G. Meadows | Past Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Mr. Robert Nick Gow | Secretary-Treasurer | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Dr Tarun Bhambhani | Associate Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Adam R. House, QP | Membership Associate | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Mr James R. Wickens | Technical Program Associate | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Thomas C. Rauch | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
D. R. Nagaraj, PHD | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Wencai Zhang | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2026 |
Jordan Gillis | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Chee Theng | SME Staff | 03/01/2015 | 02/28/2025 |
Responsible for organizing programming related to flotation fundamentals and principles, machine design and hydrodynamics, innovative separation schemes, reagent and flotation chemistry, scale up, bubble-particle interactions and froths, water chemistry and efficiency, gangue and penalty element control, coarse and fine particle recovery.
Name | Position | Start | End |
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Mr. Raghav M. Dube | Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Chee Theng | SME Staff | 03/01/2015 | 02/28/2025 |
The MPD Membership Committee encourages interest and membership in MPD.
Name | Position | Start | End |
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Kimberly D. Mills, PHD | Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Adam R. House, QP | Vice Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Chee Theng | SME Staff | 03/01/2015 | 02/28/2025 |
The Committee shall review the nominations for the Milton E. Wadsworth Award and select the recipient. The Committee is also responsible for soliciting and/or submitting nominations as appropriate/necessary. The Wadsworth Award recognizes distinguished contributions that advance our understanding of the science and technology of nonferrous chemical metallurgy.
Name | Position | Start | End |
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Dr. Janet Baron | Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Tim G. Robinson | Member | 03/01/2023 | 02/28/2026 |
Christine R. Green | Member | 03/01/2023 | 02/28/2026 |
Scott A. Shuey, PHD, QP | Member | 03/01/2022 | 02/28/2025 |
Mr. Robert Nick Gow | Member | 03/01/2022 | 02/28/2025 |
Dr. Sevket Acar | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2027 |
Rudi D. Frischmuth | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2027 |
The MPD Nominating Committee shall recommend to the MPD Executive Committee Chair the members of MPD who will fill the different positions in the MPD committees and as MPD representatives. The Nominating Committee shall obtain acceptance from each nominee and give SME staff the proper name, title and contact information, including email address, for each appointee. The MPD Nominating Committee will contact each individual and confirm his/her willingness to serve.
Name | Position | Start | End |
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Dr. Ronel Kappes | Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Kimberly D. Mills, PHD | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2029 |
Christopher A. Noble, PE, PHD | Member | 03/01/2023 | 02/28/2028 |
Dr. Jaeheon Lee | Member | 03/01/2021 | 02/28/2026 |
Dr Tarun Bhambhani | Member | 03/01/2022 | 02/28/2027 |
David G. Meadows | Member | 03/01/2020 | 02/28/2025 |
Chee Theng | SME Staff | 03/01/2015 | 02/28/2025 |
Responsible for organizing programming related to gravity concentration, electrical and magnetic separation, ore sorting, solid-liquid separation and other selective physical separations, and materials handling in separation processes.
Name | Position | Start | End |
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Joelson Alves | Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Mr Benjamin W Stevens | Vice Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Chee Theng | SME Staff | 03/01/2015 | 02/28/2025 |
Responsible for organizing programming related to process-plant operations descriptions and practices, maintenance practices, process improvement and optimization, process instrumentation and control, plant-engineering design, plant construction, process-selection and flow-sheet design, and process economics.
Name | Position | Start | End |
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Thomas Boundy | Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Corey Foxworth | Vice Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Chee Theng | SME Staff | 03/01/2015 | 02/28/2025 |
Name | Position | Start | End |
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Dr Tarun Bhambhani | Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Christopher A. Noble, PE, PHD | Vice Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Mr James R. Wickens | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
D. R. Nagaraj, PHD | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Jiajia Wu | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Clifton A Boylston | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Mr. Raghav M. Dube | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Joelson Alves | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Thomas Boundy | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Chee Theng | SME Staff | 03/01/2015 | 02/28/2025 |
The Robert H. Richards Award Committee is responsible for reviewing the nominations for the Robert H. Richards Award and selecting the recipient. The Richards Award recognizes achievement in any form which unmistakably furthers the art of mineral beneficiation in any of its branches.
Name | Position | Start | End |
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Tim G. Robinson | Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Sumedh Gostu | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2028 |
Dr. Janet Baron | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2028 |
Fangyu Liu | Member | 03/01/2023 | 02/28/2027 |
Dr. Hamid Akbari | Member | 03/01/2023 | 02/28/2027 |
Dr. Daniel R. Palo | Member | 03/01/2022 | 02/28/2026 |
Adam R. House, QP | Member | 03/01/2022 | 02/28/2026 |
The Committee shall review all applications for the Klimpel and MPD Scholarships and Rong Yu Wan Ph.D. Dissertation Award and select the recipient(s).
Name | Position | Start | End |
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Amy E. Jacobsen | Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Dr Mohammad Rezaee | Vice Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Zachery A. Zanetell | Member | 03/01/2022 | 02/28/2025 |
Jordan M. Rutledge | Member | 03/01/2022 | 02/28/2025 |
Sumedh Gostu | Member | 03/01/2023 | 02/28/2026 |
Deniz Talan | Member | 03/01/2023 | 02/28/2026 |
Kristine R. Murphy | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2027 |
Joseph Trouba | Member | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2027 |
The MPD Student Poster Contest Committee organizes and encourages student participation in the annual MPD Student Poster Contest. Prizes at the undergraduate level and graduate level are awarded.
Name | Position | Start | End |
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Michael Spicher | Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Wencai Zhang | Vice Chair | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Adam R. House, QP | Judge | 03/01/2024 | 02/28/2025 |
Chee Theng | SME Staff | 03/01/2015 | 02/28/2025 |
Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division Awards
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MPD Div & Richard Klimpel Memorial Scholarship
The Richard Klimpel/MPD Scholarships are open to undergraduate or graduate students to students interested in pursuing careers in the area of mineral and metallurgical processing. To submit an anonymous recommendation letter for a student, please email it to scholarships@smenet.org with the student's first and last name and the scholarship name as the file name.
Applications for this scholarship are currently closed.
Rong Yu Wan Ph.D. Dissertation Scholarship in Metallurgical Engineering
Dr. Rong Yu Wan (1932-2009) was an internationally renowned metallurgist and 22-year member of SME. During her career, Dr. Wan not only made many important contributions in the field of metallurgical engineering but also tirelessly mentored many young scientists and students. The Rong Yu Wan Ph.D. Dissertation Scholarship will be presented annually to a recent Ph.D. recipient for outstanding dissertation research in the general area of metallurgical engineering (that is, mineral processing, hydrometallurgy or extractive metallurgy, etc.). To submit an anonymous recommendation letter for a student, please email it to scholarships@smenet.org with the student's first and last name and the scholarship name as the file name.
Applications for this scholarship are currently closed.
MPD Div & Richard Klimpel Memorial Scholarship
Applications for this scholarship are currently closed.
MPD Div & Richard Klimpel Memorial Scholarship
Applications for this scholarship are currently closed.
MPD Div & Richard Klimpel Memorial Scholarship
Applications for this scholarship are currently closed.
Rong Yu Wan Ph.D. Dissertation Scholarship in Metallurgical Engineering
Applications for this scholarship are currently closed.
Rong Yu Wan Ph.D. Dissertation Scholarship in Metallurgical Engineering
Applications for this scholarship are currently closed.
Rong Yu Wan Ph.D. Dissertation Scholarship in Metallurgical Engineering
Applications for this scholarship are currently closed.
Rong Yu Wan Ph.D. Dissertation Scholarship in Metallurgical Engineering
The application period for this scholarship will begin on 09/01/2024