ACARP Roadway Development Operators' Workshops
Introduction
The Roadway Development Operators' Workshops were initiated in September 2006 as part of ACARP’s overall Roadway Development Improvement Project and have been conducted on a six monthly basis since that time. The objective of the Workshops is to provide all personnel involved in roadway development a forum to:
- Learn of emerging best practice and roadway development initiatives
- Learn of developments in equipment and technology
- Network with peers, and share their experience and learnings (and not just their
successes),
and - Identify areas for targeted research
Workshops are held in the three major mining regions each six months, Pokolbin (Newcastle/Hunter Valley region NSW), Penrith (Southern/Western NSW), and Mackay, Moranbah or Emerald (Central Queensland) so that mine based roadway development personnel have the opportunity to attend a Workshop in their region without losing time to attend an interstate venue and incurring the associated travel and accommodation expenses.
The Workshops are structured to provide an opportunity for operators to tell other operators about their mine and their particular experiences in roadway development, and to provide updates from researchers and OEMs involved in roadway development research and equipment development respectively, together with keynote presentations from mining consultants (at times). While the Workshop is for all personnel interested in and associated with roadway development, it is unashamedly an Operators' Workshop, with the emphasis on operators sharing their experiences and improving their knowledge of roadway development.
The Workshops also provide opportunities for the ACARP Roadway Development Task Group to update participants on the overall Roadway Development Improvement Project, and to "workshop" roadway development related research priorities.
Presentations were initially categorised under six sections for easy reference, including:
- Roadway Development Task Group updates, "mini-workshops" and ACARP reports
- Mine site presentations
- Research related presentations
- Safety, maintenance, people, process management and control
- OEM related presentations
- Keynote presentations - mining consultants
Other categories have since been added to capture the themes addressed in subsequent Workshops including:
- Automation of Roadway Development - May 2011 (earlier automation related research presentations have continued to be categorised under the research related presentations detailed above), and
- Installation of Long tendons in Roadway Development - October 2011
Presentations from future Roadway Development Operators' Workshops will be added following subsequent Workshops
Roadway Development Task Group Updates, "Mini-Workshops" and ACARP Reports [x] Top [↑] |
SUBJECT |
PRESENTER/S |
ORGANISATION |
DATE |
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Roadway Development Task Group and Roadway Development Improvement Strategies |
Glen Lewis |
RDTG |
September 2006 |
Gary Gibson |
ACARP |
September 2006 |
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Glen Lewis |
RDTG |
March 2007 |
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Civil Tunnelling and Underground Metalliferous Review - Key Findings |
Gary Gibson |
ACARP |
March 2007 |
Registrants |
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March 2007 |
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Roadway Development Improvement Project Strategy Workshop - April 2007 |
RDTG |
ACARP |
March 2007 |
Glen Lewis |
RDTG |
September 2007 |
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Glen Lewis |
RDTG |
March 2008 |
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Greg Pawley |
RDTG |
August 2008 |
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Jim Sandford |
RDTG |
March 2009 |
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Guy Mitchell |
RDTG |
September 2009 |
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Greg Pawley |
RDTG |
August/September 2010 |
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SUBJECT |
PRESENTER/S |
ORGANISATION |
DATE |
|---|---|---|---|
Beltana Development (Process Control and Continuous Improvement) |
David Gibson |
Beltana |
September 2006 |
John Vincze |
Springvale |
September 2006 |
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Development and Optimisation of Continuous Miners (Best Practice Maintenance and Engineering) |
Alan Bruce |
Crinum |
September 2006 |
Jim Richardson |
United |
September 2006 |
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Implementation of the Unimine Development Process Control system at United |
Jim Richardson |
United |
March 2007 |
Roof and Rib Support Practices Under Adverse Ground Conditions |
Kyle Egan |
Springvale |
March 2007 |
Troy McDonald |
Dendrobium |
March 2007 |
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Paul Gill |
Xstrata NSW |
March 2007 |
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Peter Shephard |
Grasstree |
March 2007 |
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Glen Donnellan |
Newlands Northern |
September 2007 |
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Joe Luxford |
Kestrel Coal |
September 2007 |
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Roadway Development at Austar - Experiences and Lessons Learnt |
Glenn Sobey |
Austar Coal Mine |
September 2007 |
Beltana Development - Development of Blakefield and Continuous Haulage Benchmarking |
David Gibson |
Beltana |
March 2007 |
Fundamental Analysis of Development Cycles at Xstrata NSW Mines |
Richard Porteous |
Xstrata NSW |
March 2008 |
Ben Smith |
Ulan |
March 2008 |
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Matthew Jones |
Broadmeadow |
March 2008 |
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Ray Coppins |
Mandalong |
March 2008 |
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Martin Zgrajewski |
Crinum |
March 2008 |
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Peter Whittall |
Pike River Coal NZ |
August 2008 |
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Jeff Henderson |
Appin |
August 2008 |
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Matt Armstrong |
Tahmoor |
August 2008 |
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Gerald Linde |
Integra Coal |
August 2008 |
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Neville Stanton |
Oaky North |
August 2008 |
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Introduction of Scrolling Heads and Plough Shovels on Continuous Miners for Improved Strata Control |
Alan Ninness |
Dendrobium |
March 2009 |
Larry Cook |
Bounty Mining |
March 2009 |
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Bernard Vanderventer |
Clarence |
March 2009 |
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Further Learnings from the Fundamental Analysis of Roadway Development |
Richard Porteous |
Xstrata NSW |
March 2009 |
The Way We Work - Harnessing Development Teams at Dendrobium |
Wayne Price |
Dendrobium |
September 2009 |
Nathan Thompson |
Metropolitan Colliery |
September 2009 |
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Incremental Versus Step Change Improvement in Roadway Development |
Bob Miller |
Manadalong |
September 2009 |
Peter Raines |
Clarence |
August/September 2010 |
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Bernard Vandeventer |
Cook |
August/September 2010 |
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Introduction of Monorail and Continuous Miner Auto-Cut Systems at Mandalong |
Craig Shales |
Mandalong |
August/September 2010 |
Brad Kedwell |
Ravensworth |
August/September 2010 |
SUBJECT |
PRESENTER/S |
ORGANISATION |
DATE |
|---|---|---|---|
Peter Gray |
Ground Support Services |
March 2007 |
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High capacity Underground Mining - Longwall 15 Project Update |
David Reece |
Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies |
March 2007 |
Peter Gray |
Ground Support Services |
March 2007 |
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Stephen Weaver |
Sandvik |
September 2007 |
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Self Drilling Rock Bolts for the Coal Industry - Advanced Solutions |
Peter Gray |
Ground Support Services |
September 2007 |
Peter Gray |
Ground Support Services |
March 2008 |
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Chris Lukey |
University of Wollongong |
March 2008 |
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Stephen Van Duin |
University of Wollongong |
March 2008 |
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Continuous Miner Automation - Remote Sensing and Self Steering |
David Reid |
CSIRO Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies |
March 2009 |
Stephen Van Duin |
University of Wollongong |
March 2009 |
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Tough Skin - A Spray-on Polymeric Replacement for Roof and Rib Mesh |
Chris Lukey |
University of Wollongong |
March 2009 |
undergroundcoal.com.au - the Australian Underground Coal Mining Web-Site |
Ernest Baafi |
University of Wollongong |
March 2009 |
Matt Ryan |
Mining Attachments (Qld) |
March 2009 |
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Osvaldo Rojas |
Simulation Modelling Services |
March 2009 |
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David Reid |
CSIRO Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies |
August/September 2010 |
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Stephen Van Duin |
University of Wollongong |
August/September 2010 |
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SUBJECT |
PRESENTER/S |
ORGANISATION |
DATE |
|---|---|---|---|
Robin Burgess-Limerick |
Burgess-Limerick and Associates |
September 2009 |
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Paul Gill |
Xstrata Coal NSW |
September 2009 |
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Nathan Thompson |
Metropolitan Colliery |
September 2009 |
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The Way We Work - Harnessing Development Teams at Dendrobium |
Wayne Price |
BHP Billiton Illawarra |
September 2009 |
Stephen Holmes |
Palaris Mining |
September 2009 |
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Mick Kelly |
BMA Coal |
September 2009 |
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Incremental Versus Step Change Improvement in Roadway Development |
Bob Miller |
Centennial Coal |
September 2009 |
Rod Pike |
Kestrel |
August/September 2010 |
|
Paul Gill |
Xstrata NSW |
August/September 2010 |
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David Alexander |
BHP Billiton |
August/September 2010 |
SUBJECT |
PRESENTER/S |
ORGANISATION |
DATE |
|---|---|---|---|
Rowan Melrose |
Sandvik |
September 2007 |
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Evolution of Gateroad Development in the Pittsburgh No 8 Seam (USA) |
Brian Thompson |
Joy Mining Machinery |
March 2008 |
Specialist Equipment for Roadway Development Challenges (pptx only) |
Mark Kingshott |
Waratah Engineering |
August 2008 |
Duncan Edwards |
Sandvik |
August 2008 |
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Tunnel Boring Machines and Their Application in Roadway Development |
Charles Howarth |
Herrenknecht |
March 2009 |
SUBJECT |
PRESENTER/S |
ORGANISATION |
DATE |
|---|---|---|---|
Greg West |
Farthing West |
September 2007 |
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Global Experience: Production improvement Using Process Based Management |
Chris Wilkinson |
Mine Consulting Services |
August 2008 |
Developing Worker Problem Solvers - An Introduction to Lean Thinking |
Greg West |
Farthing West |
August/September 2010 |
SUBJECT |
PRESENTER/S |
ORGANISATION |
DATE |
|---|---|---|---|
Robin Burgess-Limerick |
Burgess-Limerick and Associates |
May 2011 |
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Automation in the Manufacturing Sector (AMT - Advanced Manufacturing Technologies) |
Chris Cook |
Mine Consulting Services |
May 2011 |
Jock Cunningham |
CSIRO Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies |
May 2011 |
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Roadway Development Automation - Research Challenges (CM2010 Continuous Miner Automation) |
David Reid |
CSIRO Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies |
May 2011 |
Glenn Owens |
Anglo American Metallurgical Coal |
May 2011 |
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Automated Bolting and Meshing Project - Learnings in Automation |
Stephen Van Duin |
University of Wollongong |
May 2011 |
Automated Bolting and Meshing Project - Materials Handling Challenges |
Matt Ryan |
Mining Attachments (Qld) Pty Ltd |
May 2011 |
Marcus Punch |
Marcus Punch Pty Ltd |
May 2011 |
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Stephan Becker |
Becker Australia |
May 2011 |
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Hadley Richardson |
Minesite Technologies |
May 2011 |
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A Regulator's View of Automation, proximity Detection and Collision Avoidance |
Tilman Rasche |
QLD DEEDI |
May 2011 |
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SUBJECT |
PRESENTER/S |
ORGANISATION |
DATE |
|---|---|---|---|
Geotechnical Considerations for installation of Long Tendons in Roadway Development |
Russell Frith |
Mine Advice |
October 2011 |
Application of a Logical Framework for Specifying Ground Control |
Ross Seedsman |
Seedsman Geotechnics |
October 2011 |
John Naylor |
Jennmar |
October 2011 |
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Ron McKenzie |
Megabolt International |
October 2011 |
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Innovating Long Tendon Technology |
Henning Arndt |
Hilti Australia |
October 2011 |
Robert Hawker |
Minova International |
October 2011 |
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Des Conway |
Conway Engineering |
October 2011 |
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Peter Corbett |
Centennial Coal, Angus Place/Springvale Joint Venture |
October 2011 |
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Adrian Moodie |
Austar Coal Mine |
October 2011 |
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Richard Campbell |
Anglo American, Moranbah North |
October 2011 |
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Phil Howes |
Xstrata Coal, Tahmoor |
October 2011 |