METALLURGICAL ENGINEER
  • Currently working as Technical Sales Director- Kezram Minerals and Chemicals limited to provide technical knowledge along with sales skills to provide pre- and post-sales technical advice and support solutions on a range of minerals/mining products to mining companies and other industries. The product lines include Specialty Chemicals such as flotation reagents, and other mining reagents and equipment.
  • Experienced, versatile and detail-oriented Metallurgical engineer with sales, technical, production, and operations management professional with over 19 years of cumulative experience working in diverse industries encompassing gold, copper, nickel, cobalt, coal processing and Cement manufacturing plants.
  • Worked as Senior Metallurgist - Gold and Milling Plants at Kansanshi Mining PLC a subsidiary of an international mining company First Quantum Minerals PLC.
  • Worked as Optimisation/Technical Manager for Lafarge Zambia (Ndola Works Cement) a subsidiary of LafargeHolcim – an international manufacturing company of Cement and other building products.
  • Reported to the Lafarge Zambia - Ndola Plant Manager with the primary responsibilities of supporting, communicating, and coordinating the Cement Plant’s technical needs regarding Alternative Fuels, Process, and Laboratory and Quality issues while continuously seeking to optimise and bring about continuous improvement in the Cement manufacturing plant.
  • Acted for Lafarge Plant Manager when he was offsite or away on vacation
  • Experienced in a range of mineral/engineering processes such as Quarrying, Quality Control/Assurance, Crushing, Screening, Wet and Dry Grinding, Flotation, Magnetic Separation, Thickening, Filtration, Tailings disposal, Reagents preparation, Steam drying, Spray Drying, CIL Leaching, Elution, Electrowinning, Gravity Separation, Gold Smelting, Foundry technology, Kilns Process and Operations.
  • Experienced in plant hot and cold commissioning. Provided technical advice on commissioned plants from the initial design parameters in order to improve grades and recoveries.
  • Able to troubleshoot operational problem emanating from mechanical, instrumentation and electrical failures in the process plant.
  • Balanced plant circuits by paying attention to parameters and other details in order to achieve a stable circuit for better production index.
  • Has had responsibilities ranging from monitoring of grinding media consumption, carrying out metallurgical projects, initiating, planning and implementing laboratory and plant test works to providing technical assistance to plant operations in liaison with maintenance.
  • Recruited and trained a variety of different Botswana /Zambian national staff on standard operating procedures (SOP) and safe work procedures (SWP) for them to become operators in all sections of the Concentrator, Material Handling, Cement Manufacturing, Smelting and hydrometallurgical plants.
  • Appraisal of Superintendents, Metallurgical engineers, Process engineers and Plant operative crews to ensure smooth progression of operations
  • Experienced in formulating budgets for process plants on capital and operating expenses, controlling and monitoring of plant consumables such as steel grinding balls, flotation reagents and personal protective equipment.
  • Experienced with implementation and administration of ISO 9001 quality management system, ISO 14001 environmental management system OHSAS 18001 occupational health management system,BBC(Behavioural Based Care),NOSA Five Star System Standards and Health Risk Assessment

 

Last Resume Update July 30, 2022
Address Ndola, Zambia
E-mail bmatanda73@yahoo.com
Phone Number +260963916636

Experience

Kezram Minerals and Chemicals limited
Technical Sales Director
Sep 2021 - Current
• Currently working as Technical Sales Director- Kezram Minerals and Chemicals limited to provide technical knowledge along with sales skills to provide pre- and post-sales technical advice and support solutions on a range of minerals/mining products to mining companies and other industries. The product lines include Specialty Chemicals such as flotation reagents, and other mining reagents and equipment.
• Experienced, versatile and detail-oriented Metallurgical engineer with sales, technical, production, and operations management professional with over 19 years of cumulative experience working in diverse industries encompassing gold, copper, nickel, cobalt, coal processing and Cement manufacturing plants.

Education

The University of Zambia
Bachelor of Mineral Sciences (Metallurgy)
Feb 1996 - Jan 2006
Metallurgy and Mineral processing

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