AREAS OF INTEREST

Materials in Process

• Minerals in flotation (Sulfide and gangue mineralogy)
• Air in flotation
• Water in flotation, tailings water recovery strategy
• Flotation reagents (Collectors, frothers, modifiers, activators, lime, CMC)

Machinery & Equipment

• Grinding and regrinding for liberation (SAG and Ball Mills)
• Regrinding of intermediate flotation products
• Regrinding of Rougher bulk flotation tailings
• Foam regrinding (IsaMill, Verti Mill, SMD)
• pH control
• Cyclones and classification
• Conditioners
• Rougher flotation cells
• Cleaning cells
• Pulp level controllers
• High-volume cells
• Pneumatic cells

Control Strategy

• Online chemical assay analyzer, calibration strategy
• Online particle size analyzer, calibration strategy
• Expert in primary and secondary grinding
• Expert in classification with cyclone nest (sensors)
• Videocameras and flotation control
• Automatic reagent dosing strategy
• Metallurgical research with experimental design
• Optical and scanning microscopy for flotation
• Statistics for data management in flotation process control

Human Resources and Research

• Training
• Safety systems
• Environmental control
• Modeling, simulation, and testing
• Plant optimization
• Best practices in Plants

PRESIDENT OF FLOTATION 2023

Eng. Alfonso Muñoz

Process Plant Manager Minera Chinalco

PRESIDENT FLOTATION 2023

COMMITTEE

• Eng. Alfonso Muñoz
• Eng. Hyder Mamani
• Eng. Rodrigo Ortiz
• Eng. Ricardo Guerrero
• Eng. Eric Ruiz
• Eng. Antonio Bravo
• Eng. Marcial Medina
• Eng. German Ocaña

SPEAKERS

• Jose Manzaneda Cabala
• Italo Manzo
• Emilio Camporredondo Suacedo
• Luis Panduro Robles
• Quinton Losper
• Admar De Olivieira Lage
• Christian Cardoso
• Patricio Zárate
• Marco Vera
• Diego André Sánchez Portella
• Leonardo Roberto Paliza Ravazzani
• Ernesto Vizcardo Cornejo
• Pedro Castellares
• Jerson Rodas Alarcon
• Jersson Dávila
• Angel Sánchez
• Diego Contreras
• George Emerson Escobedo Remachi