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Day One: TUESDAY 22nd NOVEMBER 2011
8.30
Registration and coffee
9.10
Opening remarks from the Chair
Murray Lines, Stratum Resources
9.20
Palaeoshorelines and beach placer in the Eucla Basin, Southern Australia
  • Ages of the palaeoshorelines
  • Models of the palaeoshorelines
  • Palaeoshoreline phases and depositional history
  • HM source and HM assemblage
  • HM sources and palaeoshorelines

Baohong Hou, Geological Survey SA- Senior Principal Geoscientist, Minerals & Energy Resources - PIRSA
10.00
Keynote International Address
Pigments colour the outlook for minsands - from black to white, from bleak to bright
  • Overview of pigments/opacifiers - where do TiO2 & zircon fit in?
  • Role of TiO2 pigment in end-use sectors & sub-sectors
  • TiO2 value-chain: titanium minerals, upgraded feedstocks, pigments, metal, welding-rods, by-products
  • TiO2 pigment global supply/demand: historical & forecast
  • TiO2 pigment regional demand trends
  • Changing structure of TiO2 pigment industry
  • Impact of mergers & acquisition activity
  • TiO2 pigment price trends & forecasts
  • Innovations: potential substitutes, new manufacturing technologies, new end-uses
  • Key factors affecting TiO2 pigment industry’s future over next 25 years
  • Implications for TiO2 feedstocks industry

Reg Adams, Managing Director, ARTIKOL, United Kingdom
10.50
Morning refreshments and networking
11.20
The Future of Iluka’s Australian operations
  • Opportunities for mine life extensions
  • Potential implications of higher mineral sand pricing for new resource developments
  • Iluka’s zircon and high grade titanium production potential
  • Product and Technical Development opportunities and advances

Robert Porter, General Manager Investor Relations, ILUKA
12.00
The Coburn Zircon development project
  • DFS Update August 2011 reveals 35% IRR & $300 million NPV on a higher capital cost of $180 million
  • Off-take & financing agreements targeted for completion end 2011
  • If financing completed by end 2011, commercial production to start H2 2013

David Harley, Managing Director, Gunson Resources
12.40
Open discussion
1.00
Networking Lunch
2.00
The Tiwi Islands and Keysbrook Mineral Sands Projects
Peter Gazzard, Managing Director, Matilda Zircon
2.40
Grande Cote and the Tyssedal Titanium smelter
Nic Limb, Executive Chairman, Mineral Deposits
3.20
Afternoon refreshments and networking
3.50
CASE STUDY
Iluka Resources Iron Concentrate Export via Port of Bunbury
  • POAGS’ Lightweight Ship’s Gear Container Rotator
  • Case Study of initial deployment in Bunbury, WA
  • Overview of development, applications and benefits
  • Containerised bulk supply chain solutions

Stephen Timmins, Project Development Manager, POAGS
4.20
The strategic role of infrastructure and the Port of Portland in particular in supporting the mineral sands industry
Jim Cooper, Chief Executive Officer, Port of Portland Pty Ltd
5.00
Open discussion
5.10
Networking drinks
 
Day Two: WEDNESDAY 23rd NOVEMBER 2011
8.30
Registration and coffee
9.10
Opening remarks from the Chair
Murray Lines, Stratum Resources
9.15
International Keynote Presentation
Pradeep Koneru, CEO and Executive Director, Trimex Sands
9.50
New Growth in the West
  • Sheffield has accumulated a strategic portfolio of heavy mineral sands projects in Western Australia
  • The Company has five advanced exploration projects: Yandanooka, Durack, West Mine North, and Ellengail, located near Eneabba, and the large McCalls deposit located near Gingin
  • Scoping studies are being undertaken to determine priorities for further work
  • Sheffield is also advancing its large scale greenfields Dampier project located in the Kimberley

Bruce McQuitty, Managing Director, Sheffield Resources Ltd
10.30
The Cyclone heavy mineral sands project in the Eucla Basin
Tony Fawdon, Executive Chairman/CEO, Diatreme Resources Limited
11.00
Morning refreshments and networking
11.30
Approval and permitting of mineral sands mines
  • Seeking approvals for mines outside of traditional mineral sands mining jurisdictions
  • Offset requirements for new mineral sands mines
  • Mineral sands mining and agriculture
  • Stakeholders and community engagement

Carolyn Balint, Associate, Coffey Environments
12.10
Victoria – A world class mineral sands province
Mike Hollitt, Executive Director – Earth Resources Development Division, Victorian Department of Primary Industries
12.50
Overview of the Gippsland Heavy Mineral Sands project in Victoria
Stewart Hagan, General Manager Industrial Minerals, Metallica Minerals Ltd
1.20
Open discussion
1.30
Networking lunch
2.30
Close of Conference
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