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convenor of the Coal Blends Accreditation ProgramdCBAPdat the International
Committee for Coal and Organic PetrologydICCP. She was also vice-president and
president of The Society of Organic Petrology (TSOP). She has been advisor for
national and international PhD theses and master works in geology. She is author
and co-author of a large number of peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, the editor
of three books and two atlases related to the topics mentioned above. In recent years
she has received several international awards in recognition of her scientific and
research work and contributions to science.

Joalet Steenkamp joined Mintek, an internationally recognized minerals research
organization based in South Africa, in 2014 after completing her PhD studies. She
has 12 years’ experience in industry (steelmaking, ilmenite roasting and smelting,
and manganese ferroalloy production) and 3 years’ experience in academia teaching.
Her main research interests are furnace tapping and production of manganese ferroal-
loys. Her list of publications includes several papers in peer-reviewed conference
proceedings and journals. She was co-supervisor of master’s theses at the Norwegian
University of Science and Technology and at Stellenbosch University. She holds
BEng, BEng(Hons), MEng, and PhD degrees in metallurgical engineering, all
conferred by the University of Pretoria in South Africa. She is a fellow of the Southern
African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) where she was the founder of the
series of Schools on Production of Manganese Ferroalloys and of Conferences on
Furnace Tapping. Joalet is also a member of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
(TMS) and a registered professional engineer (PrEng) with the Engineering Council of
South Africa (ECSA). The South African National Research Foundation (NRF) rated
her in 2017 as ‘Established researcher.’

Johan Paul Beukes (Paul) completed his MSc in 1996 and completed his PhD in
1999 at the Potchefstroom University for CHE (South Africa, SA). From the middle
of 1999 to the third quarter of 2001 he worked at Mintek as scientist, senior scientist,
and principal engineer mainly on ferrochromium projects. He then joined Xstrata
Alloys, at that stage the world’s largest ferrochromium producing company, as tech-
nical superintendent. In 2003 he was promoted to production manager. Then in
2004 he was transferred to the project management team that did the fundamental
design of the Lion Ferrochrome smelter, the then largest single-phase ferrochromium
expansion ever in the world. He was also overall responsible for the commissioning of
the aforementioned new smelters and after commissioning was promoted to operations
manager. Then in the third quarter in 2007 he decided to return to his first love, i.e.,
academia, where he established the Chromium Technology group at the North-West
University in SA. This research group focuses only on the ferrochromium process
and environmental aspects. Currently (01/2018) he is author and co-author of 67
papers published in peer-reviewed ISI accredited journals, 2 patents, and more than
170 conference contributions. At the beginning of 2016, Paul was promoted for full
professor at the North-West University.