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The conference sessions will be organised around four main themes, each of which will have a whole day of presentations, with the first two running concurrently on day one, and the second pair of themes on day two.

Within these themes, the sessions will reflect important areas of mining activity and equipment use in Australia, with papers cutting across all the main commodities mined in the country, from coal to iron ore, base and precious metals.

 Themes:

•    Drill and Blast
- Surface and Underground Rig Technology
- Explosives Delivery Solutions
- Remote Blasting and Electronic Detonation
- Hard Rock Cutting and Rapid Tunnelling

Click here for more information about the conference themes•    Loading and Hauling
- Automation
- Surface and Underground Contracting
- Increasing Machine Efficiency
- Earthmover Tyre Management

•    Crushing and Conveying
- Primary and Secondary Crushing
- IPCC Solutions
- Surface Miners

•    Processing
- Milling/Grinding Circuit Technology
- Optimising Metals Recovery
- Stockpile and Tailings Management

 

Conference paper highlights include:

Rapid mine development with the Shaft Boring System – Herrenknecht AG
 
Advances in gold process recovery from complex ores – Mineral Engineering Technical Services
 
Increasing productivity with correct mine truck body design – DT-Hi Load
 
Partnering with production to improve loader efficiency – Barrick
 
Natural gas for high-horsepower mining engines – Westport Power
 
Earthmover tyre retreading - the challenges and benefits – OTR Tyres
 
Underground contract mining – challenges at home and abroad – Barminco/African Underground Mining Services
 
Rio Tinto's surface mine automation program – Rio Tinto
 
Mine-to-mill: a proven method for increasing plant efficiency – Metso

Visualising the right IPCC solution – P&H Mining Equipment
 
3D stockpile volume measurement and visualisation using 2D radar technology – Indurad

State of the Earthmover Tyre Industry – Downer EDI Mining

SLAM Risks - United Sates Department of Labor Mines Safety and Health Administration

IsaMill application in the South African platinum industry - Xstrata Technology

Real time selective mining using the OreAlyzer drill cuttings sampler-analyser - Atlas Copco

Reducing blasthole drill carbon footprint using intelligent compressor control - Sandvik

Continuous mining in hard rock operations - Bucyrus

Precision Surface mining - choosing the best tool for the job - Vermeer

Servicing earthmover tyres and wheels - AME International

Efficient design of belt conveyors for capital and operating costs effectiveness - Conveyor Dynamics

Large grinding mills - gears versus gearless drives - CITIC HIC

Mine ore grade control problems and the effect on metals recovery - Mine On-Line Service Oy

In-pit crushing looms in Australia - ThyssenKrupp Materials Handling Pty Ltd

The programme will also include presentations from : ABB, Cubex, FLSmidth, MMD, Snowden Group,

Aker Wirth, Titan International and many more to be announced.

 

 

If you are interested in becoming a speaker at Mining Magazine Congress 2010, please contact Paul Moore at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .