Comminution Energy Efficiency – Three horizons of technological innovation

Dr Grant Ballantyne is a senior research fellow in the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC).  His research is focused on improving energy and water efficiency by applying fundamental understanding to industrial problems.  Grant has been involved in successful site-based industry research over the past ten years, covering five continents and eight commodities. He is passionate about equipping the next generation of metallurgists with the intellectual tools they will need, through undergraduate lecturing, postgraduate supervision and professional development courses.  Grant completed a Bachelor of Engineering (Metallurgy and Chemical) at UQ in 2007, a Doctorate in Philosophy at the JKMRC in 2012 and was recently awarded the Minerals Engineering International’s Young Person of the Year award for 2017. 

On his final day before transition to the world of engineering consultants, Grant will present a keynote he recently gave in Brazil.  This presentation represents the culmination of his research over the years at JKMRC from the Comminution Energy Curves, through various case studies and the integration of comminution, classification and flotation.