Agenda Day Two
CONFERENCE DAY TWO
TUESDAY 26th OCTOBER 2010
830 Breakfast: Enjoy a big BBQ breakfast with the speakers and fellow delegates!
Meet at the exhibition area
9:30 Opening remarks from the morning Chair:
Jim Middleton, Chief Engineer - LW Mines, BHPBilliton
9:40 Development improvements through automating the cutting cycle of ABM25 miners
- Seeking opportunity for operational improvements through technology
- The challenge: Why develop the autocut system
- The "Autocut" sequence: How it works
- Rolling out the "Autocut" project: How the project was implemented
- Closing the loop: Monitoring and continuous refi nement of the “autocut” system
- Outline how the system works, how it was implemented and cemented into the development process
Bruce Davies, Services Electrical Engineer, Centennial Coal Mandalong
10:20 CASE STUDY: Developing the Carborough Downs Longwall Mine
Randall Freeman, General Manager, Vale Carborough Downs Broadlea
Richard Eveleigh, Managing Director, Inbye
11:00 Morning tea break
11.30 Equipment innovation and technology
Consider existing projects and answer:
- Why go to heavier Install and recovery equipment?
- The Safe use of Diesel Equipment in low height seems
- Why develop an underground MEWP (Mobile Elevated Work Platform)?
Analyse the need to develop new technology and equipment for Underground Coal Mines:
- Who was asking for this technology?
- The direction of underground Hire Equipment within the Coal Industry
Mark Doyle, General Manager, Underground Division, BIS Industrial Logistics
12:00 CASE STUDY: Moranbah North 1750 Tonne Longwall
David Sykes, GM Strategic Projects, AAMC
12:30 Process Based Production Management System using Electronic Machine Monitoring and Ruggedized PDA Technology
Paper will examine:
- How Process Based Management can significantly increase productivity
- Case Studies of systems developed by MCS, viewing results and optimised productivity
Chris Wilkinson, Managing Director, Mining Consultancy Services
1:00 Lunch
2:10 Introduction of afternoon Chair
Bob Miller, General Manager Mining Improvement, Solid Energy NZ
2:20 CASE STUDY: Longwall performance improvement at Kestrel Mine
John Coughlan, Plant and Equipment Manager, Rio Tinto Kestrel Mine
3:00 CASE STUDY: Clarence Colliery - Subsidence management
Allison Golsby, Technical Services Superintendent, Clarence Colliery, Centennial Coal
3:30 Afternoon tea break
4:00 Unleashing the potential of coal mine gas and coal seam gas in the Illawarra Coal Measures
Chris Rogers, Chief Operating Officer, Apex Energy NL
4:30 Groundwater management for longwall coal mining
- Operational and compliance issues for existing operations and solutions
- Groundwater information which can be gathered in a cost effective manner to support an expansion of mining
- Case study from an existing longwall operation
Peter Dundon, Senior Principal Hydrogeologist, Aquaterra
5:00 Closing remarks from the Chair
Close of conference
