Hatch experts make a strong showing at CIM 2015 in Canada
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Three Hatch experts presented and chaired sessions. Emily Moore, managing director of water and tailings management, presented two sessions. These were entitled ‘Remote, Real-Time Sensors for Water Quality Monitoring’ and ‘Managing Water, Managing Risk’.
Michael MacFarlane, former executive vice president, business strategy and innovation, AngloGold Ashanti and mining consultant at Hatch, presented ‘Changing the Flowsheet: Towards Continuous Underground Mining’. Ted Knight, regional manager, risk and reliability, chaired the ‘Asset Life Cycle Management’ session. Hatch also hosted a series of small networking events on May 11 and 12 in a special suite overlooking the CIM Expo, attended by several important mining clients.
“This year’s annual meeting was a great opportunity to invite some of our key clients to our lounge to discuss their preoccupations and challenges,” Martin Dionne, director for iron ore and metal powders: Americas, Europe and Russia, comments. “This created the perfect occasion to make appointments for different site visits and audits to assess how we can help them and show our added value.”
At an awards gala on the evening of 11 May, Hatch and CIM presented the Hatch–CIM Mining & Minerals Project Development Safety Award for outstanding project safety systems, culture, and performance to two winners, namely Rio Tinto Alcan for the AP60 Phase 1 Aluminium Smelter Project and The Mosaic Company–Colonsay Expansion.
Many Hatch colleagues attended the conference and client events including representatives from the Mining and Mineral Processing, Iron & Steel, Iron Ore, Industrial Minerals and Water & Tailings Management business units, along with the Environmental Services Group, PDG, Safety, Procurement, Systems & Process Control and HMM Infrastructure.
The 2015 CIM convention focused on the theme of ‘New Dimensions’. In addition to a rigorous technical programme, mining was examined through the lens of employment, innovation, leadership, management and more. Over 6 000 mining industry professionals attended the convention at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal.
Founded in 1898, CIM is the leading technical society of professionals in the Canadian minerals, metals, materials and energy industries. It has over 14 600 members, convened from industry, academia and government. With ten technical societies and over 35 branches, CIM members help shape, lead and connect Canada’s mining industry, both within its borders and across the globe.
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