Dr Djoan Kate Tungpalan

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

BRC

+61 7 3365 5979

d.tungpalan@uq.edu.au

Dr Kate Tungpalan completed her PhD in 2016, at The University of Queensland's Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC), where she focussed on investigating the key textural drivers to separation performance of a variable and complex copper porphyry deposit.

Kate's research included a pioneering work on meso-scale texture analysis that provided quantitative evidence of the role of vein-type mineralisation in mineral liberation. During her PhD, Kate was also involved in the Designer Tailings project which is a cross disciplinary project within the Sustainable Minerals Institute. Kate was the recipient of the prestigious Ian Morley Prize in 2014, and was selected by the Minerals Engineering Journal Editor in 2017 as a “Rising Star”.

After completion of her PhD, Kate worked as an academic in the University of the Philippines, where she had been a lecturer since 2007. Her research was primarily focussed on small-scale mining in the Philippines. Kate was involved in the establishment and deployment of a mercury and cyanide free process of recovering gold that significantly benefitted the small-scale mining communities.

Kate is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at W.H. Bryan Mining & Geology Research Centre, working on developing research on geometallurgy and drill-core scale texture analysis.

Featured projects	Duration
Geometallurgical technologies for mine waste

Publications

Journal Articles (8)

Conference Papers (9)

Thesis (1)

Journal Articles

Forbes, Elizaveta, Brito e Abreu, Susana, Tungpalan, Kate, Sashigunan, Ramya, Runge, Kym and O'Donnell, Roxanne (2022). Effect of residual reagents on chalcopyrite losses at Mount Isa Mines Copper Operation: part II- evaluation of flotation mechanisms. Minerals Engineering, 185 107687, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2022.107687

Forbes, Elizaveta, Britoe Abreu, Susana, Tungpalan, Kate, Sashigunan, Ramya, Runge, Kym and O'Donnell, Roxanne (2022). Effect of residual reagents on chalcopyrite losses at Mount Isa Mines copper operation: Part I – evaluation of mineral recoveries. Minerals Engineering, 185 107706, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2022.107706

Nguyen, Anh, Tungpalan, Kate, Evans, Cathy, Manlapig, Emmy, Jackson, John, Nguyen, Khoi and Valenta, Rick (2021). A method for rapid estimation of processing behaviour based on ore texture. Minerals Engineering, 171 107111, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2021.107111

Tungpalan, Kate, Wightman, Elaine, Keeney, Luke and Manlapig, Emmy (2021). A geometallurgical approach for predicting separation performance. Minerals Engineering, 171 107065, 107065. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2021.107065

Vaughan, James , Tungpalan, Kate , Parbhakar-Fox, Anita , Fu, Weng, Gagen, Emma , Nti Nkrumah, Philip , Southam, Gordon, van der Ent, Antony, Erskine, Peter, Gow, Paul and Valenta, Rick (2020). Toward Closing a Loophole: Recovering Rare Earth Elements from Uranium Metallurgical Process Tailings. JOM, 73 (1), 39-53. doi: 10.1007/s11837-020-04451-7

Tungpalan, Kate, Wightman, Elaine and Manlapig, Emmy (2017). The role of vein-type mineralisation in mineral liberation. Minerals Engineering, 116, 209-212. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2017.07.001

Tungpalan, Kate, Wightman, Elaine, Manlapig, Emmy and Keeney, Luke (2017). The influence of veins on mineral liberation as described by random masking simulation. Minerals Engineering, 100, 109-114. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2016.10.015

Tungpalan, Kate, Manlapig, Emmy, Andrusiewicz, Michal, Keeney, Luke, Wightman, Elaine and Edraki, Mansour (2014). An integrated approach of predicting metallurgical performance relating to variability in deposit characteristics. Minerals Engineering, 71, 49-54. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2014.10.004

Conference Papers

Forbes, Elizaveta, Brito e Abreu, Susana, Tungpalan, Kate, Sashingunan, Ramya, Runge, Kym and O'Donnell, Roxanne (2021). Effect of Residual Reagents on Chalcopyrite Losses at Mount Isa Mines Copper Concentrator. Flotation' 21, Online, 8 - 13 November 2021.

Tungpalan, Kate, Wightman, Elaine and Evans, Cathy (2019). Key ore textures influencing separation behaviour of ores. 15th SGA Biennial Meeting on Life with Ore Deposits on Earth, Glasgow, Scotland, 27-30 August 2019. Geneva, Switzerland: Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA).

Wightman, Elaine M., Evans, Catherine L. and Tungpalan, Djoan (2014). Measurement and interpretation of textural features at meso-scale. 3rd International Symposium on Process Mineralogy (Process Mineralogy '14), Cape Town, South Africa, 17-19 November 2014. Minerals Engineering International.

Edraki, M., Huynh, T., Baumgartl, T., Huang, L., Andrusiewicz, M., Tungpalan, K., Tayebi-Khorami, M., Wightman, E., Palaniandy, S., Manlapig, E., Evans, C., Farrokhpay, S., Bradshaw, D. and Vink, S. (2014). Designer tailings – an integrated model for tailings management. Life-of-Mine 2014, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 16-18 July 2014. Carlton, VIC, Australia: AUSIMM.

Edraki, Mansour, Huynh, Trang, Baumgartl, Thomas, Huang, Longbin, Andrusiewicz, Michal, Tungpalan, Kate, Tayebi-Khorami, Maedeh, Wightman, Elaine, Palaniandy, Sam, Manlapig, Emmanuel, Evans, Cathy, Farrokhpay, Saeed, Bradshaw, Dee and Vink, Sue (2014). Designer tailings: improving the management of tailings through collaborative research. AMD14: The Triennial 8th Australian Workshop on Acid and Metalliferous Drainage, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 29 April–2 May, 2014. Indooroopilly, QLD, Australia: JKTech.

Tungpalan, Djoan, Wightman, Elaine M. and Manlapig, Emmanuel (2014). Relating mineralogical and testural characteristics to flotation behaviour. 3rd International Symposium on Process Mineralogy (Process Mineralogy '14), Cape Town, South Africa, 17-19 November 2014. OXFORD: Minerals Engineering International. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2015.02.005

Edraki, Mansour, Huynh, Trang, Baumgartl, Thomas, Huang, Longbin, Andrusiewicz, Michal, Tungpalan, Kate, Tayebi-Khorami, Maedeh, Wightman, Elaine, Palaniandy, Sam, Manlapig, Emmanuel, Evans, Cathy, Farrokhpay, Saeed, Bradshaw, Dee and Vink, Sue (2013). Designing mine tailings through collaborative research. enviromine2013: 3rd International Seminar on Environmental Issues in Mining, Santiago, Chile, 4-6 December, 2013. Santiago, Chile: Gecamin.

Tungpalan, Djoan and Mendoza, H. (2011). Potential of dissolved air flotation (DAF) for removal of suspended nickel laterite particles. Regional Conference on Global Environment (3rd, AUN/SEED-NET, 2011), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 21-22 February 2011.

Tungpalan, Djoan and Mendoza, H. (2010). Dissolved air flotation (DAF) as a potential wastewater treatment process for dilute suspensions of nickel laterite ore. 3rd Regional Conference on Interdisciplinary on Natural Resources and Materials Engineering (RCNRM 2010), Langkawi, Malaysia, 25 - 26 October 2010.

Thesis

Tungpalan, Djoan Kate (2016). Investigating Textural Drivers for Separation Performance in a Variable and Complex Ore Body. PhD Thesis, Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.651