09:00 Opening Remarks from the Chair

09:10 THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS

Inspector’s Overview: An update on legislative changes and leading practices

• The development of a federal framework for mine safety
• Current and future legislation and what it means for your mine
• Successful implementation and interpretation of regulations
• The development of risk assessment and the hierarchy of control

Ken Singer
Acting Deputy Chief Inspector of Coal Mines
DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INNOVATION, QUEENSLAND

09:50 COAL AND HARD ROCK – ARE THERE ANY DIFFERENCES FROM A VENTILATION PERSPECTIVE?

Coal and Hard Rock ventilation are estranged cousins, is there anything they could learn from each other?

• The theory of mine ventilation and what this means for coal and hard rock ventilation
• The practical experience in terms of contaminants and scale
• What this means for mine planning

Dr Michael Tuck
Associate Professor of Mining Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT

11:00 CASE STUDY: DEVELOPING THE HUNTLY EAST MINE VENTILATION SHAFT

This is the first ventilation shaft driven in the Huntly Coal Field for 30 years and will access signicant coal reserves allowing expansion of the existing Huntly East Mine for the next 20 years.

• Determination of optimum location
• Design requirements for shaft size and duty
• Scope of services to be provided with shaft
• Emergency egress implications
• Environmental constraint on shaft construction and operation.
• Risk assessment of shaft construction techniques
• Tender and contract issues

Bill Farnworth
Thick Seam Mining Manager
SOLID ENERGY

11:40 CASE STUDY: DOZ BLOCK CAVE MINE PEAK PRODUCTION VENTILATION CHALLENGES

This paper will outline a single district block cave mine with 80,000 tpd ventilation challenges; on supporting mine peak production and the next mine expansion.

• Existing primary ventilation system
• Existing secondary ventilation system
• Mine operation challenges
• Mine fire risk & real time monitoring
• Mine expansion challenge

Sani Riza
Ventilation Superintendent
FREEPORT INDONESIA

12:20 Event Partner Presentation: Gia Australia

13:40 ASSESSING AND COMPARING EXISTING VENTILATION NETWORK SOFTWARE

Effective mine planning is increasingly important, this presentation will compare Ventgraph, Ventsim, Minevent (Ohio Automation), VNetPC (Mine Ventilation Services) and MFIRE 3.0 (beta version).

• The importance of ventilation simulation for mine planning and expansions
• Comparing data processing
• The fidelity of the various software packages
• Data models and representation
• Outcome and conclusions

Dr Jerry Tien
Associate Professor of Mining Engineering
MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

14:20 THE ROLE OF VENTILATION OFFICERS IN FACILITATING COAL MINE RESCUE

Ventilation Officers have an importance role to play in the re-entry decision. This presentation will outline this role in more detail.

• The contentious issue of mine re-entry and the risk of putting more lives in danger
• The information that Ventilation Officers can provide, and rescue teams require, before being able to re-enter a mine
• Innovations and changes in the decision making process

Darren Brady
Manager – Occupational Hygiene, Environment and Chemistry Centre
SIMTARS

15:00 DPM MODELLING, MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION – SOME TRUTH AMOUNGST THE MYTH AND MADNESS

Monitoring – Are you sure its right!
Management Plans - Its often the simplest things that make the biggest difference
Remediation - Find your 10%
Myth and Madness - Is there a silver bullet solution?

Colin Chandler
Chief Executive Officer
Peak3

15:30 PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW DO WE KEEP ENGINEERS IN MINE VENTILATION?

Mine Ventilation has typically struggled with retaining its engineers, as it is often seen as a stepping stone onto other disciplines. How can this be addressed?

15:50 DUST MONITORING AND CONTROL EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT IN LONGWALL MINING

This presentation will outline a new testing methodology to determine installed control efficiency for both respirable and inhalable dust and reports the initial dust measurement results based on this methodology.

• Increasing amount of dust due to expanded production
• The statutory dust measurements used in underground coal mines
• The limits of the statutory dust measurements to determine source, quantity and timing of respirable dust
• Challenge this creates in determining the relative effectiveness of the different control technologies
• The new testing methodology and its impact for longwall mines

Brian Plush
PhD Candidate
UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG

16:30 Closing Remarks from the Chair and End of Day 1

17.00 Start of Workshop A