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21st April 2023

Public Lecture - Centre Director, Laureate Professor Kevin Galvin speaks at The Royal Society of New South Wales (Hunter Branch) 11 May 2023

RSN Hunter Branch-ARC CoE for Minerals


Public Lecture Attendance Opportunity: 

Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-efficient Beneficiation of Minerals (‘COEMinerals’) Laureate Professor Kevin Galvin will bepresenting a public lecture during an upcoming Royal Society — Hunter Branch’ meeting at 5pm on Thursday 11 May 2023.

Date: Thursday 11 May 2023, gather from 5.00 pm for 5.45 pm (AEST)
Registration: Registration is required by 5.00 pm on Tuesday 9 May 2023 through Membes. Max: 100 people
Venue: Hunter Room, Newcastle City Hall, 290 King St, Newcastle NSW 2300
Entry: Society members, $15; Non-members, $25; Students, $5
Enquiries: Via email to RSNSW Hunter Branch Secretary (Prof. Philip Bolton)
Society Members, Fellows, and members of the public are welcome
Drinks will be available Cash/​EFTPOS) from 5:00 pm until the commencement of the talk 5:45 pm, and after the presentation
RSVP here



Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-efficient Beneficiation of Minerals (‘COEMinerals’) Laureate Professor Kevin Galvin will be presenting a public lecture during an upcoming Royal Society — Hunter Branch’ meeting at 5pm on Thursday 11 May 2023.

His talk will explore how critical thinking in engineering is crucial to delivering transformational change via Invention, Innovation and Impact’. Attendance can be rsvp’d via https://​www​.roy​al​soc​.org​.au/​b​l​o​g​/​h​u​n​t​e​r​-​b​r​a​n​c​h​-​m​e​e​t​i​n​g​-2023 – 2

Kevin Galvin is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering and a previous recipient of numerous awards including the Ian Wark Medal, the ATSE Clunies Ross Award, and the Antoine Gaudin Award in mineral processing. 

He is also the inventor of the Reflux Classifier used in the gravity separation of fine mineral particles. With over 240 installations around the world, the technology has been used to beneficiate iron ore, mineral sands, metallurgical coal, potash, chromite, lithium, and other base metal oxides. New innovative systems are emerging including the Reflux Flotation Cell and a novel agglomeration technology.