Mehdi Safari
Mintek (The Council for Mineral Technology) Head, Flotation/Mineral Processing Division
South Africa
As an industrial research leader in mineral processing, I have over fifteen years of experience in applying cutting-edge research to practical industry solutions. I have expertise in the classification, physical separation and flotation of various minerals, and I have worked with leading mining houses (Rio Tinto, Anglo American, BHP, Glencore, Vale, Fortescue, Sibanye-Stillwater, Impala Platinum, Assore, and Vedanta) and equipment suppliers (FLSmidth, Eriez, Metso:Outotec and MBE) on global projects involving REE, PGM, gold, copper, cobalt, nickel, lead, zinc, iron, barite, apatite and phosphates.