Annual Meeting Preliminary Program - Full Brochure (PDF) - SME

SHORT COURSES
Day 2
• Pulley Assemblies
• Bearings
• Idlers
• Wrap up
Instructors:
Steve Shadow
Baldor Electric Company
303-840-0048
sshadow@baldor.com
Leo J. Laughlin
641-621-2548
Saturday & Sunday, February 23 & 24, 2013
Colorado Convention Center
Ore Reserve Risk and Optimization
in Strategic Mine Planning:
Stochastic Models and Optimization
Member: $495 • Nonmember: $595
Student Member: $350
The final stage of the course is a series of computer
workshops, and introduces to participants new
powerful public domain software (SGeMS). Data and
software remains with the participants.
Please note: It is strongly recommended that participants
bring a laptop.
Course Content:
• Introduction
• Quantification of uncertainty in strategic planning
creates opportunities, value, shelters investment
and maximises profits
• Frameworks for uncertainty modelling,
profitability, optimization and mining operations
• Concepts and Techniques
• New Technologies
• Practice of Simulations for Risk Modelling in
Mining
• Computer Workshops
Instructor:
Roussos Dimitrakopoulos
McGill University, Canada
Overview:
This two-day course presents the new generation
of applied technologies integrating geostatistical
simulation methods for reserve risk management
with new stochastic mine planning optimization
developments, leading to improved cash flow
assessments. Emphasis is placed on the downstream
applications pertinent to the feasibility, design,
development and planning stages of mining ventures,
as well as in the financial optimization of relevant
aspects of operations and production. Computer
workshops introduce participants to the practical aspects
of the technologies taught in lectures. New public domain
software with graphic capabilities is introduced.
Participants will:
• Discover how and why risk-based models create
value and opportunities
• Understand how to quantify and utilize grade/
tonnage/metal uncertainty and variability
• Learn about new efficient simulation methods for
modelling orebodies and how to utilise the results
in a diversity mining applications
• Understand how to use quantified orebody risk in
ore reserve estimation, mine planning and design,
and mineral project valuation
• Learn about the new stochastic mine planning
framework for life of mine optimization
• Learn from actual industry examples and diverse
applications
• Participate in hands-on computer workshops using
real case studies
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Sunday, February 24, 2013
Colorado Convention Center
Basic Safety and Health Practices
for the Mining Industry
Member: $395 • Nonmember: $495
Student Member: $250
Overview:
The objective of this course is to provide a basic
understanding of safety and health management and
federal requirements applicable to the mining industry.
This course is designed to provide individuals an
introduction to the knowledge and skills necessary
to carry out the responsibilities and duties of an
inexperienced safety representative. The course
will cover the basics of safety management and the
elements of a mine safety program, responsibilities
under the Mine Safety and Health Act, conducting
inspections and accident investigations. The course
will also provide classroom practice in performing
Job Safety Analysis, determining causal factors, and
properly completing the required MSHA forms for
accident reporting, training record completion and
other Part 50 recordkeeping requirements. This course
is designed for supervisors (new and potential future
supervisors) and technical professionals, particularly
recent college graduates, wanting to know more about
safety and health management as it is applied to the
mining industry.