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LIST OF AUTHORS LIST OF AUTHORS - continued -<br />
Farhad Abasov President & CEO, Allana Potash Corp.<br />
Carsten Ackermann Mine Surveyor, ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurgesellschaft<br />
Geotechnik und Bergbau mbH<br />
His Excellence Ahmed Haj Ali Minister of Mines, Eritrea<br />
Mehran Azimi Senior Mining Engineer, ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurgesellschaft<br />
Geotechnik und Bergbau mbH<br />
Heinz Bartl Former Managing Director & CEO, ERCOSPLAN<br />
Erfurter Consulting- und Planungsbüro GmbH<br />
Vladislav A. Baumgertner President & CEO, JSC URALKALI<br />
Laurent Besson Director General, SEMM LOGGING<br />
Jorge Carracedo Senior Mining Engineer, ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurgesellschaft<br />
Geotechnik und Bergbau mbH<br />
Longbo Chen Vice President, Evergreen Industries Group<br />
Mark Evans Editor - Fertilizer International, BCInsight Ltd.<br />
Flavio Marcio de Lima Faria Managing Director, KIB Engenharia de Potássio Ltda.<br />
Jochen A. Greinacher Managing Director & CEO, DEILMANN-HANIEL<br />
Shaft Sinking GmbH<br />
Manuela Gruber Exploration Geologist, ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurgesellschaft<br />
Geotechnik und Bergbau mbH<br />
Norbert Grüschow CEO, ngConsulting<br />
Barclay Hambrook Vice President, GrowMax Agri Corp.<br />
Sven Harms Senior Processing Engineer, ERCOSPLAN<br />
Ingenieurbüro Anlagentechnik GmbH<br />
Anke Kröger-Herke Managing Director, ERCOSPLAN Umwelt Consulting<br />
GmbH Erfurt<br />
Alireza Hezarkhani Senior Exploration Geologist, ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurgesellschaft<br />
Geotechnik und Bergbau mbH<br />
Lorry Hughes CEO & Managing Director, South Boulder Mines Ltd.<br />
Frank Hunstock Head of Mining, K+S Aktiengesellschaft<br />
Andreas Jockel Senior Mining Geologist, ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurgesellschaft<br />
Geotechnik und Bergbau mbH<br />
Alexander E. Kalinin CEO, JSC SLAVKALIY<br />
Eike Kaps Senior Processing Engineer, ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurbüro<br />
Anlagentechnik GmbH<br />
Jürgen Kaufmann Senior Mining Engineer, ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurgesellschaft<br />
Geotechnik und Bergbau mbH<br />
Hans-Joachim Kind Director of Zielitz Potash Plant,<br />
K+S KALI GmbH<br />
Mahmut Kuyumcu Chairman of the Board, Lausitzer- und Mitteldeutsche<br />
Bergbauverwaltungsgesellschaft & Chairman of the<br />
Supervisory Board, Gesellschaft zur Verwahrung und<br />
Verwertung von stillgelegten Bergwerksbetrieben<br />
mbH<br />
Babett Lehmer Senior Civil Engineer, ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurgesellschaft<br />
Geotechnik und Bergbau mbH<br />
Marcel Lindner Senior Industrial Engineer, ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurbüro<br />
Anlagentechnik GmbH<br />
Ralf Linsenbarth Managing Director, ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurbüro<br />
Anlagentechnik GmbH<br />
Siu Ma Vice President, KARNALYTE Resources Inc.<br />
Stuart Middleton Technical Director, AMEC<br />
Wasili Michajljow Senior Exploration Geologist, ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurgesellschaft<br />
Geotechnik und Bergbau mbH<br />
Wolfgang Minkley Managing Director, Institut für<br />
Gebirgsmechanik GmbH<br />
Otfried Natau Consultant, ARGE Geomechanik Südharz /<br />
Universität Karlsruhe<br />
Jana Neubert Senior Geologist, ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurgesellschaft<br />
Geotechnik und Bergbau mbH<br />
Julia Onneken Geologist, ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurgesellschaft<br />
Geotechnik und Bergbau mbH<br />
Sabine Opel General Manager, ERCOSPLAN Erfurter<br />
Consulting- und Planungsbüro GmbH<br />
David S. Parker Senior Consultant, MRWW Mineral Resources<br />
WorldWide Ltd<br />
Robin Phinney CEO & Director, KARNALYTE Resources Inc.<br />
Manish Rathod Senior Drilling Engineer, ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurgesellschaft<br />
Geotechnik und Bergbau mbH<br />
Heidrun Rauche Senior Mining Geologist, ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurgesellschaft<br />
Geotechnik und Bergbau mbH<br />
Henry Rauche Managing Director & CEO, ERCOSPLAN Erfurter<br />
Consulting- und Planungsbüro GmbH<br />
Jens-Holger Schmidt CEO, SEP Salt & Evaporation Plants Ltd.<br />
Mike Staritz Senior Mechanical Engineer, ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurbüro<br />
Anlagentechnik GmbH<br />
Jorgen Stenvold Director - Project Development, Yara<br />
International ASA<br />
Achim Strauss Technical Advisor / Engineering & Development,<br />
MagIndustries Corp.<br />
Thomas Teichert Senior Mining Engineer, ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurgesellschaft<br />
Geotechnik und Bergbau mbH<br />
Sebastiaan van der Klauw Senior Geologist, ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurgesellschaft<br />
Geotechnik und Bergbau mbH<br />
Maria Wahle Exploration Geologist, ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurgesellschaft<br />
Geotechnik und Bergbau mbH<br />
Marion Walsmann Minister for Federal and European Affairs and<br />
Head of the Thuringian State Chancellory<br />
Fuliang Wang Director of the Mining Department,<br />
Evergreen Industries Group<br />
Andreas Wölke Exploration Geologist, ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurgesellschaft<br />
Geotechnik und Bergbau mbH<br />
Xingxing Xu Managing Assistant, Evergreen Industries Group<br />
Lecture Programme<br />
and<br />
List of Authors<br />
<strong>ANNIVERSARY</strong><br />
<strong>SYMPOSIUM</strong><br />
POTASH FERTILIZER PRODUCTION<br />
IN THE 21 ST CENTURY<br />
60 Years of Potash Engineering Made in Erfurt<br />
20 Years of ERCOSPLAN Group of Companies<br />
8 th to 10 th November 2012
LECTURE PROGRAMME Potash Fertilizer Production in the 21 st Century<br />
9 th November 2012 --- MORNING ---<br />
Plenary Session in Carl Zeiss Hall, Ground Floor<br />
09:00h Dr Henry Rauche (ERCOSPLAN, Erfurt)<br />
60 Years of Potash Engineering Made in Erfurt – 20 Years of<br />
ERCOSPLAN – We Are a Little Proud of It (German)<br />
09:15 Marion Walsmann, MdL (Minister for Federal & European<br />
Affairs and Head of the Thuringian State Chancellory, Erfurt)<br />
Wel<strong>com</strong>e Address by the State Government on the Occasion<br />
of this Double Anniversary (German)<br />
09:30 His Excellence Ahmed Haj Ali<br />
(Minister for Mines Eritrea, Asmara)<br />
The Eritrean Mining Industry (English)<br />
09:45 Frank Hunstock (K+S AG, Kassel)<br />
Mining Activities of the K+S Group (German)<br />
10:10 Hans-Joachim Kind (K+S KALI, Zielitz)<br />
Zielitz Potash Mine in Its Fourth Decade of Production<br />
(German)<br />
10:35 Vladislav A. Baumgertner (URALKALI, Berezniki)<br />
Doubling Production Capacity in Ten Years Only – URALKALI’s<br />
Contribution to Feeding the World’s Growing Population<br />
(English)<br />
11:00 - 11:30h --- Coffee, Tea and Snacks in Panorama Hall, 3 rd Floor<br />
Plenary Session in Carl Zeiss Hall, Ground Floor<br />
11:30 Alexander E. Kalinin (SLAVKALIY, Minsk)<br />
SLAVKALIY – The First Private Potash Company in the Republic<br />
of Belarus (English)<br />
11:50 Jorgen Stenvold (YARA, Oslo)<br />
Yara Goes into Potash: Properties, Projects and Production<br />
Targets (English)<br />
12:10 Prof Dr Mahmut Kuyumcu (LMBV, Senftenberg)<br />
Dealing with Technical, Ecological and Social Challenges<br />
during the De<strong>com</strong>missioning of Potash Mines in the South<br />
Harz Potash District (German)<br />
12:40 - 13:30h --- Lunch in Panorama Hall, 3 rd Floor<br />
9 th November 2012 --- AFTERNOON ---<br />
13:30h<br />
14:00<br />
14:30<br />
15:30<br />
16:00<br />
16:30<br />
Carl Zeiss Hall, Ground Floor Christian Reichert Hall, 2 nd Floor Heinrich Erhardt Hall, 1 st Floor Ernst Abbe Hall, 2 nd Floor<br />
POTASH ENGINEERING ............................................................................................................... 20 Years of ERCOSPLAN<br />
... for Potash Ore Processing ... for Potash Mining ... for Potash Exploration<br />
Stuart Middleton (AMEC, Saskatoon)<br />
Who, What, When, Where and Why? –<br />
An Engineering Perspective on Current<br />
Developments in the Canadian Potash<br />
Industry (English)<br />
Dr Eike Kaps & Dr Sven Harms<br />
(ERCOSPLAN, Erfurt)<br />
Carnallitite Processing Routes: Where We<br />
Are in the 21st Century (English)<br />
Jens-Holger Schmidt (SEP, Winterthur)<br />
How Can We Save Energy in MVR Processes?<br />
(English)<br />
Dr Sebastiaan van der Klauw (ERCOS-<br />
PLAN, Erfurt) & Norbert Grüschow<br />
(ngConsulting, Sondershausen)<br />
Carnallitite Solution Mining: Where We<br />
Are Today – 25 Years after the Start of the<br />
Kehmstedt Pilot Operation (English)<br />
Jochen A. Greinacher<br />
(DEILMANN-HANIEL, Dortmund)<br />
An Innovative Approach to Conducting<br />
URALKALI’s Ust Yaiwa Freeze Shaft<br />
Project in Russia (English)<br />
Dr Wolfgang Minkley (IfG, Leipzig)<br />
Geomechanics for Different Uses of<br />
Salt Deposits: Potash Mining, Cavern<br />
Construction and Radioactive Waste<br />
Repositories (German)<br />
Andreas Jockel & Andreas Wölke<br />
(ERCOSPLAN, Erfurt)<br />
Challenges in Potash Exploration:<br />
Excerpts from a Field Geologist’s Diary<br />
(English)<br />
Laurent Besson (SEMM, Vesdun)<br />
Downhole Logging Methods for Potash<br />
Exploration (English)<br />
Manish Rathod & Maria Wahle<br />
(ERCOSPLAN, Erfurt)<br />
Innovative Mud Composition Strategies<br />
for Potash Exploration (English)<br />
15:00 - 15:30h --- Coffee, Tea and Snacks in Panorama Hall, 3 rd Floor<br />
Dr Heinz Bartl (Erfurt)<br />
The First Step Is Always the Most Difficult:<br />
the Founding of the ERCOSPLAN Erfurter<br />
Consulting- und Planungsbüro GmbH<br />
(German)<br />
Dr Henry Rauche (ERCOSPLAN, Erfurt)<br />
All’s Well that Ends Well: The ERCOS-<br />
PLAN Group of Companies Today<br />
(German)<br />
Jana Neubert, Manuela Gruber &<br />
Julia Onneken (ERCOSPLAN, Erfurt)<br />
In the Beginning Is the Deposit: Exploration<br />
and Evaluation of Mineral Salt Resources<br />
(German)<br />
GREENFIELD POTASH PROJECTS .............................................................................................. 20 Years of ERCOSPLAN<br />
... in Africa ... in Asia ... in North and South America<br />
Farhad Abasov (Allana, Toronto)<br />
Alireza Hezarkhani & Dr Wasili Michajljow Flavio Marcio de Lima Faria<br />
Prof Dr Otfried Natau (Karlsruhe)<br />
Allana Potash: Developing Africa’s First<br />
(ERCOSPLAN, Erfurt)<br />
(KIB, Belo Horizonte)<br />
20 Years of Expert Monitoring of the<br />
Potash Mine (English)<br />
Well-known and New Targets for Potash How Will Brazil Satisfy Its Hunger for Closure Works in the South Harz Potash<br />
Exploration in Asia (English)<br />
Potash in the Future? (English)<br />
District (German)<br />
Lorry Hughes (South Boulder, Perth)<br />
The Colluli Potash Project, Danakhil<br />
Depression, Eritrea: The First (Designed)<br />
Open Pit Potash Project (English)<br />
Chen Longbo, Dr. Wang Fuliang<br />
(Evergreen, Beijing), Achim Strauss<br />
(MagIndustries, Toronto), Xu Xingxing<br />
(Evergreen, Beijing)<br />
The Mengo Potash Project: The First MOP<br />
Production in West Africa (English)<br />
Jorge Carracedo, Carsten Ackermann &<br />
Jürgen Kaufmann (ERCOSPLAN, Erfurt)<br />
Conventional Potash Projects in Asia:<br />
A Mix of Both Great Advantages and Huge<br />
Challenges (English)<br />
Marcel Lindner & Mike Staritz<br />
(ERCOSPLAN, Erfurt)<br />
Potash Production under Tropical Climate<br />
Conditions: Challenges for Engineering<br />
and Operation (English)<br />
Robin Phinney & Siu Ma<br />
(KARNALYTE, Okotoks)<br />
The Wynyard Project, Saskatchewan,<br />
Canada: The Largest Carnallitite Project in<br />
the World (English)<br />
Barclay Hambrook (GrowMax, Calgary)<br />
Low-Cost Potash Production from Brine<br />
Reservoirs in the Sechura Desert, Peru<br />
(English)<br />
17:00 - 17:15h --- Coffee, Tea and Snacks in Panorama Hall, 3 rd Floor<br />
Thomas Teichert & Babett Lehmer<br />
(ERCOSPLAN, Erfurt)<br />
Experiences from Potash and Rock Salt<br />
Mining for the Designing of Repositories<br />
for Radioactive Waste in Saliniferous Host<br />
Rock (German)<br />
Anke Kröger-Herke, Heidrun Rauche &<br />
Mehran Azimi (ERCOSPLAN, Erfurt)<br />
Remediation of Abandoned Potash Sites:<br />
What Can We Learn for the Environmental<br />
Impact Assessment of New Projects?<br />
(German)<br />
17:15<br />
Plenary Session in Carl Zeiss Hall, Ground Floor<br />
Sabine Opel (ERCOSPLAN, Erfurt) & David S. Parker (MRWW, London) Greenfield Potash Project Valuation: Specific Issues and Particular Approaches (English)<br />
17:40 Mark Evans (BCInsight, London) A New Landscape in Potash Markets (English)<br />
18:10 Ralf Linsenbarth (ERCOSPLAN, Erfurt) Instead of Closing Remarks: Potash Engineering Made in Erfurt Enters Its Seventh Decade – A Forecast (English)<br />
At about 18:45h --- Departure of the Tram to the Old Town and to the Erfurt Cathedral, Followed by a Festive Dinner