Ben is the Engagement Manager at Standards Australia for the Mining sector. His role is to manage and encourage engagement between consumers, government, industry and the standards development process, nationally and internationally. This includes assisting in the process of creating proposals for new standards and changes to existing ones, as well as continuously work with the community to help get the right stakeholders onto technical committees.

I am an Experimental Scientist at CSIRO with an interest in Industrial Chemistry and expertise in X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) application development. My greatest impact is to industry with the delivery of the CSIRO Iron Ore Proficiency test. Participation in this test directly improves the analytical capability of participants, both national and international. I also report the analytical methods used by participants of this test to ISO/TC102 SC2 Iron Ore and Direct Reduced Iron - Chemical Analysis Committee to inform their future directions. I contribute to CSIRO Research goals by providing specialised, accurate and timely elemental characterisation to researchers and other customers.

Derek is a geoscientist currently working in the Geomodelling / Digital Orebody team for Hancock Iron Ore. He has worked for the last 5 years at HIO with time spent in Resource Definition, Geometallurgical Drilling, Mine geology and Modelling. Before joining HIO, Derek worked for six years with ExxonMobil in Melbourne, gaining experience across Exploration, Development, and Production projects in Australia and Papua New Guinea. He holds a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) in Geology and Geophysics from Curtin University, as well as a Graduate Certificate in Data Science from UNSW.

Ralph Holmes has been largely involved in mineral processing research and managed CSIRO’s iron ore processing team for more than 20 years. He is also an international expert in sampling mineral commodities and has organised technical conferences with The AusIMM. He initiated the AusIMM Iron Ore Conference series, chairing ten conferences in Perth and Fremantle since 2002. He also chaired a number of sampling conferences as well as the International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC) in Brisbane in September 2010. More recently Ralph co-chaired the IMPC Asia-Pacific Regional Conference in Melbourne in August 2022 and the AusIMM Iron Ore conference in Perth in September 2023.

Senior Project Engineer with 19+ years of experience in engineering, project management, and product development, with a strong focus on the global mining industry. Proven leader in the design, delivery, and commissioning of complex mining systems and plants, from concept to start-up. Extensive expertise in CAPEX management, modularized solutions with accelerated implementation, and margin-driven project execution. Recognized for technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams, client-facing roles, and the development of innovative engineering tools and technologies that deliver competitive advantage in mining projects worldwide.

Daniel Amariei graduated a Ph. D in chemistry at Poitiers University, France and two post-docs at Poitiers University and Laval University. Daniel joined Corem in 2008 as researcher in Physical Separation. Daniel led the research done in physical separation group at Corem from 2019 to 2022. During the same period, Daniel was advisor in business development. Since May 2022, Daniel joined Soutex, a world-wide recognized consultant firm in mineral processing engineering. Daniel contributes at Soutex to develop innovative approaches in mineral processing.

Ralph Holmes has been largely involved in mineral processing research and managed CSIRO’s iron ore processing team for more than 20 years. He is also an international expert in sampling mineral commodities and has organised technical conferences with The AusIMM. He initiated the AusIMM Iron Ore Conference series, chairing ten conferences in Perth and Fremantle since 2002. He also chaired a number of sampling conferences as well as the International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC) in Brisbane in September 2010. More recently Ralph co-chaired the IMPC Asia-Pacific Regional Conference in Melbourne in August 2022 and the AusIMM Iron Ore conference in Perth in September 2023.