Henk van Muijen 
Market Director
IHC Mining
Henk van MUIJEN graduated in 1984 from Delft Technical University in the Netherlands (Faculty of Mining) with a MSc in mineral processing & metallurgy. Right after his graduation he started working for Royal IHC and has been employed by this company in several positions. After a start as R&D engineer at MTI Holland, IHC’s R&D centre, he held several positions within IHC Mining. This was followed by a return in 1993 to MTI Holland, first as senior project manager, than as manager of the training department (IHC Training) and in 2005 as managing director of MTI Holland. From 20015 till 2018 Henk was managing director of IHC Mining. Since then he acts as Market Director of IHC Mining, responsible for BD and product portfolio development. During his career at Royal IHC, Henk always had a strong focus on alluvial & marine mining, dredging and mineral processing. Given this specialist background, Henk regularly publishes articles on dredge mining and mineral processing and lectured at the EMC (European Mining Course) Alluvial and Marine Mining at the Delft University of Technology from1993 till 2014. Henk held several (advisory) board positions for professional organizations, a.o. chair of the board of WOC (World Ocean Council) and member of the Advisory Board of NIOZ (Dutch Institute Research for the Sea).
Modern possibilities of the wet method of mining and transportation of solid minerals
Modern possibilities of the wet method of mining and transportation of minerals. The presentation touches upon the issues of mining both at placers and at technogenic deposits, as well as ores, including the peculiarities of "wet" overburden on flooded loose rocks, which are common on the surface of many ore deposits, which creates enormous difficulties for the start of dry drilling equipment. Part of the report focuses on the features and innovations in hydro transportation and floating factories, with examples of specific sites and the successful application of innovative approaches in defining mining and transportation methods and equipment selection.