The Conference

High demand for commodities, record fuel prices and a scarcity of skilled personnel has been replaced and surpassed by the recent global financial crisis as the primary issues facing the mining industry. The industry has experienced great challenges in the three years since LOP 2007. As demand for commodities improves, we will again face those earlier challenges and the incentive to continue to drive operational and safety improvements will become paramount. This conference, the Seventh Large Open Pit Mining Conference 2010 (LOP 2010), will provide the opportunity to chart that progress in large open pit mines around the world.

The significance of Western Australia (WA) and its capital, Perth, as the centre of large open pit operations in Australia, again makes it appropriate for this significant international conference to take place here. The proposed BHP Billiton/Rio Tinto joint venture will streamline the world’s largest export Iron Ore industry. New iron ore producers are striving for cost efficiencies and safety improvements to achieve competitive advantages. The potential for a number of large magnetite mines will add a totally new dimension to the iron ore industry in Western Australia.

The conference will provide the forum for operations with major achievements, along with those operators implementing changes, the chance to outline their innovations and to share and explore experiences with others. LOP 2010 brings operators, planning personnel, equipment manufacturers and suppliers, regulators, consultants, software developers and research and technology personnel together to explore latest practice and build a better industry. Consistent with the aims of The AusIMM, the conference will allow members and the industry to keep abreast of technical developments and provide a forum to share views and opinions within the large open pit sector.

Richard Flanagan
Conference Chair

Conference Chairman

Richard Flanagan, Richard Flanagan Mining Consultancy Pty Ltd (RFMC)

Organising Committee

• Bob Adam, Alliance Mining Commodities Limited
• Mark Adams, Barminco Limited
• Barry Grant, Rio Tinto
• John Hearne, Coffey Mining
• Andrew King, Alcyone Resources Ltd

Event Management – The AusIMM

Miriam Way, Director of Conferences & Events
Katy Andrews, Senior Coordinator, Conferences & Events
The AusIMM
PO Box 660, Carlton South, Vic 3053 Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9658 6125
Facsimile: +61 3 9662 3662
Email: kandrews@ausimm.com.au
Website: www.ausimm.com