19 Apr GMG – CIM Sudbury Forum: Program Details
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| Day 1 | |
| 8:30 | Registration and Networking |
| 9:00 | GMG: Global collaboration to drive innovation Heather Ednie, Managing Director, GMG |
| 9:30 | Autonomous Mining at Vale Samantha Espley, Director – Technical Excellence, Vale Vale has completed a technology roadmap and has now embarked upon a digital transformation and innovation journey within the underground and surface mining operations in Base Metals. This presentation will provide a specific update on the autonomous mining projects put in place and the future vision for fixed and mobile equipment and associated mining systems. |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 | Are Drones Really Useful Underground? Iain Allen, Mining / Exploration Specialist, SkymineUAV UAS Incorporated is proud to showcase success stories in operational inspections and mapping in a wide variety of mining environments. Cutting-edge Hovermap LIDAR scanners by our partners at Emesent are delivering unprecedented access to areas beyond visual line of site into unknown environments, and out of reach of conventional CMS scanners. Multi-platform operation allows scanning of stopes using a drone platform, mapping ramps and drifts while mounted on a vehicle, descending down an orepass on a tether, or a walk-through scan of a mill. Visual inspection using collision-resistant drone platforms from Flyability allow access to the narrowest of spaces and vessels, and are proven tools for emergency response. This richly detailed data can offer all operational units a wealth of new information for design, planning, and analysis. |
| 11:00 | Opportunities for Autonomous and Connected Vehicles in Mining Steve Gravel, Business Development Manager, OCE Through resources such as research and development (R&D) funding, talent development, technology acceleration, business and technical supports, and demonstration grounds, Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network (AVIN) provides a competitive advantage to Ontario-based connected and autonomous vehicle companies. AVIN’s four distinct programs focus on supporting the development and demonstration of C/AV technologies, including infrastructure, related to: commercially ready technologies for application in mass light vehicles (e.g., cars, trucks, and vans), heavy-duty vehicles (including commercial vehicles, trucks, buses, recreational vehicles (RVs) and others used for goods movement), transportation infrastructure, intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and transit-supportive systems and vehicles in Ontario. |
| 11:30 | Côté Gold – A Journey Toward the Integrated Mine Steven Bowles, Manager – Côté Gold Project, IAMGOLD Matthew Goodale, General Manager for Mining Product Support and Operations, Toromont Cote Gold has a vision of applying proven technologies to provide economic and social benefits to its shareholders, employees and local communities. As the mining industry continues its course from mechanized to automated processes, the project is well positioned to integrate autonomous operations in the mine that act as enablers for further safety enhancements and cost efficiencies. Cote Gold and Toromont will present its vision for this journey and beyond. |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 | Breakout Session: Enabling Autonomous Mining |
| 14:00 | At the Intersection of Diversity and Innovation Nathan Stubina, Vice-President Technologies, Sherritt International Come explore how the lack of diversity, and in particular the lack of diversity of thought is impacting our industry’s ability to move forward and make much needed improvements. How are diversity and innovation linked in the mining industry?This presentation is part of the CIM Distinguished Lecturer series  |
| 14:30 | Vale’s Approach Towards Continuous Mining: Evaluating the Application of Mechanical Rock Cutters Andy Charsley, Principal Mining Engineer, Technology & Innovation, Vale As Vale underground mining operations continue to get deeper (+2.5 Km) the challenges with production effectiveness and safety are increasing. The development of seismicity and ventilation issues are also a result of the increasing depth. Additionally, there is an industry need to reduce operating costs and get to orebodies faster to bring on revenue sooner. To manage these issues and challenges, Vale is exploring new mining methods, in the form of continuous mining in both development and production. The current drill and blast process is an effective method to excavate our hard rock with the strength of +250 MPa however, the batch nature of this method reduces face utilization time due to the cyclic sequence of drilling, loading, blasting, mucking and supporting the ground. Transitioning to a continuous process would allow operations to increase advance rates and get to the ore faster, resulting in an NPV increase. This can also help to make the uneconomic near surface deposits, economic and mineable. The first step towards continuous mining process is the application of mechanical rock cutting technologies; the opportunity with these technologies is minimizing the need for explosives underground and enabling continuous ground support technologies as well as continuous material handling systems. It is expected that the NPV increase potentially supersedes the cost of purchasing mechanical rock cutter machines. Vale is interested in these technologies as a way to increase operations’ overall productivity and safety significantly. In an effort to learn more about these technologies, Vale’s Technology & Innovation Center is participating in an industry-wide consortium, with the aim of trialling a mechanical rock cutter in the near future. |
| 15:00 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30 | Panel: Disruptive Technologies: Skilling up to get Ahead of the Curve Marcus Thomson, Program and Partner Development Manager, GMG (Moderator), Mike Commito Director – Applied Research, Cambrian College of Applied Arts and Technology, Trevor Kelly Innovation Manager – Mining, CMIC, Michel Dubois Vice-President QA & Artificial Intelligence, Newtrax, Steven Bowles Manager – Côté Gold Project, IAMGOLD |
| 16:30 | Wrap Up Heather Ednie, Managing Director, GMG |
| Day 2 | |
| 8:45 | Welcome and Update Heather Ednie, Managing Director, GMG |
| 9:00 | Green Energy Vehicles – A Vale Base Metals Review Alex Mulloy, Mining Engineering Intern, Vale Vale continues to develop its strategy for the implementation and use of Green Energy Vehicles within its Base Metals operations. This presentation will give an update on what is driving this change, the progress being made, the financials being considered as well as share Vale’s strategy moving forward with respect to fleet electrification.Read a Q&A with Alex Mulloy here |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 | “Going for Gold” Battery Technology at Macassa Mine 7 Years Young; and Shaft 4 Integration Within The Existing Operations Andrew Schinkel, Senior Electrical Engineer, Kirkland Lake Gold Mike Mayhew, Project Manager Shaft 4, Kirkland Lake Gold Macassa Mine operates over 40 pieces of battery equipment (LHD/Trucks) in the underground operations in the town of Kirkland Lake Ontario, Canada. The current fleet represents over 80% of the overall production; and over 300,000 of proven operating hours within the production environment. Come and Learn the 9 years of operating experience as it relates to the battery technology; and as they continue to expand the integration strategy of Shaft #4 |
| 11:00 | Panel: Critical Components of the Electric Mine Marcus Thomson, Program and Partner Development Manager, GMG (Moderator), Craig Harris P.Eng, Electrical / Automation Lead – Mining Projects, Glencore, Patrick Marshall Vice President – Product Management, Maclean Engineering, Paul Summers Lead Developer – Electric Drive Systems, Miller Technology Incorporated, Andrew Schinkel Senior Electrical Enginee, Kirkland Lake Gold |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 | Nutrien’s Underground Mine Network Connectivity and Steps to Future State with LTE Justin Stade, Senior Service Delivery Manager, Nutrien Discussions about the problems we’ve solved and things we are trying to solve with a significant portion on our plans for LTE. |
| 13:30 | Collaboration Projects Driving Innovation Heather Ednie, Managing Director, GMG |
| 14:00 | Breakout Session: Innovation Priorities for Underground Mining |
| 15:00 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30 | From Paper to Predictive Models: Newmont Goldcorp’s Journey Applying Artificial Intelligence in Mining Sian Marsden, Specialist – Mining Applications, Newmont Goldcorp Two years ago Goldcorp started on a path to see how artificial intelligence (AI) could apply to the mining industry. We saw that as an industry geological data has grown in complexity with multiple software platforms housing portions of critical data making it difficult to assess all the variables associated with gold mineralization. In a partnership with IBM, we have created a geoanalytical platform that can query across 80 years’ worth of structured and unstructured data. Furthermore, geologists using this platform can find data and solve problems 35x faster than those not using this technology. As we spent more time on this journey we added advanced predictive models that demonstrated its ability to help identify gold mineralization. This has helped in removing some of the guesswork and subjectivity from this complex process. The results are leading geologists to new levels of certainty in defining gold mineralization as they capitalize on advanced technologies to fully leverage our data assets. |
| 16:00 | Designed for Depth; Sudbury INO’s Mine of the Future Michael David MacFarlane, Director – MDM Mining Consulting, Glencore Glencore’s Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations is currently building its new mine, referred to as the Onaping Depth Project (ODP). The mine is scheduled to begin production in 2024. The mining operation will begin initial production at roughly 8500 feet below surface and from the outset, ODP will be one of the deepest base metal mines in the world. Glencore intends ODP mine to be Designed for Depth, rather than adapting existing mine designs and work practices. To design a new mine for depth, Glencore has developed an innovation program to detail the new technology that will power the mine design. The innovation program targets 3 key areas: 1. Digital transformation 2. Continuous automated mining 3. The agile ecosystem. The new Onaping Mine, designed for depth, will be different from existing mines in three key aspects: safety will be significantly improved; productivity will be increased, and the work environment will be transformed. Together these drivers will produce the Mine of Future for Glencore. |
| 16:30 | Wrap up Heather Ednie, Managing Director, GMG |