Mining events diary 2012
November 24 - 30, 2011
SIGNIFICANT new iron ore projects in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mauritania, Cameroon and other parts of West Africa will be put under a spotlight at the upcoming Austmine Networking Series event in Perth, Western Australia.
New focus for Open Pit Mining Conference next year
November 24 - 30, 2011
THE Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy will change the focus of its Open Pit Mining Conference in 2012 when it will hold the eighth event in the international series.
Austmine networking series moves to Melbourne
November 10 - 16, 2011
NEWCREST Mining senior executive Lawrie Conway will lead a high-calibre trio of speakers discussing ‘Golden Opportunities in West Africa’ at the next Austmine Networking Series briefing on November 23 in Melbourne.
Events diary: rounding out 2011, peering into 2012
November 3 - 9, 2011
FIRST a disclaimer! Organisers of the upcoming South American Diggers Conference 2011 in Sydney have been careful to highlight the event has no connection with Kalgoorlie’s famous annual Diggers & Dealers forum.
The strategy is the destination, tactic is how you get there
October 6 - 12, 2011
MINING is a highly strategic business. Starting a new mining project is generally investment intensive (could cost billions of dollars), the lead time to bring a prospective ore deposit into production can be lengthy, and its potential for creating value is highly dependent on several unknown and uncontrollable factors such as the world economy and future prices of commodities. The risk of achieving a poor outcome is real but on the other hand, the reward can be outstanding provided that the strategy is right.
IPCC 2011 hailed a success
October 6 - 12, 2011
INTERNATIONAL Mining editor Paul Moore has described the inaugural In-Pit Crushing and Conveying (IPCC) conference in Belo Horizonte as “hugely successful”.
AIMEX success
September 15 - 21, 2011
VISITORS from New South Wales and Queensland dominated the record turnout at this year’s AIMEX show in Sydney.
10 must-see things at AIMEX 2011
September 8 - 14, 2011
SEPTEMBER 6: WHAT’S changed in the mining world in the past four years? In short, a lot. Most of the major differences will be captured in some way at this week’s AIMEX show – Australia’s biggest mining exhibition – in Sydney. For the time-poor, 10 displays that compress the changes into neat booth-size takeaways (with handouts, no doubt) are covered here.
Expo to be permanent Perth fixture: Reed
June 30 - July 6, 2011
REED Mining Events is going where others dared, but (in the main) failed in the past: the Perth mining exhibition market. The Mining & Energy Western Australia expo and conference runs from July 5-7 and will complement other large Reed mining events around Australia. HighGrade caught up with exhibition director Paul Baker for a preview of the new WA show.
In brief: Mozambique Coal, AIMEX 2011
June 9 - 15, 2011
ORGANISERS of next month’s Mozambique Coal conference in Maputo say more than 250 delegates are registered to attend.
It’ll be thunder in the dome at Mackay show
June 9 - 15, 2011
YEARS of work by mining simulator suppliers to dispel the notion of a simulator as a fancy (and very expensive) toy or gaming machine will go out the window, at least temporarily, in the central Queensland hub of Mackay later this month.
Events diary: from Brisbane to Belo Horizonte
May 5 - 11, 2011
XSTRATA Copper chief Charlie Sartain, one of the senior figures in Rio Tinto’s technology drive, John McGagh, and Vale Australia’s coal boss Steve Badenhorst head the line-up of mining corporate heads at the upcoming Austmine 2011 conference in Brisbane, Queensland.
Events diary 2011
April 14 - 20, 2011
A DELEGATION of Afghanistan government officials could make the trip to Brisbane for next month’s Austmine 2011 conference and exhibition, the major biennial event for Australia’s mining technology, services and manufacturing sector. Co-organiser, the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy this week released the conference program.
AIMEX to be the biggest yet
April 7 - 13, 2011
LARGE German and American contingents will lead international participation in Reed Exhibitions’ Asia-Pacific’s International Mining Exhibition 2011 in Sydney in September, which the organiser says will be Australia’s biggest ever mining expo.
Rio backs Austmine event; 2011 events diary
February 2 - 8, 2011
AUSTMINE and its event partner the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy have secured Rio Tinto as the major sponsor of the Austmine 2011 conference and exhibition in Brisbane in May.
Reed appoints new director
February 2 - 8, 2011
PAUL Baker has switched from manufacturing, printing and wine to mining as Reed Exhibitions’ new industrial exhibition director. His responsibilities include running Reed’s expanding portfolio of mining events.
The usual suspects
January 19 - 25, 2011
THOSE regular attendees at mining technology conferences who’ve had nagging suspicions about companies not being represented on the speaker’s podium can rest assured – it seems there are serial missing persons at these events.
AI on automation conference menu
January 19 - 25, 2011
THE global director of mining systems solutions at gold major Newmont Mining says artificial intelligence is a key to the rapid advance of automated underground machine development and use, which he believes could overtake progress in the surface mining arena.
Warm reception expected for Greenland bureau
December 1 - 7, 2010
GREENLAND day comes to Western Australia next week when Greenland’s Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum and a swag of companies already active in the country extol the exploration and investment virtues of the world’s largest island that is not a continent.
AusIMM wins support for MPES 2010
December 1 - 7, 2010
THE international Mine Planning & Equipment Selection (MPES) symposium has returned to Australia this year and if delegate and sponsor support is any indication it might not be long before the Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy (AusIMM) gets it back.
