Meet Alfa Laval at Austmine 2021
The Austmine Conference & Exhibition is the go-to event for mining leaders to connect around the strategic priorities, key innovations and emerging technologies driving a sustainable industry future.
Event details
When: 26 - 27 May 2021
Where: Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, 21 Mounts Bay Road, Perth WA
Visit the Alfa Laval stand (#112) to learn more about Alfa Laval technologies for tailings dewatering and heat transfer. Our senior mining and business managers look forward to meeting you for a confidential discussion about your process optimisation strategy and dewatering requirements.
As Associate Sponsor, Alfa Laval is proud to present on Day 1 of the conference, with a presentation in the Breakout Stream 2 - Water & Tailings.
Presentation: Recover, Recycle and Reuse: Extracting Value from Tailings
Presenter: Paul Tuckwell, Mining & Minerals Key Account Manager, Alfa Laval Australia
When: Wednesday 26 May, 2:45 - 3:05 pm
Visit the Austmine Conference website for the full conference program
Didn't make it to Austmine? Join the Alfa Laval webinar on tailings dewatering instead
Meet the expert
Paul Tuckwell
Mining & Minerals Key Account Manager
Alfa Laval Australia
Paul is a Chemical Engineer with more than 22 years of experience in the fields of heat transfer, solid-liquid separation technologies and associated process engineering. He is based in Perth (Western Australia) and is involved in minerals processing projects from conceptual stage to testing to final commissioning and beyond.
As a member of the global Mining and Minerals community within Alfa Laval, Paul applies experience gained across many local and international sites to advise Australian mining companies on best strategies and solutions to minimise environmental risk and maximise production outcomes. Paul has a particular interest in sustainable tailings management and specialises in solid bowl centrifuges as a solution to dewater and stack solid cake instead of sending a slurry to a tailings dam.
Read Paul's article on the Alfa Laval mining tailings blog:
How to dewater tailings slurries with slimes and ultra-fines
Why Alfa Laval
A reliable partner for the Mining and Mineral Processing Industry
Alfa Laval offers customers not only solid bowl centrifuges with very large capacity (up to 60 dry tonnes per hour) specifically designed for arduous duties in mining and mineral processing. The company prides itself on a strong local heritage of 95 years in Australia with a significant local service and support presence including Service Centres in Sydney and Perth and field service engineers based around Australia to service even the most remote mining sites.
Swedish headquartered Alfa Laval is a leading global manufacturer offering its expertise, products, and service to a wide range of industries in some 100 countries. The company is committed to optimizing processes, creating responsible growth, and driving progress – always going the extra mile to support customers in achieving their business goals and sustainability targets. Alfa Laval has 17,500 employees. Annual sales in 2019 were SEK 46.5 billion (approx. EUR 4.4 billion). The company is listed on Nasdaq OMX.
Alfa Laval’s innovative technologies are dedicated to purifying, refining, and reusing materials, promoting more responsible use of natural resources. They contribute to improved energy efficiency and heat recovery, better water treatment, and reduced emissions. Thereby, Alfa Laval is not only accelerating success for its customers, but also for people and the planet. Making the world better, every day. It’s all about Advancing better™.
Mining and minerals solutions
Optimise key processes for greater profitability, operational safety and sustainability
Alfa Laval offers specialised solutions for precious metal and mineral processing, with solutions for heating, cooling, waste heat recovery, evaporation, condensation, desalination and zero liquid discharge as well as concentrate and tailings dewatering.

Optimize performance with Alfa Laval P3 solid bowl centrifuge
Alfa Laval's P3 decanter centrifuge was specifically developed for rough solid-liquid separation duties in the mining and mineral industry. To maximize durability, P3 decanters are built with carefully selected components such as Duplex stainless steel, heavy duty bearings and a stiff box beam frame. All interior parts of a P3 decanter centrifuge exposed to abrasion are protected by replaceable tungsten carbide tiles.
