Managing Resources Industry Waste 2012

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IIR Conferences, in partnership with the Australian Journal of Mining, has developed a conference and exhibition focussed on waste management in the resources sector. The event will take a holistic focus on all of the consumables and waste products of the resources boom, from lubricants, to tyres, to mine camp rubbish. The event will address ways of managing waste cost effectively, environmentally soundly, in balance with community interests and compliance with regulatory requirements.

A strong focus will be made on innovations around waste minimisation and utilising wastes as feedstocks for producing other products - creating secondary income streams and really challenging the concept of what is "non-economic". Collaborative region-wide and industry-wide frameworks for waste management and an exploration of leading practice approaches to product stewardship will also be featured.

Speakers include:

• Peter Fitzpatrick, Chairman, Western Australian Waste Authority
  - On the waste management and infrastructure needs arising from regional resources development

• Marco Gozzetti, Specialist Capability Development, Rio Tinto, Iron Ore
  - Discussing strategies for waste minimisation through business process improvement - streamlining procedures and reducing waste production

• David Boger, Professor, Melbourne School of Engineering, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Melbourne

  - The inventor of paste fill will talk about the latest advances in this leading example of mine waste recovery and reuse

   

• Jim Malcolm, Chair, Contaminated Sites Committee, WA
  - Talking about the regulation of contaminated site remediation in WA

• Dr Margaret Matthews, Principal Consultant, Sustainable Strategic Solutions
  - Addressing the range of available options for waste tyre management, with a focus on storage, disposal and examples of successful reuse

• Dr Ron Wainberg, President, Waste Management Association of Australia
  Team Leader, Sustainability - Waste & Resources,  Hyder Consulting Pty Ltd
  - Managing waste in mine camps - the challenges and lessons for urban environments

• Mick Roche, Director, Stewardship Matters Pty Ltd
  - The creator of the Green Lead product stewardship program will explore the business case for this emerging paradigm in waste management

• Dr Glen Corder, Development Manager, SUSOP Pty Ltd, Sustainable Minerals Institute
  The University of Queensland
  - Examining best practice examples of regional resource and by-product re-use in mining and petroleum

• Tim Rose, Managing Director, Southern Oil Refining Pty Ltd
  - Discussing the latest technologies and techniques for recovery, recycling and reuse of lubricants and other oil based "consumables"

• Bruce Watson, Manager Environment, Environmental Department and
  Mr Harley Barron, Site Environmental Superintendent, CITIC Pacific Mining
  - Speaking about how they've worked to promote workforce commitment to best practice waste management

SPONSOR OR EXHIBIT: For sponsorship and exhibition opportunities please contact Megan Rogulski, mrogulski@iir.com.au, 02 9080 4030 or David Lewis, dlewis@iir.com.au, 02 9080 4054

This event is part of IIR's Operational Excellence Series events which provide key networking forums for Australian's mine site personnel to learn from leading practitioners in their dedicated fields offering exceptional insights into ways to improve operations, increases productivity and maximise the profitability of each mine site.

Visit site www.operationalexcellence.com.au