Mining Engineer from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), with an MBA in Business Management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). He has 36 years of experience in managerial roles, operating and designing mining units, and developing mineral processes in various segments of the mineral industry. At the beginning of his career, he worked as a process engineer at Paulo Abib Engenharia SA, later responsible for the operations and maintenance of mining units at Goiás Fértil and Ultrafertil. He held the positions of Executive Director of Operations at Bunge Fertilizantes for 14 years and as Director of Phosphate Operations at Vale Fertilizantes, operating in Brazil and abroad for 7 years. Member of the Board of Directors of Tupy S.A for 2 years; Member of the Governance and People Committee at Tupy S.A; Effective member of the Board of Directors of Fertilizantes Fosfatados SA – Fosfértil, member of the board of Revista Brasil Mineral and Associate Director and responsible for the Fertilizers and Remineralizers Unit of Mining Business Platform Ltda. In 2015, he founded Lobo Engenharia de Processos, a management consulting company in the areas of mineral and chemical processes. In 2016, he was invited to serve as Secretary of Geology, Mining and Mineral Transformation, having prepared and coordinated the program: Revitalization of the Brazilian Mineral Industry, which resulted in the creation of the National Mining Agency, updating of the Mining Code and the new Law of Financial Compensation for the Exploitation of Mineral Resources – CFEM. He remained in the position until 2018. In 2019, he resumed the activities of Lobo Engenharia, providing consultancy to companies such as Braskem, Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração (CBMM), Anglo America, Uralkali Capital, Vale Fertilizantes, Cedro Mineração, Sigma Lithium, among others . In the latter, he also served as senior adviser to Sigma Mining (A10 Fund).
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Team
"I do what you can't, and you do what I can't. Together we can do great things" (Mother Teresa of Calcutta). This is one of the guiding principles of Lobo Engenharia in the constitution of its team.- Home
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Wilson MiolaPh.D. in Mining Engineering, offering more than 40 years of international experience in project development engineering, process integration and optimization.• Conducted world class projects in South America in iron ore, precious and base metals, and industrial minerals. Projects developed in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Mozambique, South Africa, Kyrgyzstan, China, Australia, USA, Thailand and Indonesia for iron ore, gold, nickel, copper, polymetallic sulfides, manganese, kaolin, alumina, potassium, phosphate, uranium and coal in open pit and underground mines.• Track record of adding shareholder value by assertive responsible decision in challenging scenarios. • Robust connectivity to ensure sustainability and integrated and dynamic process optimization from mine to mill. Automation, robotics, IoT, machine learning, remote sensing and monitoring solutions, big data analytics, operational and financial performance improvement. "Qualified Person" (QP) under NI43101, SEC, "Competent Person" under JORC and other codes for various commodities, including Iron Ores, Nickel, Gold, Coal, Bauxite, Copper, Potassio, Phosphate, Manganese, among others, Fellow Member of AUSIMM. -
Evangelina Maria ApparicioMining Engineer, Master in Geostatistical Simulation, Engineering of Systems and Computing from COOPE/UFRJ, with solid experience in audits, evaluation and certification of resources and reserves. She was a professor at the Federal University of Ouro Preto, from 1979 to 1987. Her professional experience includes stints at Vale Fertilizantes, as an Evaluation Manager of Resource and Reserves; Bunge, as a Long Term Planning Manager; Vale S.A, involving several projects in Brazil and abroad with works in Geometallurgy and conducting Due Diligence; Paulo Abib Engenharia and PPM- Processos e Projetos Minerais, with consultancies for several mining companies. -
Marco Aurélio Perez do NascimentoEngineer, with a Brazilian-Australian citizenship, he has more than 45 years of experience in the mineral industry, specialized in the development of computational applications for estimating reserves and planning of mining and of geostatistics for content estimates. In the 1990s, he developed the geopit software, which consists of a series of routines for application in mining planning, with emphasis on shielding control. From 2000 to 2012, he worked as an engineer for Fortescue Metals Group in Australia. His professional background includes stints at Paulo Abib Engenharia, Vale (North and South Complexes), and Samitri. He is the president of RSK Consultores do Brasil, which offers planning services. -
Jorge Silva BettencourtBorn in Cabo Verde, he graduated as a geologist at the University of São Paulo, obtaining his Doctor´s degree in Economic Geology, and was later granted tenure at the same University. Before dedicating to the teaching and research career at the University of São Paulo and the University of the State of São Paulo, he performed several geological services around the world: Sweden, Finland and the USA, being a visiting researcher in the latter, improving his knowledge in methods of mineral exploration, regional geology, and geochemistry. He developed his postdoctoral work, with focus on metallogeny, at the Bureau de Recherches Minières, Orleans, in the laboratory of stable isotopes at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris, and at the Fluid Inclusions Laboratory of the Center for Petrographic and Geochemical Research at the University of Nancy. His international experience also includes stints as a visiting researcher at the Natural Environment Research Center in England, Stanford University (USA), and the University of British Columbia in Canada. -
Zander L. CastroGeologist and lawyer, with expertise in interpretation of satellite images, photointerpretation, structural geology, and mineral legislation, who worked as an independent consultant in mineral law for several junior companies. His professional experience includes stints at DNPM (current ANM), as a geologist in charge of mine inspection, analysis of requirements for obtaining research permits, and partial and final research reports. At Grupo Rio Tinto and at C.C.O Mineração, he acted as a supervisor of Research Permits, in the preparation of Research Plans, in the partial and final Research Reports, and in the interlocution of the company with federal agencies, such as: DNPM (current ANM), IBAMA, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Ministry of the Environment, FUNAI, CREA, among other institutions. -
Márcia Mika SaitoGeologist graduated from the University of São Paulo, Master in Geology. More than 20 years of mining experience at Bunge Fertilizantes, Vale Fertilizantes and Mosaic; Geologist specialized in mine geology, technological modeling and characterization, research and development in Mineral Processes and Chemical Processes. Performance with a strong systemic view of the short and long term production chain has been the focus of her career, through detailed identification of mineralization controls and use of specific techniques for a better use of the mineral resource, always considering the characteristics of concentration and chemistry, and also meeting consumer needs (market) and market trends. This performance is carried out with a multidisciplinary team composed of chemical engineers, mining engineers, metallurgists, chemists, geologists, among others. Examples of this activity are the search for geological parameters (mineralization controls) that can be observed, measured, to improve the performance of the ore beneficiation plant through studies of mineral processing by types of ore, effect of mineralogical / typological composition in chemical process industrial. She also acts in operational improvement of productivity and quality, acting in the improvement of quality through improvements and standardization of procedures and implementation of controls and monitoring of unit operations (QAQC controls) as well as in operational improvement of work safety in laboratory activities, mapping risks and opportunities. -
Ricardo Cosentino dos SantosGeologist from the University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), specialist in Geostatistics from the Gorceix Foundation and Federal University of Outro Preto (UFOP). He has experience in researching iron, manganese, gold, rare earths, niobium, tantalite, and polymetallic deposits in ultramafic and alkaline complexes. Experience in mine planning, mineral research, project management and evaluation, and pre-feasibility and feasibility studies. 3D modeling and estimation of reserves and resources using geostatistics. Optimal pit determination. Domain of Mineral Legislation and Datamine Software, MicroMine, Windows Office. His main duties are: Responsible for conducting the Araxá Project, a rare earth, scandium, niobium and phosphate polymetallic project, located in Minas Gerais, from research to approval of the mining plan. Participation in the pre-feasibility study, and in the preparation of the NI 43-101 report; Responsible for the implementation of international research standards, including drilling, sampling, data bank and custody of drilling test samples and samples for Tafoli Minerals, in Mauritania; Responsible for the execution of the executive project of the beneficiation plant, mining plan, and research for the implementation of Columbantantantalite mining in Juazeirinho, Paraíba; Responsible for modeling and estimating reserves using geostatistical methods using MICROMINE and DATAMINE software; Implementation of DATAMINE software in the Geology Department of MBR, involving the areas of geology, topography and mine planning; Reporting to ANM (National Mining Agency) and Boards; Participation in the implementation of ISO 9002 in the geology of MBR, assuming the responsibility of an internal auditor. -
Ruy LacourtMining engineer with more than 30 years of experience in business and project development, planning and operation, with background in underground and open pit in gold and base metals. Solid integration and communication skills developed in + 15 years in project development. Experience involves business development, due diligence and project management for large and medium mining projects, supervision and development of compliance for mineral resources and Ore Reserves estimates (Senior QP), production optimization, cutoff optimization, mine operation, geotechnical studies and ground control in underground mines. Extensive multicultural exposure with work assignments mostly in Brazil, sourcing and delivering engineering services through Canada, the United States of America, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, South Africa, Australia and New Caledonia. Qualified Person, Registered Member of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME), USA and PQ CBRR, Brazil. -
Michael AlberHolding degrees in Geology from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, Mining Engineering (MSc) from the Pennsylvania State University (USA) and Ph.D in Civil Engineering from the Technical University Berlin, Germany. Prof. Alber creates project-specific geological models as well as the proper geotechnical model. Employing empirical, numerical and observational approaches a project- and site-specific design for surface and subsurface works in hard rock are established. Focus is always placed on the constructability of the design, i.e. a cost-efficient and functional execution of the design. He specialized during his Ph.D. on the prognosis of hard rock TBM drives and published numerous papers on TBM advance rates, tool wear and risk management. Previous assignments included basic and detail engineering for surface and subsurface mines as well as tunneling projects. The executed tasks included all project steps, starting from site investigations, tendering, and design review up to supervision of the entire rock engineering construction works as well as claim management. He provided consultancy services since 2008 worldwide. Prof. Alber speaks German and English fluently. During his professional experience, he has been working on projects in Africa (during Ph.D.), Central America, the Middle East and Europe. -
Renato Senna de CarvalhoGeologist from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). Petrobrás: Northeast Production Region (Aracaju): Geological monitoring of oil drilling in the Sergipe-Alagoas and Reconcavo basins; Petromisa–Petrobrás Mineração: Exploration Manager responsible for the implementation and management of Petromisa's mineral research projects in the Brazilian sedimentary basins; Petrobrás Exploration Department (RJ): Monitoring and geological interpretation of the E. Santo and Mucuri basins, Nov/85-Jan88; Head of the Interpretation Sector for the E. Santo and Bahia Sul basins, Jan/88-Jan/91; Head of the Technology and New Brazilian Frontiers Division, Jan/91-May/95; Deputy Superintendent of Exploration (substitute), Dec/94 – May/95. Independent Consultant: Consultancy for the MME through a contract with UFBA; Consultant at the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) – Responsible for the geological and geophysical analysis of the areas of the First and Second tender carried out by the ANP. Founding partner of CONPET, Consultoria e Serviços de Petróleo Ltda. and Geopex Consultoria Ltda, providing Geological Consulting services. -
Cesar Augusto Paulino GrandchampGraduated in Geological Engineering (July 1985) Federal University of Ouro Preto, UFOP; Master in Applied Geology (Hydrogeology) (2003) Federal University of Minas Gerais, UFMG; with specializations in Hydrogeology applied to Mining (2008/2009) PECE / USP, Business Management (2006/2007) Dom Cabral Foundation and Geostatistics (1995/1996), Gorcex Foundation. Solid experience in corporate and operational areas, working in large companies and standing out in the market for 34 years. Leadership skills (coordination of a team of engineers and geologists for 8 years), negotiation skills and strategic vision.
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Paulo Roberto Cabral de MeloMining Engineer from the Federal University of Pernambuco in 1973, with a specialization in Work Safety Engineering from the Catholic University of Minas Gerais. SA Mineração da Trindade – SAMITRI, Mining Engineer trainee at the Morro Agudo Mine in the city of Rio Piracicaba MG and later as Department Head of the Córrego do Meio Mine in Sabará/MG. Responsible for managing the mining and beneficiation of Iron Ore (Hematite) open pit mine. From July 1976 to January 2007 – Braskem SA (formerly Salgema Mineração Ltda) (Alagoas), where more than 20 million tons of salt were extracted through 31 producing wells through the underground dissolution process, leaving to act as a consultant : Held positions of Head of Sector, Delegate Manager and Coordinator of the Mining Plant; Technical Manager at Braskem S.A., for rock salt mining with CREA-DNPM; Specialist in Extraction of evaporitic salts using the underground dissolution method, which consists of the injection of an aqueous solution through deep tubular wells (vertical or directional) and recovery of concentrated brine in different salts; Responsible for preparing the Mine Plan of Braskem SA (Ex. Salgema Mineração Ltda) in 1976 and its revision in 2004. Since February 2007 – Managing Partner of Consalt Consultoria Mineral Ltda, technical responsible for advice and consulting in solution mining, mineral consulting to companies, project development and inspection of activities in the mining area, drilling of more than 03 dozens of tubular wells for salt and water extraction.
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Hudson BurgarelliMining Engineer from UFMG, Master in Mineral Technology – Evaluation of Direct Block Sequencing Methodology Applied in Iron Ore Deposits at UFMG. He started his trajectory in the mining area in 2008, performing work on calculation of resources and reserves at the company BNA Consultoria e Sistemas. During this period he worked on several projects applying geology and mine planning software, such as MICROMINE, from Micromine company and GEMS from GEMCOM company. He has extensive knowledge of final pit optimization and mine planning. He also carried out various work on dimensioning mining equipment and estimating CAPEX and OPEX for mining projects. He participated in and coordinated the preparation of technical reports for the DNPM, such as Final Research Reports and Economic Development Plans, as well as reports at the JORC and NI 43-101 level. He has given several trainings and presentations on software applied to mining in several countries. He participated in the preparation of several technical and commercial proposals for various jobs. In 2012 he participated in a training held in Perth, Australia, on the production control software and dispatch system PITRAM, from the company Micromine. In 2015 he started working as a consultant in the area of mine planning, through the company HB Consultoria. -
Fábio Pavesi MiguelGeologist Engineer, graduated from the Federal University of Ouro Preto and technician in Surveying from Castela Instituto de Ensino – Uberlandia-MG. He has thirteen years of professional experience. He currently works as a mineral consultant in mining projects and environmental, topography and surveying services. He has experience in implementing mineral projects (mine opening) and in related long and short term mine geology work. His main experience is in geological exploration and mapping work, being responsible for the discovery of several mineral deposits. He worked for 7 years at VALE FERTILIZANTES S / A as a Geologist and at FERTILIZANTES FOSFATADOS S / A – FOSFERTIL for 2 years as a Junior Geologist, CENTAURUS RESOURCES LIMITED as an exploration geologist, among others. He has domain in ArcGis, QGis, AutoCad, TopoCad, Corel Draw, Minesigth and Agisoft software. It has IRATA certification – Level 1, to work in the Industrial Mountaineering area, with access by ropes. -
Luiz Antônio de BarrosGeologist from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ); Master's Degree in Geology from UFRJ and Specialization in Technology and Valorization in Dimensional Stones from UFRJ. Experience in geological/geotechnical and environmental mapping, in the Amazon region, in infrastructure projects (roads and railways), mineral prospecting, geotechnologies and digital image processing; Experience with software such as ArcGis, MapInfo, Qgis, Spring, AutoCad, Civil 3D Geothecnical module, Core Profiler (Datamine) and Office Package; Owner partner of the company LABARROS GEOLOGIA E ENERGIAS RENOVÁVEIS LTDA. He teaches Professional Improvement Courses in Geological/Geotechnical Classification of SPT/Rotative Surveys and 3D Representation of Geological and Geotechnical Surveys with Free Software.
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Henrique KhanGeologist graduated from USP, with a Master's degree in Mineralogy and Petrography, and a Doctor´s degree in Mineral Engineering, both from USP. His main areas of expertise include applied mineralogy, characterization, and geometallurgy in projects of metallic and industrial minerals, as well as analytical techniques and mineral processing. For longer than forty years, he has been acting on projects with a wide range of mineral goods: phosphate, iron, aluminum, manganese, copper, zinc, nickel, niobium, tantalum, rare earths, lithium, tin, titanium, vanadium, zirconium, gold, platinoids, and industrial minerals of diverse nature (carbonates, sand for glass, metallic silicon, mineral loads, etc.), as well as construction and demolition waste, and ceramic and cementitious materials. From 1978 to 1988 he worked at Paulo Abib Engenharia acting in the areas of applied mineralogy and mineral processing. From 1984 to 2018 he worked at the Polytechnic School acting in the area of technological characterization of mineral resources, raw materials, and materials in general, and was in charge of the implantation, consolidation, and coordination of the Laboratory of Technological Characterization - LCT. Since 2018, he has been a consultant in the characterization of mineral resources and geometallurgy. -
Homero Delboni Jr.Mining engineer, Ph.D. in Mineral Processing (University of Queensland - Australia), he is a professor and researcher in the Department of Mining and Petroleum Engineering at the University of São Paulo, and an independent consultant in Metallurgy. He is a specialist in the design and optimization of industrial plants for the beneficiation of ores, equipment and processes of comminution, modeling and simulation of circuits of ore beneficiation, development of processes for concentration of ores (gravitational, magnetic, flotation), gold cyanidation, and geometallurgy programs. His portfolio of "green field" projects of grinding circuits, developed for large to medium-sized mining companies and involving the production of millions of tons/year of iron ores, copper, gold, bauxite, zinc, among other metallic and non-metallic substances, add up to more than 50, while the "brown field" projects of expansion and optimization of industrial grinding circuits based on field surveys add up to more than 30. There are dozens of other projects developed in the area of characterization of ores and development of beneficiation process, in addition to those of geometallurgical modeling, integrating the mining project of rock dismantling with explosives with comminution and flotation. -
Nelson Takessi ShimabukuroMining engineer, specialized in the development of mineral processes, technical feasibility studies, elaboration of basic and detailed conceptual projects, as well as project management and industrial operations. In the phosphatic ore industry, he participated in several studies to improve flotation processes (use of reagents and alternative equipment, ultrafine recovery from tailings, among other studies), and was responsible for the expansion of the production of phosphate from Cajati, including the elaboration of the conceptual project, technical and economic feasibility studies, basic and detailed engineering, implantation, startup and operation of the beneficiation plant, expansion of the Araxá phosphate mine project, and the basic project of concentration of the phosphatic ore of Anitápolis. His extensive professional experience in mineral processes, in Brazil and abroad, include stints at Paulo Abib Engenharia, Vale Fertilizantes, where he managed the mineral technology area, and Bunge, in addition to having worked as a project engineer at Mineração Taboca, and at SAIV – Indústrias Votorantim, as the head of production operations of limestone for Portland cement. -
Luiz Antônio Fonseca de BarrosMining engineer, graduated from the Federal University of Ouro Preto, with a Master's degree in Mineral Technology from the Polytechnic School of USP, and a Doctor´s degree in Mineral Engineering from UFMG, with specializations in Health and Safety, Business Management, and Industrial Automation. He has 44 years of experience acting in operational technical areas in the sector of phosphated fertilizers, with industrial operation activities, technological development and process research, control and projects of mineral engineering, studies and projects of new industrial facilities, expansions and optimization of the capacity of production in large-sized companies. The projects he carried out include, among others: the expansion of production and support to the activities of the parent company Petrobras Fertilizantes in its industrial units of Araxá, Tapira, Catalão, UOT; Pipeline System Incorporated in the management of engineering projects of implantation of ore/tailings pipelines. His professional experience includes the positions of manager of mineral process at Bunge and at Vale Fertilizantes, and specialized consulting services for Galvani Indústria, Comércio e Serviços. -
João de BritoMaster´s degree in Engineering of Processes and Production from IPEN (Department of Chemical Engineering of the Nuclear Energy Institute), ongoing doctorate (Dr. Gil Andery – Poli-USP) in Extraction by Rare Earth Solvents, and an ongoing course of Environmental Engineering. Thirteen years of experience at INB (former Nuclebras), Poços de Caldas Project, in the process of purification of uranium, zirconium and molybdenum by processes of leaching of rocks with uranium minerals from Poços de Caldas, Lagoa Real, Itataia and Figueira (Paraná), extraction by solvents and by "yellow cake" precipitation. Patents: Uranium Extraction and Purification Process, by solvent extraction, and separation of Uranium and Zirconium. Two-year experience at the company Paulo Abib Engenharia, in the process of recovery of gold by leaching with cyanide, in Araci, Bahia. Patent: Process of recovery and purification of sodium chloride, from halite, obtained in the process of flotation of silvinite (Petromisa). Thirty years of experience in the Fertilizer, Animal Nutrition and Human Nutrition Industries of Bunge Fertilizantes. Participation of the start of the plant of purification of phosphoric acid (Fosbrasil) via extraction by solvents in extractor columns. Participation in the projects of phosphoric acid with the rocks from Cajati, Tapira, Catalão, Bayovar and Morocco. Participation in the dicalcium and monocalcium phosphate manufacturing projects at the plants of Cajati, Uberaba and Salitre plants. He held the following positions at Bunge Fertilizantes and ValeFertilizantes: Manager of the Cajati Phosphoric Acid and Animal Nutrition Industrial Plants , Manager of Chemical Technology and New Products at Bunge Fertilizantes, Specialist in Chemical Processes at Vale Fertilizantes. -
Saulo MedaAcademic Studies Diploma in Mathematics, Faculty of Philosophy, Science & Letters of Registro, São Paulo State, Brazil. Industrial Chemist, Industrial Chemistry Technical College Santo André, São Paulo State, Brazil. Production Engineering – Universidade Santo Amaro – São Paulo Training Courses – Work Experience 1987 One month in the purified acid plant of Prayon in Belgium. The process uses solvent extraction to purify Wet Process acid to food grade acid. Prayon – Rupel, Engis & Puurs, Belgium. 1987 Mission in TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) e IFDC (International Fertilizer Development Centre) USA. 2 of 6 pecialisation Courses: 1975 Course on Instrumentation and Process Control 1976 Accident Prevention Course 1981 Course on Total Production Maintenance 1986 Intensive Course on Agitation 1988/90/93 Computer Courses in Lotus 1.2.3, Statigraf, Excel & Word 1999/2000 Certificate ISO 9000/9001:2000 2005/2006 English Courses Hazop – Hazard and Operability International Workshop on Phosphogypsum uses. 2014/2015 Course in environmental aspects of production. 2014/2015 Course in Management and Leadership. -
Luiz Fernando Quirino LoureiroChemical engineer, with an MBA in Management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. He has an extensive experience in the development of basic and detailed conceptual projects of beneficiation plants of phosphated fertilizers, plants for the production of phosphoric and sulfuric acid, ranging from the definition of equipment, installation, startup of operations, control of costs, and quality, to the development of new products. He held several leadership and management positions, such as Director of Project and Technology at Vale Fertilizantes, Project Director and General Coordinator at Bunge Fertilizantes - Morocco (BMP), and Manager of Development and New Technologies at Bunge - Brazil. At Fertilizantes Fosfatados S.A. – Fosfértil, as manager of the Technical Department, he was responsible for the implantation of automation systems in the operational units, and as head of the production sector, he was in charge of the movement and dispatch of products and raw materials. At Cia. Agrícola de Goiás - Cagico, he was head of the sector of product quality. -
Fernando Antônio Freitas LinsMetallurgical Engineer from PUC-Rio (1975), with a Masters (1987) and a Ph.D. (1995) in the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Program at COPPE/UFRJ. He started his professional life at CPRM in Rio de Janeiro, working in the area of research in mineral processing at the Mineral Technology Division-DITEMI. He worked at SAMARCO Mineração, at the Iron Ore Pelletizing Unit in Ubu-ES. Initially as Head of Process Service and later promoted to Head of the Process and Quality Control Division. He worked as a researcher at the Center for Mineral Technology-CETEM, where he developed his career and is currently Head Researcher III. From 2006, assigned to the Ministry of Mines and Energy, he served as Director of Transformation and Mineral Technology-DTTM, of the Secretariat of Geology, Mining and Mineral Transformation-SGM, extending his interest and performance to topics related to mineral economy, energy aspects the mineral sector and industrial and innovation policies for the sector. He received the Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio-CBA award in 1988, granted by the Brazilian Association of Metallurgy, Materials and Mining (ABM). In 2017, he became Advisor to the Editorial Board of Revista Brasil Mineral. He participated as a guest in the annual meetings of the Mineral Sectorial Fund (CT Mineral), managed by the MCTI, between 2006 and 2018. In April-2020, he joined the Technical-Scientific Council of the Brazilian Center for Physical Research (CBPF/MCTIC), collegiate of a consultative nature.
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Itamar Dutra Pereira de ResendeMetallurgist Engineer from the Ouro Preto University, Brazil with a Master´s Degree in Electrometallurgy from the Rio deJaneiro University in Brazil. 38 years experience in Metals, AlloysMining Minor and Specialty Metals, Alloys Materials in Brazil and abroad. Worked as CEO and Managing Director of Companies Sigma, I 9 ATIOM³, Mineração Taboca, LSM UK, LSM Brasil. -
Leonardo ApparícioProcess and Mineral Project Engineer graduated from UFOP, M.Sc. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from COPPE - UFRJ, Specialist in Mineral Technology from COPPE - UFRJ and in Economic Engineering from IETEC with experience in projects, engineering (development and coordination), construction, implementation, operation, start ups and ramp ups of plants of mineral and hydrometallurgical processing. He also has solid experience in project management and coordination, being certified as a PMP by PMI. He is also an AGI Member, as a Competent Person. He has worked in several medium and large companies and groups, in iron ore, copper, gold, phosphate and others.
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Jeaneth dos Santos BenedettoChemical Engineer from UFMG, Master's in Metallurgical Engineering from UFMG with specialization in Hydrometallurgical Processes and Doctorate in Chemical Processes at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the State University of Campinas. She worked from 1976 to 2007 at the Nuclear Technology Development Center – CDTN/CNEN, Department of Mineral Technology, as a senior researcher, working in the area of development of physical and chemical concentration processes for the recovery and purification of uranium from various mines in the Brazil and Production of phosphoric acid. She has worked with the mining industry in projects to recover zinc, lithium, rare earths, indium, gallium, industrial effluents. She has experience in planning, coordinating and analyzing the results of tests at laboratory and pilot scales and developing flowcharts of leaching and solvent extraction processes in pilot units installed next to the industrial units. She coordinated start-up projects for industrial Solvent Extraction units. As a professor, she was a professor of Mineral Technology and the Environment in the Master's courses in Science and Technology of Radiation / CDTN and post-graduation in Environment at PUC / MG. She provided training in the areas of Leaching, Solvent Extraction and Phosphate Fertilizers for professionals in the mineral industry. She was head of Process Supervision / CDTN, from 1995 to 2006. She was a consultant in hydrometallurgical processes for VALE, CBMM, VOTORANTIM METAIS and other companies in the mineral area.
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Antônio César RoncolatoChemical Engineer from Universidade Estadual de Campinas – UNICAMP; Technical and Management Career: Projects for the Phosphates Chemical Industry, including the areas of Production Engineering, Process Development and Project Engineering, prioritizing the delivery of sustainable results. Companies: Nuclebrás, Quimbrasil – Quimica Industrial Brasileira S.A; The Dow Chemical Company and Vale Fertilizantes.
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José Luiz Amarante AraújoMining engineer, with a post-graduate degree from Ecole des Mines de Paris, France, and Ecole de Commerce Solvay, ULB, Belgium, with a solid experience in mine management and operation, management and technological development, market opening for mineral products, marketing, and sales. His professional experience includes 14 years of services provided to Vale, before and after privatization, where he held the following positions: manager of operations at Mina de Timbopeba (MG), general manager of development and technology at the Pelletizing and Metallic Board, director of marketing and sales at Rio Doce Manganês, and sales director of Rio Doce Internacional – Belgium. In 2007, at the invitation of entrepreneur Eike Batista, he left Vale and took over the Commercial Board of MMX, maintaining the same position after the acquisition of the assets Minas-Rio and Amapá by Anglo American. In 2011, he left Anglo American and started his career as an Independent Consultant, rendering services to mining and steel companies, in addition to performing academic activities, acting as a professor for IAG/PUC Rio. -
José Carlos MartinsEconomist, with more than 50 years of experience and leadership in the mining-metallurgical sector, he has held several positions as a Director and CEO of large corporations. He was an Executive Director at Vale, for more than 10 years, and at CSN, as well as a Commercial Director of Siderúrgica N.S. Aparecida Ltda. He held the position of President at Rexam Beverage Can South America S.A, the largest producer of aluminum beverage cans in Latin America, and of President at Aço Villares. His professional background also includes the functions of member of the board at NovaAgri, senior consultant at Neelix Consulting Metals&Mining and at Bahia Mineração. -
Antônio Carlos Jambeiro de OliveiraMetallurgical Engineer from the Fluminense Federal University, with a Master's and a Doctor's degree in Mining Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo, he has more than 40 years of experience in the mineral industry in market studies and technical and economic feasibility of ventures, investment estimates and operational costs (Capex and Opex), evaluation of occurrences and mineral prospectuses, in Brazil and abroad, aiming at the development of new businesses, technical and economic audits aimed at acquisitions, mergers, and constitution of joint ventures, as well as actions aimed at improving results and automating beneficiation plants. He was responsible for the development of beneficiation processes for different metallic and non-metallic mineral goods, and metallurgical processes for companies such as Fosfértil, Fosfago, CSN, Cosipa, Votorantim, Vale, Anglo American, among others. -
Fausto Douglas CorrêaCivil engineer with specializations in Special Constructions, Mechanical Design, Optical Network Construction Techniques, and Special Projects Management, with extensive experience in coordination, management of projects for the construction, and implantation of Industrial Ventures, preparation of technical-economic feasibility studies, basic and detailed conceptual projects, as well as operational routines. In the mineral area, he worked in the development of studies and projects of beneficiation plants, handling of solids, sizing of equipment and systems, preparation of technical specifications, analysis, and technical opinions. Examples of work he developed for the mineral sector through engineering and consulting companies are: conceptual project (level FEL 2) of expansion of the vanadium beneficiation plant, in Maricás - BA, with the inclusion of one more crushing station, dry magnetic separation, and of the chemical plant (Largo Resource/Aliance 4E); project of updating the production plant of iron-nickel and CO production in Cuba (C.O.I - Odebrescht); Project Goiás II - Pre-Feasibility Study - FEL 2 (Anglo American); 220 MW thermoelectric for the Colorado River Potassium Project (SINC-Lavalin - Minerconsult); conceptual design of the Ferroalloy Plant (Vale); Iron-Nickel Plant Morro Sem Boné (Anglo American); Iron-Nickel project (Votorantim), among others. -
Lúcia CoraçaMechanical Engineer from the Faculty of Industrial Engineering (FEI), postgraduate degree in Thermoelectric Power Plants from POLI-USP, PMP - Project Management Professional – PMI (since 2005 and updated). Other courses: Pöyry Business Academy for executives structured by the University of Helsinki. Consolidated career in Business development, leading relevant projects in the areas of Energy, Chemicals, Mining and Technical Consulting, in multinational and national companies, in organizations of different cultures, sizes and competitive environments, leading teams of highly qualified technical professionals, in addition to training of effective teams. P&L management of the area. Implementation and management of local PMOs and BI. Implementation and management of the Strategic Risk Management and Innovation Program. Structuring for the implementation of the Contract Control area. Member of global teams, responsible for defining global strategies and regional implementation and execution. Recognized for its systemic & holistic vision and ability to structure and deliver complex projects. Proven ability to interact with multiple internal and external stakeholders (customers, suppliers, investors and multicultural teams).
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José Paulo PereiraAgricultural Engineer from Viçosa Federal University (MG), with more than 26 years of experience in top management positions of operation management, maintenance, purchases and warehousing, control of stock, quality, safety, occupational health and environment . Engineering Chief, responsible for implementing 15 new fertilizer mixing units including complexes for sulfuric acid production and superphosphate acidulation and granulation, units for production of liquid fertilizer, units for production of solid leaf fertilizer and pilot plant for sulfur application. Participated in the SAP implantation and implementation of NR 10 and 12 throughout the industrial park. Jose Paulo has a wide experience working with fertilizers and experience in all segments of the licensing chain working alongside the regulatory body MAPA.
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Jalmiro Lazarini JúniorCivil Engineer with extensive experience in leadership and management of operations and Capital Projects. All these years have been lived in large companies like ARCELORMITTAL, VALE SA and MOSAIC FERTILIZANTES. In 2007 I led the implementation of VALE's international project where I also accumulated the position of Country Manager (Peru), then from 2010 to 2013, I continued to operate the complex I had built. I participated actively in the corporate transition processes from Vale-to-Vale Fertilizantes and later to Mosaic Fertilizantes. For the past 11 years, I have led Industrial Fertilizer production units (including Mining) such as the Catalão Chemical Mining Complex (CMC) and the Taquari Vassouras Complex (CTV). In recent years, I have also acted as a Counselor of the “Mosaic Institute”, working in practice with the concepts of Social and Environmental Responsibility, through a differentiated work focused on the pillars - water, food, education, local development to support the basic needs of the communities where our operations are.
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Márcio Massashi GotoMining Engineer (USP / 1986) with a postgraduate degree in processing and metallurgy (Tohoku University 1988/9), business administration (CEAG / FGV / 1992 and MBA / FIA-USP / 2004) and in mining feasibility (Paris School of Mines / 1999). More than 30 years of experience in the mining and metals industry (engineering and consulting companies, mining companies and mineral-based industry, exploration geology and environmental services). He has more than 10 years dedicated to business development (sales, marketing, project evaluation, negotiation, due diligence, proposals, bids, contracts, etc.) in the mining and mineral-based industries, working for Brazilian and international companies. More than 20 years dedicated to engineering and technical support and operations for the mining area. He was National Manager of Production Inspection at the National Mining Agency (ANM); He has also worked in the following companies: CRU INTERNATIONAL (London); ALCOA WORLD ALUMINA; MULTIGEO - MINERAÇÃO, GEOLOGIA E MEIO AMBIENTE LTDA; MORRO VERMELHO / CAMARGO CORRÊA and PAULO ABIB ENGENHARIA S.A.
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Vicente Humberto Lobo CruzMining Engineer, with an MBA in Business Management, he is the founding partner of Lobo Engenharia, with 33 years of experience in management positions, operation and planning of mining units, and development of mineral processes. He was a process engineer at Paulo Abib Engenharia S.A., and was in charge of the operations and maintenance of mining units at Goiás Fértil and Ultrafertil. He held the positions of Executive Director of Operations at Bunge Fertilizantes, Director of Operations of Phosphated Fertilizers at Vale Fertilizantes, acting in Brazil and abroad, and effective member of the Board of Directors at Fertilizantes Fosfatados S.A. - Fosfértil. He was also an effective member of the Board of Directors, and a member of the Governance and People Committee at Tupy S.A., a senior advisor at Sigma Mining (A10 Fund), a board member of the magazine Brasil Mineral, and an Associate Director in charge of the Fertilizers and Remineralizers Unit at Mining Business Platform Ltda., as well as consultant of the Environment Department of Gorceix Foundation. From 2016 to 2018 he held the position of Secretary of Geology, Mining and Mineral Transformation, having developed and coordinated the program: Revitalization of the Brazilian Mineral Industry, which resulted in the creation of the National Mining Agency, in the updating of the Mining Code, and in the new Law of Financial Compensation for the Exploitation of Mineral Resources - CFEM
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João Santos Coelho NetoLawyer, with specialization in Mining Assistance from UNB, and International Comparative Petroleum Legislation, from the University of Dundee in Scotland. He was Attorney General in the city of João Pessoa – PB, and as a member of the law firm Irapuan Sobral – Advogados Associados, he acted in several cases before the Superior Courts (STJ, TSE and TCU) and the Supreme Court. His expertise in mineral legislation led him to occupy several positions within the sector, such as: Manager of Institutional Relations, and Coordinator of Economic Affairs at Vale S.A., in Brasília; General Coordinator of Metallurgy and Transformation of Non-Metallic Minerals of the Secretariat of Mines and Metallurgy; Legislative Consultant of the House of Representatives (Areas of Parliamentary Writing and of Mining and Energy); Advisor to the Minister of State for Mines and Energy (1978), Advisor to the General Director of the National Department of Mineral Production - DNPM (1976 to 1978), and also Director of Administration at DNPM. As a pro bono collaborator of the Secretariat of Geology, Mining and Mineral Transformation (SGM) of the Ministry of Mines and Energy he participated in the preparation of the set of normative acts (provisional measures, decrees, etc.), as well as the respective explanatory statements, which are part of the "Mineral Sector Revitalization Plan" - 2016-2017. -
Maria Jose Gazzi SalumMining Engineer with a Doctor's degree in Mineral Technology from UFMG, she acted as an Associate Professor of the Department of Mining Engineering at the Federal University of Minas Gerais – UFMG, from 1977 to 2010. She has teaching and research experience in the areas of ore beneficiation, sustainable development in mining and in the environment. In the scope of UFMG, she held the positions of head of the Department of Mining Engineering, Deputy Director of the School of Engineering, and Pro-Rector of Human Resources. She was the Director of Sustainable Development in Mining at the Secretariat of Geology, Mining and Mineral Transformation of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, for two periods (2005 to 2010 and 2016 to 2018), a full representative of this Ministry in the National Council of the Environment, and in charge of the development/coordination of several programs/projects focused on the sustainability of the mineral sector, such as the position of Secretary of Geology, Mining and Mineral Transformation from October/2018 to January/2019. As an independent consultant, she acted in the management and review of processes and projects in the social-environmental area for companies and institutions, such as: Vale S.A, Ferrous Resources of Brazil, Kinross, Belocal Mining, Sigma Mining S.A., IBRAM, among others. -
José Luiz Amarante AraújoMining engineer, with a post-graduate degree from Ecole des Mines de Paris, France, and Ecole de Commerce Solvay, ULB, Belgium, with a solid experience in mine management and operation, management and technological development, market opening for mineral products, marketing, and sales. His professional experience includes 14 years of services provided to Vale, before and after privatization, where he held the following positions: manager of operations at Mina de Timbopeba (MG), general manager of development and technology at the Pelletizing and Metallic Board, director of marketing and sales at Rio Doce Manganês, and sales director of Rio Doce Internacional – Belgium. In 2007, at the invitation of entrepreneur Eike Batista, he left Vale and took over the Commercial Board of MMX, maintaining the same position after the acquisition of the assets Minas-Rio and Amapá by Anglo American. In 2011, he left Anglo American and started his career as an Independent Consultant, rendering services to mining and steel companies, in addition to performing academic activities, acting as a professor for IAG/PUC Rio.
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Marina ScalonHolds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from de University of Uberaba (2003), Brazil. She is a lawyer with a vast experience in Mineral and Environment Law and Policy. She worked at the Ministry of Mines and Energy for twelve years as a legal advisor for environmental and mineral affairs. She was awarded with the Rio Tinto Scholarship for LL.M. in Mineral Law and Policy at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy of the University of Dundee, United Kingdom (2012-2014). She was a member of the research group of the University of Brasilia (GERN/UnB – Brasilia/DF) dedicated to discussing issues regarding the legal framework for exploration of Natural Resources in Brazil. She coordinated the launch of a book entitled Natural Resources and Environment, that contains articles written by women who work with mining, oil and gas, energy and the environment (Vol. I - 2019). The second volume is to be launched in 2020 in partnership with The Brazilian Bar Association (OAB Brazil). -
Maria Jose Gazzi SalumMining Engineer with a Doctor's degree in Mineral Technology from UFMG, she acted as an Associate Professor of the Department of Mining Engineering at the Federal University of Minas Gerais – UFMG, from 1977 to 2010. She has teaching and research experience in the areas of ore beneficiation, sustainable development in mining and in the environment. In the scope of UFMG, she held the positions of head of the Department of Mining Engineering, Deputy Director of the School of Engineering, and Pro-Rector of Human Resources. She was the Director of Sustainable Development in Mining at the Secretariat of Geology, Mining and Mineral Transformation of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, for two periods (2005 to 2010 and 2016 to 2018), a full representative of this Ministry in the National Council of the Environment, and in charge of the development/coordination of several programs/projects focused on the sustainability of the mineral sector, such as the position of Secretary of Geology, Mining and Mineral Transformation from October/2018 to January/2019. As an independent consultant, she acted in the management and review of processes and projects in the social-environmental area for companies and institutions, such as: Vale S.A, Ferrous Resources of Brazil, Kinross, Belocal Mining, Sigma Mining S.A., IBRAM, among others.
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Ana Lucia Silva TaveiraPhD in Mineral Engineering, by the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (USP). Master in Geosciences by the Institute of Geosciences of the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). She has MBA in Business Management - Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). She is a Mining Engineer - University of Ouro Preto (UFOP) and Safety Engineer by the University of São Paulo (USP). Ana has 24 years of experience in the management of the health, safety, occupational hygiene and environment in large mining, steel and chemical companies, with operations in Brazil and abroad - Jaakko Poyry Brasil, Rio Tinto, Votorantim Metais and Kinross Paracatu. She coordinated close plans in mining and chemical units, from 2001 to 2017. She conducted due diligences in Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, USA and Germany. At Vale Fertilizantes, she was general manager of health, occupational hygiene, safety and the environment, for 7 years. In the organizations in which she worked, she obtained all the environmental licenses necessary to expand and operate, reduced the frequency rate of personal accidents by 90%. In addition, she focused on legal compliance, risk reduction, the development of preventive programs, leaders and health, safety and environmental teams. She developed the RISK-BASED FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGING MINE CLOSURE Methodology, which has been applied in mine closure projects in Brazil. -
Helder Naves TorresGeologist, with a post-graduate degree in Environmental Analysis for Management of Natural Resources, and a course in Environmental Judicial Analysis. The focus of his acting is: Environmental Management and Sustainability in Mining, Environmental Licensing, Water Resources and Water Granting, Recovery of Degraded Areas, Geological Risks, Judicial Analysis, Environmental Audit and Speleology. He has held the positions of Special Advisor of the Institute of the Environment and Water Resources in the Federal District/IBRAM/DF; Technical Coordinator and Advisor of the Institute for Sustainable Development in Brasília/DF. Within the scope of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, he held the following positions in the Secretariat of Geology, Mining and Mineral Transformation: Coordinator of Mineral Economics and Coordinator of Socio-Environmental Development in Mining. In the Ministry of the Environment he acted as Coordinator of the Dam Safety Working Group of the National Council of Water Resources/CNRH, Project Manager of Environmental Management Instrument in the Environmental Quality Board/PQA, and technical advisor to the National Council of Environment /CONAMA. In Minas Gerais he held the positions of Regional Superintendent of Environment and Sustainable Development of Triângulo Mineiro and Alto Paranaíba, and Executive Secretary of the regional unit of the State Council of Environment /COPAM, besides having held the positions of Superintendent of Environment at the City Hall of Contagem, and Director of the Department of Environmental Control and Inspection at the City Hall of Belo Horizonte. Currently, he is an environmental advisor for Cia. Urbanizadora da Nova Capital - NOVACAP, in Brasília. -
Maria Rosângela FerreiraGraduated in Industrial Chemistry from the Escola Superior de Química Oswaldo Cruz. She also studied “Production Administration” at the FCAV-USP MBA, “Audit and Environmental Management Systems” at the lato sensu specialization course at the Federal University of Santa Catarina and “Sustainability Management” at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation MBA. She has worked for industrial companies such as Cia Cervejaria Brahma, Cia de Bebidas das Américas-AMBEV, Produquimica, etc. and Environmental Consulting companies such as Golder Associates and Aix Mundi Ambiental Ltda, she has over 35 years of experience in the environmental field. Since 2010, Ms. Ferreira has supervised the technical team of AIX MUNDI Ambiental in São Paulo, focusing on: Diagnosis of gaps and vulnerabilities and support for the establishment of strategic socio-environmental actions; Diagnoses and action plans for implementing environmentally sustainable programs; Social and environmental risk analysis, including compliance and potential liabilities applied to the most critical scenarios identified; Feasibility studies, design, technical supervision, construction, commissioning and operation of solid waste and effluent treatment plants. Outsource and implement new technologies for specific issues related to environmental problems or related to sanitation infrastructure, such as wastewater treatment systems or solid waste. In addition, she taught Environmental Chemistry, Waste Management Systems and Clean Production at the University of São Paulo (USP) and at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering (FEI) from 1998 to 2006.
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Amanda Cristina Félix AlvesEnvironmental engineer, post-graduated in Work Safety Engineering, with an MBA in Integrated Quality Management, Safety, Environment, Occupational Health and Social Responsibility. 14 years of experience in Environmental and Work Safety management in the project consulting, auditing, heritage, mining, construction and industrial assembly segments. Acted as Critical Security Risk Auditor for NEXA (Brazil and Peru). Responsible for Safety Management in projects to rescue the Material and Intangible Heritage of communities affected by the collapse of dams (Renova Foundation - Samarco, Vale). Expertise in quality, safety and environmental critical analysis in projects developed for Vale and Petrobras, as well as in Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Risk Mapping in mine closure processes, engineering projects, industrial and civil assembly works . Implementation and monitoring of the Integrated Management System (SGI). Experience in team coordination, routine management and results control.
"I do what you can't, and you do what I can't. Together we can do great things" (Mother Teresa of Calcutta). This is one of the guiding principles of Lobo Engenharia in the constitution of its team. Check out below, the diversity of expertise, professional experiences, and ethical reliability of our team.
OUR TEAM IN THE AREAS OF GEOLOGY AND EVALUATION OF RESOURCES AND RESERVES is composed of senior professionals with diversified experiences in mineral research, ranging from its most traditional methods, such as probing, geophysics, geochemistry, to the use of modern 3D mineral deposit modeling software, and calculations of resources and reserves in accordance with international standards. They are:
OUR TEAM OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ORES, MINERAL BENEFICIATION AND MINERAL TRANSFORMATION, CHEMICAL AND MINERAL PROCESSES, is composed of a wide range of professionals, with solid and diversified experience in Brazil and abroad, with the capacity to enable technically and economically the most diverse mineral portfolios. They are:
OUR ENGINEERING PROJECTS AND MARKET STUDIES TEAM has recognized experience and successful cases in the implantation of mining projects from the FEL 1 to the FEL 3 phase. Check out below who are the experienced engineers who take part in our team:
OUR TEAM OF INSTITUTIONAL AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS is composed of professionals with extensive experience in managing and advising large companies in the mining-metallurgical sector in their relations with large industrial and financial groups, and government sectors. They are:
OUR TEAM IN THE SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL AREA is composed of professionals with diversified performance, in public and private institutions, covering the entire extent of this important area for the development of mining projects: