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Innovation in Mineral Processing
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About yourself
A couple of questions about you to help put your answers later in the survey in perspective. For the purposes of this survey, please consider innovation as novel technological solutions that represent a significant improvement over existing solutions, as well as the engagement in research and development of these novel technologies.
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Question 1.
Which of these options best describes your current role?
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Academia
Production - Operational/Technical
Production - Managerial/Administrative
Consultancy
Government/Non-government organisation
Equipment Manufacturer - R&D/Technical
Equipment Manufacturer - Sales/Marketing
Engineering/Procurement/Construction/Management company
R&D-focused company
Finance/Insurance
Other (please specify):
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Question 2.
How many years of professional experience do you have in the mineral processing industry?
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Student/No experience
0 - 2 years
2 - 5 years
5 - 10 years
10 - 20 years
More than 20 years
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Question 3.
Where are you primarily active?
(multiple answers allowed)
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Africa
Australia and Oceania
North America
South America
Europe
Asia (excl. China)
China
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Question 4.
Which commodity groups are you most involved in?
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Precious metals (Au, Ag, Pt group elements)
Minor metals (Li, W, Ta, Nb, Mg, REE, other)
Ferrous metals/steel raw materials (Fe, Ni, Mn, V, Mo, Co, Cr, Ti)
Industrial Minerals
Base metals (Cu, Zn, Pb, Al, Sn)
Gemstones
Aggregates
Energy (Coal, oil sands, other)
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Question 5.
Please indicate which of these fields are your primary fields of expertise.
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Comminution
Classification/sizing
Gravity separation
Flotation
Automated sorting
Dense media separation
Hydrometallurgy (incl. biohydrometallurgy)
Magnetic and electrostatic separation
Pyrometallurgy
Solid/liquid separation
Material handling/transport
Plant/process control and monitoring
Process mineralogy (excl. chemical analysis)
Process modelling (incl. theoretical modelling)
Geometallurgy (i.e. mine-to-mill optimisation)
Sampling and assaying
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Question 6.
On a scale from 1 to 10, how open are you to innovations in mineral processing?
(1 is very conservative, 10 is very progressive)
- 0 - 10.
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Question 7.
Is your employer's innovation strategy aligned with your personal view?
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No, I am more conservative
Yes, our visions are aligned
No, I am more progressive