Eddie McLean

Manager, Minerals Consulting, Ausenco

Eddie is a metallurgist/process engineer with 40+ years’ experience and is globally recognised as a leader in cost-effective plant design.

With experience across 26 countries, his minerals processing and extractive metallurgy experience is principally for precious metals (gold, silver), base metals (copper, lead, nickel, zinc), mineral sands and industrial minerals.

During his career, Eddie has managed process teams; process and engineering design activities; scoping and supervision of metallurgical test work; managing and lead process roles for concept through to feasibility studies; detail process design; plant commissioning and ramp-up for project delivery; and technical support through to operations.

Eddie is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM).