It is now less than a month to go until the first two-day In-Pit Crushing and Conveying (IPCC) conference gets underway in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on the evening of 21st September, followed by a day and a half of papers on 22nd and 23rd September, and an optional field trip on the afternoon of 23rd. From Antamina to Yanacocha, Paragominas, Cerrejon and many more, the leading mines and mining groups in that part of the world as well as globally make up over half of the 120+ delegate total - an indication of the level of work being conducted into IPCC at the feasibility and in some cases, the development stage. The full programme with timings is listed below, which gives an idea of the breadth of scope and coverage. Also notable is the range of commodities involved; not just coal and overburden mining groups but also iron ore, bauxite, copper, gold and others. With the industry booming and concerns about future equipment lead times and pressures from rising diesel and employee costs, many companies are taking a more serious look at IPCC than ever before.

In addition to the program itself, there remain some sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, as well as an optional field trip after the close of the conference to the new Vespasiano conveyor components facility, owned and operated by Sandvik Mining & Construction do Brasil. The 17,000 m² factory, opened in 2009, mainly produces rollers using state of the art equipment, but also used to assemble conical and jaw crushers, vibrating screens, frames and drums for conveyor belts.

Already sponsored are the conference pens, pads, bags and lanyards. The remaining sponsorship opportunities consist of the opening welcome reception, the two lunches, the conference program and finally a networking dinner, which we are planning to have on the main middle evening ie the night of 22^nd September. In addition, we have three of the five booths remaining, so if you already have a team at the event, this offers an additional space to meet customers and distribute brochures for a relatively low cost. If any are of interest, please let us know as soon as possible, by contacting the Conference Director Paul Mopre at paul@im-mining.com

IPCC Event, 22nd September 2011                                                          

Opening Remarks

0800-0815 Paul Moore, IPCC Conference Director

Keynote talk

0815-0830 Mass material challenges: technology versus aspirations. Simon Williams, Senior Manager, Mine Engineering, Mineral Resource Development, BHP Billiton

Mine Planning and Truck/Shovel versus IPCC

0830-0900 IPCC - view on total cost of ownership. Doug Turnbull, Principal Mining Engineer, Sandvik

0900-0930 Applying IPCC at your mine. John McCarthy, Project Manager, IPCC Systems, P&H Mining

0930-1000 Coming to a mine plan near you - IPCC; are you ready? Bob McCarthy, General Manager - Americas, Snowden

Design criteria for IPCC

1030-1100 Case study on IPCC systems under various mining conditions. Martin Kreßner, Senior Mining Engineer, Takraf

1100-1130 Key success factors for the planning, operation and maintenance of IPCC systems - a view from an operator of continuous mining systems. Ruediger Durchholz, Managing Director, Engineering, RWE Power International

1200-1230 New approaches to traditional conveying and stacking systems for waste handling. Grant Graber, Director of Project Development, Terra Nova Technologies

Semi Mobile and Fully Mobile IPCC

1300-1330 Developments in fully mobile rigs in the modern era. Andrew Dodman, Project Director, Americas, MMD Group

1330-1400 In-pit crushing with high mobility units. Jorma Kempas, Business Manager, In-Pit Crushing Solutions

1400-1430 Different methods of IPCC applied in Samarco and comparative results . José Raimundo, Specialist Engineer, Samarco

1430-1500 Fully mobile and semi-mobile IPCC equipment designs and alternatives. Speaker TBC, FLSmidth

1500-1530 How to get value out of a fully mobile IPCC system. David Morrison, Global Manager - Integrated Mining Systems, SKM

1530-1600 IPC with fully mobile crushing plants in regard to energy efficiency & CO₂ reduction. Ulrich Mentges, Senior Manager Mine Planning & Sales - Mining, ThyssenKrupp

Relocation of IPCC system

1630-1700 Analysis of various semi-mobile crushing stations. Christian Cavagnaro, CEO, Takraf South America

1700-1730 Important parameters in the production of IPCC equipment specifications. David Morrison, Global Manager - Integrated Mining Systems, SKM

1730-1800 Transport solutions for large mining equipment. Bernd Schwengsbier, President, TII Sales

IPCC Event, 23rd September 2011

Conveyor systems for waste handling

0800-0830 Title and Speaker TBC. Martin Engineering

0830-0900 Conveyor belt shifting  - work preparation and execution. Ruediger Durchholz, Managing Director, Engineering, RWE Power International

0900-0930 Uses of mobile conveying systems in the handling and placement of overburden. Ted Wagner, Global  Product Manager of Mobile Conveying, FLSmidth

Real mine case studies

1000-1030 Waste crushing and conveying for the Caspiche gold/copper project. Phil Morriss, Consulting Mining Engineer, Exeter Resource

1030-1100 Mobile mineral processing. Allen Smith, Business Development Manager, Mining, Powerscreen

1100-1130 Pre-feasibility studies on IPCC at Antamina. Cristian Apeleo, WHP Project Manager, Business Planning and Development, Compania Minera Antamina

Alternatives: bucketwheel systems, surface miners and others

1130-1200 Alternative waste mining systems for the Paragominas bauxite mine. Hildegundes Silva and David Tutton, Head of Mine Planning and Consulting Engineer, Mineração Paragominas

1200-1230 Precision surface mining - a breakthrough technology in the mining industry. Stephan Oppelaar, Senior Solutions Specialist / Application Engineer and Cesar Leite, Segment Manager Specialty Excavation, Vermeer

1230-1300 Surface miner applications. Hermann Volk, Product Support Manager, Mining, Wirtgen