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Dr Bongephiwe Mpilonhle Kanyane
Senior Lecturer
Academic Profile Lecturing: Content development, teaching and learning, assessing Minerals processing 2A, Process Control 3B, Refractory Technology 3B, Metallurgical Thermodynamics 2B Industrial Minerals 4 Metallurgical
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Academic Profile Lecturing: Content development, teaching and learning, assessing Minerals processing 2A, Process Control 3B, Refractory Technology 3B, Metallurgical Thermodynamics 2B Industrial Minerals 4 Metallurgical plant design Undergraduate and post-graduate student supervision o Research interests: refractories, thermal behavior of sulphides; chromite tail beneficiation, PGM ore processing Qualification(s) PhD Metallurgy Research Interests PGM ore processing, base metal sulphides, fine chromite beneficiation, refractories, Biography PhD (Metallurgy), MSc (Metallurgy), Honors (Metallurgy) - University of Pretoria; B-Tech: Chemical Engineering - University of Johannesburg; 2016 - present, Senior Lecturer- University of Johannesburg; 2015 - 2016 Mintek-Scientist: Research- Production of ferrosilicon from Canadian Quartzite; Rare earths: -desktop study (identifying gaps and opportunities in rare earths characterization, processing and application); pilot plant-process demonstration, magnesium production, zinc production, Conroast PGM process. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Hh2H_hsAAAAJ&hl=en https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bm-Thethwayo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9929-8828 https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=42262912100 https://www.linkedin.com/in/mpilo-thethwayo-341702156/
