Mike Battersby, a global processing leader, has been appointed Chair of the CEEC Board of Directors.
UK-based Battersby has been a CEEC (Coalition for Energy Efficient Comminution) Director since 2012, bringing board expertise and more than 40 years’ experience in the minerals industry in operations, general mine management, technical consulting and corporate development to the role.
He replaces Joe Pease as the Chair of CEEC Board of Directors, who has served in the position for the past five years.
Battersby’s current board positions include Chairman and Managing Director of the Maelgwyn Mineral Services (MMS) group of companies in the UK, South Africa and Australia, and Director of Greenhills Technology International Ltd.
A chartered engineer, Battersby has operational experience with AngloGold, De Beers and Billiton in Africa, Europe, South America and Australia, plus more than 20 years working in the commercialisation of innovative technology, CEEC said.
In 1997, he co-founded the award-winning MMS, one of the leading technology development companies in froth flotation and gold processing.
He said: “CEEC’s mission is to share the latest energy-efficient comminution and minerals processing solutions to help miners achieve lower costs, reduced footprint, greater productivity, and enhanced business value. I am proud to have been appointed to lead an organisation with such an important mission and an impressive track record.”
“Positive actions on energy and productivity by industry are more important than ever, and CEEC’s work helps industry to collaborate, and identify and implement solutions to these challenges. Comminution, a major cost and energy consumer (3% global electrical energy), is key to tackling these issues.
“As the new CEEC Chair, my aim is to empower industry to apply practical tools to drive these improvements. CEEC’s free energy curves help mines to benchmark and explore best practice options. I look forward to working with the new energy curves team to develop further enhancements, and with industry to create complementary new tools that address the energy/water nexus.”