JKMRC Digest

Samantha Krause, a Bachelor/Master of Engineering student is undertaking her industry placement at the Sustainable Minerals Institute. Her project integrates empirical liner wear prediction models with Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) in SAG mill, Ball mill, and Crusher circuits, commonly known as the SABC circuit in the industry.

Carolina Carvajal is a PhD candidate, investigating the fundamentals of mineral breakage at the grain boundaries by applying unconventional techniques such as nano/micro indentation.

Professor Mohsen Yahyaei shares the highlights of his trip to Peru and Santiago.

Associate Professor Liza Forbes gives her impressions on the International Flotation Symposium celebrating the life’s work of Graeme Jameson

Dr Daniel Lay gives his insights on the Comminution’23 conference.

PhD Candidate Mayra Jefferson recently attended the ALTA 2023 hydrometallurgical conference in Perth and had the chance to catch up with her old colleagues at Cancha Geometallurgy Software.

PhD candidate Anran Niu shares how she is using technologies such as AFM and contact angle measurements in her research project.

PhD Candidate Anna Skliar shares her experience being part of a recent plant survey conducted by JKTech.

During February, the JKMRC Flotation Chemistry Group had the great pleasure of hosting visiting PhD students from the University of Melbourne and Monash University for a week.

JKMRC is happy to welcome Dr Kristy Nell and Dr Hafiz Ilyas to the group.