MetPlant 2013 – Technical ProgramPan Pacific Perth, Western Australia

Sunday 14 July 20135.30 pm for 6.00 pm GD Delprat Distinguished Lecture on Flotation – Laureate Professor Graeme Jameson AO, University of Newcastle

Venue: Golden Ballroom, Pan Pacific Perth

DAY 1 – Monday 15 July 2013 – Pan Pacific Perth, Golden Ballroom8.00 am – 8.10 am Welcome: David Pollard, Conference Convenor

8.10 am – 8.20 am Conference Opening: Michael Catchpole, Chief Executive, The AusIMM

8.20 am – 8.30 am BPEQ Presentation — Clare Murray, Registrar, Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland

8.30 am – 9.00 am Keynote Presentation I: Is Bigger Better? Building Market Resilience into Process Plant Design —Peter McCarthy, Director, AMC Consultants Pty Ltd

Session 1: Comminution ISession Chair: Bjorn Nielson, Outotec

9.00 am – 9.25 am Australian Innovations in High Pressure Grinding Rolls and Large Grinding Mill Manufacture — E J Hofmann,J E Hofmann and A J Hofmann-Fritz

9.25 am – 9.50 am Stirred Milling Technology – A New Concept in Fine Grinding — I Roitto, H Lehto, A Paz and A Åstholm

9.50 am – 10.15 am Hybrid Process Control Strategy for the Ok Tedi Mining Ltd Semi-Autogenous Grinding Mill #2 – A Comparative Analysis — C Savage, R Rodriguez and G Metzner

10.15 am – 10.40 am Commissioning and Operating an Autogeneous Mill at Karowe Diamond Mine — L M van Niekerk, G N Ndlovu and N A Sikwa

10.40 am – 11.10 am Morning Tea & Exhibition, Grand River Ballroom & Foyer 3

Session 2: Comminution IISession Chair: Ron Grogan, ALS Metallurgy

11.10 am – 11.35 am The Selection Design and Application of Mill Liners for Large Wet Grinding Mills — D Connelly and C Thompson

11.35 am – 12.00 pm Advanced Media-Free Fine and Ultra-Fine Grinding – The Kelsey Axial Displacement Mill — J Kelly and C Kelsey

12.00 pm – 12.25 pm Pushing the Use of High Pressure Grinding Rolls in Magnetite Circuits — B C Povey

12.25 pm – 12.50 pm VertiMill® – Development of Circuit Survey and Performance Evaluation Protocols — S Palaniandy, M Powell,M Hilden, K Kermanshahi, J Allen and S Mwansa

12.50 pm – 12.55 pm Launch of Cost Estimation Handbook — Peter McCarthy, Director, AMC Consultants Pty Ltd

12.55 pm – 1.50 pm Lunch Break & Exhibition, Grand River Ballroom & Foyer 3

1.50 pm – 2.20 pm Keynote Presentation II: Geometallurgy – What Do You Really Need to Know from Exploration through toProduction? — Kathy Ehrig, Principal Geometallurgist, BHP Billiton

Session 3: Design I Session Chair: Aleksandar Jankovic, Metso Minerals (Australia) Limited

2.20 pm – 2.45 pm Energy Efficient Ball Mill Circuit – Equipment Sizing Considerations — A Jankovic and W Valery

2.45 pm – 3.10 pm Sustainability, Made Easy – A Business Improvement Case Study — G Corder, N Currey and G Becker.Presented by Diana Drinkwater.

3.10 pm – 3.35 pm A Review of Best Practice in Gravity Circuit Design and Operation — A Giblett, A Bax, G Wardell-Johnson andW Staunton

3.35 pm – 4.05 pm Afternoon Tea & Exhibition, Grand River Ballroom & Foyer 3

Session 4: Design IISession Chair: Brenton Burford, Xstrata Technology

4.05 pm – 4.30 pm Optimising Metallurgy at the Planning Stage to Minimise Environmental Impact – A Feedback Loop from Geochemical Waste Characterisation — P Mulvey and G McMillan

4.30 pm – 4.55 pm Integrated Maintenance Services at the Los Pelambres Mine in Chile – The Lessons Learnt and Best Practices Developed from a Long-Term Sustainable Relationship — J Misle, F Melo Miranda, L Avalos and M Ingwersen

4.55 pm – 5.20 pm Continuous Improvement – Changes in Metallurgy Can Have a Substantive Impact on Environmental Impact and Closure – Lessons Learnt from Environmental Auditing — P Mulvey

5.20 pm – 5.45 pm Mine Waste Risk Minimisation by Integrated Waste Management and Process Optimisation — D Brett

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DAY 2 – Tuesday 16 July 2013 – Pan Pacific Perth, Golden Ballroom

8.00 am – 8.30 am Keynote Presentation III: Developing a 'New and Innovative' Process Flow Sheet – Traps for all Players of all Ages — John Canterford, Principal, Process Technologies Australia

8.30 am – 9.00 am Keynote Presentation IV: Is an 80th Percentile Design Point Logical? — Dean David, Technical Director, AMEC Australia Pty Ltd

Session 5: PyrometallurgySession Chair: Edward McLean, Ausenco

9.00 am – 9.25 am Pyrometallurgical Process Solutions for Complex Raw Materials — S Hughes

9.25 am – 9.50 am Technology Selection for Removal of Contaminants from an Industrial Wastewater — A Salokannel,L M Nevatalo, M Martikainen, T van der Meer and J McCulloch

9.50 am – 10.15 am The Whys and Wherefores of Penalty Elements in Copper Concentrates — C Fountain

10.15 am – 10.45 am Morning Tea & Exhibition, Grand River Ballroom & Foyer 3

Session 6: Reviews and InsightsSession Chair: Michael Ingwersen, FLSmidth

10.45 am – 11.10 am Iron Ore Beneficiation in Australia — D J Miller

11.10 am – 11.35 am Mount Isa Mines Copper Concentrator – An Insight into Current and Historical Practice — W Y Lui andP Radulovic

11.35 am – 12.00 pm The Implementation of Floatstar Grade-Recovery Optimisation Control Solutions using Blue Cube Online Grade Analysers on Industrial Flotation Circuits — S M Mantsho, P Moswate, P Strobos and D Phillpotts

12.00 pm – 12.25 pm Fine and Coarse Iron Ore Beneficiation – An Evaluation into Global Technologies and Techniques —L M van Niekerk

12.25 pm – 12.50 pm Achieving Success in Large-Scale, Remote Area Metallurgical Plant Projects — T Hausler

12.50 pm – 1.50 pm Lunch Break & Exhibition, Grand River Ballroom & Foyer 3

1.50 pm – 2.20 pm Keynote Presentation V: The Importance of Sampling in the Mineral Industry — Ralph Holmes, Stream Leader, Carbon Steel, CSIRO Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship

Session 7: Bottom Line OpportunitiesSession Chair: Henry Kurth, Scantech International Pty Ltd

2.20 pm – 2.45 pm Development of an On-Site Mineralogy Solution for Metallurgists — D van der Wal, R Dobbe and K Moeller

2.45 pm – 3.10 pm Review of Metal Accounting Methods for In-Process Metal Inventories — L Lachance, S Gariépy, D Leroux andF Flament

3.10 pm – 3.35 pm Off-Grid Solar in the Mining Sector – Can Renewable Energy Reduce your Operating Costs? — C Chambers

3.35 pm – 4.05 pm Afternoon Tea & Exhibition, Grand River Ballroom & Foyer 3

Session 8: Flotation Design and Operations ISession Chair: Karen Keet, Blue Cube Systems (Pty) Ltd

4.05 pm – 4.30 pm Advances in Coarse Particle Flotation – Copper and Gold — J Kohmuench, H Thanasekaran and B Seaman

4.30 pm – 4.55 pm Molybdenum Flotation Circuit and Flotation Cells — D Meadows, D Jensen, F Traczyk, S Yu and L Riffo

4.55 pm – 5.20 pm The Application of High-Chrome Grinding Media at MMG Century Mine for Improved Grinding MediaConsumption and Metallurgy Performance — C Greet, D Obeng, J Kinal and P de Bosscher

5.20 pm – 5.45 pm Adapting the Ernest Henry Mining Concentrator to Process Mount Margaret Ores — S Gunn, J Siliezar,D Brooks and T Perkins

5.45 pm – 6.45 pm Happy HourGrand River Ballroom and Foyer 3

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DAY 3 – Wednesday 17 July 2013 – Pan Pacific Perth, Golden Ballroom

8.00 am – 8.30 am Keynote Presentation VI: Project Delivery — Greg Lane, Chief Technical Officer, Ausenco

Session 9: Flotation Design and Operations IISession Chair: Christopher Greet, Magotteaux Australia Pty Ltd

8.30 am – 8.55 am FLSmidth Flotation Developments – Dorr Oliver Machines — R Silva, K Caldwell, D Bell, T Olson and S Vianna

8.55 am – 9.20 am Optimisation of the Prominent Hill Flotation Circuit — P Woodward, N Muhamad and T Ly

9.20 am – 9.45 am Flotation Energy Consumption and Opportunities for Improvement — B Murphy

9.45 am – 10.10 am Low pH Trial in the Ernest Henry Mining Copper Rougher Flotation Circuit — B Kirkwood, J Kinal, J Siliezar andH Sofatzis

10.10 am – 10.40 am Morning Tea & Exhibition, Grand River Ballroom & Foyer 3

10.40 am – 11.10 am Keynote Presentation VII: Mineral Project Management – A Perspective from Four Decades in the Industry — John Dunlop, Mining Engineer, John S Dunlop & Associates Pty Ltd

Session 10: Gold Plant OptimisationSession Chair: Rob Coleman, Outotec

11.10 am – 11.35 am Considerations for Effective Gold Process Development — A Giblett, D Appelhans and R Dunne

11.35 am – 12.00 pm Carbon Management in a High Gold Price Environment — S R La Brooy and J K Claflin

12.00 pm – 12.25 pm Improvements in the Mercury Abatement and Process Efficiency of Adsorption, Desorption and Regeneration Gold Processing Operations — M Lefler, T Weldon, C Barton and B Randall

12.25 pm – 12.50 pm Martabe Overcomes the Challenges — R Sherrit, H Levings, E McLean and M Hoey

12.50 pm – 1.00 pm Conference Close: David Pollard, Conference Convenor

1.00 pm – 2.00 pm Lunch Break & Exhibition, Grand River Ballroom & Foyer 3

2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Hofmann Engineering Site Tour — Registered attendees are to assemble in the Pan Pacific Perth foyer at 1.40 pm

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The AusIMM• Members receive

a significant discount on the conferenceand its related activities. This discount isgenerally above the cost of an individual’sannual membership subscription.

• A selection of conference proceedings,monographs, technical journals will beavailable to purchase at this conference.

Professional DevelopmentIt is a requirement of AusIMM membership that individualsengage in an appropriate level of professional development(PD). Maintaining current knowledge and skills through PD activities is imperativeto ensuring AusIMM members continue to be the leading professionals in theglobal minerals sector.

Attending or presenting at this conference will contribute towards members’professional development. AusIMM Chartered Professional members and RPEQ’scan claim 18 hours towards professional development in their logbook.

Non-members of The AusIMM will receive a great offer relating to AusIMM membership. A Letter outlining this offerwill be given to you upon registration at the event. Visit The AusIMM booth for more information.

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Booth Company Website Number

1 MIPAC Pty Ltd www.mipac.com.au/

2 CITIC HIC Australia Pty Ltd www.citic-hic.com/

3 Mixtec www.mixtec.com.au/

4 Huntsman www.huntsman.com

5 Continental Engineering Services Australia Pty Ltd www.continental-industrie.com/

6 & 7 Outotec www.outotec.com

8 Magotteaux Australia (Pty) Ltd www.magotteaux.com

9 Bilfinger Water Technologies srl www.diemmefiltration.com/en/home.html

10 CONSEP www.consep.com.au

11 Pacific Consolidated Industries www.pci-intl.com/

12 Blue Cube Systems (Pty) Ltd www.bluecubesystems.com/

13 Vega Industries Limited www.aiaengineering.com/

14 & 36 Keramos Pty Ltd www.keramos.com.au/

15 AMEC Australia www.amec.com

16 Moly-Cop Australia www.molycop.com

17 JKTech Pty Ltd www.jktech.com.au/

18 Triple Point Technology www.tpt.com/

19 Simulus Pty Ltd www.simulusengineers.com/

20 Bureau Veritas Australia www.bureauveritas.com.au/

21 & 22 Metso Minerals (Australia) Limited www.metso.com/

23 Ausenco www.ausenco.com/

24 & 25 Endress+Hauser www.au.endress.com/

26 Scantech International www.scantech.com.au/

27 & 28 FLSmidth Pty Limited www.flsmidth.com/

29 Steinert Australia www.steinert.com.au/

30 DRA Pacific www.drap.com.au/

31 MathWorks Australia www.mathworks.com.au/

32 GBL Process www.gblprocess.com/

33 Gekko Systems www.gekkos.com/

34 METS Mineral Engineering Technical Services www.metsengineering.com/

35 ALS Metallurgy www.alsglobal.com/

37 Western Process Equipment www.westproquip.com.au/

38 FEI www.fei.com/default.aspx

39 KWA Kenwalt www.syscad.net/

40 Eriez Process Flotation Division www.eriez.com/flotation

41 SGS Lakefield Oretest www.sgs.com.au/

42 Donhad Pty Ltd www.donhad.com.au

43 Sandvik Mining www.mining.sandvik.com/au

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