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JKTech Pty Ltd 40 Isles Road, Indooroopilly, QLD 4068, AUSTRALIA | Telephone: +61 7 3365 5842 | Facsimile: +61 7 3365 5900 | [email protected] | www.jktech.com.au JKTech Today March 2012 World class solutions for the global resources industry JKTech’s MetSkill Program JKTech is rolling out an innovative training program designed to fast-track professional development for plant metallurgists. Two groups of young metallurgists are participating in the 2012 program, which combines classroom style learning with a very hands-on technical investigation in a selected process plant. This program, called MetSkill ® , was developed by JKTech in response to a demand for high quality training in metallurgical skills and techniques that can ensure that process plants are operating efficiently and profitably in the face of declining ore grades and harder and more complex ore deposits. Our two graduate groups are from the Minerals and Metals Group (MMG) and Newcrest Mining Limited. As well as learning about specialist topics in comminution, flotation and mineralogy from senior research and consulting professionals, the graduates are putting the principles into practice via their technical investigation, which also provides an opportunity for learning about good data collection, analysis and project management. Specialists from JKTech and the JKMRC are on hand to provide feedback and support throughout the program, either in face-to- face workshop sessions or via a supporting project web platform. According to Peter Tilyard, group metallurgist at MMG, “For MMG the MetSkill program is all about front line metallurgy. The aim is to bring MMG’s young metallurgists and chemical engineers “up to speed” in a relatively short time frame. We are grateful that JKTech have taken up the challenge. Our metallurgy group emerged from the first on-site module full of enthusiasm - so far so good!” Eleven graduates from four different MMG sites converged on Golden Grove in February for this first module, where they were guided through a series of activities culminating in delivery of a draft plant survey plan by a teaching team consisting of Sebastian Tello and Diana Drinkwater of JKTech and Professor Dee Bradshaw of the JKMRC. Their survey will take place in May and additional workshops covering topics such as mineralogy, ore characterisation, statistics, modelling and simulation will occur throughout 2012, allowing the group to analyse their own survey data and review their findings in time for a final report-back to MMG management in November. After the first module at Golden Grove, David Rantucci, a plant metallurgist at MMG’s Century mine, said “As a new Metallurgist, the MetSkill program provided me an opportunity to apply the fundamental skills of mineral processing in a real world environment. This has allowed me to cement my understanding and application of the fundamentals and provided me with the necessary skill-set to succeed in future endeavours.” The first workshop for the Newcrest graduate group will take place at Telfer in March, and will involve a similar group of graduates from five different Newcrest operations. The course module content is similar but they will have quite a different technical project to work on. Each project is negotiated up-front with the client company. Diana Drinkwater, MetSkill program coordinator for JKTech, says that “the technical investigation is the key to the whole program. Unless the graduates are working on a meaningful project with potential to deliver improved performance for their organisation, we won’t have the right drivers in place for technical skills development.”
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JKTech Pty Ltd
40 Isles Road, Indooroopilly, QLD 4068, AUSTRALIA | Telephone: +61 7 3365 5842 | Facsimile: +61 7 3365 5900 | [email protected] | www.jktech.com.au
JKTech TodayMarch 2012
World class solutions for the global resources industry
JKTech’s MetSkill ProgramJKTech is rolling out an innovative training program designed to fast-track professional development for plant metallurgists.
Two groups of young metallurgists are participating in the 2012 program, which combines classroom style learning with a very hands-on technical investigation in a selected process plant.
This program, called MetSkill®, was developed by JKTech in response to a demand for high quality training in metallurgical skills and techniques that can ensure that process plants are operating efficiently and profitably in the face of declining ore grades and harder and more complex ore deposits. Our two graduate groups are from the Minerals and Metals Group (MMG) and Newcrest Mining Limited. As well as learning about specialist topics in comminution, flotation and mineralogy from senior research and consulting professionals, the graduates are putting the principles into practice via their technical investigation, which also provides an opportunity for learning about good data collection, analysis and project management. Specialists from JKTech and the JKMRC are on hand to provide feedback and support throughout the program, either in face-to-face workshop sessions or via a supporting project web platform.
According to Peter Tilyard, group metallurgist at MMG, “For MMG the MetSkill program is all about front line metallurgy. The aim is to bring MMG’s young metallurgists and chemical engineers “up to speed” in a relatively short time frame. We are grateful that JKTech have taken up the challenge. Our metallurgy group emerged from the first on-site module full of enthusiasm - so far so good!”
Eleven graduates from four different MMG sites converged on Golden Grove in February for this first module, where they were guided through a series of activities culminating in delivery of a draft plant survey plan by a teaching team consisting of Sebastian Tello and Diana Drinkwater of JKTech and Professor Dee Bradshaw of the JKMRC. Their survey will take place in May and additional workshops covering topics such as mineralogy, ore characterisation, statistics, modelling and simulation will occur throughout 2012, allowing the group to analyse their own survey data and review their findings in time for a final report-back to MMG management in November.
After the first module at Golden Grove, David Rantucci, a plant metallurgist at MMG’s Century mine, said “As a new Metallurgist, the MetSkill program provided me an opportunity to apply the fundamental skills of mineral processing in a real world environment. This has allowed me to cement my understanding and application of the fundamentals and provided me with the necessary skill-set to succeed in future endeavours.”
The first workshop for the Newcrest graduate group will take place at Telfer in March, and will involve a similar group of graduates from five different Newcrest operations. The course module content is similar but they will have quite a different technical project to work on. Each project is negotiated up-front with the client company. Diana Drinkwater, MetSkill program coordinator for JKTech, says that “the technical investigation is the key to the whole program. Unless the graduates are working on a meaningful project with potential to deliver improved performance for their organisation, we won’t have the right drivers in place for technical skills development.”
JK AureconResponding to Rising Infrastructure Capital Costs
JKTech Pty Ltd40 Isles Road, Indooroopilly, QLD 4068, AUSTRALIA | Telephone: +61 7 3365 5842 Facsimile: +61 7 3365 5900 | [email protected] | www.jktech.com.au
Next month, R2Mining, releases the all new Australian Metal Cost Guide (AMCG), designed to give customers the data for all pertinent cost estimating areas at their fingertips. With over 500 pages of easy-to-find, indexed information, cost studies can now be faster and easier.
Many businesses and government departments rely on accurate cost information in order to make the best possible decisions. The newly released Australian Metal Cost Guide (AMCG), which is specific to the Australian market place, provides exactly that; complete and detailed information that reflects current, actual conditions.
The Australian Metal Cost Guide (AMCG) is developed from ongoing surveys of a network of mining companies, utilities, suppliers and tax specialists with the information contained in the Guide being particularly relevant in making development decisions, appraisals and acquisitions, as well as coal property evaluations.
In February, JKTech Managers Sarma Kanchibotla and Sebastian Tello ran a Mine to Mill workshop in conjunction with the SME Annual Meeting in Seattle, USA. The well attended workshop demonstrated to participants how to maximise the overall profitability of mining operations by implementing the holistic methodology known as ‘Mine to Mill Process Optimisation’. The objective of the workshop is to increase the awareness and communication between mining engineers and metallurgists to work collaboratively to improve the overall profitability of their operations.
Linking expert assessment of mine processing with enabling mine infrastructure will lead the way in reducing total costs and improving sustainability outcomes for resource projects.
Traditionally, the driver for engineering firm selection for mine feasibility studies has been relevant process plant design experience, with the secondary assumption that any related infrastructure scope can be successfully delivered. This may have been appropriate for developed countries, when plant and equipment were the main costs and infrastructure delivery was relatively simple. However, the past 12 years have seen the capital costs surrounding mining infrastructure increase significantly with infrastructure now accounting for more than 70% of total project cost.
It no longer makes sense to design infrastructure after the life of mine plan has been optimised; with such a significant impact on project cost and risk, infrastructure must be part of the optimisation cycle. The JK Aurecon Alliance proposes a new resource project development approach that links expert assessment of mine and metal extraction with enabling infrastructure. The strength of JK Aurecon’s approach comes from incorporating infrastructure design into the geometallurgy and mine design process. Previous generation feasibility studies often considered mine, process and infrastructure designs separately, leading to inefficient, high risk, high cost projects with limited flexibility and optionality.
Benefits for clients using JK Aurecon’s unique approach include reduced and more certain project costs, surety of operational performance, lower requirements for electricity and water, leading to more sustainable mines, and staged delivery of infrastructure in line with more accurate project lifecycle scheduling.
JK Aurecon specialise in resources studies, reviews throughout the project life cycle and the role of owner’s engineer.
A JKTECH AND AURECON ALLIANCE
Next generation resources
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Australian Metal Cost Guide (AMCG)
Mine To Mill Workshop a Success
A JKTECH AND AURECON ALLIANCE
Next generation resources
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New Faces at JKTech
Dr Luke Keeney, who has joined JKTech as Senior Consultant for the Geometallurgy Group, graduated from the University of Queensland with dual BSc/BEd degrees in the areas of mathematics, physics and secondary education in 2002 and BSc in geology in 2004. He commenced work with CSIRO/QCAT in 2005 working on the development of a guidelines manual for engineers on open pit slope design.
Prior to joining JKTech, Luke worked at the JKMRC on validating research outcomes of the AMIRA P843 GeMIII Project through working on and managing case studies at a range of global operations, undertaking consulting activities and assisting in technology transfer and commercialisation of research outcomes to industry.
Dr Catherine Pattenden recently joined JKTech as Manager, Social Responsibility. Prior to this Catherine spent six years at the University of Queensland’s Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining where she held the position of Senior Research Fellow.
Catherine has worked in the minerals industry for over a decade in both research and operational roles. Catherine’s consulting activities have involved development of sustainability monitoring and evaluations frameworks for regional socio-economic development, resource towns, Indigenous employment and economic development, baseline and social impact evaluations, workforce diversity and women in mining. Catherine holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Western Australia and a BA (Hons) in Anthropology from The University of Melbourne.
Vasile Matei joins JKTech as Comminution Consultant. Vas commenced his mineral processing career in 2002 at the University of Cape Town as a research assistant, specialising in flotation test-work and analysis. In 2005 Vas graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Cape Peninsula University.
In 2006 Vas joined Lonmin Platinum where he was initially responsible for the FCTR facility working mostly on ore characterisation and plant auditing. In 2008 Vas was promoted to Senior Process Engineer at Lonmin’s EPL Concentrator plant where he regularly acted as Process Manager. Vas joined Mauritanian Copper Mines, a subsidiary of First Quantum Minerals in 2011 where he was responsible for all comminution aspects of the copper-gold concentrator.
Melissa Perumal has joined JKTech as Flotation Consultant working from the Metallurgical Services Laboratory in Sumner Park, Brisbane. Melissa received a Bachelor of Science (Engineering) from the Kwa-Zulu Natal University in South Africa.
Following the completion of her degree, Melissa worked for over four years in the mineral processing industry in South Africa.
To facilitate delivery of its G-MIRM program to Anglo Gold Ashanti in South Africa and other African clients, JKTech has established an office with training facilities in Johannesburg. Managing the delivery of G-MIRM in Africa out of JKTech’s new office will be Lee Ewing, Regional Branch Manager Africa.
In recent years JKTech has expanded its capabilities to include mine cost estimating, geometallurgical services, risk management services as well as consulting in sustainability principles and social responsibility.
Dr Dan Alexander, CEO of JKTech, says “we plan to take these technologies to the world stage by creating in-region expertise. This will allow us to provide our customers with expertise across the life of mine cycle on a global basis.”
South Africa Focus of Expanding Capabilities
New Faces at JKTechLisa Laurie, SUSOP’s Compliance and Marketing Officer, provides an overview of the first year of operation for SUSOP.
Since the launch of SUSOP Pty Ltd in March 2011, we have been busy promoting the SUSOP® framework across Australia and overseas, developing and running training courses, facilitating workshops and numerous other start-up activities. If you are not already familiar with the framework, you can think of SUSOP® as somewhat of a sustainability analogy to HAZOP (hazard and operability studies) and other hazard and safety techniques that are used to incorporate safety principles into projects.
SUSOP® is a rigorous and systematic procedure, comprising multi-disciplinary workshops and detailed analysis, to incorporate corporate sustainability principles into the design and operation on mining and minerals projects and operations. A key outcome of applying SUSOP® is the SD Balance Sheet™ that concisely illustrates the positive benefits of designing projects based on sustainability objectives versus the business-as-usual approach (Figure 1). During our first year of activities, we have applied the SUSOP® framework to:
• Help accelerate the approvals process for a new copper mine in Western Australia;
• Assist with achieving better project definition and financial close for a start-up mining project in South America;
• Identify key opportunities, particularly on water use and recycling, to assist with the approvals process for a proposed new mining project in Queensland;
• Produce a set of prioritised sustainability risks and opportunities, focusing on community, for an international copper mining project at the pre-feasibility stage; and
• Starting next month, a major new study will commence on a chemical plant project in South America.
In all the studies that we have done to date, SUSOP® has proved very useful in analysing sustainability opportunities and risks for new or ongoing projects. The framework can also assist planning for project closure to deliver better sustainability benefits and reduce post-closure risks.
During 2011, SUSOP partnered with SMI Knowledge Transfer to help deliver three professional development courses on “business risks and sustainability”. Attendees found the 1-day course to be a great introduction to sustainable development risks and opportunities and were able to learn about the latest leading-edge thinking on sustainability concepts and issues, and how to translate their own corporate sustainability principles into operating practice and design. The 2012 course schedule is available on our training calendar at www.susop.com.au. As part of the Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Development at the University of Queensland (UQ), SUSOP has developed a course focussing on the integration of sustainable development tools across disciplines. The course is currently for postgraduate students at the Sustainable Minerals Institute at UQ and was launched in Semester 1 this year. The aim is for the course to eventually be offered as part of a continuing professional development program for industry professionals.
As part of its marketing and promotion activities, SUSOP staff and collaborators presented at three Australian conferences, three international conferences, and had papers published in several journals. The coming year will see this trend continue, with the next presentations being at the Managing Resources Wastes conference in Perth and the Life-of-Mine conference in Brisbane.
The minerals industry from the highest level has made a strong public commitment to sustainability, either through their own corporate policies or those of industry bodies like the International Council of Mining and Metals and the Minerals Council of Australia. The challenge is to incorporate the core ideals of sustainability development articulated in these polices and principles at the “on the ground” level of design and operation of mining and minerals projects. SUSOP® answers this challenge for the practising professional.
Contact: Lisa Laurie, Compliance and Marketing Officer, [email protected]
SUSOP® One Year On
sustainable operations
Use the sUsOP® framework in your business to incorporate sustainable development principlesinto industrial design, operation and business decision-making.
HAZOP (hazard and operability studies) brought a design methodology to safety. SUSOP® will do the same for sustainability.
SUSOP®
Figure 1: An example of an SD Balance Sheet™ showing the impacts of a project after implementation of sustainable development opportunities SUSOP® brings to projects a “design methodology” for sustainability and provides a structured mechanism for managing the broader environmental and community/social risks and associated opportunities, as well as financial and technical risks.
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Expomin 20129-13 April, Santiago, Chile
Comminution ‘1217-20 April, Cape Town, South Africa
Project Evaluation24-25 May, Melbourne, Australia
Metallurgical Laboratory Facility21 Wolston Road, Sumner Park QLD 4074E: [email protected]
Risk Management Services7A/1 Rialto Quay Drive, Hope Island QLD 4212E: [email protected]
SUSOP Pty Ltd93 Colin Street, West Perth WA 6005E: [email protected]
JKTech Africa10 Melrose BoulevardMelrose Arch, Melrose North 2196South AfricaE: [email protected]
UPCOMING CONFERENCESUpcoming Courses and Workshops 2012
JKTECH REPRESENTATIvES
JKTECH OFFICES
YOUR BenefiTs Of WORKing WiTh JKTeCh
1. Proven track record of assisting mineral industry professionals make more informed and better decisions, while
understanding the risk exposure.
2. Access to cutting edge research and technology from the Centres of the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI).
3. A dedicated team of world class specialists, experts in their field, working to maximise the potential of each stage in your
project lifecycle including geometallurgy, blasting, mineral processing and sustainability.
For further information please contact:Ron McLean, Manager SMI Knowledge Transfer, [email protected]
APRIL 201216th-18th April Brisbane, Qld Mineral Finance Project Evaluation
19th April Brisbane, Qld Business Risks and Sustainable Development
30th Apr-2nd May Perth, WA Comparative Statistics and Experimental Design
MAY 20128th-9th May Brisbane, Qld Energy Efficient Comminution
8th-9th May Brisbane, Qld Introduction to Mineral Processing
9th May Brisbane, Qld How to Use Mineralogy Tools
10th-11th May Brisbane, Qld Leading Practice Water Management
10th-11th May Brisbane, Qld Flotation Chemistry
10th - 11th May Brisbane, Qld Metallurgical Accounting
14th-15th May Brisbane, Qld Introduction to JKSimMet for Simulation and Optimisation of Crushing and Grinding Circuits
14th-15th May Brisbane, Qld Process Mineralogy
14th-18th May Brisbane, Qld Measurement, Modelling and Simulation of Flotation Circuits - includes JKSimFloat
14th-18th May Brisbane, Qld JKSimMet Simulation and Optimisation of Crushing and Grinding Circuits
16th May Brisbane, Qld Excel for Metallurgists
16th-18th May Johannesburg, South Africa Comparative Statistics and Experimental Design
21st-23rd May Melbourne, Vic Mineral Finance Project Evaluation
JUNE 20124th-7th June Central/Regional, Qld Environmental Hazards and Risks
18th-22nd June Brisbane, Qld Global Minerals Industry Risk Management Program (G-MIRM)
25th-27th June Brisbane, Qld Comparative Statistics and Experimental Design
28th-29th June Brisbane, Qld Sampling Mineral Processing Plants
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