Manager Plant
Resume:
Engr. Frederick Sebastian Remolana
Professional Metallurgical Engineer (PRC # 0000734)
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SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
Nine years in the copper and gold processing industry: Mineral processing (8), Smelting and refining (1)
Excelled in operations management and process control
Sound knowledge in research and development and project management
Good professional relationship with co-workers, business partners, and other external entities
Accomplished as an individual or part of a technical team, whether as a head or member
Passion for innovation with a continuous learning and improvement discipline
MAJOR WORK ACCOMPLISHMENTS
PHILEX Mining Corporation
Pioneered the Research and Development section under the Metallurgy department, utilizing a “back-to-basics” approach to metallurgical and operational practices and systematization of metallurgical studies and plant problem-solving techniques
Improved the recovery of precious metals (+3% for Cu, +5% for Au) by leading and managing the change of the operating philosophy in the grinding and flotation circuit
Improved slime flotation circuit efficiency by isolating mine-delivered slimes (fine to ultrafine ore with high metal grades) from crushed and ground ore and processing these separately in a specifically-tuned slime grinding and flotation circuit
Initiated and managed the innovation from manually-performed Metallurgical accounting systems in the milling plant: real-time monitoring of hourly tonnages, assays, parameters, and reagent dosages, as well as monthly accounting of plant production and operating costs
Increased flotation plant capacity and efficiency by designing the expansion of the cleaner flotation circuit, which yielded an additional 10% plant capacity and higher metals recovery
JOB EXPERIENCE
I. Carmen Copper Corporation (Lutopan, Toledo, Cebu, Philippines, Jul 2017 – present)
Positions Held:
1. Mill Shift Superintendent/Department Manager
Mill Operations Division
- Plant operations include crushing, grinding, concentration (flotation), and dewatering circuits able to treat more than 45,000 DMT per day of copper sulfide ore
II. PHILEX Mining Corporation (Padcal, Tuba, Benguet, Philippines, Feb 2012 – Jun 2017)
Positions Held:
1. Mill Operations Manager
Mill Operations Department (Jun 2014 – Jun 2017)
- Plant operations include crushing, grinding, concentration (flotation), and dewatering circuits able to treat more than 27,000 DMT per day of copper sulfide ore
- Scope of responsibility also includes management of 200-tpd Slimes Flotation Plant, Free Gold Recovery circuit, and Gold Refinery 2. Research and Development Superintendent
Metallurgy Department (Mar 2013 – May 2014)
- Responsibilities include:
Improvement of overall plant and company performance through: o Conduction of various metallurgical studies to improve operational efficiency via increasing metals recovery or increasing effective plant capacity
o Research of new available technology and reagents for more efficient recovery of metals
o Communication with mining suppliers and manufacturers on new innovations on mineral processing
o Conduction of regular metallurgical test works on internal and external projects, additional recovery of valuable metals in tailings through concentration methods with lower operating costs
Management of metallurgical laboratory and process engineering personnel. 3. Mill Operations Supervisor
Mill Operations Department (Feb 2012 – Jan 2013)
- Plant operations include crushing, grinding, concentration (flotation), and dewatering circuits able to treat more than 27,000
- DMT per day of copper sulfide ore
- - Trained in supervising and troubleshooting grinding and flotation operations, as well as primary and secondary-tertiary crushing operations.
- - Accelerated regularization for exemplary work performance, at times acting as a higher level supervisor of operations.
III. Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Corporation (LIDE, Isabel, Leyte, Philippines, Mar 2011 – Feb 2012)
Positions held:
1. Area Manager for Slag Flotation Plant
Smelter Division (Jul 2011- Feb 2012)
- Plant operations include crushing, grinding, concentration (flotation), and dewatering circuits able to treat more than 400 tons per day of converter furnace slag.
2. Process Engineer for Smelting and Auxiliary Operations Technical Services Department (Apr 2011 – Jul 2011)
- Job includes research and process improvement implementation
- Research conducted:
Study on the use of Magnetic Separation for the Recovery of Copper from Granulated Slag from PASAR’s Flash Smelting Furnace
Study on the Factors affecting Unloader Crane operations at PASAR’s Port Yard
Study on the Performance of Various types of Bricks as Converter Furnace Tuyere Refractory
Study on the Treatment of Waste Acid by-product from Acid Plant IV. Research Staff (Nov 2010-Feb 2011)
University of the Philippines - Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Quezon City, Philippines
- Research work includes recovery of copper from industrial waste using hydrometallurgy and electrometallurgy, design and fabrication of laboratory-scale and pilot-scale metallurgical equipment, and practice of design and optimization of factorial experiments
V. Undergraduate Research Assistant (2009-2010)
Bettermine Project (DOST), Quezon City, Philippines
- Research works include mineral characterization (Bond’s Work Index and Abrasion Index determination, XRF Analysis, Thin Section Analysis), field work (sampling of ore from small-scale and large-scale mining companies).
- Main objective of research is to find alternative process for recovering gold from siliceous ore using flotation.
VI. In-Plant Trainee (April to May 2009)
Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Corporation (PASAR), Leyte, Philippines
- Operations involve copper concentrate handling, flash drying, smelting, fire- refining, copper anode casting, electro-refining, electrolyte slime leaching, dore production, converter slag flotation, and assaying SUPPLEMENTARY SKILLS
Knowledge in organic and physical chemistry, fluid mechanics, and unit processes in chemical engineering
Basic knowledge in computer programming (C++)
Trained in handling and operating laboratory metallurgical equipment (ball mill, pulverizer, jaw crusher, roll crusher, pressure filter, falcon concentrator, denver flotation cell, Rockwell hardness tester, Brinell hardness tester)
Licensed Non-Professional Driver
EDUCATION
College: BS Metallurgical Engineering (2008-2010)
BS Mining Engineering (2007-2008, undergraduate)
BS Chemical Engineering (2003-2007, undergraduate) College of Engineering, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
High School: Tarlac State University Laboratory School (1999-2003) Lucinda Campus, Maliwalo, Tarlac City, Philippines
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