James R.Dankwah is an Associate Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa, Ghana. He is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Integrated Management Science, University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa, Ghana. He obtained his PhD from the School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, MSc (Process Metallurgy) from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and BSc (Metallurgical Engineering) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. His current research areas include corrosion and corrosion control, iron and steelmaking, high-temperature metallurgical processes, utilisation of end-of-life polymers as reductants in metal extraction processes, production of diesel-range liquid fuel from end-of-life polymers, and sustainable recycling of agricultural waste and their blends with end-of-life polymers as reductants in metal extraction processes. This has resulted in over a hundred Journal, Conference and Technical publications. He is a fellow of the West African Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (WAIMM).