Innovation in Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy in the Production of High Tech and Critical Metals

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Corby Anderson, Harrison-Western Professor, Associate Director, Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy, Colorado School of Mines, presenting a webinar titled Innovation in Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy in the Production of High Tech and Critical Metals on Thursday, January 7, 2021 from 9:00am – 10:00am (MT).

Innovations in Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy have propelled civilization by creating new and improved High Tech and Critical Metals and the very industries that produce them. This presentation will outline the role of Innovation and cite several historical examples such as the Bayer and Hall Heroult processes, Cyanidation, Froth Flotation, the Kroll process, Rare Earths, Copper Solvent Extraction and Electrorefining, Ongoing activities, future considerations and possibilities will also be covered. Of note, the glaring deficiencies in, erosion of and growing global imbalance in US Intellectual Capital capabilities will be highlighted.

Dr. Corby G. Anderson is a licensed professional engineer with over 40 years of global experience in industrial operations, corporate level management, engineering, design, consulting, teaching, research and professional service. He is a native of Butte, America. His career includes positions with Thiokol Chemical Corporation, Key Tronic Corporation, Sunshine Mining and Refining Company, H. A. Simons Ltd. and at CAMP-Montana Tech. He holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering from Montana State University and an MSc from Montana Tech in Metallurgical Engineering and PhD from the University of Idaho in Mining Engineering – Metallurgy. He is a Fellow of both the Institution of Chemical Engineers and of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. He shares 14 international patents and 4 new patent applications covering several innovative technologies, 2 of which were successfully reduced to industrial practice. He currently serves as the Harrison Western Professor in the Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy as part of the Mining Engineering Department and the George S. Ansell Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. In 2009 he was honored by the Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration with the Milton E. Wadsworth Extractive Metallurgy Award for his contributions in hydrometallurgical research. In 2015 he was awarded the International Precious Metals Institute’s Tanaka Distinguished Achievement Award. In 2016 he received the Distinguished Member Award from the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, the Outstanding Faculty Award from the George S. Ansell Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Colorado School of Mines and also became a Distinguished Member of the U of Idaho Academy of Engineering. In 2017 he received the EPD Distinguished Lecturer Award from The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society. In 2019 he was named as a Henry Krumb Distinguished SME Lecturer. In 2019 he was also appointed as a Visiting Faculty within the Minerals Engineering Department of Central South University in China, the largest program of Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy in the world.