
Maria Sinche Gonzalez
Docent, PhD
Biography
Maria has experience in the field of Mineral Processing Engineering. She possesses an in-depth knowledge of design and optimization of flotation circuits as well as geometallurgy and experience with modeling and simulation software for Mineral Processing and Flow Sheet Development. Maria has completed her PhD in Flotation and Surface Chemistry. She has carried out extensive flotation and comminution circuit surveys working in operation as well as pilot plant campaigns and metallurgical laboratories in Peru, Australia and internationally. She has been involved in projects and technical studies related to most key Mining Commodities - copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, gold.
Research interests
- Flotation of Sulphides
- Modelling and simulation
- Metallurgical accounting
- Geometallurgy
- Recovery of critical minerals and tailing treatmen
- Mining-process Water
Teaching
477415S Process Modeling in Metallurgy and Mineral Processing
493608S Development of beneficiation processes
493605S Ore Beneficiation Technologies
Demonstration lectures: Material balance, comminution and classification in Principles of Mineral Processing
Databases
Social media
Scientific merits
Thesis supervisions
Effect of waste rock dilution and Mg silicates on flotation of Spodumene
Master Thesis, Antti Tahua
Development of Comminution Technology for small drill core samples
Master Thesis, Hannu Heiskari
Surface analytical studies of copper and iron weathering
Margarita Ferraz
The Validation of Predictive Geometallurgical Models for Concentrator Plant Process Design
Master Thesis: Tomi Käyhkö