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Second International Platinum Conference
'Platinum Surges Ahead'
Sun City, South Africa, 8-12 October 2006
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Please note that this provisional programme is still subject to changes.
Sunday 8 October 2006
5:00pm - 6:00pm Early Registration
6:00pm - 8:00pm Welcome / Cocktail party
Monday 9 October 2006
7:00am - 8:30am Registration
Session 1 - Opening Session (Chaired by Mike Rogers)
8:30am Welcome
Pat Willis (President: SAIMM)
8:45am Platinum, a story worth telling, or not? (Opening address)
Shadwick Bessit (Impala Platinum, South Africa)
9:20am The centenary of the discovery of platinum in the Bushveld Complex
Grant Cawthorn (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
9:45am Anglo Platinum: Taking advantage of the current metal prices
and shortage of platinum
Gordon Chunnett (Anglo Platinum, South Africa)
10:10am Ounces into Pounds: How much is an in-situ ounce of platinum worth?
A van der Merwe (SRK, South Africa)
10:35am Tea
Session 2 - Geology and Exploration (Chaired by Theo Pegram)
11:05am Seismic applied to platinum exploration, a success story (Keynote address)
Gerard Chambovet (Compagnie Generale de Geophysique, France)
11:30am 3D Surface Seismic: A tool to help resource evaluation for a PGM
mine project (presentation only)
Dave Reeves (Afplats, South Africa), M Gibson
(Geoscience Solution, South Africa), E Gillot, & M Denis
(CGG, South Africa)
11:55am Lateral distribution of the UG2, the Merensky Reef, the Platreef and
analogous deposits of the Bushveld Complex: new opportunities for exploration
(presentation only)
F Kruger (Moruo Minerals, South Africa)
12:20pm Valuation of a mineral resource that has a compound metal content
distribution: An example based on the Merensky Reef at Wesizwe Platinum
Limited's Pilanesberg Project
D Young (Mineral Corporation, South Africa)
12:45pm The application of facies classification in evaluating the Merensky
Reef at Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine, South Africa
Mark Lionnet (Anglo Platinum, South Africa) &
Ken Lomberg (RSG Global, South Africa)
1:10pm Lunch
Session 3A - Project Valuation, Management, and Engineering (Chaired by Jim Porter)
2:10pm Project valuation, capital investment and strategic alignment -
Tools and techniques at Anglo Platinum
Gordon Smith, J Pearson-Taylor, Donovan Andersen,
& A Marsh (Anglo Platinum, South Africa)
2:35pm Next generation project management in the platinum industry
Hennie Read (RSV, South Africa)
3:00pm Intelligent Gearing System: Solution to understand and correct
operational conditions that reduce the fatigue life of a girth gear
David Brown & D van Dyk (Textron, South Africa)
Session 3B - Physical Metallurgy I (Chaired by Chris Pistorius)
2:10pm New Pt-based alloys for high temperature application in aggressive
environments: The next stage
Lesley Cornish, Rainer Suss, Lesley Chown,
Alistair Douglas, M Matema, Lizelle Glaner, & Garth Williams
(Mintek, South Africa)
2:35pm A review on the progress towards Pt-base superalloys for ultra high
temperature applications
Rainer Volkl, M Wenderoth, Johannes Preussner,
U Glatzel (University of Bayreuth, Germany), Stefan Vorberg, & B Fischer
(University of Applied Sciences Jena, Germany)
3:00pm Overview of the high-temperature mechanical properties of Pt-alloys
Stefan Vorberg, B Fischer (University of Applied
Sciences Jena, Germany), D Lupton (WC Heraeus GmbH, Germany), M Wenderoth,
U Glatzel, & Rainer Volkl (University of Bayreuth, Germany)
3:25pm Tea
Session 4 - Physical Metallurgy II (Chaired by Lesley Cornish)
3:55pm Hot corrosion behaviour of Pt-alloys for application in the next
generation of gas turbines
N Maledi & Herman Potgieter, M Sephton (University
of the Witwatersrand, South Africa), Lesley Cornish, Lesley Chown, &
Rainer Suss (Mintek, South Africa)
4:20pm Building a database for the prediction of phases in Pt-based superalloys
Lesley Cornish, Rainer Suss (Mintek and University
of the Witwatersrand, South Africa), A Watson (University of Leeds, UK),
& S Prins (CSIR-NML, South Africa)
4:45pm Platinum alloy development: The Pt-Al-Cr-Ni system
Johannes Preussner, M Wenderoth, S Prins,
Rainer Volkl, & U Glatzel (University of Bayreuth, Germany and
Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Evening at leisure
Tuesday 10 October 2006
Session 5 (Chaired by Mike Rogers)
8:30am Building a new mine: Learning from previous mistakes (Keynote address)
Gerhard Potgieter (ARM, South Africa)
9:05am Progress at Crocodile River Mine
Tom van den Berg (Barplats / Eastern Platinum, South Africa)
Session 5A - Mining Mechanisation (Chaired by Wally Waldeck)
9:30am The development of XLP equipment and the implementation of mechanized
breast mining
K Moxham (Lonmin Platinum, South Africa) &
Rod Pickering (Sandvik, South Africa)
9:55am The implementation of mechanized development with the loco drill
and the box hole borer
K Moxham (Lonmin Platinum, South Africa) &
B McKeown (Sandvik, South Africa)
10:20am A symphony of collaboration between mining and engineering
G Strong, C Terblanche (Modikwa, South Africa),
Bjorn Gohre, & M Andrews (Sandvik, South Africa)
Session 5B - Mineral Processing I (Chaired by Johan Theron)
9:30am The development of a process flowsheet for the new Anglo Platinum,
PPRust North concentrator incorporating HPGR technology
G Humphries, Chris Rule, & E Wolmarans
(Anglo Platinum, South Africa and DRA, South Africa)
9:55am The use of performance monitoring techniques in detecting process
shifts and potential root causes in a variable speed grinding
application
L Coetzer & T Khumalo (Anglo Platinum, South Africa)
10:20am The development of ultra fine grinding at Anglo Platinum
A Anyimadu, L Knopjes, & Chris Rule
(Anglo Platinum, South Africa)
10:45am Tea
Session 6A - Mining Methods and Layouts (Chaired by Joshua Ngoma)
11:15am Two Rivers Platinum Mine's orebody, the mining method; a
perfect match
M Mabuza (Two Rivers Platinum, South Africa)
11:40am Technical operating flexibility in the analysis of mine layouts
and schedules
C Musingwini, Dick Minnitt (University of the
Witwatersrand, South Africa), & M Woodhall (Gijima AST, South Africa)
12:05pm Underground mine profiling
D Borman (GMSI, South Africa)
Session 6B - Mineral Processing II (Chaired by Richard Beck)
11:15am Trithiocarbonates for the flotation of PGM sulphides
Francois Vos, J Davidtz, & J Miller
(Impala Platinum, South Africa)
11:40am Interpreting the role of reagents in the flotation of platinum bearing
Merensky ores
J Wiese, M Becker, Dee Bradshaw, & P Harris
(University of Cape Town, South Africa)
12:05pm Technologies for emissions reduction in the metallurgical and chemical
process industries
D Schreuder (Envirotherm GmbH, South Africa)
12:30pm Topsoe Wet gas Sulphuric Acid (WSA) technology - an attractive
alternative for reduction of sulphur emissions from furnaces and converters
Helge Rosenberg (Haldor Topsoe, Denmark)
12:55pm Lunch
Session 7A - Drilling and Rockcutting (Chaired by Les Jagger)
1:55pm Long hole drilling applied to narrow reef mining
Rod Pickering (Sandvik, South Africa)
2:20pm Electric rock drilling for in-stope mining in platinum operations
Pascale Petit (TWP, South Africa)
2:45pm Financial valuation of electric rock drills for in-stope mining in platinum operations
Pascale Petit (TWP, South Africa)
3:10pm Mining by rockcutting in narrow reefs
Rod Pickering, A Smit (Sandvik, South Africa),
& K Moxham (Lonmin Platinum, South Africa)
Session 7B - Pyrometallurgy (Chaired by Rodney Jones)
1:55pm Independence Platinum Limited (IPt) formation and objectives
Dick Phillips (Atomaer, South Africa), Rodney Jones
(Mintek, South Africa), & Larry Cramer (Consultant, South Africa)
2:20pm Rectangular furnace design and novel DC-slag cleaning technology for
the PGM industry
Rolf Degel, J Kempken, Till Schreiter, &
H Schmieden (SMS Demag, Germany & South Africa)
2:45pm Oxygen activity measurements in simulated converter matte
K Tshilombo & Chris Pistorius (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
3:10pm Process description and optimisation of the flash driers at
Polokwane Smelter
Paul van Manen (Anglo Platinum, South Africa)
3:35pm Tea
Session 8A - Mining Projects and Services (Chaired by Rudy Phillis)
4:05pm The application of multi-parametric block models to the mining process
A Bye (Anglo Platinum, South Africa)
4:30pm The implementation of No's 16 & 20 shaft projects
Les Jagger (Impala Platinum, South Africa)
4:55pm Ventilation strategies to meet future needs of the South African
platinum industry
Marco Biffi (Prysm Resources), D Standton, &
D Pienaar (Anglo Platinum, South Africa)
7:00pm for 7:30pm Conference Dinner - Valley of the Waves
Wednesday 11 October 2006
Session 9 - Closing Session I (Chaired by Gordon Smith)
9:00am Strategic consideration within the South African PGM industry (Keynote address)
Francis Petersen (Anglo Platinum, South Africa)
9:35am Is platinum paying its rent?
Lance Stilwell (RSV, South Africa) &
Dick Minnitt (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
10:00am Replacement of the existing Merensky Reef operations at Lebowa
Platinum Mine: An integrated business and operational readiness
approach
O Ntrama (Anglo Platinum, South Africa)
10:25am Tea
Session 10 - Closing Session II (Chaired by Rod Pickering)
10:55am The evolution of strategic long term planning at Anglo Platinum
Gordon Smith, J Pearson-Taylor, & Donovan Andersen (Anglo Platinum, South Africa)
11:20am End-users, recyclers and producers: Shaping tomorrow's PGM market
and metal prices
S Forrest & B Clarke (SFA Oxford, UK)
11:45am Activities of various junior platinum explorers around the
Bushveld (presentation only)
Ken Lomberg (RSG Global, South Africa)
12:10pm Concluding remarks
Frank Egerton (On behalf of Conference Committee)
12:30pm Lunch
Thursday 12 October 2006
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