SGS’s Chris Fleming Receives MetSoc’s 2009 Airey Award

Chris Fleming, a senior metallurgical consultant for laboratory SGS, has been awarded the 2009 Airey award by the Metallurgical Society, a division of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM).

Fleming, who worked for Lakefield Research from 1990 until it was acquired by SGS in 2002, has racked up a series of awards from the CIM throughout his career. Those accolades include the Sherritt Hydrometallurgy award in 1997, the CIM Distinguished Lecturer award in 1997/8 and the CIM Fellowship award in 2004.

The Airey award is named after H. T. Airey, who was integral in the creation of the Annual Conference of Metallurgists for the Metallurgical Society of CIM. The award, one of the most prestigious offered by the institute, recognizes career or individual contributions based on 15 years or more of participation. This encompasses contributions to Canadian metallurgy through research leadership, process development and technological advancement.

In his more than 30 years in the industry, Fleming has authored and co-authored 74 technical publications, has been awarded 14 patents and contributed to many technical books on various aspects relating to metallurgy. He also was a key player in the commercialization of carbon-in- pulp and resin-in-pulp processes for gold extraction and the development of the Augment, Hannah and Platsol processes.

Fleming will be presented the award at the Conference of Metallurgists, on Aug. 25, in Sudbury, Ont.