Sample CV -2

Mining Engineer

Summary

Professional Skills

Diverse experience in global mining and metals industry, in core mining and mineral processing

activities of various minerals systems (iron ore, diamond, copper-molybdenum, phosphate,

kaolin, heavy minerals & silica sand and coal) at different roles (supervisory, engineering &

management) and stages (laboratory, pilot plant & full scale production).

International experience in mining & mineral processing reagent application.

Statistical design of experiments, Six-sigma, and Response Surface methodologies.

Expansion of mineral separation technology platforms to diverse applications.

Technology transfer to Manufacturing and Sales.

Team-management, product development and project management.

Scientific & engineering research.

Raw Material Qualification

Experience

Feb 2013- Present

Dec 2008-Feb 2013

Research and Applications

Applications Engineer (Alumina & Industrial Minerals), Cytec Industries, Stamford, CT, USA

Lead global application of new, efficient & energy-saving technologies for mineral

processing.

Chemically Enhanced Electrostatic (Heavy Minerals : S. Africa, Brazil & Australia) and

Magnetic Separation (Kaolin: France, Germany & US)

Scale Control/Inhibition Technologies (Phosphoric Acid: Brazil, Senegal, Morocco, US)

Dust control in fertilizers

Defoamers for Phosphoric acid application.

Develop Value-Models and Analyze Value Models for maximum profitability and MI/ROI

Develop and protect intellectual property through in-house innovation processes and

strategies

Identify new market segments and possible product lines in the mining and associated

industries.

Applications Engineer (Mineral Processing), Cytec Industries, Stamford, CT, USA

Leadglobal application of new, efficient & energy-saving technologies for mineral

processing.

Chemically Enhanced Electrostatic (Heavy Minerals : S. Africa, Brazil & Australia) and

Magnetic Separation (Kaolin: France, Germany &US)

Scale Control/Inhibition Technologies (Phosphoric Acid: Brazil, Senegal, Morocco, US)

Flotation (Copper-Molybdenum, silica sand)

Organize training and workshop to train and educate internal and external customers for

mineral processing reagent selection, application & handling, and new technology

transfer for manufacturing and safe use of products.

Use statistical design of experiments and response surface methodologies for reagent

screening and optimization for effective testing programs, both in-house and customer-

site.

Raw Material Qualification for mineral processing reagents including collectors,

frothers, depressants and antiscalants.

May 2006-Dec 2008 Research Assistant (Dept. of Metallurgical Engg.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT,USA

Membrane technology for removal of cyanide from process solutions

Achieved over 90% removal of cyanide from process solutions in pilot scale.

Mining and Management

Aug 2005-May 2006

Aug 2002-Aug 2005

Assistant Manager, Diamond Mining Project, NMDC Ltd., Panna, India

Setting KPIs for various mining activities, benchmarking & performance evaluation.

Project management, resource allocation and budgeting for various projects on stockpiles

and waste dump designs, pit dewatering and tailings pond design and cleaning.

Coordinate with Processing Plant for ore requirements.

Coordinate with Maintenance Department for increased availability and utilization of heavy

earth moving equipment.

Liaise with Directorate General of Mine Safety (DGMS) Inspectors and Government

officials during inspections and visits for permits and compliance.

Represent the organization at Indian Bureau of Mines meeting and discussion.

Trainingand safety of mine workers (120).

Internal auditing of various functions.

Implement LEAN manufacturing, TQM and other concepts for operational excellence.

Projects

Tailings pond management

Improving diamondsproduction

Junior Manager, Diamond Mining Project, NMDC Ltd., Panna, India

Mine Plan design (short-term), development& production schedulingof a hard rock open pit

mine (1.5 MT/yr.) in Union environment.

Supervision andmanagement of resources for shift production operations (25 workmen & 2

engineers).

Stockpile design and utilization scheduling (long-term and dynamic)

Assist Training&Safety department in safety and training of mine workers (120).

Organize Bench and Pit Safety meetings.

Participate in inter-project competitions on sporting and innovation (Quality Circles)

activities.

Projects

Increaseutilization of HEMM equipment by 10 %, and processing plant throughput by 5 %.

ISO 9001 and 14001 implementation for quality and environmental control and compliance.

Aug 2001-Aug 2002

Executive Trainee, Bailadila Iron Ore Project Deposit No. 5, NMDC Ltd., Bacheli, India

Drilling, blasting, excavation (Open Cast), waste handling, waste-dump design and ore

beneficiation, scheduling and utilization..

Heavy earth moving machinery maintenance and repair scheduling.

Learn Permitting and Licensing procedures for mining and environmental clearance and

regulatory reporting requirements.

Understand exploration, mining, processing and dispatch of iron ore and its marketing.

Projects

Root cause analysis of failures/breakdowns of dump trucks leading to loss in availability.

Cycle time study for drilling & blasting and loading &haulage of iron ore using shovel

dump-truck combination (Surface, 7 MT/yr.).

2007

2000

1999

1998

Summer Internships

R & D Facility:Malozemoff Technical Facility, Newmont Mining Corporation, Denver, USA.

Open Cast (Coal): Godavari &PrakashamKhaniO.C. Mines, S.C.C.L., Kothagudam, India.

Underground (Pb-Zn):Zawar Mines, Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Now Vedanta), Zawar, India.

Underground (Coal):Loyabad Colliery, B.C.C.L., Coal India Ltd., Loyabad, India.

Education

2008

2001

Candidate for Global MBA,University of Durham, Durham, UK.

M.S. in Environmental Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

B. Tech. in Mining Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India.

Awards

2014

2012

2010

2001

Robert W. Piekarz Award (2013), Ind. Minerals & Aggregates Div.of SME, USA

SME Outstanding Young Scientist Award 2011, Ind. Minerals & Aggregates Div. of SME, USA

Leonardo Da Vinci Awards for Best Breakthrough Innovation, Cytec, USA.

- Gold, for Scale Control Technology

- Bronze, for Chemically Enhanced Electrostatic Separation Technology

V.L. Karwande Gold Medal for securing highest marks in Longwall Paper, ISM Dhanbad, India.

2000 S.L. Sehgal Scholarship for excellence in academic performance, ISM Dhanbad, India.

Professional

Development

2010

2008

2005

2002

2001

Intensive short course on Patent Law, The Center for Professional Advancement, USA

Modeling of Mineral Processing Plants with MODSIM Software, University of Utah, USA

Management Development Program, Administrative Staff College of India, India.

Management Development Program, NISIET, India.

Induction Training Program, Engineering Staff College of India, India.

Certificates

2009

2007

2005

MSHA Part 46 & 48 New Miner Certificate, USA.

HAZWOPER 40 Hr. Training Certificate, USA.

First Class Mines Managers Certificate of Competency, India. Publications

2013

2012

2012

2011

2011

2010

2010

2003

2002

Presentations

2011

2011

2010

2010

2007

SA. Ravishankar, R. Raitani, C. Lai, G. Flieg, and M. Davis, Overcoming the effect of sea water

on high tension separation of heavy minerals, Heavy Minerals Conference 2013, Visakhapatnam,

A.P., India, November2013.

R. Raitani, S. Jiang, A. Bhatnagar and S.A. Ravishankar, Chemically enhanced magnetic

separation technologies for kaolin processing, Minerals & Metallurgical Processing, Vol. 29

No. 1, February 2012, pp 20-26.

SA. Ravishankar, S. Jiang, and R. Raitani, Versatile Uses of Alkyl Hydroxamate in Kaolin

Beneficiation Technologies: Flotation, Selective Flocculation and Magnetic Separation, Part 11:

Process Reagents, Separation Technologies for Minerals, Coal, and Earth Resources, SME Inc.

2012, pp 655-665.

S. A. Ravishankar, R. Raitani, S. Jiang, M. Davis and D. Holt, Chemical Enhancement to

Magnetic Separation for Effective Separation of Silicates from Titanium Phases at Finer Particle

Size Fraction, Eighth International Heavy Minerals Conference, Perth, WA, October 2011.

S. Jiang, R. Raitani and S. A. Ravishankar, Chemically Enhance Magnetic Separation, Cytec

Spec Chem Technology e-Journal, Volume 5: Issue 3, September 2011.

S.A. Ravishankar, H. Kolla and R. Raitani, A Robust Chemically Enhanced Electrostatic

Separation Technology, XXV International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC) 2010.

S.A. Ravishankar, H. Kolla and R. Raitani, A Robust Chemically Enhanced Electrostatic

Separation Technology, Cytec Solutions For Hydrometallurgy and Mineral Processing, Volume

15, September 2010.

V.M.S.R.Murthy, K. Dey and R. Raitani, Prediction of overbreak in underground tunnel blasting

A case study, Journal of Canadian Tunneling, A journal of The Tunneling Association of Canada, pp. 109-115 (IJ5), 2003.

V.M.S.R.Murthy, K. Dey and R. Raitani, Prediction of overbreak in underground tunnel blasting

A case study, Proc. of 5th North American Symposium and the 17th Tunneling Association of Canada Conference, NARMS-TAC 2002, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 7-10 July, pp. 1499-1505.

SA. Ravishankar, S. Jiang, R. Raitani and A. Gorken, Cytec Industries, USA, Versatile uses of

alkyl hydroxamate in kaolin beneficiation technologies: flotation, selective flocculation and

magnetic separation, Professor Roe-Hoan Yoon Symposium, SME Annual Meeting, March 2, 2011, Denver, USA.

SA. Ravishankar, Ahmet Teoman, Bing Wang, Rajesh Raitani and John Carr, Cytec Industries

Inc., USA, New bolt-on technology for scale control in phosphoric acid production, SYMPHOS -

2011, Ist International Symposium on Innovation and Technology in Phosphate Industry, May 11,

2011.

S.Ravishankar, H.Kolla and R. Raitani, Cytec Industries, USA, Chemically Enhanced

Electrostatic Separation of Rutile and Zircon at Room Temperature, Emerging Technologies in

Industrial Minerals, Prof. Haydn Murray Symposium, March 1, 2010, Phoenix, USA

SA.Ravishankar and R. Raitani, Cytec Industries, USA, A Technique for Blending Kaolin

Crudes for Efficient and Effective Processing, Extraction & Production Technologies, Dreyer

Conference, Specialty Clays- Geology, Production & Markets, October 10-12, 2010, Chicago,

Illinois.

R. Raitani, J. D. Miller, L. Solujic and E. Milosavljevic, Membrane Technology for the

Separation of Cyanide Complexes, Precious Metals Processing Symposium 2007, Tucson,

Arizona.

2007 J.D. Miller, J. Adams, X. Diaz, N. Newton and R. Raitani, Nano-particles Technology in Water

Treatment for Removal of Heavy Metal Contaminants, Annual SME Meeting 2007, Denver, Colorado.

Affiliations &

Associations

2014

2014

2013

2013

2013

2013- Present

2012

2007-Present

2009-Present

2014

Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME)

Division Chair-elect, Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division (IMAD).

Chair, Program Committee, Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division (IMAD).

Chair, Technical Committee, Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division (IMAD).

Student Member Affairs Committee Officer, Environmental Division.

Officer, The Council of Education & Accreditation and Rahn Award Committee

Member, Young Leader Committee, SME

Vice-Chair, Program Committee, IMAD.

Member, SME

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Independent reviewer for the peer-reviewed journal.

Minerals Engineering Journal

Independent reviewer for the peer-reviewed journal.

Interests&

Activities

Leading a Home Owner Association - President, Lafayette Manor Condominium

Association Inc. (Since 2011).

Budgeting, Financial Statements, Tax Documents, Legal

Annual Meetings, Maintenance, Administration and Organization.

Others - Cricket, Music, Cooking.