Introduction
The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) will be hosting the 23rd International Symposium on Mine Planning and Equipment Selection (MPES) for the first time in South Africa in 2015.The symposium has successfully been organized annually for the past 25 years with intermittent 1-year recess as necessary. In 2013 the symposium was held in Germany. It will be in recess in 2014.
MPES has previously been held in Turkey, Greece, Canada, Kazakhstan, Australia, Czech Republic, Brazil, India, China, Ukraine, Poland and Italy. Other venues for future MPES are Czech Republic, Sweden, and Australia.
Call for paper
Submission Topics
· Data Collection and Modelling: State of the Art Practices
· Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Estimation and reporting
· Economic and Technical Feasibility Studies, Mine Development Case Studies
· Design, Planning and Optimization of Surface and Underground Mines
· Transition from surface to underground mining
· Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Applications
· Mining Equipment: Selection, Operation, Control, Monitoring and Optimization
· Mechanization and Automation of Mining Processes
· Application of Information Technology
· Short interval/planning and control
· Resource-to-Market: Reconciliation and Optimization
· Productivity and Competitiveness of Mining Operations
· Sustainability: Improving Health, Safety and Environmental Practice and Performance
· Mine Closure and Rehabilitation in mine planning
· Young Authors Category (MSc/PhD Students below 35 years).
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Important Date
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Conference Date
Nov 11
2015
toNov 13
2015
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Nov 13 2015
Registration deadline
Sponsored By
The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM)
Contact Information
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