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The Council wishes to pay tribute to the following eminent mineral processors.

Prof Wang Dianzuo (1934 – 2023)

The IMPC is saddened by the passing in Beijing in October 2023 of Prof Wang Dianzuo, who was one of the giants in mineral processing in China. He served for a number of years on the IMPC Council and was a recipient of the prestigious IMPC Lifetime Achievement Award which he received at the XXV IMPC Congress held in Brisbane, Australia, in 2010. His passing is a great loss not only for China but also for the global mineral processing community.

Prof Wang Dianzuo was born in 1934 in Liaoning Province, China. After graduating from Central-South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in 1961 (now called Central South University), he would go on to become a Professor in the field of Mineral, Metallurgical and Material Engineering. He has served as a lecturer, associate professor and professor at Central-South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, President of Central South University of Technology (1985-1991); President of the General Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals (GRINM) (1991-1996), Honorary President of the GRINM, and Vice-President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (1998-2006).

His major research interests included mineral flotation and flotation reagents, applied surface chemistry in mineral, metallurgical and material processing, electrochemistry of flotation for sulfide minerals, flotation of fine particles, agglomeration and dispersion of fine particles, solution chemistry of flotation, bio-extraction technology for sulfide minerals, waste and secondary resources recovery etc.

Prof Wang was elected a foreign member of the National Academy of Engineering (USA) in 1990, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991, and a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1994.

A truly remarkable career and list of achievements. May he Rest in Peace.

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