Jim Harkins has over 35 years of experience in mineral processing including 20 years in spodumene concentration. He worked in increasingly senior engineering roles at FMC’s historic HallmanBeam
mine and was in mill management positions for nine years until FMC ceased operations at Hallman-Beam in 1998. Mr Harkins modernised and innovated processing at FMC during his tenure
including successful application of some of the earliest commercially available ore-sorting technologies, modernisation of flotation technology, and improvements in instrumentation and control. He has considerable experience in design engineering, operations, management and quality control of spodumene concentration. Mr Harkins holds a Bachelor of Science in Mineral Processing Engineering from West Virginia University, is a certified US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) instructor, an active member of SME and the American Society for Quality, and a former member of the NC State University Minerals Research Laboratory advisory board.
