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A ROADMAP FOR MINERALS PROCESSING EDUCATION
industry) is given in Figure 4. Overall, there were 238 delegates, of which
64.3% were from industry. The greatest geographical contributor of
delegates was Africa, which is to be expected given that the conference
was held in South Africa.
Considering only the female delegates, it is noticeable that the proportion
of women in academia attending the conference is higher than those
representing industry, for all regions, but particularly Africa. The percentage
of academic women attending from the African region shows good
agreement with the proportion of female mineral processing graduates
from the same region. The difference between academic and industry
female delegates is also particularly notable for Australia. There are a
number of possible explanations for this difference (e.g. those in academia
at all levels are more likely to attend conferences, more attractive working
conditions in academia), however it is beyond the scope of this study to
investigate the causes.
Considering all delegates, the proportion of women was 18.9%, with
27.1% of academic delegates being women, compared to 14.4% of
industry delegates.
Figure 4: Proportion of female delegates at MEI’s Flotation ’15 by
sector and region
50%
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Africa Europe Asia Australia North South
America America
%Female %Female Academic %Female Industry
Where are the Women in 161
Mineral Processing?
