TMS 2007: Lectures

Extraction & Processing Division Luncheon

Topic: "The Thinking to Knowledge Chain in Extractive Metallurgy"
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 27
Register for this lecture through the TMS 2007 Annual Meeting & Exhibition registration form. Cost: $45

One of the major challenges facing any business today is matching improvement rates to the expectations of stakeholders.

Data is more readily available than ever before, but in the minerals industry the conversion of this data to transferred knowledge is disappointingly slow and dangerously staid.

Why don’t “best practices” travel better across the silos in industries or companies? What has happened to the concept of Knowledge Management of the ‘90s? How can we improve the thinking processes among our technologists and accelerate effective knowledge transfer in the next ten years with the emphasis being on effective? This lecture will address these questions.

SPEAKER

TONY ELTRINGHAM Vice Pres., Operating Excellence BHP Billiton Base Metals

Tony Eltringham has more than 38 years of experience in the mining industry starting with copper smelting in Zambia that has broadened to cover most minerals in his company, BHP Billiton in the Americas, Australia and Africa.

He has handled operations, managed research and development, commissioned new projects and worked with troubled operations. His current work is in operations analysis, troubleshooting and improvement as well as leading a Six Sigma redeployment and promoting new styles of thinking for young people entering the company.

Mr. Eltringham has been a member of TMS since 1972.