SUMMARY

Senior Process Engineer with over ** years of experience in the chemical and metallurgical plant design and operation. Responsibilities have included lead process engineer and project engineer performed all aspects of projects including technical, feasibility determinations, operation, maintenance, and process development. These include plant operation, process conceptualization, fundamental thermochemical studies, research and development and life cycle assessment, and extractive metallurgy (pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy).

EXPERIENCE

2016 – present

Sheridan College

Part-time instructor for Manufacturing Processes course.

2014 – present

Independent Consultant

Cronimet Mining - FEL2 Study for expansion and modernization of ferromolybdenum plant in Armenia.

LQCMI- Technical study for scandium extraction from nickel concentrator.

2012 – 2014

WorleyParsons, Mississauga, ON

Lead Process Engineer

Kansanshi Copper Smelter $350 million EP project – Phase II Detail Design responsible for creating PFDs, PIDs, PDC and Heat and Mass Balance. Area included ISACONVERT, Water Cooling System, Blister Casting, Utilities.

Vale Indonesian Expansion Project FELT 3 – Senior Process Engineer

MEP: Performed Heat and Mass Balance, developed PFD, PID and PDC.

IGP: Developed PFD and Heat and Mass Balance.

Kami Iron Ore Project – Senior Process Engineer responsible for developing mineral processing mass balance model and PFDs.

Project Engineer

Kansanshi Copper Smelter Expansion Studies - Project Engineer for two Feasibility Studies from 1.2 mtpa to 1.5 and 2.0 mtpa. Performed cost estimate, coordination among other disciplines, mass and heat balance, off-gas analysis and plant utilities assessment. Managed a team of 5 engineers.

Kansanshi Copper Smelter – Project engineer for peer review of 20% project progress. Managed a team of 7 engineers.

2011 – 2012

2010 – 2011

2008 – 2010

Senior Metallurgical Engineer – TETRA TECH INC, Pickering, ON

Cameco Port Hope Expansion - Process lead for scoping study, performed heat & mass balance and trade-off scenarios analysis, hazop analysis, plant operation review.

Granduc copper flotation plant - Process lead for scoping study of a flotation plant including comminution and concentration.

Goldcorp Red Lake - Performed study for the assessment of operation costs between two processes of CIL and CIP.

Senior Energy Manager – ArcelorMittal Dofasco, Hamilton, ON

Cokemaking plant expansion - Assisted in performing prefeasibility study for selection of best cokemaking plant technology.

Expansion plant vision 2020 – Performed process analysis for an integrated solution including reviewing current plant operation, identifying the required expansion and the constraints.

Primary Plant Energy Optimization - Performed energy and mass balance to optimize the production and operation cost.

Energy Management and Exergy Analysis – Performed exergy analysis to mitigate the energy loss and identify opportunities to recycle energy.

WorleyParsons M&M, Mississauga, ON

Lead Metallurgical Engineer

KCM Plc, Nchanga Smelter – Performed thermodynamic study of cobalt recovery and iron removal from metal alloy in electric furnace to reduce iron content in the salable byproduct.

ANMAR Mechanical – Developed PFDs and thermodynamic study for SO2 and CO2 recovery from a power plant.

Kazakhmys Plc – Performed Upgrade Study for expansion of Balkhash using multiple concentrates and concentrate grade senility.

Kazakhmys Smelters Peer Review - Upgrade Study for the use of Zhezkazgan Concentrate in Balkhash. Developed Heat and Mass balance.

Vale Inco - Nickel Plant Feasibility Study – Port Colborne - Process engineering and design of a nickel processing facility; Developed Heat and Mass balance and PFDs; Study of NiHP crystallization.

Vale Inco – BAHADOPI Feasibility Study (FEL 2) - Process engineering and design of a nickel processing facility; Developed Heat and Mass balance and Basic Design Criteria and PFDs; and including RHF off-gas and EF Slag Thermodynamic Study.

Xstrata – Falcondo – Performed study for electrical submerged arc furnace and developed PFD Upgrade for expansion project.

NICICO – Rhenium production plant study – Performed study for rhenium production plant using S/X, Ion Exchange and Activated Carbon methods.

Project Manager

Khatoon-Abad Copper Smelter Expansion - Project Engineer for development and conceptual engineering of expansion of plant from 80 to 200 ktpy (PII).

Khatoon-Abad Copper Smelter Expansion - Process development and conceptual engineering of expansion of plant from 80 to 120 (PI).

Xstrata Horne Smelter – Upgrade Study for expansion to 210,000 ktpy included defining the plant bottleneck and required equipment addition/modification. Managed a team of 5 engineers.

2006 – 2008

R&D Scientist - Shoei Chemical Canada, Montreal, QC

Managed research and development activities on plasma arc transferred process for the production of metals powder, responsible for improvement of production and development of new products.

Troubleshooting of the production process to achieve the high quality product.

Research on the process modification to produce alloying powder.

Study and Improvement of the reactor with a modified refractory.

Studied reactor modification to improve the production rate.

Prepared the SR/ED reports.

2003 – 2006

Research Assistant - McGill University, Montreal, QC

Research Assistant in the “Lithium Research Group” at the Department of Mining, Metals and Materials Engineering. Investigated new and sustainable method for lithium metal production including preparing the feed material for vacuum thermal reduction process. Developed a commercial method for producing a high purity lithium oxide.

Assisted “Life Cycle Assessment” study for the recovery of aluminium scrap by different methods.

Teaching assistant for two substantial courses of undergraduate program including “Extractive Metallurgical Engineering” and “Iron Making and Steel Processing”.

1998 – 2003

NIPEC (Non-Ferrous Industries Process Engineering Co), Tehran, Iran

Project Engineer

Managed a team of 10 engineers for a $10 million EPCM project including anode furnaces and caring wheel. As project Engineer performed the coordination with the client, subcontractors and equipment supplier to achieve target within the set seclude. Prepared progress reports of projects for client and company’s subcontractors. Coordinated the design review tasks with multidisciplinary departments and subcontractors for outsourced design packages. Supervised inspection teams for local/foreign manufactures.

Sarcheshmeh copper smelter expansion project (from 140,000 to 185,000 MTPY) project engineer to provide technical support to client.

Senior Process Engineer

Khatoon-Abad copper smelter 80,000 MTPY $750 million EPCM project in exclusive field of metal extraction to produce copper anode in Kerman, Iran. Responsible for areas reviewing of basic/detail process design of plant and Flash Smelting Furnace, Electrical Furnace, Anode Refining Furnaces, ESPs, Stacks, Casting Wheels, and Refractory Materials.

1996 – 1998

Research Assistant – Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Developed a pilot plant for extraction of rhenium onto activated carbon from molybdenite.

Teaching assistant for course of “Kinetics of Metallurgical processes”.

1994 – 1997

Process Engineer – Kahanroba (Non-Ferrous Metals Consulting Company), Tehran, Iran

Setup a pilot plant to evaluate kinetic and operation parameters of a refractory gold for Mouteh Gold.

Performed a study for recovery of tailing of Mouth Plant by floatation of pyrite tailing.

Designed and supervised cold/hot commissioning of “SO2 Removal” Plant in Sarcheshmeh Copper Smelter.

Supervised bench scale of zinc plant for National Iranian Lead & Zinc Co (NILZ) by the hydrometallurgical method.

EDUCATIONS/ACADEMICS

PhD in Metallurgical Engineering, McGill University (Hydrometallurgy), Montreal, Canada, 2007.

MSc in Metallurgical Engineering (Extraction of Metals - Hydrometallurgy), Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 1998.

BSc in Metallurgical Engineering (Non-Ferrous Metals Production), Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 1995.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Project Management Certification, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. Project Management in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction 2010-2013.

SGS Training - Metallurgical Test Working and Results Interpretation, 2014.

PLC Certificate - Allen-Bradley (Rockwell RSLogix 5000), George Brown College, 2014.

REGISTRATIONS/AFFILIATIONS

Professional Engineer, Ontario # 100145681

Project Management Professional, PMP Certification # 1537457

PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

Khosravi, J. Sadernezhaad, K. “Recovery of Selenium content of the Copper Electrorefining sludge by Evaporation Method” Annual Proceeding of Sharif University of Technology, Oct 95.

Khosravi, J. Sadernezhaad, K. “Extraction of Rhenium on activated Carbon from Molybdenite” Annual Proceeding of Sharif University of Technology, Nov 1998.

Kashani-Nejad, S; Khosravi, J.; Karami, M.R. “Khatoon-Abad Flash Smelter: The First Iranian Flash Smelter”, Copper 2003, the Fifth Intl. Conf., Nov 30th to Dec 3rd, 2003.

Khosravi, J. and Harris, R. “Life Cycle Assessment of Aluminum Production Considering the Recycling of Aluminum Scrap”, Second McGill Environmental Research Symposium, McGill University, 2005.

Khosravi, J. and Harris, R. “Lithium Peroxide Production”, TMS Annual Meeting 2008.

SPECIFIC SOFTWARE EXPERTISE

METSIM Process Simulator

FactSage

HSC Chemistry (Pyro, Hydro, Mineral Processing)

ASPEN Plus 5.0

Ideas Andritz 5.2

Microsoft Office

Primavera

Microsoft Project

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