Nicola Chapman

Nicola has a Masters of Science in Chemical Engineering and Six Sigma Black Belt certification. Nicola’s career has included research and development, quality assurance/quality control, laboratory management experience, equipment validation and maintenance as well as development of standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Her experience includes working for the Minerals Processing Research Unit at the University of Cape Town, overseeing projects in Chile as a Senior Metallurgist for Anglo American (South Africa) and other roles in the metals industry before joining Destiny Copper as a metallurgist. Nicola’s research streams include platinum group elements (PGEs), base metals, iron ore, and coal. Over the last 20 years, she has successfully mentored and managed teams within the laboratory environment with experience as a metallurgist and operations manager, specializing in both project & operations management.

Publications:

Chapman, N.A., Shackleton, N.J., Malysiak, V., and O’Connor, C.T., 2013, Comparative study of the use of HPGR and conventional wet and dry grinding methods on the flotation of base metal sulphides and PGM’s. The Journal of the Southern Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Vol 113, pp. 407-413

Chapman (née Palm), N.A., Shackleton, N.J., Malysiak, V., and O’Connor, C.T., 2010, The effect of using different comminution procedures on the flotation of sphalerite. Minerals Engineering, Vol 23, pp. 1053-1057

Chapman (née Palm), N.A., Shackleton, N.J., Malysiak, V., and O’Connor, C.T., 2010, The effect of using different comminution procedures on the flotation of Platinum Group Minerals. XXV IMPC Conference Proceedings, Brisbane, Australia.

Chapman (née Palm), N.A., Shackleton, N.J., Malysiak, V., and O’Connor, C.T., 2009, The effect of using different comminution procedures on the flotation of sphalerite. Flotation ’09 Conference Proceedings, Cape Town, South Africa.