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27/08/2026

📢 We are delighted to announce that BME, a Member of the Omnia Group, is sponsoring !

Since 1984, BME has been a leader in the mining industry, delivering expert solutions in commercial blasting while continuously expanding their capabilities. Drawing on decades of experience, they provide a complete range of blasting and mining chemical processing solutions to a global customer base. As part of the JSE-listed Omnia Group, they’ve become a trusted partner for those seeking innovative, reliable, and sustainable solutions.

Their two key divisions—BME Blasting Solutions, focused on explosives and initiation systems, and BME Metallurgy, offering mining chemicals and metallurgical processing—combine long-standing expertise with cutting-edge technology. This allows them to deliver tailored solutions across the entire mining value chain, from rock-breaking to mineral recovery, enhancing performance and efficiency.
🔗 http://www.bme.co.za

Hydrometallurgy '27 👉 https://mei.eventsair.com/hydrometallurgy-27/

24/08/2026

📢 Registration Open!

📍 Vineyard Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa
📅 November 19-20, 2026
🔗 https://mei.eventsair.com/critical-minerals-26/

Key themes include:

🔹 Lithium beneficiation, flotation, leaching and recovery
🔹 Rare earth element processing and separation
🔹 Circular hydrometallurgy and sustainable processing technologies
🔹 Battery recycling and urban mining
🔹 Recovery of critical metals from industrial wastes and secondary resources
🔹 Geometallurgy, ore sorting and mineral characterisation
🔹 Innovative biotechnology, electrochemical processing and solvent extraction

The programme features two keynote lectures and over 40 technical presentations from leading universities, research organisations and companies spanning Europe, Australia, North and South America, Africa and Asia.

Check out the programme - https://mei.eventsair.com/critical-minerals-26/programme

20/08/2026

📢 We are delighted to announce that BME Metallurgy is sponsoring !

BME is a division of the Omnia Group, a JSE listed diversified provider of specialised chemical products and services used in the mining, agriculture and chemicals sectors.

BME supplies and manufactures a full range of underground & surface emulsion products, initiation systems, cartridge explosives, PGAN, emulsifiers and related accessories.
🔗 http://www.bme.co.za

Flotation '27 👉 https://mei.eventsair.com/flotation-27/

18/08/2026

Registration Open!

📍 Vineyard Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa
📅 November 16-18, 2026
🔗 https://mei.eventsair.com/process-mineralogy-26/registration

Process Mineralogy ’26 will deal with the following topics:

🎯 Quantitative mineralogy, including both X-ray and Electron Beam Techniques
🎯 Geometallurgy
🎯 Ore characterisation
🎯 Mineral Liberation and Textural Analysis
🎯 Application of process mineralogy on site
🎯 Sampling and Statistics
🎯 Advanced Process Control

The keynote lecture "Process mineralogy for critical metals in mineral processing and extractive metallurgy" will be given by Tassos Grammatikopoulos, of SGS Natural Resources, Canada.

The keynote lecture "Advancing process understanding through particle-based separation modelling" will be given by Lucas Pereira, of the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF) at HZDR, Germany.

Check out the programme - https://mei.eventsair.com/process-mineralogy-26/programme

17/08/2026

Programme Update – New Keynote Speaker

We’d like to announce a change to the previously published programme, with Martin Lynch joining us as our new keynote speaker in place of Jacques Eksteen, who is now unable to attend due to unforseen circumstances.

🎤 Keynote Lecture:
“Replacing copper with aluminium is the most effective way to deal with the looming global copper shortages”

🔗 https://mei.eventsair.com/critical-minerals-26/keynotes

Martin Lynch is a PhD student at the Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland. A graduate of UQ with a BE (Chem), Martin began his career in the mining industry, working with companies including Rio Tinto and Iluka Resources.

His career has taken a fascinating and diverse path. He is the author of Mining in World History, tracing the development of global mining from 1500 to the 1970s. In 2009, he moved into the renewable energy sector, becoming the owner and manager of a renewable energy business, which he sold in 2024.

Following this, Martin returned to academia to begin a PhD at the University of Queensland, focusing on the use of substitutes for copper as a potential means of addressing forecast global copper shortage.

We look forward to welcoming Martin and hearing his perspective on one of the key resource challenges facing the global economy.

📅 Join us at Critical Minerals '26: Processing & Recycling and don’t miss this thought-provoking keynote!

06/08/2026

Keynote Speaker Confirmed for !

We are delighted to announce that Prof Jochen Petersen will be presenting a Keynote at Hydrometallurgy '27 entitled "Developments in heap leaching as a technology choice for value extraction from primary and secondary resources".

Jochen holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cape Town, where he is now a Full Professor following a distinguished research career spanning almost 30 years. His research focuses on the leaching and recovery of copper, nickel, zinc, platinum group metals, gold and rare earth elements from both primary mineral resources and secondary materials, including electronic waste.

A highly respected researcher and educator, he has co-authored more than 150 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, supervised 15 PhD and 60 MSc graduates, and made significant contributions to the advancement of hydrometallurgical science. He also served as Editor-in-Chief of Hydrometallurgy from 2011 to 2021 and held a prestigious South African Research Chair from 2018 to 2022.

More info 👉 https://mei.eventsair.com/hydrometallurgy-27/keynotes

16/07/2026

Join us in Cape Town this November at to hear from two great Keynote Speakers!

🗓 November 16-18, 2026
📍 Vineyard Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa
🔗 https://mei.eventsair.com/process-mineralogy-26/keynotes

Lucas Pereira will be presenting "Advancing process understanding through particle-based separation modelling" and Tassos Grammatikopoulos will be presenting "Process mineralogy for critical metals in mineral processing and extractive metallurgy".

10/07/2026

📢 Keynote Speaker Confirmed for !

We are delighted to announce that Dr Frank Crundwell will be presenting a Keynote at Hydrometallurgy '27 entitled "Progress in the understanding of leaching reactions and reactors".

After graduating with degrees in chemical engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand, Frank worked worked at Mintek for 5 years, before joining the faculty of the University of the Witwatersrand in 1990. In 1999, he joined Billiton and BHP Billiton Capital. In 2002, he established CM Solutions Metallurgical Consultancy and Laboratories, an engineering consultancy, which has grown steadily.

He received the Wadsworth Award of the US Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc. (SME) in 2020 and the Gold Medal of the South African Institution of Chemical Engineers (SAIChE). He was elected to the prestigious US National Academy of Engineers in 2023, for his research on the mechanisms of dissolution.

More info 👉 https://mei.eventsair.com/hydrometallurgy-27/keynotes

26/06/2026

The Provisional Technical Programme for is now online!

🔗 https://mei.eventsair.com/process-mineralogy-26/programme

We’re excited to feature two fantastic keynote presentations, one from Tassos Grammatikopoulos (SGS Natural Resources) titled:
🎤 “Process mineralogy for critical metals in mineral processing and extractive metallurgy”

and another from Lucas Pereira (Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF) at HZDR) titled:
🎤 "Advancing process understanding through particle-based separation modelling"

And that’s not all — runs back-to-back with . Why not maximise your trip and attend both MEI conferences?

We're looking forward to seeing the community come together once again for two great events in Cape Town!

18/06/2026

🚀 The Provisional Technical Programme for is now online!

🔗 https://mei.eventsair.com/critical-minerals-26/programme

We’re excited to feature two fantastic keynote presentations, one from Prof. Jacques Eksteen (Curtin University) titled:
🎤 “Circular hydrometallurgy approaches towards more sustainable processing of critical minerals”

and another from Prof. Chun-Xia Zhao (Adelaide University) titled:
🎤 "Sustainable Biotechnology platform for Mineral Recovery"

And that’s not all — runs back-to-back with . Why not maximise your trip and attend both MEI conferences?

We're looking forward to seeing the community come together once again for two great events in Cape Town!

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