2021 GD Delprat Distinguished Lecture Series - Fran Burgess
| Friday, June 25, 2021 |
| 7:55 AM - 9:00 AM |
Details
The Metallurgical Society is very pleased to announce that the 2021 GD Delprat Distinguished Lecturer is Fran Burgess. This will be the eleventh series of lectures hosted by the Metallurgical Society, with the support of our sponsors: AMML, Extreme Metallurgy, Magotteaux and Newcrest Mining.
Fran has worked in the mining industry for over 40 years in operational metallurgical roles. She has worked for companies such as North Broken Hill, Minerals Mining and Metallurgy (MMM), Normandy, Pasminco, Zinifex, OZ Minerals, MMG, Perilya and Glencore. Most recently she was the General Manager of Processing, for Glencore Zinc in Mount Isa, and now works as a consultant.
The 2021 Delprat Lecture is entitled “Achieve excellence in metallurgical operations - The Challenges and Opportunities”. Fran will reflect on her years in metallurgical operations and share some real insights into how to be effective, efficient and deliver some critical outcomes.
“To do this the overwhelming thing is a belief in people. The people are what make you or break you in any situation. The orebody, the equipment is important, however it is the people that make the difference.”
The lecture series celebrates the life of Guillaume Daniel Delprat, who was an engineer and metallurgist, and a pioneer of Australian mining industry. He came to Broken Hill in 1898 to become General Manager of BHP. Delprat had observed in the laboratory that they could make the zinc sulphide in the tailings dumps attach to gas bubbles and float, thereby effecting a separation. A large scale processing plant was quickly built to put this research into practice and the process worked. Delprat had changed processing practice by building one of the first industrial flotation plants and zinc production became a major industry.
The GD Delprat Distinguished Lecture series was initiated in 2010 by Albyn Lynch and has welcomed many well respected industry figures as guest lecturers.
Speaker
Mrs Frances Burgess
Principal Consultant
Firefly Consulting Services Pty Ltd
GD Delprat Lecture
Biography
Fran Burgess has worked in the mining industry for 43 years, with 17 years as a general manager. She holds four degrees including an MBA, a Bachelor of Applied Science in Environmental Management, a Bachelor of Applied Economics and a Bachelor of Science Technology in Mineral Processing. Fran was the first female cadet metallurgist in Broken Hill, the first female graduate in metallurgy in Australia, first female mill superintendent in Australia and the first female underground mine general manager in Australia. Fran works as a consultant in the areas of safety, people and processing.
Session Chair
Stuart Emery
Regional Sales Director
Solvay
