Awards

Jean-François Turgeon graduated from Laval University in 1989 with a Bachelors degree in chemical engineering and completed a Masters degree in hydrometallurgy engineering at McGill University in 1993. He is a member of the Quebec Order of Engineers and The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum.”

Mr. Turgeon began his career at QIT-Fer et Titane in 1989 as a Research Engineer. In 1990 he worked in the United Kingdom on a research and development project on selective chlorination. He returned to Canada at the end of 1991 to participate in the development of the UGS process, which is a hydrometallurgical process to increase the TiO₂ content of QIT’s main slag product from 80% TiO₂ to 95% TiO₂. Mr. Turgeon is one of the inventors of this process which was developed at the QIT Sorel-Tracy research facilities.

In 1996 he was appointed Technical Superintendent of the new UGS plant and as such participated in the design, construction and start-up of the plant. In 1999 he became Executive Director of the UGS plant and held that position until he was promoted to Vice-President Technology in 2001. As Vice President he was responsible for the Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium technology development. He held this position for 5 years until he was appointed to his current position as President of QIT-Fer et Titane.