Rock mechanics focus to switch to optimisation
May 15 - 21, 2013
A SIGNIFICANT body of outstanding research and development results has helped turn Western Australia over the past 15 or so years from something of a “cowboy mining state” into a global centre of excellence for both mine ground support knowledge, and application of that know-how to achieve world-class mine safety. The cost of that transition has been high.
Big attendance booked for Austmine 2013
May 15 - 21, 2013
MORE than 400 people are expected to attend next week’s major event focused on the $A70 billion-plus Australian mining equipment, technology and services (METS) sector, Austmine 2013, which will include a discussion about what the mine of the future – the future circa 2053 – will look like.
AIMEX visitors looking ahead
May 15 - 21, 2013
MAY 17: AIMEX organiser Reed Mining Events’ switch from quadrennial to biannual staging of the Asia Pacific region’s major mining expo has landed the event in a subdued year for the industry as commodity prices sag and investment stalls. But exhibition director Paul Baker sees good reasons for optimism.
Gold talks sidelined amid investor sentiment
April 17 - 23, 2013
IN its entire 15-year history, Paydirt’s Gold Conference had never been cancelled, until two weeks ago when organisers decided to postpone the annual event, reflecting the current state of the gold sector.
Forum focus on shift rosters
April 10 - 16, 2013
WITH the mining investment boom in full swing mine shift rosters were all about attraction. Now with commodity prices squeezing margins, rosters remain a key focal point for mining organisations, according to a management consultant who will speak at the upcoming Mining Technology and Operations Summit 2013 in Western Australia.
Conference to provide rapid mine development insights
April 3 - 9, 2013
A HIGHLY topical focus event being held in the lead-up to this year’s AIMEX show in Sydney is Rapid Development 2013, which is expected to bring together some of the technical leaders in the field of rapid underground mine development.
Mount Isa expo is on again
April 3 - 9, 2013
THE long-running annual Mount Isa Mining Expo is again just around the corner and one bloke looking forward to the 2013 event is Steve Thomas, Sandvik Mining’s local account manager.
AIMEX 2013 to reflect changing face of mining supply
March 20 - 26, 2013
AS equipment suppliers from non-traditional regions eye off the lucrative Australian mining market, some previously unknown names and equipment makes will be seen for the first time at AIMEX – Asia Pacific’s International Mining Exhibition, in Sydney in August.
Obama advisor to join the diggers
February 6 - 12, 2013
DIGGERS and Dealers organisers have followed up the recent line-up of impressive keynote speakers, including economic commentators Nouriel Roubini, Niall Ferguson and Rodrigo de Rato, with news that this year’s conference will be addressed by former chief economic advisor to US president Barack Obama, Austan Goolsbee.
Events diary 2013
December 12 - 18, 2012
IF YOU’RE sick and tired of run-of-the-mill mining conferences this one in February, 2013, may be for you.
Four wise men
December 5 - 11, 2012
HOW to stimulate equity investors’ “hand to wallet reflex” in 2013, the Mines and Money 2012 panel discussion should have been renamed after Ivanplats founder Robert Friedland predictably provided the appropriate conference sound bite a few hours earlier. The four wise money men on the panel didn’t just go with “group shock therapy”.
Shades of green
December 5 - 11, 2012
AFTER the recent “encouragingly flat performance” of its September quarter Mining Eye Index, it was no great surprise Ernst & Young’s Lee Downham left no stone unturned in his search for positive capital raising trends to present to his Mines and Money London audience. High-yield bond issues for junior miners in 2013 might have been stretching things though.
Summit will spotlight key technology trends
November 7 - 13, 2012
THE upcoming Mining Technology & Operations Summit 2012 on the Gold Coast will feature presentations by several of Australia’s leading mining research figures, as well as Queensland Mining Corporation founder Howard Renshaw.
ACG looks to extract abstracts
October 24 - 30, 2012
OCTOBER 29: THE Australian Centre for Geomechanics is calling for abstracts from intending presenters at Ground Support 2013 next May in Perth, Western Australia.
Steels ain't steels
October 10 - 16, 2012
CAREY Smith invited himself back to the Australian Nickel Conference next year and his bullishness about the metal’s medium-term prospects, not to mention his open affection for management of the country’s top nickel producers, should ensure he makes the cut.
Austmine members to hear about rare technology, resource projects
October 10 - 16, 2012
OCTOBER 15: The man overseeing the world’s biggest single deployment of automated machinery, Rio Tinto Iron Ore ‘Mine of the Future’ program general manager James Petty, will address a gathering of Austmine and industry representatives in Perth on October 23.
MINExpo visitors to top 50,000
September 19 - 25, 2012
SEPTEMBER 24: THE “largest single assembly of mining equipment in history” is how Peabody Energy CEO Greg Boyce described MINExpo International 2012, officially opened this morning in Las Vegas, Nevada.
IPCC and the skills debate
September 13 - 19, 2012
A PLANNED discussion about “openpit mining of the future” at this month’s AusIMM Open Pit Operators’ Conference will again put the adequacy of the industry’s skills base under a spotlight. But a new focus in this debate may well be the capability to introduce unconventional mining methods – such as inpit crushing and conveying – that could become key to adjusting productivity and cost settings.
Conference to provide unique IPCC insights
September 13 - 19, 2012
INTERNATIONAL Mining magazine and sister company IM Events have put together a high-quality program for the second international Inpit Crushing and Conveying symposium being held in Bali, Indonesia, from October 24-26.
Leveritt aims to raising simulator training bar
September 13 - 19, 2012
THE rise and rise of simulation technology as a key training weapon in the arsenal of mining companies and contractors is no surprise to Sue Leveritt, senior researcher on the Earth Moving Equipment Safety Round Table (EMESRT) and member of the ‘human factors’ research team at the Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre (MISHC) at the University of Queensland.
