Saeid Zare

Saeid Zare is an expert in troubleshooting and optimizing mineral processing plants. He is currently a research officer of the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Center (JKMRC) at the University of Queensland's Sustainable Minerals Institute. He graduated as a top student with Bachelor’s and Master's degrees in mining engineering-mineral processing from Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran. His Bachelor’s and Master’s thesis projects were on flotation and comminution, in Sarcheshme Sarcheshmeh Copper Complex, and in the Gol-E-Gohar iron ore company, the largest mines in the Middle East, respectively. He was also chosen as elite member by Iran's National Elites Foundation in 2019 and 2023. Over the past nine years, he has successfully contributed to numerous funded industrial projects focused on troubleshooting, optimization and designing, mostly in comminution, separation and dewatering fields at the mineral processing plants in more than eight of the largest Mining and Industrial Companies in Iran, which helped him to apply his knowledge in real industrial settings. Saeid is currently a researcher at the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Center (JKMRC), working within the Advanced Process Prediction and Control group. His research focuses on the optimization of mineral processing techniques to enhance operational efficiency and sustainability. Soft Sensor Development Using Mathematical Modelling in Comminution and Dewatering Circuits; Troubleshooting and optimization (Comminution and dewatering circuits); Study surface breakage of rock particles; Mineral processing/ beneficiation

[2026] From crack initiation to fragmentation: mineralogical controls on breakage in copper-bearing ore. Chamlal, Hajar, Elghali, Abdellatif, Yahyaei, Mohsen, Zare, Saeid, Ait-Khouia, Yassine, Taha, Yassine, Benzaazoua, Mostafa and Weatherley, Dion (2026). From crack initiation to fragmentation: mineralogical controls on breakage in copper-bearing ore. Minerals Engineering, 248 110562, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2026.110562 [2025] Influences of Materials Segregation on Feeding Conditions and Performance of HPGR Mill. Abadi, Mohsen Izadi-Yazdan, Amiri, Seyed Hamzeh, Zare, Saeid and Luukkanen, Saija (2025). Influences of Materials Segregation on Feeding Conditions and Performance of HPGR Mill. Mining Metallurgy & Exploration, 42 (3), 1759-1768. doi: 10.1007/s42461-025-01216-1 [2025] Influen