Joseph Sakala
Senior Metallurgist at Mazoon Mining- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Mazoon Mining
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Oman
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Mining
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Metallurgist
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Sep 2023 - Present
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First Quantum Minerals
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Canada
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Mining
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior met- Flotation, Hydromet, Gold Projects and Site Reagent Management
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Feb 2023 - Sep 2023
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Senior Project Metallurgist
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Oct 2021 - Mar 2023
Commissioning process lead for Sulphide circuit flotation expansion.Commissioning of two flotation columns and six 170m3 mechanical cells. The expansion will enable for an open configuration for the first time in Kansanshi history
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Project Metallurgist
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Jul 2017 - Nov 2021
Review of Life of Mine considerations to determine impact on the business fundamentals and prioritize optimization and capital projects aimed at maximizing copper and gold recovery.Liaise with operations and engineering teams to design and implement safe, efficient and cost effective solutions.Coordinate and mentor junior metallurgists to be self starters and result oriented by continuously applying themselves through practical/on the job learning and by accepting new challenges.Other skills include;1. Circuit debottlenecking2. Fines recovery projects3. Jameson cell operation and optimization4. Gold recovery improvement projects5. Concorde cell operation and optimization6. HSC circuit modelling6. Site water balancing Show less
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Trainee Metallurgist
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Sep 2015 - Jun 2017
Develop an understanding as to the workings of industry. Perform small scale design projects and carry out surveys, write reports and present information back to seniors in the department.Conducted lab tests and surveys that led to the successful acquirement of Jameson cells and expansion of the Sulphide circuit which is now equipped with CPS
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First Quantum Minerals LTD
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United Kingdom
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1 - 100 Employee
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Student Engineer
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Aug 2014 - Oct 2014
Conducted at project at Kansanshi copper miner investigating the potential to reduction of insols through establishing of the velocity profile across the cleaning circuit Conducted at project at Kansanshi copper miner investigating the potential to reduction of insols through establishing of the velocity profile across the cleaning circuit
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Education
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The University of Zambia
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Metallurgical Engineering