The AusIMM will host the Seventh International Conference & Exhibition on Mass Mining in Sydney

AusIMM | March 10, 2016 | 8:36 am

The AusIMM will host the Seventh International Conference & Exhibition on Mass Mining in Sydney from the 9-11 May 2016.  The MassMin series of conferences remains the pre-eminent global bulk mining event, attracting hundreds of delegates from all major mining companies and countries.

The MassMin conference series has evolved over more than 30 years to focus principally on large-scale underground mining with an emphasis on the application of mining methods that involve caving the overlaying rock mass as the ore is mined, now known as ‘caving methods’. These methods currently represent a mining approach capable of supporting the largest scale and lowest operating cost underground mining currently available. At the same time more conventional mining on a massive scale also fits the concept having many traits in common with caving methods, such as bulk materials handling, but with more challenging requirements for enabling services (ventilation, logistics, backfill, etc) and technical services.

Mass mining participants including researchers, planners, consultants, equipment and service suppliers and mine operators who meet to share experiences and ideas, successes and lessons learnt, and to discuss possible futures resulting from potential new techniques.

The conference will provide an excellent overview of the current status of underground mining and will be an opportunity to gain valuable insight and knowledge from the industry’s leading practitioners who will be in attendance.

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

  • Over 100 technical papers to be presented over three days
  • Six expert keynote speakers:
  • Trade exhibition and equipment display
  • Participate in three networking functions
  • Take part in three site tours and four workshops

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

  • Smart Mining Technologies – the Way Forward
    • Fidel Báez Nuñez, Executive Vice President, CODELCO, Chile
  • Decisions, Decisions – Impacts of Uncertainty, Variability Modelling and Psychology
    • Professor Steve Begg, Head of School and Professor of Petroleum, Engineering & Management, University of Adelaide
  • The Truth is Stranger than Fiction – The Story of Ridgeway Gold Mine
    • Geoff Dunstan FAusIMM(CP), Head of Mining Operations, Newcrest Mining Ltd
  • The Social Psychology of Risk, Safety and Leadership Maturity
    • Dr Robert Long, Executive Director, Human Dymensions
  • Women as Mine Managers – A Utopia?
    • Monica Quinteiro, General Manager, Quality & Environment, LKAB, Sweden
    • Asa Sundqvist, Mine Manager, LKAB Malmberget Mine, Sweden

CONFERENCE TOURS

  • Mt Isa / Ernest Henry Mining
  • Cadia and Northparkes – Sold Out
  • Olympic Dam

ONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

  • Cave Establishment
  • Managing Geohazards Risks in Cave Mining
  • Monitoring and Modelling the Seismic Rock Mass
  • ACG Physical and Numerical Modelling of Caving Mechanics

For further information and to register please visit: www.massmin2016.com

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