Sedgman is a leading provider of integrated minerals processing solutions. Our 250-strong portfolio of high-performing processing plants and supporting mine-site infrastructure showcases the value of our specialist focus. Since 1980, we’ve advanced the standard of excellence and innovation in design, delivery and operations for clients. Our Australian heritage has turned into a legacy of projects around the world. And we have expanded from our early days in coal to today, where our expertise includes base and precious metals, industrial minerals and iron ore. Sedgman is a wholly owned subsidiary of CIMIC Group Limited (ASX:CIM) – one of the world’s leading international contractors and the world’s largest contract miner. CIMIC Group provides construction, mining, mineral processing, engineering, concessions, and operation and maintenance services to the resources industry.

Metallurgical engineer graduated at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and currently pursuing a master's degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute for Postgraduate Studies and Engineering Research (COPPE/UFRJ). Túlio is a research assistant at Laboratório de Tecnologia Mineral (LTM/COPPE/UFRJ) and works with mathematical modeling of comminution, process simulations, fundamentals of particle breakage, and grinding circuit optimization. In 2020 was appointed the second-in-command of the University of Rio de Janeiro’s group in the Global Comminution Collaborative (GCC). In 2021 was one of the recipients of the IMPC Young Author's Award, which highlighted the most outstanding papers of authors under 35 years of age from papers published in the proceedings of the XXX International Mineral Processing Congress 2020. Túlio is interested in developing and applying phenomenological and mechanistic process models to improve and integrate total process simulation in the minerals industry.

Jeremy is currently Head of Engineering for Weir Minerals Asia-Pacific, leading the engineering function delivering solutions to the mining and minerals processing industry. Beginning his career as a chartered Mechanical Engineer, he then completed commercial training through an MBA, and technical training in minerals processing, while working in various project, engineering management, technology, and innovation roles. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland's JKMRC, where his research area is in techno-economic modelling and analysis of comminution in metalliferous mines. Jeremy has worked within the minerals processing and mining industry for the past 13 years.

John Forster studied mineral processing at the University of Toronto. His thesis focused on the fundamentals of microwave heating of minerals and ores and the application of high power microwaves for assisted comminution and ore sorting.

Vladimir has been in Research & Development of novel processes and equipment for 15 years. His background includes experience in sorting, mineral classification and microwave technology. After completing his PhD studies at The University of Queensland, Vladimir has focused on the development of advanced technologies for the separation and upgrading of important minerals such as copper and nickel, with increased energy efficiency. Most recently, he has also been working on radically improving classification performances of semi-inverted hydrocyclones.

Malcolm has applied fundamental comminution research to design and process improvement on over 60 mines worldwide during 30 years at Mintek, UCT, and the JKMRC. His work is published in over 200 papers. Malcolm collaborates extensively, with close compatriots on 5 continents forming the Global Comminution Collaborative. Malcolm’s research vision is of integrated total process simulation as a tool for innovation – linking geology, mining, energy and size reduction, gangue rejection and recovery into flexible process design and process optimisation.