Preliminary Technical Programme and Technical Highlights
Technical Visit
Wednesday 20 June 2012
Underground Mine, División El Teniente, Codelco, Chile
Visit for a maximum of 18 participants
In case enough delegates are interested, a 2nd visit will be organised for Tuesday 19th
Plenary Presentations (03 Presentations)
Extraterrestrial mining
Dr. Leslie Gertsch, Adjunct Associate Professor, Mining Engineering Missouri University of Science and Technology, United States of America
Contribution of deep-ocean mineral deposits to the global and South American
minerals wealth
James Hein, U.S. Geological Survey, United States of America
‘Developing total deposit knowledge’ – New approaches to manage uncertainty and
mining risk in complicated operational environments
Margaretha Scott, Directora del WH Bryan Mining & Geology Research Centre, SMI, Australia
Discussion Forum Friday 10:50 – 12:30
Continuous Mining – details to be confirmed Article Status
Represented Countries (12): Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Iran, Pakistan, Peru, New Zealand and United States of America
Areas of Interest
Geological Modelling 5
Mine Planning 5
Optimisation of Mining Processes 5
Sampling and Geostatistics 7
Drilling and Blasting 6
Underground Mining 7
Mineral Economics 6
Integrated Management in the Mining Business 6
I. Geological Modelling (5 abstracts)
Implementation of parallelized conditional simulation in graphical processing units for generating large resource models
Daniel Baeza, Exequiel Sepúlveda, Julián Ortiz, Universidad de Chile
Update of the geologic-structural Veta Blanca model using bench mapping process with Shape Metrix 3D at El Soldado
Ricardo Lau and Laura Torres, División El Soldado, Anglo American Sur, Chile Analysis of the design context for open source software in the minerals sector
Safi U. Rehman and Muhammad M. Khan, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Pakistan
Mining and remote sensors Maria E. Pezoa, ESRI, Chile
Hybrid model based on iso-seismic map for monitoring of a quarry in urban area
Giselle Ramírez and Sergio Médici, Department of Mines and Petroleum, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
II. Mine Planning (5 abstracts)
Geostatistical estimation risk: A proposal of treatment in long term mine planning
Diego Muñoz and Mario Solari, Departamento de Ingeniería Civil de Minas, Universidad de Chile; Ricardo San Martin and Rafael Epstein, Departamento de Ingeniería Civil industrial, Universidad de Chile
A 3D mine simulation model and its application in mine planning Yi Huang, AMEC Americas, Canada
Robust and flexible mine planning: From theory to practice
Andrea Valle, Carlos Deck, Melanie Rademacher and Juan Guzman, Gestión y Economía Minera, Chile
Final Pit: Simulated annealing approach with floating cones
Manuel Reyes, Xavier Emery and Nelson Morales, Universidad de Chile
Algorithms based on aggregation for the open pit block scheduling problem
Enrique Jélvez, Departamento Ingeniería de Minas, Universidad de Chile; Nelson Morales, Grupo de Planificación Minera AMTC, Universidad de Chile; Juan Peypouquet, Departamento de Matemática, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile; Patricio Reyes, Departamento Estadística e Investigación de Operaciones, Universidad Carlos III Madrid, Spain
III. Optimisation of Mining Processes (5 abstracts)
Mine simulation of an open pit mine material handling system using discrete events Juan Yarmuch and Julian Ortiz, Universidad de Chile
Intelligent collision avoidance for mining shovels
Nima Nabavi, Nicholas Himmelman, Ian Bell and Shahram Tafazol, Motion Metrics Interrnational Corp, Canada
Deep well drainage system
David Ríos, Minera Newmont, Chile Risk analysis on fleet size of mining
Alex Miranda and Ricardo Noronha, VALE, Brazil
Reengineering frontline supervision through a centralised control room and mobile portable devices
Sean Dessureault and Rosa M. Rojas, Mining and Geological Engineering Department, University of Arizona, USA.
IV. Sampling and Geostatistics (7 abstracts)
Grade sampling in the El Teniente mine, Chile
Marcelo Ramírez and Pablo Rojas, División El Teniente, Codelco, Chile
Geostatistical modelling of the sulphide mineralogy in a copper ore deposit
Xavier Emery and Ignacio Gálvez, Advanced Mining Technology Center, Universidad de Chile Multivariate estimation of recoverable resources in a lateritic nickel deposit
Xavier Emery and Enrique Caballero, Advanced Mining Technology Center, Universidad de Chile
Joint simulation of total and soluble copper grades in an oxide copper deposit
Xavier Emery and Werner Lange, Advanced Mining Technology Center, Universidad de Chile Bulk sampling design for Darreh – zereshk copper porphyry deposit, Taft, Iran
Ali Hassani, Maryam Sahafzadeh, Mohamad Habibian and Mohamad Mirjalili, Kavoshgaran Consulting Engineers, Iran
An application of cokriging to estimate the mineral resources in an iron ore deposit Ignacio Salinas and Xavier Emery, Universidad de Chile
Implementation of a grade control and reconciliation system at the Veladero Mine
Arturo Martinez and Ricardo Cerda, MineSight Applications, Chile; Juan Chuquimango, Minas Argentinas
V. Drilling and Blasting (6 abstracts)
Quantification of blasting fragmentation improvement for a SAG milling Plant through method 2k factorial
Jair F. Alarcón and Mauricio Miranda, Orica Mining Services, Chile
Application of a blast-based mine-to-leach model in Barrick Zaldivar
Carlos Muñoz, Daniel Toro, Felipe Contreras and Jair Alarcón, Orica Mining Services, Chile; Richard Palape and Javier Estay, Compañía Minera Zaldívar-Barrick, Chile
Blast induced fragment conditioning to improve leaching performance
Héctor Parra and Italo Onederra, W H Bryan Mining and Geology Research Centre, University of Queensland, Australia; Simon Michaux, Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre, University of Queensland, Australia
A novel approach to assess sustainable performance of blasting operations
Héctor Parra, W H Bryan Mining and Geology Research Centre, University of Queensland, Australia; Barbara Onate and Daniel Tuazon, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, University of Queensland, Australia
Application of Shaped Charge Technology in Secondary Breaking Operations
Mario Vicuña and Guillermo Gortaris, IM2, Codelco, Chile; Néstor García, FAMAE, Chile; Ernesto Arancibia, Codelco, Chile
Prediction model for drilling torque
VI. Underground Mining (7 abstracts)
Good practices in tunnelling, the experience of Norway Oyvind Engelstad and Matías Egaña, Norconsult Andina, Chile Planning of a caving operations for high rate extraction systems Ernesto Arancibia, Fidel Báez, Eduardo Viera, Codelco, Chile
Mining with low profile crushers: The experience at Codelco Chile
Pablo Fuenzalida, IM2, Codelco, Chile; Jorge Baraqui, Codelco, Chile; Raúl Castro, Universidad de Chile
An application of mixed integer linear programming for block cave production scheduling Hooman Askari-Nasab and Yashar Pourrahimian, University of Alberta, Canada
Precast structures for draw point in block/panel caving
Pablo Fuenzalida, IM2, Codelco, Chile; Jorge Baraqui, Codelco, Chile Mixing model of secondary fragmentation in block/panel caving
Nicolás Montecino and Raúl Castro, Block Caving Laboratory, Universidad de Chile Underground development sequencer and schedule applied to a panel caving mine Maximiliano Alarcón, Edgardo Madariaga and Nelson Morales, Universidad de Chile
VII. Mineral Economics (6 abstracts)
Linking cash flows and ore body uncertainty: statistical activity cost analysis for valuation risk
Michael Falta, University of Otago, New Zealand; Roger Willett, University of Tasmania, Australia; Rodney Wolff, W H Bryan Mining and Geology Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Australia
Real options in open pit mine planning under geological uncertainty Nelson Morelas and Bastian Rudloff, Universidad de Chile
Arbitrage valuation and the risk-adjusted discount rate of a mining project Ricardo Borquez, MQA Consultores, Chile
Organization of the copper market, scarcity and certainty in proper economic governance Matías Pinto, Christian Moscoso and Fernando Acosta, Departamento de Ingeniería Civil Minas, Universidad de Chile
Economic governance and the financing of the lithium junior exploration on the Toronto Venture Exchange
Felipe Aguilera, Christian Moscoso and Fernando Acosta, Departamento de Ingeniería de Minas Universidad de Chile
Australia's capital market analysis in the mining exploration industry Agustin Panes and Christian Moscoso, Universidad de Chile
VIII. Integrated management in the mining business (6 abstracts)
Life-of-project approach to mine planning, operations and project value Sarah Schwarz, Karin Olson Hoal and John Jackson, JKTech, Australia Mine-mill operational management model
Andrea González and Juan Rayo, JRI Ingeniería, Chile
Robotic products for mining industry: managing innovation
Luis Ramírez, Luis Baeza and Carlos Carmona, Minin Industry Robotic Solutions (MIRS), Chile Cost reduction model in the mining sector
Omar Cueva, Compañia Minera Antamina, Peru
Geospatial integrated management in the corporate office Juan Silva, ESRI, Chile
Considerations for the territorial feasibility of mining projects Pilar Oyarzún, Chile Registros, Chile
ABSTRACTS DISTRIBUTION
Mining companies (12 Abstracts)
1. Anglo American, Chile 2. Codelco, Chile
3. Compañía Minera Antamina, Peru
4. Compañía Minera Zaldivar, Barrick, Chile 5. División El Soldado, Anglo American Sur, Chile 6. División El Teniente, Codelco, Chile
7. División Mantoverde, Anglo American Sur, Chile 8. Minas Argentinas, Argentina
9. Minera Yanacocha, Peru 10. VALE, Brazil
11. Yamana Gold, Chile
Engineering and consulting companies (08 Abstracts)
1. AMEC International Ingeniería y Construcción, Chile 2. Chile Registros, Chile
3. GEM, Gestión y Economía Minera, Chile 4. JKTech, Australia
5. JRI Ingeniería, Chile
6. Kavoshgaran Consulting Engineers, Iran 7. MQA Consultores, Chile
8. Norconsult Andina, Chile
Universities and research centres (22 Abstracts)
1. Advanced Mining Technology Centre, Universidad de Chile
2. Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, University of Queensland, Australia 3. Instituto de innovación en Minería y Metalurgia (IM2), Codelco, Chile
4. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile 5. Universidad Carlos III, Spain
6. Universidad de Chile
7. Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile 8. Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
9. University of Alberta, Canada 10. University of Arizona, USA
11. University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Pakistan 12. University of Otago, New Zealand
13. University of Tasmania, Australia
Suppliers companies (5 Abstracts) 1. ESRI, Chile
2. FAMAE, Chile
3. MineSight Applications, Chile
4. Mining Industry Robotic Solutions (MIRS), Chile 5. Motion Metrics International Corp., Canada 6. ORICA Mining Services, Chile