Gabor Csicsovszki is currently Technology Manager, Flotation and Automation, for Metso Outotec, responsible for their Asia Pacific region. He is a metallurgical engineer and holds a PhD degree in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering as well as an MBA from University of Queensland Business School. With close to 14 years’ experience in mining, Gabor has worked in metallurgical R&D and operations in Finland, Canada and most recently in Australia. He has held both technical and managerial positions and has extensive experience in gold and base metals processing with a special focus on flotation. Gabor has authored several peer-reviewed papers and is a co-inventor in a patent and another patent application.

Associate Professor Kym Runge is the leader of the Separation Research Program at the SMI-JKMRC which aims to develop novel separation processes to improve mining. It involves research into high voltage comminution, coarse particle flotation, classification and novel flotation reagents. Kym is a flotation specialist with 25 years experience. Her research has involved development of flotation simulation and diagnostic procedures, including the development of JKSimFloat, a flotation simulator. She also worked 10 years for Metso, the biggest mining equipment supplier, as a flotation consultant and researcher, aiming to develop improved flotation equipment, with a particular focus on coarse particles.

Maedeh has over 14 years of experience in the mining and metal industry. Her experience spans all project stages from metallurgical testwork design and management, flowsheet development, engineering studies, process simulation and optimisation, geometallurgical analysis, due diligence, and metallurgical consulting services. She has obtained a B.Sc. in mining engineering as well as a M.Sc. and PhD in mineral processing-flotation. She joined Ausenco in 2016 and worked as a Process Engineer on various levels of engineering and trade-off studies. She then worked as a Project/Plant Metallurgist at Capricorn Copper operation investigating the opportunities to improve overall plant efficiency and flotation troubleshooting. In 2020 she joined Core Resources Technical Services team as a Senior Metallurgist/Process Engineer conducting testwork management, providing onsite and offsite technical metallurgical consulting services, modelling and simulating circuit options using JKSimMet and JKSimFloat, geometallurgical analysis, technical due diligence, and trade-off studies.

Mineral Processing Engineer with experience in research, consultancy, project, operational and management roles

Peter Woodall is a semi-retired principal engineer who worked for Glencore for over 30 years. In his career he has worked on the development of the Isamill, Albion Leach, Isasmelt and Isaconvert technologies. He has always had a keen interest in the pumping of highly aerated slurries and recently developed a now patented system to successful pump the tenacious froths produced during the flotation of very fine-grained mineral concentrates.