Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division

The Committee shall review the nominations for the Gaudin Award and select the recipient. The Gaudin Award is given for scientific or engineering contributions that further the understanding of the technology of mineral processing. Eligible areas for contributions are agglomeration, classification, comminution, electrical and magnetic separation, flocculation and sedimentation, froth flotation, hydrometallurgy, particulate behavior, and other related mineral processing operations.

The Taggart Award is made for the paper or series of closely related papers with at least one common author, which, in the opinion of the Committee, represents a notable contribution to the science of mineral processing. The Committee shall review the eligible papers and select the recipient.

Responsible for organizing programming related to hydrometallurgical processing (including leaching, precipitation, ion-exchange, solvent extraction, electrowinning, electrorefining, crystallization) and pyrometallurgical processing (including pyrolysis, roasting calcinations, reduction, smelting and fire refining) and metallurgical-processing fundamentals and principles.

Responsible for organizing programming related to crushing, grinding, size classification, microwave fracturing, blast fragmentation, instrumentation and process control, particle-size measurement and materials handling in comminution.

The Committee shall have oversight of all activities within the Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division.

Responsible for organizing programming related to flotation fundamentals and principles, machine design and hydrodynamics, innovative separation schemes, reagent and flotation chemistry, scale up, bubble-particle interactions and froths, water chemistry and efficiency, gangue and penalty element control, coarse and fine particle recovery.

The MPD Membership Committee encourages interest and membership in MPD.

The Committee shall review the nominations for the Milton E. Wadsworth Award and select the recipient. The Committee is also responsible for soliciting and/or submitting nominations as appropriate/necessary. The Wadsworth Award recognizes distinguished contributions that advance our understanding of the science and technology of nonferrous chemical metallurgy.

The MPD Nominating Committee shall recommend to the MPD Executive Committee Chair the members of MPD who will fill the different positions in the MPD committees and as MPD representatives. The Nominating Committee shall obtain acceptance from each nominee and give SME staff the proper name, title and contact information, including email address, for each appointee. The MPD Nominating Committee will contact each individual and confirm his/her willingness to serve.

Responsible for organizing programming related to gravity concentration, electrical and magnetic separation, ore sorting, solid-liquid separation and other selective physical separations, and materials handling in separation processes.

Responsible for organizing programming related to process-plant operations descriptions and practices, maintenance practices, process improvement and optimization, process instrumentation and control, plant-engineering design, plant construction, process-selection and flow-sheet design, and process economics.

The Robert H. Richards Award Committee is responsible for reviewing the nominations for the Robert H. Richards Award and selecting the recipient. The Richards Award recognizes achievement in any form which unmistakably furthers the art of mineral beneficiation in any of its branches.

The Committee shall review all applications for the Klimpel and MPD Scholarships and Rong Yu Wan Ph.D. Dissertation Award and select the recipient(s).

The MPD Student Poster Contest Committee organizes and encourages student participation in the annual MPD Student Poster Contest. Prizes at the undergraduate level and graduate level are awarded.