TONY TANG

Technical Director | Chair for NFP | Professor | FAusIMMCP | MAICD

Tony is a Fellow and Chartered Professional member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (FAusIMM-CP), and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD).

Tony worked in the resources sector for over 35 years, with over 28 professional years of expertise in the full life cycle of mineral processing, extraction, refining and complex chemical projects, from concept development, test work, engineering design, construction, commissioning, ramp up to steady production operations. Tony is passionate about developing innovative and sustainable solutions for critical minerals and energy challenges and facilitating industry-academia collaboration and knowledge transfer.

Tony works with academic and research institutions as a professor of practice and technical research leader. Tony recently led cooperative research projects and operations management of the Cathode Precursor Production Pilot Plant (C4P) at Curtin University – successfully delivered AUD 15 million stage 2 program for the Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre -FBICRC, where Tony and his team delivered the development and optimisation of the production of pCAM production of various NCM co-precipitation chemistries for lithium battery.

Tony serves as the chair of the AusIMM Perth Branch, where Tony advocates for the professional development and excellence recognition of the minerals sector in Western Australia