Conference Proceedings
Ninth Underground Operators' Conference 2005
Conference Proceedings
Ninth Underground Operators' Conference 2005
The Underground Operators' Conference has been gathering strength ever since the first conference was held in Broken Hill in 1977. The 2005 conference was once again an outstanding opportunity for owner and contract miners and their associated suppliers, consultants and researchers to engage in a common forum to discuss a number of operating issues that have confronted and been solved by the underground mining community.
The papers delivered and co-authored by owner and contract miners from across Australia was leavened by a sprinkling of overseas papers. It is fairly obvious that regardless of country, education standard of personnel or sophistication of mining methods, the issues confronting our mines are much the same. Their solutions, at times, are quite novel and we can all learn from fellow operators in other countries.
The papers delivered and co-authored by owner and contract miners from across Australia was leavened by a sprinkling of overseas papers. It is fairly obvious that regardless of country, education standard of personnel or sophistication of mining methods, the issues confronting our mines are much the same. Their solutions, at times, are quite novel and we can all learn from fellow operators in other countries.
Papers in collection
- Future Directions in Australian Contract Mining Go to Paper
- Northparkes Mines - Design, Sudden Failure, Air-Blast and Hazard Management at the E26 Block Cave Go to Paper
- From Inception to Completion - A Blind Bored Ventilation Shaft and Watertight Lining for the Springvale Coal Mine Go to Paper
- Recent Developments in Australian Shaft Excavation Practice - Raise Bored Shafts in Highly Stressed Rock Go to Paper
- Integrating North American Shaft Sinking Practices into Australian Operations - Telfer Hoist Shaft Development Go to Paper
- Controlling Stope Ring Relief in Multi-Level Mass Blasting Go to Paper
- Secondary Breakage Practice at the DOZ Block Cave Mine Go to Paper
- Perimeter Control in Development Mining Go to Paper
- The Application of Computer Modelling for Blasting and Flow in Sublevel Caving Operations Go to Paper
- Off to a Good Start with Lift #2: Drawbell Extraction - Northparkes Go to Paper
- Solving the Problems of Precharging Sublevel Caving Rings at Ridgeway Gold Mine Go to Paper
- Benchmarking - A Practical Technique for Measuring and Improving Operational Performance Go to Paper
- Differential Cut-Off Grades Go to Paper
- Modern Underground Drilling Rigs and Their Effect on Mine Production and Preparation Go to Paper
- ImPact - Extending Wireless LAN Technology Underground Go to Paper
- Introduction of Autonomous Loaders to Olympic Dam Operations, Australia Go to Paper
- Installation of an Underground Dispatch System and its Use in Business Performance Management Within Osborne's Mining Department Go to Paper
- Paste Fill Operations and Research at Cannington Mine Go to Paper
- CAF Backfill of Primary Stopes at Callie Underground Mine Go to Paper
- Backfill Technology Development at Xstrata Mount Isa Mines Between 1995 and 2005 Go to Paper
- Long Shaft - A Deep Level Mining Success Story Go to Paper
- Excavation of the Lift 2 Crusher Hydroset Chamber and Orepass in Seismically Active Conditions at Northparkes Mines Go to Paper
- Managing Seismic Hazards in a Narrow Vein Underground Operation Go to Paper
- The Effect of Stress Damage on Dilution in Narrow Vein Mines Go to Paper
- Specialised Equipment and Mining Techniques for Narrow Vein Mining Go to Paper
- Spraying the Surface or Just Scratching the Surface - What Are the Real Benefits of In-Cycle Fibrecrete? Go to Paper
- Improved Ground Control Using Hydro Scaling and In-Cycle Shotcrete Go to Paper
- Stope Performance at Olympic Dam Mine Go to Paper
- Underground Trucking into the Future Go to Paper
- Optimising Raising Development Using the Drop Raise Method at DOZ Mine PT Freeport Indonesia Go to Paper
- Conveyor Loading of Skips Go to Paper
- Technical Challenges Faced With Extracting a Transverse Pillar at Mount Isa Mines, Xstrata Copper Go to Paper
- Common Infrastructure Project - Development for the Future of PT Freeport Indonesia Go to Paper
- Mining Open Stopes at Cannington Mine Using a Vertical Retreat Open Stoping (VROS) Method Go to Paper
- The Use of Customer Operated Bulk Emulsion Systems for Improved Productivity at the Tara Underground Operations Go to Paper
- Mining Over 100 Stopes Per Year? - The Perilya Broken Hill Approach to Mine Planning Go to Paper
- Organisational Improvement Through Graduate Program Evolution Go to Paper
- A Review - Pillar Stability Issues at DOZ Block Cave Mine Go to Paper
- Investigations and Improvements to Ground Control Systems Used at Xstrata Copper - Mount Isa Copper Operations Go to Paper
- Maintaining Health and Retiring Healthy Go to Paper
- Minimising the Effects of Environment on Health and Productivity Go to Paper
- Driver Fatigue Through Nightshifts in Succession Go to Paper
- The New Management of Risk - Competency-Based Safety Go to Paper
- Current Trends and Future Opportunities in Underground Hardrock Ventilation Practices Go to Paper
- Underground Bulk Cooling at Callie Underground Mine Go to Paper
Contributor(s):
J Luxford, I Ross, A van As, R O’Brien, J Zeni, D O’Toole, D Sidea, B Upton, P Bonniwell, S H Chung, Q Liu, D C Flint, A Sinuhaji, T B Setyoko, H Kalangi, D K Miller, L Bottomley, A J Tucker, A Minchinton, P Dare-Bryan, A C Silveira, M Lovitt, T Hewitt, M Wiggin, P Trout, B Macaulay, A J Hall, P J Harper, T P Horsley, G Nord, P Cunningham, D Kent, J Kirkpatrick, C McHugh, P Willcox, M L Bloss, R Rankine, R Kintzel, K Kuganathan, L Neindorf, R Butcher, T Moran, G McLeay, J Nixon, A Weston, J V Slade, P Stewart, J Slade, R Trueman, J Blunt, P Ganza, D Moss, CJ Carr, L E Krause, G R Davison, P A Jenkins, J Mitchell, M E Oddie, M J Pascoe, A G L Pratt, A C Robertson, P B Ganza, CJ Noack, H Siswanto, M E Rakidjan, R Terlich, I Thin, D Grant, A Winchester, J Barber, B Mennie, R Poedjono, G Coad, S Freeman, A Suokas, A Henderson, B Mitchell, C Mroczek, C Lousberg, M McCarthy, D Flint, O Rindriatmoko, N Slade, B Andrew, L Krois, M Armstrong, G P Bates, N Mabbott, B Lloyd, C Pitzer, D J Brake, A Nixon, D Smith
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- Published: 2005
- Unique ID: PA-200501