--- title: BBA Pyrometallurgy Experts Receive Prestigious MetSoc Award date: 2016-09-27T17:50:00-04:00 author: Sahar Pakzad canonical_url: "https://www.bbaconsultants.com/es-cl/news/bba-pyrometallurgy-experts-receive-prestigious-metsoc-award" section: News --- **Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, September 27, 2016** - Three BBA experts received the Pyrometallurgy Best Paper Award from the Metallurgy and Materials Society (MetSoc) at its awards gala. This gala was part of the 2016 Conference of Metallurgists hosted by the International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC2016), which took place in Québec City from September 11 to 15. 1. Joël Kapusta, François Larouche and Enzo Palumbo received this award for their paper entitled Adoption of High Oxygen Bottom Blowing in Copper Matte Smelting: Why Is It Taking So Long?, which was included in the proceedings at the 2015 Conference of Metallurgists (COM2015). The Pyrometallurgy section of MetSoc created this award to provide recognition for the best paper on this topic that was published in the CIM Magazine or the Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, or was included in the proceedings for the Conference of Metallurgists from the previous year. [Download the award-winning paper](https://www.bbaconsultants.com/en-ca/publications/adoption-of-high-oxygen-bottom-blowing-in-copper-matte-smelting-why-is-it-taking-so-long) [See the list of all award winners](http://www.metsoc.org/awards/) [To learn more about the award](http://www.metsoc.org/metsoc-section-awards/) ## Sobre BBA BBA Consultants ha sido un socio de confianza en el sector de la energía y los recursos naturales por más de 45 años. Con más de 2.000 profesionales ubicados en más de 30 oficinas en Canadá, Estados Unidos y América Latina, la firma ofrece servicios de ingeniería, consultoría estratégica, medio ambiente y servicios en terreno. 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This gala was part of the 2016 Conference of Metallurgists hosted by the International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC2016), which took place in Québec City from September 11 to 15. 1. Joël Kapusta, François Larouche and Enzo Palumbo received this award for their paper entitled Adoption of High Oxygen Bottom Blowing in Copper Matte Smelting: Why Is It Taking So Long?, which was included in the proceedings at the 2015 Conference of Metallurgists (COM2015). The Pyrometallurgy section of MetSoc created this award to provide recognition for the best paper on this topic that was published in the CIM Magazine or the Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, or was included in the proceedings for the Conference of Metallurgists from the previous year. [Download the award-winning paper](https://www.bbaconsultants.com/en-ca/publications/adoption-of-high-oxygen-bottom-blowing-in-copper-matte-smelting-why-is-it-taking-so-long) [See the list of all award winners](http://www.metsoc.org/awards/) [To learn more about the award](http://www.metsoc.org/metsoc-section-awards/) ## Sobre BBA BBA Consultants ha sido un socio de confianza en el sector de la energía y los recursos naturales por más de 45 años. Con más de 2.000 profesionales ubicados en más de 30 oficinas en Canadá, Estados Unidos y América Latina, la firma ofrece servicios de ingeniería, consultoría estratégica, medio ambiente y servicios en terreno. Nuestros expertos trabajan en estrecha colaboración con los clientes para identificar rápidamente sus necesidades y proponer soluciones innovadoras, prácticas y sostenibles. Reconocida por su alto nivel de experiencia y su enfoque colaborativo, BBA combina excelencia técnica con una sólida presencia en terreno para movilizar rápidamente a los expertos adecuados, dondequiera que se necesiten. Fuentes- Roseline Simard Directora de Marketing y Comunicaciones +1 450 464-2111 |