2021 Engineer of the Year Finalist

QUEENSLAND

John Lyons

MIEAust

Innovator of the Lyons Feed Control Unit (LFCU), John Lyons graduated as an Agricultural Engineer and has over 40 years’ experience in the mineral processing industry. With his out-of-the-box thinking John’s LFCU design has turned the tables on traditional approaches to managing the storage and discharge of wet solids. His sustainable design brings simplicity, operability and maintainability to mineral processing operations and has removed many inefficiencies to deliver environmental savings in water, energy and land usage. John’s engineering expertise has made him a ‘go to’ for process solutions worldwide and today he is a generous and valued mentor to engineers.