Keynote Speakers
Plenary Session Keynote Speakers
Ben PEACHEY
Ben Peachey is currently Communications Director at the ICMM, a post he has held since May 2005. He is responsible for the implementation of the ICMM Communications Strategy, and manages ICMM's Communi-cations team, whose remit includes media relations, producing ICMM publications and editing the ICMM website and newsletter. Previously he has worked as a communications consultant at the global engineering consultancy Arup, and as an online journalist at the BBC. Whilst at Arup, Ben advised a senior management board responsible for a global sector of 1,000 staff on communications issues, organizing internal events, producing promotional material, and developing and implementing communi-cations plans for internal and external initiatives.
Ben spent seven years at the BBC, where he launched and edited a daily e-mail newsletter for the BBC's Newsnight programme, and also delivered interactive content for the Panorama programme where he produced BBC News' first ever interactive service on digital cable television in 2001.
Topic: Sustainable Development for Sustainable Industry Growth
Ray DURRHEIM
Professor Ray Durrheim holds the South African Research Chair in Exploration, Earthquake and Mining Seismology at the University of the Witwatersrand and is a Fellow in the Natural Resources and the Environment Unit of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). He has participated in many studies dealing with deep level mining and rockbursting. From 1998 to 2002 he was the manager of the DeepMine and FutureMine Collaborative Research Programmes. In 2005 he was commissioned by Chief Inspector of Mines to lead an investigation into the risks to miners, mines and the public associated with large seismic events in the gold mining districts. He is currently the leader of the research project entitled "Minimising the Rockburst Risk", sponsored by the Mine Health & Safety Council. This project encompasses research on topics such as seismic source mechanisms, the dynamics of fault zones, rockburst damage mechanisms, and seismic hazard assessment methods.
Topic: Rock Engineering for Ultra-deep Mining - Research, Implementation and Responsive Regulation
Magnus ERICSSON
Magnus Ericsson - Chairman and co-founder of the Raw Materials Group (RMG). RMG is one of Europe's leading, independent group of mineral economists and mineral strategy/policy analysts. RMG specialises in global analysis of the mining industry starting with our proprietary ownership and production database Raw Materials Data. Raw Materials Data covers both the global metals and coal industries in great detail.
The Raw Materials Group has for over two decades been advising governments, international organisations and the mining industry extensively. A particular focus has been placed on analysis of the global industry structure and the M&A deal flow, the iron ore industry, developing government mining promotion strategies.
Mr Ericsson obtained his MSc in chemical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm in 1973 and has almost 20 years of management experience from Scandinavian industry prior to joining the RMG. He is the Swedish representative of the WMC IOC.
Topic: Global Commodity Outlook and implications for the mining industry
A.K. GHOSE
"Former Director of Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Prof.Ajoy K. Ghose is a distinguished academic and mining industry consultant who is currently the Editor of Journal of Mines, Metals & Fuels, a Director of Central Mine Planning & Design Institute, Ranchi besides working as a Performance Auditor and Mentor of 12 engineering institutions being supported under World Bank TEQUIP project.He is a Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering, a past President of The Institution of Engineers(India),and of the Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India. He has received several national and international honours including Krupinski Medal, National Mineral Award and National Design Award, a Honorary Doctorate from University of Petrosani and is a Foreign Member of Academy of Mining Sciences, Russia and a Honorary Life Member of SITAG,Poland. Author of two books and editor of 22 publications, he has to his credit some 350 scientific papers."
Topic: Sustainable development in world mining industry in the light of the New Delhi Declaration - NDD
Michael KARMIS
Dr. Michael Karmis is the Stonie Barker Professor of the Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering and the Director of the Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research, at Virginia Tech. His expertise is in the areas of mine design, ground control, health and safety, carbon sequestration and the sustainable development of energy and natural resources. He has authored more than 150 scientific papers, reports, Proceedings volumes and textbooks and has directed 40 major research projects. Dr. Karmis has been active in consulting with the minerals industry, consulting companies, government organizations and legal firms. He served as the 2002 President of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) and he is the President-Elect (2008) of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (AIME). He was elected as the 2002 President of the Society of Mining Professors (SOMP)-Societät der Bergbaukunde and since 2005 serves as the Secretary General of SOMP. He is a Distinguished Member of the SME, a Fellow of the Institute of Quarrying and a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. He has received numerous recognitions and awards by major scientific, professional and industrial organizations.
Co-author: Scott KEIM,
President, Marshall Miller & Associates, Bluefield, Virginia
Topic: The Future of Coal - a USA Perspective
Antoni TAJDUŚ
Professor Antoni Tajduś, PhD/D.S.c
AGH University of Science and Technology
Dept. of Mining and Geoengineering Geome-chanics, Construction and Geotechnics Chair
e-mail: tajdus@agh.edu.pl
Specializes in the field of underground and open-cast mining, geomechanics, geotechnics, and underground construction. He has authored more than 350 publications, monographs, and books. Over 250 industrial reports and research expertises have been conducted under his direction. He holds eight patents and is the director and executor of 15 research projects (grants). He has promoted 9 doctorates and has been the reviser of more than a dozen doctoral and associate professorship theses.
At present he is president of the Rock Mass Mechanics Section of the Committee on Mining of the Polish Academy of Science. He is member of the Committee on Mining of the Polish Academy of Science, the Committee and Section on Mining and the Power Industry of the Polish Academy of Arts and Science, the Malopolska Committee on Geotechnics and the International Society for Rock Mechanics.
He is also a member of the commission for rock bursts in bituminous cola mines, and of the commission for rock bursts in KGHM Polish Copper. Between 1997 ad 2001, he was a member of the expertise team for the restructurization of bituminous coal mining. Besides this he is also the member of the scientific committees of several international mining and geoengineering journals
Between 1996-2002 he was Dean of the Department of Mining and Geoengineering of the AGH University of Science and Technology. Between 2002-2005 he served as Deputy Rector for General Matters of the AGH University. At present, Prof. Antoni Tajduś is rector of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow.
Marek CAŁA
Marek Cała Ph.D. is a lecturer at the Department of Geomechanics, Civil Engineering and Geotechnics of the Faculty of Mining and Geoengineering of the AGH University of Science and Technology. He is an author of over 55 papers published in journals and conference proceedings - both national and international - as well as the author of two monographs. Marek Cała is also an author and co-author of over 250 studies prepared for the mining industry. He is a member of The International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM) and The International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE).
Topic: Trends and Perspective of Polish Mining Industry
John E. TILTON
John E. Tilton divides his time between Chile, where he is holds the Chair in Mineral Economics in the Engineering School of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and the United States, where he is a Research Professor at the Colorado School of Mines. His teaching and research interests over the past 30 years have focused on economic and policy issues associated with the metal industries and markets. His recent research examines the role of mining in economic development, the environment and mining, material substitution, long-run trends in metal demand, the recycling of metals, the sources of productivity growth in mining, and changes in comparative advantage in metal trade.
He has worked for a year as an Economic Affairs Officer for the Mineral and Metals Branch of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in Switzerland, and spent two years at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria directing a research program on mineral trade and markets. More recently, he has been a Senior Fulbright Scholar at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines in Paris; a Haydn Williams Fellow at the Curtin University of Technology in Perth; and a Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Energy Sciences at Kyoto University.
A University Fellow at Resources for the Future since 1989, Professor Tilton has served on various boards and committees of the National Research Council, including most recently the Panel on Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting. In recognition for his contributions in the field of mineral economics, he has received the Mineral Economics Award from the Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration, the Distinguished Service Award from the Mineral Economics and Management Society, and an Honorary Doctorate from the Lulea University of Technology in Sweden.
Topic: Long Run Availability of Nonrenewable Mineral Resources
Niall WEATHERSTONE
Niall Weatherstone is currently Chairman of the Committee for Mineral Reserves International Reporting Standards (CRIRSCO and is based in the United Kingdom where he works for Rio Tinto as a project reviewer. Niall graduated from Edinburgh University in Scotland in 1974 and has pursued a career in the mining industry for over 34 years, working in Africa, UK, Ireland and Australia at mining operations producing copper, lead, zinc, silver, coal, iron ore and gold. His interest in mineral resource and mineral reserve reporting issues originated in the 1980s and he has since taken on a number of responsibilities with Rio Tinto in this regard as well as promoting the issue of international reporting standards. He is currently a member of the Pan European Reporting Committee whom he also represents on CRIRSCO.
Topic: Standards for reporting of mineral Resources and Reserves- Status, Outlook and Important Issues
Maksymilian KLANK
Maksymilian KLANK joined the coal industry in 1979 after graduating from the Academy of Economics in Katowice. He obtained a doctorate in technical sciences at the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy in Kraków. From May 2003 till May 2006, Dr. Klank was the President of the Managerial Board of Kompania Węglowa / Consolidated Coal Company - the single largest coal producer in Europe with an annual output in excess of 50 million tons. He is also President of the Board of the Association of Hard Coal Employers. Dr. Klank is a Member of the Mining Economics and Organisation Section of the Polish Academy of Sciences and also a Member of the Mining Committee of the Academy. He is the author of numerous publications issued both in Poland and abroad mainly on the economic and financial aspects of the coal industry and on its restructuring.
Topic: Future of Coal - from European Perspective
Tad SZWEDZICKI
Dr Tadeusz Szwedzicki graduated from the University of Science and Technology (AGH), Krakow and obtained PhD from the Central Mining Institute in Katowice, Poland. Tad's expertise is in application of geomechanics to mining methods, mine design and ground support. He has worked in the mining operations in seven countries in Australasia, Africa and Europe. His experience in various commodities has been gained working for the world's largest mining companies like PT Freeport (Indonesia), ZCCM (Zambia), AngloAmerican Corp (Republic of South Africa), and WMC and BHP Billiton (Australia). He also worked as Senior Lecturer at Western Australian School of Mines in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
His expertise has been recognized through a nomination by AusAid - Australian Aid Organization, to be Mineral Resource Adviser to the Government of Papua New Guinea. He is also a recipient of the Silver Medal awarded by the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, London. He has published a number of papers in the International Journal of Rock Mechanics and in the Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Topic: Global trends impacting on the mining industry
Wang Xianzheng
Wang Xianzheng was born in Liaoning Province in August 1946. He graduated from Fuxin Mining Institute in 1969 and worked as Technician, Shaft Manager, Assistant Mine Manager, Mine Manager in Yunnan Province from 1969 to 1988. In May 1988, he was promoted to be Deputy Director-General of Yunnan Provincial Coal Industry Bureau. In August 1990, he was further promoted to be Director General of Yunnan Provincial Coal Industry Bureau. In April 1995, he came to Beijing to serve as Vice Minister of the Ministry of Coal Industry. From March 1998 to March 2000, he served as Deputy Administrator of the State Administration of Coal Industry. During March to August 2000, he served as Administrator of the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety. In August 2000, he was transferred to serve as Vice Governor of Shanxi Province. In May 2002, he became Administrator of the State Administration of Work Safety. From February 2005 to present, he is First Vice Minister of the State Administration of Work Safety, and concurrently from January 2007, he is President of the China National Coal Association. From March 2008, Wang Xianzheng is a Member of the Standing Committee of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference ( CPPCC ). Wang Xianzheng is a professor-level senior engineer.
Topic: Development perspectives of China mining industry
Pekka SÄRKKÄ
Pekka Särkkä, Professor in Rock Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland. The author holds M.Sc. (Applied Geophysics) and D.Sc. (Rock Mechanics) degrees, both from the Helsinki University of Technology. He started his career at Outokumpu mine as rock mechanics engineer in 1970, came back to University for postgraduate studies, where he worked as Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, too. In 1989 he became Chief Specialist in Rock Storage for Neste Oil and Gas Company. In the 90'es he was three years Managing Director for a small consulting company Concave Oy, before he was called in 1997 to Chair of Rock Engineering. From 1999 to 2003 he was Vice President for Europe in the International Society for Rock Mechanics, and 2002 to 2007 Chairman of State Mining Board in Finland. He is author and co-author of more than 180 scientific and technical papers and has three patents.
Topic: Intelligent mine implementation
B.C. LITVINIENKO
Sankt Petersburg State Mining Institute (Technical University)
Topic: Mining enterprises and globalisation process of world economy
R.N. SINGH
Nottingham Centre for Geomechanics, School of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
A.S. Atkins
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology, Staffordshire University, Octagon, Beaconside, Stafford, ST16 9DG, UK
D. Mamurekli
Director of Vocational High School of Education of Soma, Celal Bayar University, Soma M.Y.O., Soma, 45500, Manisa, Turkey
M. Mamurekli
School of Chemical, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
Raghu N. Singh was a Professor of Mining Engineering at University of Wollongong, Australia from 1989-2004. He possesses a Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering, a Master of Engineering, a PhD, and a D.Sc. and also a First Class Manager's Certificate of Competency to manage coal mines in India and the UK. He has some 48 years experience in mining with 14 years in operational mine management practice and further expertise in the area of Rock Mechanics, Mine Water, Spontaneous Combustion and Environmental Impact of Minerals Operations. He is an author of some 290 technical and research papers and a book on Rock Fracture Mechanics, one in Mine Water and one in Mining Rock Mechanics. He is currently a Visiting Professor in Geomechanics, at the Nottingham Centre of Geomechanics, School of Civil Engineering, the University of Nottingham and also a Professorial Fellow at the University of Wollongong, Australia.
Raghu N. Singh w latach 1989-2004 był profesorem na Uniwersytecie Wollongong w Australia. Pracował także przez 14 lat w kopalniach węgla kamiennego w Indiach i UK. Jest specjalistą w dziedzinie mechaniki górotworu, zagrożeń wodnych i pożarowych, a także wpływu górnictwa na środowisko.
Jest autorem 290 artykułów. Obecnie jest profesorem w Nottingham Centre of Geomechanics, School of Civil Engineering, the University of Nottingham, a także w University of Wollongong, Australia.
Topic: Review of the coal mining industry in the UK 2008
A. Horst WAGNER
Department of Mineral Resources and Petroleum Engineering,University of Leoben, Austria
Prof. Emeritus in Mining Engineering at University of Leoben, Austria. Former Senior Vice Chairman of International Organizing Bureau of World Mining Congress and Past President of the Austrian Mining Engineering Association and the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Professional background in mining rock mechanics and mine planning. In recent years concentration on minerals and minerals planning policies at a national and European level.
Co-author:
B. Günter TIESS
Department of Mineral Resources and Petroleum Engineering,
University of Leoben, Austria
Topic: Minerals Planning Policies and Supply Practices in Europe
Jerzy BUZEK
Jerzy Buzek - born 3 July 1940 in Śmiłowice near Cieszyn, Poland. Graduated from Politechnika Śląska (Technical University of Silesia) with a degree in chemical engineering (specialized in processing engineering and environmental protection).
A professor of technical science at the Technical University of Silesia and Technical University of Opole; a honorary doctor at the universities in Dortmund and Soeul. Currently the vice-rector responsible for science at the Akademia Polonijna (The Polonia Academy) in Częstochowa. A member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the representative of Poland at the International Energy Agency - the Greenhouse Gas Effect programme. A co-founder of INCREASE - an international network of scientific institutes.
Topic: European way towards zero emission carbon technology
Carsten DREBENSTEDT
Carsten DREBENSTEDT studied at the Mining University of Moscow, where he first graduated as certified engineer and also attained a PhD in 1990. Before being appointed as lecturer of mining/open-pit-mining at Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, he worked in management positions in the industry, including at Lausitzer Braunkohle AG. Since April 2000, he is vice chancellor of research at Freiberg University of Mining and Technology.
Topic: Environmental Management - from Mineral Exploration to Mine Closure
R.N. Singh, A.S. Atkins, D. Mamurekli, M. Mamurekli
Topic: Review of the coal mining industry in the UK 2008
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