R&D Manager - Masan Tungsten Chemical Llc (Former Nuiphao-H.C.Starck Jv)
Thai Nguyen
• Supporting operational management including production, quality, planning and technical operation. Other involved functions include sale, SCM, environment, external relation, government liaison and HR.• Focusing on development projects for process expansion: SX capacity improvement, impurities removal and shorten leaching batch time• Quality improvement projects includes impurities elimination for SX, quality control evaluation across the process, surfactant removal for SX, and optimisation of impurities removal section. • Recovery improvement project includes leaching efficiency improvement, back-reaction prevention, recovery of residue• Cost reduction project includes caustic liquid utilisation, caustic consumption ratio reduction, water balancing of process, reagents substitution/reduction, energy consumption reduction• Product development on specified physical characteristics of powder via crystallisation and calcination section• Developing overall understanding of the process via mass and energy balance model of the process• Liaising with research centres for research projects, consultation and evaluation of experimental result including The University of Melbourne and The University of British Columbia