Matthew is a process engineer with 5 years experience in the mining industry, working on projects from concept right through to commissioning. He is currently employed by Mineral Technologies (Downer) within the process engineering team, working on projects across a wide range of commodities, primarily mineral sands and iron ore. Matthew has previously worked at SIMEC Mining Whyalla's iron ore operations as part of the technology development team. He is a graduate of the University of Adelaide with a Bachelors Degree in Petroleum and Chemical Engineering (First Class Honours).

Bona Lim is a PhD student in metallurgy from Western Australian School of Mines, Curtin University in Australia. She has a bachelor degree in Energy & Resource Engineering with first-class honours from Kangwon National University, Korea. Her current research focuses on the recovery of critical and strategic metals from mine waste using the hydrometallurgical process. Her research interests include technospheric mining, hydrometallurgy, mine waste recycling, and mineral processing.

Kosei Aikawa is a PhD student in the Division of Sustainable Resources Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan. He earned his master degree in the field of Sustainable Resources Engineering from Hokkaido University in March 2021. His research interests include mineral processing, extractive metallurgy and resources recycling. He is currently doing several projects on mineral processing, such as flotation of sulfide ores.

Norman Lim is a metallurgist by background and has worked extensively in the mining industry which includes commodities in iron,manganese,copper,gold and mineral sands. He is currently a senior metallurgist for Mineral Resources, Mt. Marion site- a spodumene beneficiation plant. He is also doing masters by research at WASM, taking interest in the mechano-activation of spodumene.

Kwaku Owusu Boateng is a PhD candidate of Minerals and Resources Engineering at the Future Industries Institute (FII), University of South Australia, Australia. His PhD research focuses closely on acoustic sensor information from both laboratory and industrial grinding mills, as a means of minimising energy usage and providing more consistent processing behaviour of varying ore properties, which forms part of the Research Consortia Programme (RCP) for “Unlocking Complex Resources Through Lean Processing” funded by the South Australia Premier’s Research and Industrial Fund (PRIF). Kwaku’s research interests include iron/steelmaking, high-temperature metallurgical flow, materials /mineral processing, material recycling and acoustic signal processing.

Dr Paul Shelley is currently the Global Vice President Innovation of Molycop. He is a mechanical engineering associate with a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, and a qualified manufacturing/materials engineer, graduating with honours from the University of Queensland. He holds a MBA, majoring in technology management, and DBA in the field of organisational behaviour, both from Deakin University, Australia. He is a strong advocate for innovation and collaboration. He has led open innovation teams and has taken various product and service offers from ideation to commercialisation. His professional interests focus on facilitating a stronger digital mining ecosystem

Bismark Amankwaa-Kyeremeh is a current PhD student at the Future Industries Institute (University of South Australia). Bismark has a B.Sc. Hons. in Minerals Engineering from the University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, Ghana. His research interest includes froth flotation and the application of machine learning in froth flotation operation.

Mona Lisa C. Pacaña is a Metallurgical Engineer, currently pursuing Masters in Material Science and Engineering while working as University Research Associate in a government-funded research project in MSU-IIT. Her current work focuses on waste valorization and environmental remediation. Her master’s thesis explores the potential of scrap bimetallic particles for the removal of heavy metals in acid mine drainage. The research that she is currently involved with investigates the potential of coal fly ash, produced from coal-powered electric plants in the Philippines, as a resource of rare earth elements and other strategic elements by determining its amenability to metallurgical processing.