Mentor, innovator, networker--A conversation with Professor James Finch, an award-winning authority on mineral processing

摘要

It is often reiterated that Canada's resources industry retains its position of global leadership through its continuing commitment to innovation. But how do innovative ideas go from the laboratory to the mine or mill? How is the supply of highly trained people required for technology-intensive mining assured? Few people are better qualified than Professor James Finch to answer such questions. The Gerald G. Hatch Chair in Mining and Metallurgical Engineering at McGill University, Finch has been instrumental in forging partnerships for cutting-edge collaborative mineral processing research. One fruit of the efforts is the annual revenue gain of 25 million dollars that partnering companies derive from resulting process efficiencies.