Agenda

CONFERENCE DAY ONE - Tuesday 23rd June 2009

8.30 Coffee and registration

9.00 Welcoming from IIR

9.10 Opening remarks from chair

INSIGHTS INTO DUST & NOISE CONTROL SOLUTIONS

9.15 Preparing effective noise specifications in Project design and delivery
Case studies will be presented from Hatch experience in setting specifications for mining and industrial project noise sources, that will achieve environmental (or occupational) quality objectives, that can be achieved by equipment suppliers, and that can be assessed for compliance on commissioning
Colin Tickell, Senior Consultant Acoustics & Environment, HATCH

9.55 Research for effective management of mine to port dust Emission

• Management of dust emission from port terminals
• Laboratory simulation and field trials for stockpile and rail transport dust management
• Development of surface veneer treatment and agglomeration to minimise dust emission
• Addressing community concerns on health and nuisance dust issues

John Planner, Principal, Introspec Consulting

10.40 Morning tea

11.10 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Dust mitigation affected along the value chain
A detailed analysis of dust issues from pit to port and how they can be addressed before it becomes an issues for the mine site and the environment
John Visser, Principal advisor Process, Technology and Innovation, RioTinto

12.10 Lunch for speakers & delegates

1.30 Dust suppression from pit to port
Developing a best-practice approach to dust control.
Reducing costs and water usage issues

2.10 Case study: Acoustic solutions at the mine site
Shane Elkin, Noise Engineer, Heggies

2.50 Afternoon tea

3.30 Dust solution options for the handling, loading and transfer of bulk materials

• Reducing emissions at the source
• Dust generation mechanisms
• Inadequacy of existing design methods
• New developments in technology ( e.g. modeling, equipment, operations)

Peter Wypych, Associate Professor, University of Wollongong, General Manger, Bulk Materials Engineering Australia

4.10 Specialised acoustic enclosures and silencers for the oil/gas and mining sectors

• Design and application
• Engineering and manufacture

Paul Redwood, Operations Manager, Enerflex Environmental

4.50 Closing remarks from Chairperson

5.00 Networking Drinks

6.30 Official conference dinner

CONFERENCE DAY TWO Wednesday 24th June 2009

9.00 Opening remarks from chair

9.10 Dust & noise control at port operations

An invitation has been extended to port operators throughout Australia

9.50 Predicting air blast overpressure using noise prediction software
This paper discusses the integration of the topographic shielding and meteorological effects with airblast prediction using a standard noise prediction software package.
Collin Speakman, Principal Mechanical Engineer Acoustics and Vibration, Parsons Brinckerhoff

10.30 Morning tea

DUST & NOISE MONITORING TECHNIQUES

11.00 Meteorological modelling for mine management
Shane Lakmaker, Environmental Scientist, Sinclair Knight Merz

REGULATOR VIEWPOINTS

11.40 Regulators perspective on dust & noise

• Current regulations
• Responsibilities for mine sites
• Processes for dealing with complaints
• Responses to dust & noise issues

Invited: Senior Representative, Queensland Environmental Protection Agency

12.20 Lunch for speakers & delegates

DUST CHALLENGES IN SAFETY & MINE OPERATIONS

1.20 Safety and health issues in dust management
In order to understand how dusts can affect our health we need to consider:

• Their size nuisance, inspirable, respirable, fine and ultra fine particulates
• Their shape round vs annular
• Content inorganic dusts eg lead, silica asbestos or coal dust
• The exposure paths of the worker
• The nature of the illnesses that can be caused by them and their causal pathways

David Cliff, Director of Research Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland

2.00 CASE STUDY: Occupational dust monitoring
Looking into current works at mine sites in Western Australia and the best ways to address health and safety issues for workers
Ronan Kellaghan, Senior Project consultant, Heggies

2.40 Afternoon tea

3.10 Integrated Acoustics and the 789C Haul Truck project
This paper covers the approach taken to achieve noise compliance for one of BHP-Billitons Mt Arthur Coal Mine which is considered to lead the mining world internationally in its noise management.
Greg Collins, Business Group Manager Environment and Water Service Line Leader Air and Noise, GHD

3.50 The use of abatement cost curves in dust management
ENVIRON will discuss the use of abatement cost curves to develop effective Dust Management Plans and detail some of the advantages and limitations in their use

Neil Salisbury, Manager, Environ Australia Pty Ltd

4.30 Close of conference