CASPEO at IMPC, International Mineral Processing Congress 2026

This year, the 32th the IMPC, International Mineral Processing Congress 2026 will take place from October 18-22, 2026 in Cap Town (South Africa). Come to discover CASPEO’s sampling, data reconciliation, simulation and metallurgical accounting solutions are empowering a future-fit mineral processing industry.

IMPC 2026: empowering a future-fit mineral processing industry

The International Mineral Processing Congress is the most prestigious event in the field of mineral processing in the world today. The theme of the 2026 edition conference is inspired by the strength and resilience of the African rhinoceros to empower and adapt to future trends and challenges in the mineral processing industry. IMPC 2026 will be hosted by the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM).

IMPC 2026 at a glance

• Event: XXXII International Mineral Processing Congress
• Dates: 18 to 22 October 2026
• Place: Cape Town, South Africa
• Host: SAIMM
• Theme: Empowering a future-fit mineral processing industry

CASPEO at the International Mineral Processing Congress 2026, booth #31

Visit the CASPEO team at booth 31 in the IMPC exhibition.

We bring +20 years of experience in process engineering for mineral processing and extractive metallurgy plants. Our approach combines software and consulting across the full data chain: sampling, data reconciliation, process simulation, flowsheet optimization, and metallurgical accounting.

At booth 31, you can:

1. • See live demonstrations of INVENTEO (metal accounting), BILCO (data reconciliation), USIM PAC (process simulation), ECHANT (sampling error calculation)
   • Learn about our consulting services in sampling audits, process optimization, and metallurgical accounting
   • Discuss your process challenges with our engineers
   • Pick up free trial codes for BILCO and ECHANT

Two papers at the IMPC involve our USIM PAC mineral processing simulation software

Listen about this session

• Paper:  “Development of an original method for the direct use of automated quantitative mineralogy data for the simulation of mineral processing processes with uncertainties”
• Authors: J. H. Guidihounme – INP-Toulouse, K. Bru – BRGM, S. Brochot – CASPEO, F. Bourgeois – INP-Toulouse
• Monday 19 October – 2:50 pm
• Parallel Session 1: Ore Body and Minerology
• Venue: 2.45-2.46

• Tuesday 20 October – 2:25 pm: Design of lithium ore processing in the frame of zero-waste mining

This paper presents how was used to analyze and reconcile data from a pilot plant campaign conducted on ore from the Beauvoir lithium deposit within the European EXCEED project. By combining material balance calculations and data reconciliation in USIM PAC, the study transformed extensive but inconsistent sampling data into a coherent and reliable dataset, enabling a more accurate evaluation of metallurgical performance. The work also highlights the challenges of pilot-scale testing and proposes practical improvements to enhance sampling representativeness and process data quality.

Stéphane Brochot, CASPEO’s Co-managing Director, presents this work lead by CASPEO and the University of Lorraine – ENSG Nancy during the IMPC 2026.

Listen about this session

• Paper: “Pilot Plant Test Data Management for Design of Lithium Ore processing in the Frame of Zero-Waste Mining”
• Authors: S. Brochot – CASPEO, L. Regnault – CASPEO, M. Gonzalez – CASPEO, B. Demeusy – University of Lorraine, ENSG, Nancy, C. Korbel – University of Lorraine, ENSG, Nancy, C. Bacchieri – University of Lorraine, ENSG, Nancy, L. Filippov – University of Lorraine, ENSG, Nancy
• Tuesday 20 October – 2:25 pm
• Parallel Session 9: Future Mining
• Venue: 2.61-2.62