Who

Mathew Merryweather BE(Chemical) MAusIMM RPEQ

What

I make mines more effective and sustainable. I work at the intersecton of operational mining, technology, design and business. After several years in support functions, I’m seeking to apply my learnings closer to the coal face: - Operations - Product Development - Strategy Development - Continuous Improvement - Digital Innovation - Value Chain Optimisation - Data Analytics - AI/ML - Advanced Process Control

Where

Currently LDN | UK 2024-H2 BNE | AU

Background

Minerals Processing - Operations - Bulk Commodities (Coal, Iron Ore) - Base Metals (Copper, Nickel) - Precious Metals (Gold, PGMs, Diamonds)

Unit Operations - Comminution (Crushing, Grinding, Milling) - Density Separation (UHDMS, DMC, DMB, TBS, RFC, Spirals, Knelson Concentrators, Wilfley Tables)
- Flotation (Conventional, Microcells, Jameson Cells, HydroFloat) - Hydrometallurgy (Leaching, Heap Leaching, Stripping, Electrowinning)

Data Analytics - AI/ML, Classification, Simulation, Prediction, Optimisation - R, Keras, Tensorflow, Tidyverse - Python, Polars, Pandas - VBA

Mining - Open Cut (Truck & Shovel, Excavators) - Underground (Longwall, Stoping)