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Current
Position at CWA
External
Consultant.
Specific
Expertise and Experience
Geoff
Mason has more than 35 years’ experience in metallurgical
industries, spanning operations management, plant design,
consultancy and economic analysis.
In addition to his
management role for the economic analysis of lead, zinc and
precious metals at CRU, Geoff gave technical service to the other
teams, especially copper, nickel and associated
by-products.
Geoff has a broad background in analysis of
costs within the industries, producing detailed studies on both
operating and capital costs. Related to this, Geoff has carried
out evaluation performance improvement opportunities related to
optimising plant performance through measurement and analysis of
bottlenecks.
Zinc
Detailed
cost studies on the zinc smelting industry, with cost modelling
Strategic
review of zinc’s supply, demand and future prospects (price
& volume) based on technical and cost factors
EAF
dust treatment and the recovery of zinc, technical and financial
analysis
The
secondary zinc industry, review of costs and producers
Evaluation
of the zinc industry in China, production and consumption
Review
of feed availability for smelter considering expansion
Lead
Review
of the lead industry’s cost basis and smelting technologies
for primary and secondary materials, utilising cost model
Evaluation
of the lead industry in China, production and consumption
Future
scenarios for lead demand based on alternative vehicle
technologies
Copper/gold
Copper
smelting and refining costs, worldwide review and cost model
Copper
hydrometallurgy, technical appraisal and future prospects
A
strategic review of the copper smelting industry
Design
of copper electrowinning plant for by-product production of
nickel leach operation
Capital
productivity of open pit copper and gold mines
Valuation
of copper smelter
Valuation
for copper refinery
Appraisal
of economics of open pit copper/gold mine
Valuation
of anode slimes
Prospects
for the Kazakh copper industry
Precious
metals
Technical
and economic input into IPO for silver project
Review
of PGM supply, demand, price and cost for prospective new entrant
General
Study
of Eastern Europe and CIS non-ferrous metals’ industries
Performance
improvement studies at various mine, mill and smelter operations
Summary
of Previous Employment
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