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

Research and Applications

Feb 2013- Present 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
Dec 2008-Feb 2013
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 customersite.
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 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
Aug 2002-Aug 2005 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
Candidate for Global MBA,University of Durham, Durham, UK.
2008 M.S. in Environmental Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
2001 B. Tech. in Mining Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India.
Awards
2014 Robert W. Piekarz Award (2013), Ind. Minerals & Aggregates Div.of SME, USA
2012 SME Outstanding Young Scientist Award 2011, Ind. Minerals & Aggregates Div. of SME, USA
2010 Leonardo Da Vinci Awards for Best Breakthrough Innovation, Cytec, USA.
- Gold, for Scale Control Technology
- Bronze, for Chemically Enhanced Electrostatic Separation Technology
2001 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 MSHA Part 46 & 48 New Miner Certificate, USA.
2007 HAZWOPER 40 Hr. Training Certificate, USA.
2005 First Class Mines Managers Certificate of Competency, India.
Publications
2013 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.
2012 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.
2012 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.
2011 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.
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.
2010 S.A. Ravishankar, H. Kolla and R. Raitani, A Robust Chemically Enhanced Electrostatic
Separation Technology, XXV International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC) 2010.
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.
2003 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.
2002 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.
Presentations
2011 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.
2011 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.
2010 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
2010 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.
2007 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
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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

2009-Present International Journal of Mineral Processing

Independent reviewer for the peer-reviewed journal.
2014 Minerals Engineering Journal
Independent reviewer for the peer-reviewed journal.
Interests&
Leading a Home Owner Association - President, Lafayette Manor Condominium
Activities
Association Inc. (Since 2011).
Budgeting, Financial Statements, Tax Documents, Legal
Annual Meetings, Maintenance, Administration and Organization.
Others - Cricket, Music, Cooking.