Agenda

CONFERENCE DAY ONE
TUESDAY 4 JUNE 2013

Day One | Day Two

8.30 Registration and morning coffee

8.50 Opening remarks from chairperson
John Spreadborough, Principal Engineer - Materials Handling, GHD

9.00 Bulk Materials Handling - Engineering Responsibilities
This presentation focuses on the Design Engineer's responsibilities within the “limited” engineering sphere of Bulk Materials Handling.
Tim Kirkness, Principal Mechanical Engineer, WorleyParsons

PORT EXPANSIONS

9.30 Utah Point Multi-User Bulk Export Facility Port Hedland
This facility was constructed on Finucane Island opposite the existing public berths and within the narrow neck of the Port Hedland harbour. The Utah Facility development concept consisted of a new dredged berth pocket and 270 metre long concrete wharf, travelling ship loader, 24 hectare stockyard and associated materials handling infrastructure.
Warren Farrow, Port Development Manager, Port Hedland Port Authority

10.00 Wiggins Island Coal Terminal - Design Case Study
Jim Harrison, Senior Consultant Mechanical, Aurecon
Lee Williams, Principal Bulk Materials Handling Engineer, Aurecon

10.30 Morning tea

11.00 CASE STUDY
Graham Warner, WearX

PROJECT DELI VERY & EXECUTION

11.30 Project Design and Delivery for Materials Handling Projects

The design and delivery of projects has changed with innovative methods adopted to meet the challenges to deliver on time and on budget. Examples will be drawing from WorleyParsons recent project involvement including:

• Port Marine Structures
• Port Materials Handling
• Mine Site Processing and Handling

Angus Pidgeon, Technical Manager, WorleyParsons

12.00 Delivering Engineering Design

This presentation is targeted towards mining operations staff who, with limited experience of engineering design, find themselves engaging with design engineers to deliver greenfield or expansion projects. This brief discussion will identify project delivery concerns from the perspective of a design engineer with the intent of fostering awareness and enhancing future communications between project managers and their engineers.

Gene Zemaitis, Director - Business Development, GW Hyder

12.30 Challenging Economic Climate and the Impact on Materials Handling Projects

• Infrastructure constraints - power, rail, export facilities
• Owner's drivers and their project execution maturity
• Owner's project requirements (types of clients, their requirements and what this means in terms of project cost)
• Value Engineering - what can be done to cut cost (including revised mine plan, staggered delivery, and actual process design itself)
• The entrance of low-cost machines and equipment into the Western market

Ivy Lourel, Associate, Materials Handling Manager, Beca

1.00 Lunch

MANAGING FINE ORES

1.50 Limiting flow rates for concentrates
With an increased use of concentrates in materials handling, it is necessary to determine the correct flow rate for fine powders
Carrie Hartford, Senior Engineer, Jenike & Johanson

2.20 Handling Primary Crushed Rock with Varying Levels of Clay Content
Peter Saxby, Technical Director - Mechanical, AECOM
Jakub Leski-Taylor, Graduate Mechanical Engineer, AECOM

2.50 Examining High Clay Ores to Overcome Processing Nightmares

• Clay ore groups identification
• Typical mineral processing problems
• Project examples

John Visser, Metallurgical Director, Mineral Engineering Technical Services Pty Ltd (METS)

3.20 Afternoon tea

3.50 Outlining a Case Study of a 20,000t Stockpile and 400t Bin Design for Sticky Bauxite Ore

• 20,000t live stockpile
• Ore properties and rat hole dimensions
• Hopper geometry
• Apron feeder back to back arrangement
• 400t Bin
• Bin geometry
• Belt feeder interface
• Belt feeder design
• Feeder discharge chute

Gary James, Principal, MINERVA Engineers, A Calibre Global Company

Studies into DEM Simulation Technology for Conveyors

4.20 Development and application of DEM simulation technology for design and troubleshooting of conveyor transfers

Modelling and troubleshooting complex conveyor transfer can be a formidable task. This paper presents the application of DEM technology to model and examine:

• trajectories
• different types of transfer (e.g. rock box, hood-spoon, micro-ledge chute)
• wear regions
• dust issues
• diverters/flop gates
• fines/dribble chutes

Industrial case studies will be presented to demonstrate solutions and application of the new technology.

Andrew Grima, Principal Design Engineer, Bulk Materials Engineering Australia, University of Wollongong

4.50 Application of DEM in the Transportation of Bulk Solid Materials on Belt Conveyors
Modelling and experimental results regarding the transportation of a number of bulk solid materials on a troughed belt conveyor are presented to determine the loads exerted on the belt. Bulk solid material behaviour during the transition from the troughed belt to discharge is also presented.
Dusan Ilic, Consulting Engineer, TUNRA Bulk Solids, University Newcastle

5.20 Networking drinks

6.30 Materials Handling Week Conference Dinner

CONFERENCE DAY TWO
WEDNESDAY 5 JUNE 2013

Day One | Day Two

9.00 Morning coffee

9.00 Opening remarks from chairperson

MINE & PORT OPERATION CASE STUDIES

9.10 Case Study - Delivery of the FMG Solomon Stockyard

• Project Overview
• Modularisation strategy to reduce site labour and risk
• Operational benefits of utilising low rolling resistance conveyor belt

Brad Lawson, BMH Principal Engineer, Laing O'Rourke

9.50 Mobile Dry Stack Conveyor System for Tailings Management at the Karara Iron Ore Project
Christian Trulsson, Business Development Manager, FLSmidth Australia

10.30 Morning tea

SPECIALIST STUDIES INTO MATERIALS HANDLING

11.00 Minimising Conveyor Project Costs by Design

• Minimizing project costs from design perspective
• Equipment selection with a view to minimize plant initial and operating costs
• Plant layout with a view to minimize maintenance downtime

Alex Mtonga, Senior Mechanical Engineer & Bulk Material Handling Specialist, BMT WBM

11.30 Conveyor System Health Monitoring

The bulk material industries, such as coal or iron ore, rely on conveyor systems for transportation. A critical belt failure could result in thousands of dollars per hour in lost production, with some serious events running into millions of dollars. Thus it is important for operations to understand the health of their conveyor systems to effectively schedule maintenance and mitigate the risks of catastrophic failures. There are a number of new and emerging technologies that can and are being applied to conveyor system health.

This presentation will examine the issues with conveyor systems and some of the techniques that can be applied. In particular the on line monitoring of a belts surface as an aid to maintenance and a case study of how this is being applied for a coal mining operation.

Neil Freeman, Vertical Market Manager - Minerals & Metals, Honeywell

SPECIALIST STUDIES INTO MATERIALS HANDLING

12.00 Reliability of Trajectory Calculations for Hard Rock Applications

Highlighting cases where software vendor trajectory calculations haven't lived up to real life.
Looking into the issues of conveyor trajectories and allowances which must be made in hard rock applications.
Discussing the lessons learnt from such applications, some comparisons of trajectory calculation methods (including Discrete Element Modelling), and the practical approach now being taken selecting safe trajectory profiles.

Shaun Saggers, Mechanical Engineer, AUSENCO

12.30 Lunch

1.10 Case study: Optimising the throughput of rail dump stations, via modelling and control system changes

• There is an obvious economic advantage in decreasing the average train unloading time in a dump station as it results in increased throughput for the facility.
• Another issue that has been experienced in operating dump stations has been coal building up above the level of the track causing the wagons to ‘plough’ through the coal resulting in the real concern of train derailment.
• This paper presents case studies where computer based dynamic modelling of coal rail dump stations was used to assess and optimise the throughput and minimise the potential for ploughing.
• The modelling included the flow of coal discharging from the rail wagons and flowing through the dump station.
• The modelling also incorporated factors that can affect the dump station performance including positioning and sequencing of the wagon door release triggers, hopper design, control of the conveyor speeds, train speed etc.
• The effects of “sticky coal” resulting in hang up of coal in the wagons and the control of the robotic wagon vibrators used to address this issue were included in one case study

Rob Angus, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Business Unit Manager - Brisbane Machinery Group, BMT WBM
Greg Collecutt, Manager of Advanced Simulation, BMT WBM

1.50 BMH Simulation - A Cornerstone of Fit-for-Purpose Design

Supply chain constraints, behaviour of materials handling system interfaces and the way the supply chain is operated and managed have a significant influence on BMH design requirements. We look at a number of alternative supply chain paradigms and the differences between fit-for-purpose BHM system designs to suit the needs of the supply chain.

Colin Eustace, Associate, Resources & Manufacturing Services, Aurecon

2.20 Route Based Delay Accounting - Getting True Visibility of Your operations

• Why do delay accounting systems fall short when used in complex processing environments
• What are information needs in these environments
• Managing workload and information capture with delay accounting
• Taking a phased approach to route based delay accounting
• What are the benefits that can be realised through route based delay accounting

Stephen Prince, Principal Consultant - Delay Accounting, Ajilon

2.50 Close of Materials Handling Week