Record turnout for IMPC in Quebec City

摘要

Nearly 1,500 mineral processors from 54 countries convened in Quebec City to examine a number of pressing issues facing the industry at the bien-nial meeting of the International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC). The congress was held in Canada for the second time in its 55-year history. Hosted at the Quebec City Convention Center from Sept. 11-15, the congress tackled broad challenges in daily plenary presentations, including a session on the increasing cost of energy. To reduce these costs, Andrew Cooper, energy specialist at New Gold's New Afton mine, said energy conservation must be integrated into workplace culture. "It's people, not systems, that manage energy," he said. Cooper credited this shift in culture to New Afton's successful implementation of its ISO 50001-compliant energy management system.