There have been two major award notifications to staff at the Salt Lake City headquarters of FLSmidth. Phil Thompson has been selected as the recipient of the 2011 Antoine M. Gaudin Award, which recognises contributions that further the understanding of the technology of mineral processing. Dave Meadows, meanwhile, will be awarded the Arthur F. Taggart Award, which is given to the author (or co-author) of the paper that best represents a notable contribution to the science of minerals processing in the last two years.

Thompson will be honoured “for his role in helping to develop, apply and optimise advanced flotation techniques across the mining industry, including those applied to the recovery and/or separation of copper-molybdenum, gold-copper, silver-lead-zinc, potash and talc, and for his creative and dedicated leadership of Dawson Metallurgical Laboratories for over 20 years.” Phil will become the first FLSmidth employee to receive the prestigious Gaudin Award.

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