Qualifications:

• BSc Metallurgical Eng, Witwatersrand (1983)
• MBL UNISA (1997)

Research Affiliations:

• Centre for Minerals Research (CMR)

Research Interests:

• Geosciences & Exploration
• Comminution
• Flotation
• Hydrometallurgy
• Closed Water Concentrator
• Ore Sorting & Upgrading
• Geometallurgy and Mineralogy.

Biography:

Jeremy Mann spent most of his career working for Anglo American in various roles in operating and managing positions in metal production, as lead process design engineer on projects involved in numerous global base metal feasibility studies and engineering projects, including project management of capital projects. He was General Manager of the Anglo American Research facility, and before his retirement was Head of Geosciences, Process and S&SD Technology development for the Group. In that role he represented the company on a number of global collaborative research organisations, advisory boards and industry research institutions. Currently he is an adjunct professor in the Centre for Minerals Research, and is the technology manager for SAMMRI and an independent project manager for AMIRA International, a global broker, facilitator and overseer of syndicated collaborative projects. His engagement with the CMR has been as sponsor and mentor in projects that specifically explore comminution, flotation, integrated multicomponent circuit simulation, closed water concentrators, ore sorting and upgrading and geometallurgy.