Date | 04 September 2012 |
- | 05 September 2012 |
Location | Mine Design Lab, Chamber of Mines Building, The University of Witwatersrand |
SAIMM and University of the Witwatersrand School of Mining Engineering are hosting the ....
Mine Planning School
4-5 September 2012
New Mine Design Lab, Chamber of Mines Building
The University of the Witwatersrand
The University of the Witwatersrand, School of Mining Engineering has a Mine Design Laboratory with 100 computers. The SAIMMʼs Mine Planning Forum has clearly highlighted the limitations in currently available mine planning skills.
Sponsorships
The organising committee would like to thank the following sponsors for their invaluable contribution:
Sponsorship Opportunities
Companies wishing to sponsor or exhibit should contact the Conference Coordinator
Raymond van der Berg
Conference Co-ordinator
SAIMM, P O Box 61127
Marshalltown
2107
Tel: (011) 834-1273/7
Fax: (011) 833-8156 or (011) 838-5923
Co-ordinator Email: raymond@saimm.co.za
Objectives
Using a backdrop of a generic description of the mine planning process, provide a platform for the mine planning fraternity to explore best practices and share experiences. This will be focused on creating a learning experience to increase planning competencies.
This will be supplemented by presentations on best practice and displays of state of the art mine planning tools.
Who should attend
* Mine planners and practitioners
* Mine designers
* Technical support
* Cost and financial modelers
* Chief planners
* Mineral resource managers
* Mine managers responsible for planning
* Consultants
* Independent mine planning consultants
Topics
The following topics will be featured in the school:
- Mine planning as a multi-disciplinary process
- Mine design and scheduling in different mining environments
- Technical support modelling (e.g. Eng, Rock Eng and Vent)
- Cost modelling and optimisation
- Presentations by practitioners with real models on Mineral Resource
- Management and Mineral Asset Management.
Preliminary Programme
Tuesday 4th September 2012
07:00-08:00 Registration & Early Morning Refreshments
08:00-08:05 Emergency procedures of the University of the Witwatersrand
08:05-08:20 Welcome-Keynote Speaker
Interpreting the link between mine planning and the national mining
law and policy developments in SA: Implications for the mine planning
profession
Prof. Fred Cawood
08:20-08:35 SAIMM President Address
Dr Gordon Smith
08:35-09:00 Strategic long term planning in mining
09:00-09:25 Open group exploration and mining reference model
09:25-09:50 Planning protocol and mining methods
09:50-10:15 Tea Break
10:15-10:40 Optimisation in mine planning: Navigating through the mathematics
and algorithms
10:40-11:05 Optimisation in mine planning: Navigating through the mathematics
and algorithms
11:05-11:30 Levels of Business Planning for mining
11:30-11:55 Mine Planning at South Deep
11:55-12:10 Sponsor Presentation-Gemcom
12:10-13:10 Lunch
13:10-13:35 Tanzanian open pit gold
13:35-14:00 Coal-open pit
14:00-14:25 AngloGold tunnel boring
14:25-14:40 Sponsor Presentation-Micromine
14:40-15:20 Closing Remarks
15:30-18:00 Cocktail Function-Sponsored by Micromine
Wednesday 5th September 2012
07:00-08:00 Registration & Early Morning Refreshments
08:00-08:05 Emergency procedures of the University of the Witwatersrand
08:05-08:30 Mine-to-mill and stockpile planning
08:30-08:55 Planning the Venetia Mine open pit to underground transition
08:55-09:20 Waste deposition Planning at Venetia Mine
09:20-09:45 Coal-underground
09:45-10:00 Sponsor Presentation-CAE Mining
10:00-10:25 Tea Break
10:25-10:50 Mineral throughput management
10:50-11:15 Risk management in mine planning
11:15-11:40 What happens when planning goes wrong?
11:40-11:55 Sponsor Presentation-Runge
11:55-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:15 Wits MRM and mine planning certification
13:15-13:40 MSc/PhD Software database
13:40-14:05 Mineral Asset Management: Planning for risk and value
14:05-14:20 Sponsor Presentation-MineRP
14:20-14:35 Closing Remarks
Registration Fees
SAIMM Member/ Company/ Affiliate | R 3 500-00 |
Non- Member | R 3 999-00 |
Student / Retired Members | R 2 000-00 |
Non-members are entitled to free membership of the SAIMM, up to 30 June 2013 for attending this event
Registration Fees:
- Registration fee does not include accommodation
- Prepayment is required for all Registration Fees on or before the date of the event.
Contact
Cameron Nagel
Conference Co-ordinator
SAIMM, P O Box 61127
Marshalltown
2107
Tel: (011) 834-1273/7
Fax: (011) 833-8156 or (011) 838-5923
Co-ordinator Email: cameron@saimm.co.za