1. JKTech Sudamérica
Capacitando en Optimización de Procesos y
caracterización de minerales

2. JKTech Pty Ltd
• Productos y servicios de calidad en:
– Caracterizacion de Minerales, y
– Mejora de Procesos
• Transferencia de Tecnologia:
– Resultado de la Investigacion en:
• Servicios de consultoria a lo largo del proceso minero
• Hardware
• Software
• Servicios de Laboratorio Metalurgico
• Entrenamiento y Desarrollo Profesional

3. Transferencia de Tecnología
Patrocinio
(Capital, Becas, In-Kind)
Resultados de Investigacion
Pago de Regalias
Industria
Dividendo a UQ
Patrocinio Productos,
Servicios

4. JKTech Pty Ltd
Resultado de Comercializacion de Licencia, spin‐off
Investigacion la Investigacion companies, ventas
de PI
Productos y
Servicios
Productos Servicios de Transferencia de
Consultoria
Especializados Laboratorio Conocimiento SMI

5. SMI Knowledge Transfer
Focus and Expertise
• Focus: Professional development and training
• Expertise:
– Project Management
– Finance and Course Management
– Integrated Program Development and Delivery
– Mineral Processing
– Geology
– Environmental Science

6. SMI Knowledge Transfer
Mining & Geology Risk Management
Ore Characterisation Rehabilitation,
& Process Water Management
Improvement & Environmental
Integrated
Social & Community
Sustainable
Issues
Development

7. Ore Characterisation &
Process Improvement
From research outcomes of the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre
(JKMRC) and commercial development at JKTech
• Training based on key JKMRC research outcomes in:
- Flotation ‐ Comminution
- GeoMetallurgy ‐ Automated Mineralogy
• Mass Balancing, modelling and simulation with JKTech
proprietary software

8. Mining and Geology
• From research outcomes of the WH Bryan Mining and
Geology Research Centre (BRC)
– Blasting Engineering
– Geometallurgy
– Mine‐to‐Mill
– Mass Mining

9. Social & Community Issues
• From research outcomes of the Centre for Social
Responsibility in Mining (CSRM)
– Building Community Relations
– Economic and Social Impact Assessment
– Conflict Management
– Cumulative and Regional Impacts
– Cultural Awareness

10. Rehabilitation, Water
Management & Environmental Issues
• From research outcomes of the Centre for Mined Land
Rehabilitation (CMLR) and the Centre for Water in Mining
(CWiMI)
– Environmental and Water Management
– Water Accounting
– Advances in Rehabilitation Science
– Management of Acid and Metalliferous Drainage
– Practical Monitoring
– Mine Closure Planning

11. Risk Management
• From research outcomes of the Minerals Industry Safety and
Health Centre (MISHC)
– Minerals Industry Risk Management (G‐MIRM) for Managers
– Mine OHS Management
– Incident Investigation and Analysis

12. Integrated Sustainable
Development
• Life‐of‐mine issues addressed in a holistic sense
– Planning for a Sustainable Outcome
– Sustainable Development in the Minerals Industry
– Sustainable Mining

13. Examples of Mineral Processing Courses
Technical
An overview of Energy efficiency in
investigations for
Mineral Processing Comminution
Metallurgists
Mine to Mill process
Flotation Optimisation Mineralogy Tools
optimisation
Simulation and
Comparative Statistics Modelling and
Optimisation of
and Experimental Simulation of Flotation
Crushing and Grinding
Design Circuits (JKSimFloat)
Circuits (JKSimMet)

14. Alternative: In‐house Group Training
Benefits for Companies What’s in it for participants?
• Training of young professionals can • Improved job performance
directly address the quality of operating
practice • Opportunities for promotion
• Group training means critical mass of • A focus on more challenging
graduates is exposed to new tools and (rewarding) aspects of their jobs
resources, improving the opportunity
for cultural change within the
organisation
• Young professionals work with technical
experts, developing relationships that
provide long‐term benefits for the
company
• Courses provide access to opportunities
for innovation and development

15. Technical Skills training
Programs
• MetSkill
• Mining Skill
• GeoSkill
Group graduate training package
• Delivery tailored to client (company) needs
• Integration of workshops, site visits and e‐learning
• Working in groups on an authentic technical investigation
• Coaching in applied use of key tools and methodologies

16. Example – MetSkill year 1
Integration of formal learning and workplace‐related activity
Workshop
Workshop
Plant Survey
Workshop
Workshop

17. ¡Gracias por su tiempo!
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