Process Design and Engineering

·         Interpretation of metallurgical testwork

·         Process modelling using Excel, SysCad and MetSim

·         Preparation of Mass Balances, Process Flow Diagrams and Process Design Criteria

·         Equipment sizing and selection

·         Preparation of P&ID’s

·         Preparation of Control Philosophy

·         Preparation of Functional Data Sheets

·         Preparation of Capital and Operating Costs

·         Financial and risk evaluation.

Examples of work undertaken:

·         Preliminary process design for Tanbreez Zirconia project in Greenland

·         Process design for expansion of NMC Oman copper concentrator

·         Process design for Moly Mines 20 Mt/a Spinifex Ridge DFS

·         Detailed process engineering for Moly Mines 20 Mt/a copper/molybdenun  project

·         Preliminary process design for Canegrass nickel study

·         Preliminary process engineering for Norilsk Cawse nickel expansion

·         Process design team member for BHPB’s Pearl project.