Wednesday, December 9

Time Zone Santiago, Chile. UTC -3

English - Spanish Audio Available

OPENING CEREMONY
7:30 Words of Welcome R Castro
7:46 Words of Welcome F Martinez

OPENING CEREMONY AND PLENARY SESSIONS

17:45 Words of Welcome R Castro

18:01 Words of Welcome F Martinez
18:05 OPENING - F Báez
18:10 Codelco: present, future and excellence in projects O Araneda
18:35 Major hazard management in underground mining –protecting our people, communities, environment and assets CL Stegman and D Collopy
18:58 Past, present and future of blasting technologies for Mass Mining D Morales
19:20 Questions & Answers

ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3

Case Studies I Large Open Stoping Caving Mechanics I

Chair: Fidel Báez Chair: Andrés Brzovic Chair: David Cuello

7:50 OPENING 7:50 OPENING 7:50 OPENING

8:00 Early Experiences from the Grasberg Block Cave: A Rock
Mechanics Perspective
R Campbell, F Mardiansyah, H Banda, J Tshisens, C Griffiths and
D Beck
8:18 Design of drawpoint spacing at Diamante Project - El
Teniente Mine
J Cornejo, M Meléndez, G Lasagna, D Bustamante, R Castro, L
Arancibia and D Guzmán
8:00 Using finite element numerical models to study the
behavior and evolution of Sub Level Stopping projects
E Córdova, E Villaescusa, D Beck, F Reusch and T Rademacher
8:30 Estimating cemented rock fill material properties for
large-scale underground mining at Los Bronces
PM Cepuritis, AF Céspedes, J Wickens, G Eriz and D Jordan
8:00 Calibration of Structurally Controll+ed Caving
Propagation Using 3DEC. The Esmeralda Block 1 Case
Study
C Álvarez, P Gómez, C Orrego and S López
8:22 Marker design and calibration for Carrapateena sub
level and block cave with a focus on fines migration and
far field flow
R Hocking, M Fargher and C Chester

8:46 Building Colombia’s First Caving Mine
A McCauley, G Dunstan and L Nienaber
9:04 Break
9:09 Undercutting method selection at Cadia East PC2-3
extension
C Orrego, R Lowther and G Newcombe
9:28 Lessons learned during the initial undercutting at the
Chuquicamata Underground mine
F Rodríguez, A Berg, JC Videla, N Jamett, D Morales, R Castro and
L Arancibia
Mine Support Systems
8:47 Break
8:52 Critical review on dynamic energy absorption capacity
of surface support elements
LD Martínez, NS Sepúlveda, Y Marulanda, JA Valdivieso and J
Contreras
9:05 Double impact dynamic test of a ground support system
at the Walenstadt testing facility
R Brändle, R Luis Fonseca, G von Rickenbach, G Fischer, JA
Vallejos, E Marambio, L Burgos, E Rojas, P Landeros, A Muñoz, S
Celis and D Castro
8:37 Gravity flow research at the Kiruna sublevel caving mine
during the last decade and an outlook into the future
A Nordqvist, M Wimmer and M Grynienko
8:56 Break
9:01 Physical modelling to provide data rich case studies for
the verification and validation of numerical modelling
predictions of cave mechanics problems
J Wesseloo, D Cumming-Potvin, Y Potvin, SW Jacobsz and E
Kearsley
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ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3

9:48 Learnings from Mining Cave extensions at Northparkes 9:23 Explicit numerical modelling of dynamic reinforcement 9:20 Physical modelling of cave breakthrough into an
Mines and new technology to improve the value of Y Marulanda and JA Vallejos overlying cave
future cave designs. D Cumming-Potvin, J Wesseloo, SW Jacobsz, Y Potvin and A
S Webster, E Samosir and A Wyllie Mooney

9:40 Numerical modelling of dynamic testing for surface 9:40 Questions & Answers
10:06 A block cave construction process realigned to minimize
the extent of predicted deformation within a weak retaining elements used in underground mining:
mining zone Calibration
A Holder, A Wolmarans, B Mzimela, D Beck, H Tukker, P Boshoff, T E Marambio, JA Vallejos, L Burgos, G von Rickenbach, G Fischer
Matoba and T Phahla and R Brändle
10:30 Questions & Answers 10:00 Questions & Answers
SPONSOR TALKS SPONSOR TALKS
11:30 Digitalization and Dynamic Planning: Enablers for 11:30 Partnership Models for the Development of Mass Mining
Mining 4.0 - Redco Projects - Worley
12:30 Mechanization of Development Charging - Orica 12:30 Innovation in Rock Engineering – Thoughts from the
Past; Looking to the Future - Golder
13:30 Open pit to underground transition and high production
stoping - Stantec

ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3

Cave Management I Smart Mining I Mine Development I

Chair: Hector Parra Chair: Javier Ruiz del Solar Chair: Ernesto Arancibia

14:35 OPENING 14:35 OPENING 14:35 OPENING

14:45 Issues with transitioning from Open Pits to Underground
Caving Mines
IT Ross and CA Stewart
15:01 The design & operating philosophies of panel vs block
caving
A van As and A Guest
15:22 Geotechnical Hazard Maps – A Tool for Ground Support
Rehabilitation Forecasting in Active Underground Mines
E Tasse, C Griffiths and R Bewick
15:37 Break
15:42 Identifying optimal draw control strategy for sublevel
caving operations: A case study – Kiirunavaara mine
G Shekhar, A Gustafson, P Forss and H Schunnesson
15:54 Assessing cave back propagation to inform cave
management strategy at Deep Mill Level Zone Mine
M Erhardt, K Simanjuntak, A Primadiansyah, W Teweng, A Brzovic
and G Van Hout
16:10 Understanding surface subsidence from a block cave by
comparing InSAR data with 3D numerical modeling
UC Kothari, FM Sinaga and J Nguz Tshisens
16:25 Questions & Answers
14:45 Semi Autonomous LHD operational philosophy for panel
caving applications
H Vega and R Castro
15:04 LIDAR-based odometry estimation for autonomous
loading of material with LHD
D Leottau, P Loncomilla, M Mascaró, C Tampier and J Ruiz del
Solar
15:15 Automation for Mass Mining – A Systems Thinking
Approach
JS Sciortino
15:31 Break
15:36 Automation of Unit and Auxiliary Operations in Block/
Panel Caving: Challenges and Opportunities
C Salvador, M Mascaró and J Ruiz-del-Solar
15:54 Use of Drone based Lidar technology at Olympic Dam
Mine and initial Technical Applications
D Woolmer, E Jones, J Taylor, C Baylis and D Kewe
16:09 Innovative Mixed Reality Approach to Rock Mass
Mapping in Underground Mining
IE Onsel, D Stead, W Barnett, L Zorzi and A Shaban
16:25 Questions & Answers
14:45 Undercutless Caving at Newcrest: Towards the Next
Generation of Cave Mining
P Paredes, IL Popa, PR Kline and MJ Sykes
15:00 Increasing sublevel height from 30 m to 50 m at LKAB
CR Quinteiro
15:17 Design and production practice of block caving in Pulang
Copper mine
YM Liu, XW Chen, XL Feng and QF Ge
15:32 Break
15:37 Incline Caving at Ekati Diamond Mine
J Jakubec and R Woodward
15:54 Mine access methodology at Quebradona Project
A McCauley, G Dunstan and S Izat
16:11 The importance of footprint reliability
A Purba and A Moss
16:35 Questions & Answers