Date: From- 14th August 2013 to 16th August 2013
Venue: Sydney Harbour
Marriott 30 Pitt St
Sydney NSW 2000
From new approaches to shaft sinking; faster raise boring and downreaming; advances in hard rock cutting technology and continuous mining for hard rock; rapid decline development; and the use of new mobile miner and TBM technology to tackle mine access tunnels and block cave development – interest in this area of the industry is at an all time high.
If your group has an interest in offering a presentation (speakers attend for free), or sponsoring the event, please feel free to contact the Rapid Development 2013 Conference Director, Paul Moore at paul@immining.com with a paper summary/synopsis for consideration or in the case of sponsorship interest, an indication of how you would like to be involved.
Paper preference will be given to those covering real current and ongoing projects, new technology, and joint OEM/mining group papers. Sponsorship opportunities include conference lunches/receptions, lanyards, delegate bags, pens/pads, the program and other areas. A small number of exhibition booths will also be available.
KEY PRESENTATIONS:
Doug Morrison, President & CEO at Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI): Improving conventional drill and blast processes - the opportunities and challenges
Fidelis Suorineni, Senior Research Engineer, MIRARCO and Denis Thibodeau, Principal Consultant Rock Mechanics, Vale Base Metals Technology Development: Support selection for rapid drift development with drill and blast- methodology and a case study
Charles Howarth, Managing Director, Herrenknecht Australia: Mechanical excavation systems in mining
Adrian Boeing, Senior Engineer, Control & Automation, Transmin: Improving rockbreaking safety and efficiency with automation and collision avoidance technology
Mike Rispin, Senior Vice President, Normet Group: Development in block cave mines – approaches to ground support
Sergey Reznichenko, President & COO, SightPower: A revolutionary fully automated mineshaft inspection and monitoring system based on a mobile laser scanning technology
Mikael Ramström, Vice President - Mechanical Rock Excavation, Atlas Copco: An update on the Mobile Miner (TBS) project
REGISTRATION:
The early-bird rate for full attendance at the event of $1,300 has been extended to end-April after which it will rise to $1,700.
This will include the evening Welcome Reception on 14th August, a day and a half attendance at the event, as well as two lunches.
Note that the new conference dates fall the week before the AIMEX show to allow delegates the option of attending both events.
Visit: http://corporate.im-mining.com/imevents.asp for more information.
(Source: http://www.miningaustralia.com.au/)