In-Person and Livestream: From data to decisions: The evolution of simulation in minerals processing

Join the Southern Queensland Branch for their In-Person and Livestream event: From data to decisions: The evolution of simulation in minerals processing.

About this event

Today it’s not uncommon for the cost of constructing a new processing plant to exceed several billion dollars. The stakes have never been higher and as such the technical risk associated with adopting emergent energy efficient technologies is often seen as unpalatable or downright irresponsible. Across the industry, organisations are battling with the competing forces of basic minerals economics, technical risk and ESG targets.

So how can many of those considerations be brought together and evaluated to find the right balance between progressive technical innovation and robust risk management? Minerals Processing Modelling and Simulation has for many decades played a pivotal role in codifying equipment performance for varying ore characteristics and providing a means to understand production risks.

The presentation will cover a brief overview of mineral processing simulators before discussing the current trends in modelling and the skills required for model building and performing simulations for technical evaluations.

In-Person Program
5.30pm - 6.00pm: Pre-event networking on the Back Deck at street-level
6.00pm - 7.15pm: Presentation at Platform level  
Livestream Program
6.00pm - 7.15pm: Livestream presentation

Speaker/s

Greg Shapland

Senior Manager – Technology (IES), Orica Digital Solutions

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Greg brings over 30 years’ experience in managing and implementing systems and process improvements using mining technologies and IT systems. Following a career with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and implementing Enterprise Resource Plannings in a broad range of industries he joined CAE Mining (before and again Datamine) before joining CRC ORE as an Implementation Specialist on early Grade Engineering Projects. Greg led the first training session of the Integrated Extraction Simulator in 2013 and has since led the development of the platform and leads the IES Team of Metallurgists and Developers at Orica Digital Solutions. He has also delivered the AusIMM Short Course on Practical Data Analytics and Machine Learning in 2022 and 2023. Greg has a B.Eng (Civil) Hons. from UQ and an MBA from QUT.