Dr.Barry Wills
Barry's career in mineral processing began in 1969,when he left Leeds University to work for 4-years in Zambia with Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd.On his return to the
UK,he worked for a year as a senior development engineer with Johnson Matthey Ltd,before taking up the post of Senior Lecturer at the Camborne School of Mines in Cornwall,
where he was actively involved in the squash and cricket teams,as well as diving on some of the many shipwrecks around the Cornish coast.During his time at Camborne he found time to write the text-book Mineral Processing Technology,and in 1988 founded the Minerals Engineering journal.Barry left CSM in 1996 to concentrate on the organisation of MEI Conferences,and to establish MEI.

Barry relaxes by coast walking and cycling.

In 2014 he was the recipient of the International Mineral Processing Council’s Distinguished Service Award,and in 2017 with the IOM3 Medal for Excellence.

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