News on HYDROPROCESS 2012

Welcome

Sergio Castro
Chair
Manager of Technical Processes, BHP Billiton - Base Metals
Virginia Ciminelli
Co-Chair
Professor, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Nathan Stubina
Co-Chair
Manager of Research
and Process Development,
Barrick Corporation, Canada
It is well known in the worldwide mining industry that Chile is one of the major players in the ore processing and metal extraction business. The huge amount of metal and non metallic ore resources has been a non surprising reason for having in Chile an amazing cluster of global, regional and local mining companies, which are very well complemented with national and international engineering and construction companies, worldwide equipment and technology suppliers, local and international consultants, and universities and research institutes, all of which contribute to generate a numerous and knowledgeable community of practitioners, scientists and pre and postgraduate university students...