Luke manages Hatch’s Centre of Excellence in Granular Flow Performance team in Wollongong. He is a bulk materials handling and discrete element modelling SME working globally on projects in Africa, Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, and Australia. He has experience with a wide range of materials including: • Hard rock and Cohesive ores (Iron, Bauxite, Copper and Gold Ores) • Concentrates and Filter Cakes • Free flowing materials (Alumina, Potash and Powders) Luke has developed designs covering a variety of configurations tailored specifically to each material leveraging his PHD research on CFD-DEM Modelling of Powder Flows and Dust Generation Mechanisms, and the latest in software advancements.

Oliver Cox is an Intern Mechanical Engineer at Dryflow Magnetics, where he contributes to the testing and upscaling of innovative dry magnetic separation technologies. His work focuses on evaluating the performance of various materials and refining process designs to enhance efficiency and sustainability in mineral beneficiation. Oliver is currently completing a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, with a strong academic and professional interest in advancing low-energy, water-free mineral processing systems. Through his involvement with Dryflow Magnetics, he is developing practical expertise in mechanical design, process optimisation, and experimental analysis within the context of sustainable mineral processing innovation.

Jennifer Market is the Chief Scientist at Wireline Services Group in Perth. She is a geophysicist with 25 years’ experience in the energy and minerals industries focused on downhole measurements, particularly for geomechanics, wellbore visualization, and automated interpretation. She specializes in commercializing innovative R&D projects disruptive technologies and is passionate about petrophysics. She delights in engaging with the geoscience community to develop cutting-edge practices to produce energy and mineral resources more efficiently. She is the 65th President of the SPWLA.

John is a minerals process engineer with a background in chemical and metallurgical engineering. His experience and contributions in his current role are primarily in the space of comminution, developing various power-based throughput forecast and crushing & grinding circuit models.

Johan has been working in the minerals processing industry for the last 20 years. His experience includes PGM and Iron ore processing, with a key focus on feed characterisation and process optimisation. He spent the first 6 years of his career focusing on platinum processing in South Africa; then he transitioned to Iron Ore in 2011 by joining Onesteel in Whyalla. During the last 14 years he has supported several hematite and magnetite projects from feed characterisation stage to final commissioning stages of the processing plant. He has been part of the minerals processing team at Hatch for the last 6 years and continued his passion for understanding feed and finding ways to produce cost effective products for his clients.