UBC prof receives international mineral processing award

UBC mining engineering professor emeritus Janusz Laskowski has been selected to receive the 2010 Antoine M. Gaudin Award by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) for his scientific contributions in furthering the understanding of the technology of mineral processing.  The award ceremony will be held at the SME Annual Meeting in Denver on March 2, 2011.

The Gaudin Award is the highest award in the field of mineral and metallurgical processing. SME is an international society of professionals in the minerals industry whose membership is more than 12,000 strong in nearly 100 countries.