Completed Projects
In his 30 years in the industry, Dr. Andrew Vince has completed many large-scale consulting projects for companies such as:
- Anglo Coal
- Australian Coal Association
- Australian Coal Preparation Society
- BHP Billiton
- BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA)
- Carolina Equipment and Technology Company
- CSIRO
- Gekko Systems
- Jellinbah Resources Pty Ltd
- Louminco Pty Ltd
- Minco Tech Australia
- Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd
- O’Hearn and Bilinsky (Solicitors)
- Rio Tinto
- University of NSW
- Whitehaven Coal
Below are just a few of the completed consulting projects:
- Reconciliation metallurgical audit of coal preparation plant-phases 1 – 4
- Coal Preparation plant yield improvement review and recommendations
- Coal preparation plant best practice benchmarking and recommendations
- Yield improvement review and recommendations x 3
- Reconciliation audit and recommendations x 3
- Reconciliation plan development and implementation x 2
- Major audit and review of coal preparation plant flotation circuit
- Review of flotation circuits at a number of company sites
- Fines circuit audit, review and recommendations x 3
- Fines circuit sampling design and test work x 3
- Fines circuit test work
- Review of screening options for new coal preparation plant design
- Review of seam change effects at a coal preparation plant
- Liberation and bore core analysis
- Spirals circuit testing – design and conduct
- Alternative processing circuit review – screens
- Toll washing owners support
- Review of yield targets for toll washing plant owner
- Development of non-nucleonic dense medium RD measuring gauge
- Quantify impact on yield of Variable Speed Drives
- Develop corporate technology plan and follow-ups
- Development of custom software for metallurgist
- Improvements to DM control system
- DMC soft sensor development
- DMC pressure control improvements
- Thickener scum mitigation review
- Major due diligence review for rare earth mine opportunity
- Raw coal handling system review
- Literary support for international speaker
- ACARP dense medium cyclone forum coordination
- Owners representative on ACARP committee
- Preparation of technology profile review x 5
- Profitability review across a number of sites within an multiple site organisation
- Alternative circuit design data acquisition test work
- ACARP screening project
- Spirals test work
- Testing alternative screen decks for deslime and drain and rinse applications
- ACARP mathematical modeling of dense medium cyclones project.