Life of Mine Workshop
Life of Mine Workshop
Using Integrated Mine Planning to Select a Post-mining Land Use for Residual Mine Voids
Overview
In this 1-day workshop, we will explore the modifications to standard strategic mine planning methods that are required to evaluate and compare potential post-mining land use options for residual mine voids.
Activities will include:
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Presenting and discussing how mine planning considerations can influence the potential opportunities and constraints for post-mining uses for voids, including consideration of water-filled and backfilled options.
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Presenting the potential shortcomings of current practices based on standard financial calculations.
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Identifying the inter-connected aspects that will determine the viability of a land use for a void: pit optimisation, mine scheduling, landform and void design, waste characterisation, water balance and water quality.
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Outlining the strategic scenarios that must be analysed to deliver a comprehensive assessment of all potential post-mining land use options and identifying the type of results the analysis needs to produce to support a nuanced assessment of the options’ risks, benefits and values.
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Conducting multi-criteria analyses to compare the options and support the selection of the most suitable option.
Please note, these activities will be undertaken at conceptual level, with realistic but heavily simplified examples. Workshop participants will access a cloud-based simulation tool and will run scenarios designed for each activity.
Other information:
Participants will need to bring a laptop computer with standard office software (Excel) and the ability to access the internet.
This workshop is for any professional involved in life-of-mine planning who wishes to gain deeper insight into integrated planning approaches and the selection and valuation of post-mining land uses to achieve optimised outcomes.
As the approach requires collaboration between many disciplines, we encourage attendance by mine planners, environmental professionals, hydrologists, ecologists and water quality specialists.
Workshop facilitators:
Prof Claire Cote
She has held several positions in research and consulting, and worked with mining companies in Australia, Africa, Chile and Canada to address issues related to water and sustainable development, documenting and implementing best practices.
She gained extensive experience in the mining sector at Anglo American from 2011 to 2018, where she provided technical expertise on all topics related to environmental and water management, in Australia and Canada. She has led new approaches to improve planning for mine closure.
In her current role, she seeks to promote environmental excellence throughout the mining cycle, based on capacity building and targeted research programs on water and environmental management, closure planning and beneficial post mining land uses.
Bianca Voges-Haug
Bianca’s background in both regulatory and consultancy environments has provided her with a well-formed knowledge of environmental approval requirements, regulatory expectations, industry needs and how to communicate complex approval processes to clients. She has a particular interest in the Queensland Progressive Rehabilitation and Closure Plan (PRCP) framework. Bianca has assessed multiple PRCP applications as an assessment officer for DES, issued approval decisions on PRCP applications as a Delegate for DES, contributed to the development of PRCPs from a client side, and peer reviewed a number of PRCP applications for clients. She has also worked across a number of Australian jurisdictions and provided mine closure advice for resource projects in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and New South Wales.
Dr Ross Smith
Ed Holloway
Project based positions include strategic assessment and review, feasibility and pre-feasibility studies, life of mine planning, schedule optimisation, operational review and performance improvement. Ed has worked on some of the biggest green and brown field base-metal projects in Australia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and South America.
Operational positions include a range of production, planning, operational review, and internal review positions and assignments within Australia and South America.
Ed is a member of the AusIMM and a Senior Associate of The Financial Services Institute of Australia , he has a bachelor in Mining Engineering and a Master of Applied Finance. He is currently completing a PhD with the Sustainable Minerals Institute at UQ.
Dr Jason Dunlop
Jason has previously coordinated Environmental Impact Statements for major projects, provided expert scientific advice for licencing and management of water resources across the mining and petroleum and gas sectors, and has led water quality monitoring and contaminant research programs.
8 PD Hours
Date
Monday, 31 July 2023
Time
8:30 am - Registrations / Welcome
9.00 am - Workshop starts
5:00 pm - Workshop concludes
Location
Cliftons Brisbane,
24/288 Edward Street, Brisbane
Catering
Morning, afternoon tea and lunch included
Cost
AusIMM Member – $500
Non Member – $600
Non Delegate – $700*
Registrations have closed for this workshop and is attendance available on a request basis only. Please email conference@ausimm.com