Thursday, December 10

Time Zone Santiago, Chile. UTC -3

English - Spanish Audio Available

OPENING CEREMONY AND PLENARY SESSIONS

18:05 OPENING - R Castro

18:10 Challenges and opportunities of sustainable mass mining in BHP – Minerals Americas C Avila
18:42 Digital transformation in cave mining G Flores
19:15 Blasting’s critical role in extracting ore A Melbourne, W Andrade, F Biulchi, M Ribeiro, C Lima and F Santos
19:45 Questions & Answers

ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3

Cave Management II Mine Development II Surface Mining

Chair: Raúl Castro Chair: Eduardo Rojas Chair: José Saavedra

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

8:00 Driving and managing stress in the Deep Mill Level Zone 8:00 Analysis of drillhole deviation during drawbell 8:00 The Final Result of Slope Optimization Program at
caving mine construction in Block Caving Grasberg Surface Mine in Papua, Indonesia
K Simanjuntak, A Primadiansyah, N Soumilena and W Teweng N Bustos, E Villaescusa and I Onederra M Mahayasa, E Widijanto, AT Yuniar and R Gautama
8:16 Initial setup of hydraulic fracturing in Deep Mill Level 8:14 Blasting design and drawbell implementation at the 8:18 From the long term planning to the operation. The role of
Zone (DMLZ) underground mine, PT. Freeport Indonesia, Chuquicamata Underground Mine the hydrogeological strategic plan for a large open pit
Papua, Indonesia F Rodríguez, A Berg, JC Videla, N Jamett, D Morales, R Castro and A Sánchez, J Calderón and J Díaz
N Nugraha, R Bastiawarman and I Edgar L Arancibia
8:29 Field test and numerical simulation of preconditioning by 8:32 Study on stress evolution of production 8:36 A comparison between open-pit ramp designs obtained
hydraulic fracturing in hard rock iron mine developmentbottom structure in the undercutting by varying design characteristics and through linear
W Li, YM Liu, XW Chen, CN Xia, X Yao and JW Chu process of block caving optimization
W Fan, Y Liu, J Liao, X Chen, C Xia and W Li Moreno, M Reyes and P Nancel-Penard
8:42 Break 8:41 Break 8:47 Break
8:47 Hydraulic Fracturing in Cave Mining. Opportunities for 8:46 Key Factors in Cave Excavation in Deep Mining 8:52 Application of a Semi-Automatic Method for Optimal
improvement F Varas and P Tobar Ramp Design
Hydraulic fracturing in cave mining: Opportunities for CA Cerón, P Nancel-Penard and N Morales
improvement
9:03 Analysis of extraction level layouts for block caving 9:08 The application of civil engineering construction 9:00 A comparison between conventional nested pits based
RE Gómez, K Saéz, N Pino, E Labbe and E Marambio practices in cave mines for improved extraction and on LG and an extended approach for nested pits
reliability generation in open-pit mine production
SO Colbeck and J Elliott E Jélvez, M Caro, N Morales and A Carpanetti
9:25 Questions & Answers 9:22 Observational Rock Mass Damage Model Associated to 9:17 A methodology based on dynamic pressure estimation to
Caving Advance of Chuquicamata Underground Mine avoid misfires: a case study
HE Constanzo, PC Guerra and GA Barindelli S Marambio, M Cánovas, J Arzúa, M Maleki, J González and G
García-Ros
9:40 A gradient damage model applied to underground 9:30 Loading and Hauling Process Simulation for Weekly Mine
mining methods Plan Compliance
S Gaete, A Jofre, R Lecaros, G Montecinos, JH Ortega, J Ramírez- A Reyes, J Pastrán and H Painevilo
Ganga and J San Martín
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9:52 Understanding and Planning for Excavation Challenges 10:00 Questions & Answers
R Bewick, S Otto, C Griffiths and D Badner
10:10 Questions & Answers
SPONSOR TALKS SPONSOR TALKS
11:30 Itasca and the Big Five - Itasca 11:30 Robotic Solution to Charge Explosives in Open Pit Mining
12:30 BCTEC: Experts in sustainable mining planning, be part of - ENAEX
new mine generation
13:30 Big Caves and the Management of Financing Risks – A 13:00 Evolution of Hydraulic Fracturing Equipment for Mining
Technical Perspective - SRK - IPI

ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3

Materials Handling Rock Mass Characterisation I Caving Mechanics II

Chair: Enrique Rubio Chair: Luis Felipe Orellana Chair: Kimie Suzuki

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

14:45 Simulation Modelling of Carrapateena Sub Level Cave 14:45 Where geology meets engineering in hydrothermally 14:45 Back Analysis of Cave Propagation and Subsidence at
Production Level Performance altered environments: considering veins in geotechnical Cadia East Mine
D Hronsky, S Mariager, S Donaldson, L Bobbermen and C Eustace engineering E Ghazvinian, M Fuenzalida, C Orrego and M Pierce
JJ Day, MD Clark and GA Rudderham
15:01 Bottleneck analysis of the extraction system in sublevel 15:01 Delineation of concealed structures in block caving 15:02 Cave propagation factor for caving rate and drawpoint
caving exploitation using simulation environments using seismic response to hydraulic productivity forecasting at PTFI
N Chavez, J Aymachoque and PP Vasquez fracturing: A methodology ME Pierce, R Campbell, K Llewelyn, M Fuenzalida, K Simanjuntak,
DE Tennant and PG Stonestreet A Kurniawan, D Haflil, F Meiriyanto and S Rogers
15:18 Kemess Underground: Project Update, Production 15:20 Structural Model Generation for the First Lift of 15:21 An overview of large-scale unified finite element
Simulation, and Quadrant Crusher Layout Exploitation, Chuquicamata Underground Mine numerical models currently being developed for the
J Fitzgerald, CJ Clark, PO Labrecque and AM Kalviainen HE Constanzo and DA Harrison mining industry
E Córdova, F Reusch and D Beck
15:34 Break 15:38 Break 15:47 Break
15:39 Operational and real-time LHD dispatch using 15:43 Structural recognition and rock mass characterization 15:52 Theory and Implementation of the Itasca Constitutive
mathematical programming at Rio Tinto’s Argyle in underground mines: A UAV and LiDAR mapping based Model for Advanced Strain Softening (IMASS)
Diamond Mine approach E Ghazvinian, T Garza-Cruz, L Bouzeran, M Fuenzalida, Z Cheng, C
SN Donaldson, W Harney and T Cox CC Canales and ES Sellers Cancino and M Pierce
15:53 Development of a Discrete Event Simulation Model for 16:00 Fault characterization and modelling in the Deep Mill 16:08 2D Value in 3D Caving Problems
Cave Mining Ore Handling Systems with Open Source Level Zone (DMLZ) mine J Roy and R Bewick
Tools D Haflil, S Widodo, P Wiguna, W Barnett, L Zorzi and R Campbell
DA Silva
16:10 High-capacity Production Systems for Block Caving Mines 16:22 Numerical Modelling Calculation of Probabilistic Seismic 16:25 Questions & Answers
DM Morrison and PO Labrecque Hazard in cave mining
J Jarufe, J Wesseloo, Y Potvin and C Dhanér
16:28 Simulation Approach for Development Muck Planning 16:39 A new Approach to Rock Mass Quality Analysis
J Cornejo, G Lasagna, G País and H Alarcón D. Elmo
16:55 Questions & Answers 17:10 Questions & Answers