PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Brazilian Mining in the Globalized World
SEPTEMBER 24, 2007 - MONDAY| 9am | – Distribution of material to pre-registered participants –Reception of new registrations |
Arnaldo Gramani Auditorium
| 11am | – Formal Opening Session 12th Brazilian Mining Congress |
| 2pm | – Brunch |
| 4pm | - Keynote Session: BRAZIL ON THE WORLD SCENE Antenor Firminoda Silva, President and COO, Yamana Gold Inc. João Bosco Silva, Superintendent Director, Votorantim Metais Ltda. Murilo Pinto de Oliveira Ferreira, CEO, CVRD INCO Sebastião Henrique Ubaldo Ribeiro, President and COO Iron Ore, BHP Billiton BrazilModerator: William Waack |
| 9am | – Trends in commodity prices. How long can the good prices be sustained? Paul Gray, Commodities Analyst, Goldman Sachs JBWERE (UK) |
| 9:40am | – Debate |
| 10am | – Trends in project development. Where are they heading? Tom Revy, Director Development - Resources, GRD Minproc Ltd. (Australia) |
| 10:40am | – Debate |
| 11am | - Future mine - trends and advances in technology |
| 11:40am | – Debate |
| 12noon | - Lunch in the venue |
| 2 to 5pm | – Thematic Sessions:THE NATIONAL MINING SCENARIO |
| Time | Henrique Guatimosim Auditorium | Augusto Trajano de Azevedo Antunes Auditorium | Moraes Rego Auditorium |
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS |
ORNAMENTAL STONES |
THE AGGREGATES INDUSTRY: A REALISTIC VIEW |
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| 2pm | Industrial minerals, a mine of opportunities |
The market |
A view of the aggregates industry in Brazil: diagnosis, trends and challenges |
| 2:40pm | Debate | Debate | Debate |
| 3pm | Graphite: production x demand |
Technological conditioning factors for the development of the ornamental stones sector |
Reflections of the application of CONAMA Resolution 369/2006 in aggregate mining |
| 3:40pm | Debate | Debate | Debate |
| 4pm | Alumina Jorge Camps Andreu, Commercial Manager, Alcoa Latin America |
The ornamental and revetment rocks sector and the social-environmental responsibility |
Territorial organization for the mining of aggregates |
| 4:40pm | Debate | Debate | Debate |
Henrique Guatimosim Auditorium |
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| 7:30pm | - 2nd National Meeting of Mine Engineering Students – ENEMINAS |
Arnaldo Gramani Auditorium |
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| 7pm | - Award Ceremony “200 Largest Mines in Brazil” |
ROOM 6 |
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| 3pm to 4:30pm | – Sandvik MGS S.A. - Mine automation |
ROOM 9 |
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| 4:30pm to 6pm | – Metso Brasil Indústria e Comércio Ltda. - Process integration and optmisation from mine to mill |
| 9am | – Meeting the demand for qualified personnel – The roles of research centers, consulting companies and autonomous researchers |
| 9:40am | – Debate |
| 10am | – Educating mining engineers for a sustainable future |
| 10:40am | – Debate |
| 11am | – In house and on the job training in the large scale mining company |
| 11:40am | – Debate |
| 12 noon | – Plenary lecture: Stakeholder engagement - The communication challenge |
| 12:45pm | – Lunch in the venue |
| 2pm to 5pm | – Thematic Sessions: TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS FROM THE USER’S PERSPECTIVE |
| Time | Henrique Guatimosim Auditorium | Augusto Trajano de Azevedo Antunes Auditorium | Moraes Rego Auditorium |
| MINING SOFTWARE Coordinator: Cláudio Lúcio Lopes Pinto, Member of the Organizing Committee of the 12th Brazilian Mining Congress (Federal University of Minas Gerais – UFMG) |
EQUIPMENT |
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT |
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| 2pm | State-of-the-art mining software and the impact on best practices in mining planning |
National GPS precision technology for mining |
Research and technological development in the CVRD - minerals area |
| 2:40pm | Debate | Debate | Debate |
| 3pm | Integrating planning and operations in the Cuiabá Mine |
Optic-electronic separating of minerals |
Collaborative R&D in the mining industry in a global business environment |
| 3:40pm | Debate | Debate | Debate |
| 4pm | Risks and challenges in using mining software |
Underground telecommunications |
The law of innovation and the Mineral Sector Fund |
| 4:40pm | Debate | Debate | Debate |
Henrique Guatimosim Auditorium |
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| 7pm | – 2nd National Meeting of Mine Engineering Students – ENEMINAS |
Augusto Trajano de Azevedo Antunes Auditorium |
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| 5pm | – Meeting of Associação Brasileira dos Profissionais da Mineração – APROMIN (Brazilian Mining Professionals Association) |
ROOM 5 |
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| 3pm | New systems from DNPM (National Department of Mineral Production) Miguel Antônio de Cedraz Nery, Director General of DNPM • New Electronic Pré-Petition • New Cadastre Miner • SIGareas System |
ROOM 6 |
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| 3pm to 4:30pm | – Quadrem Brazil: Global e-Procurement – Competitive advantage through the implementation of procurement solutions in a global world |
ROOM 7 |
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| 3pm to 4:30pm | – Takraf do Brasil Soluções Tecnológicas Ltda. - The high top technology in surface mining, and semi-mobile and mobile crushing technology |
| 4:30pm to 6pm | – Hägglunds Drives Brasil Comércio de Peças para Motores - Direct hydraulic drives on belt conveyors |
ROOM 8 |
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| 3pm to 4:30pm | – Centroprojekt do Brasil S.A. - Application of eletrostatic preciptators on the mining area |
ROOM 9 |
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| 4:30pm to 6pm | – Sotreq S.A. - Productivity optimization of Caterpillar 793D off hightway Trucks |
| 6pm to 7:30pm | – Metso Brasil Indústria e Comércio Ltda. - Metso Minerals: new solutions in slurry pumps |
| 9am | – Corporative governance in large companies |
| 9:40am | - Debate |
| 10am | – Managing the operation |
| 10:40am | – Debate |
| 11am | – Social responsibility in the large mining companies |
| 11:40am | – Debate |
| 12 noon | – Plenary Lecture – ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI BRASIL MINERAÇÃO'S EXPERIENCE IN: · Roasting Unit and Sulphuric Acid Plant Expansion Project · Technological advances in mining, focussing on productivity, safety and health Alexandre Freitas, Sulphuric Acid Plant and Roasting Superintendent Roosevelt Freire, Maintenance and Planning Superintendent Gilmar Dieguez Lopes - Radioprotection Supervisor, and Safety Coordinator AngloGold Ashanti Brasil Mineração Ltda. |
| 12:45 | – Lunch in the venue |
| 2 pm to 5 pm | – Thematic Sessions: MANAGING THE MINING COMPANY |
| Time | Henrique Guatimosim Auditorium | Augusto Trajano de Azevedo Antunes Auditorium | Moraes Rego Auditorium |
| MINING AND THE ENVIRONMENT Coordinator: Marcelo Ribeiro Tunes, Director of Mineral Business, IBRAM |
WATER RESOURCES |
THE SOCIAL ROLE |
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| 2pm | Environmental policy for a mining State |
Charging for the water used in mining |
The importance of the socio-economic role of the MRN in the regional context and of the aluminum chain in Pará |
| 2:40pm | Debate | Debate | Debate |
| 3pm | Environmental accounting for passive contingencies (guarantees and insurance) |
Managing water resources in mining: the Vazante case |
The social and corporate responsibility of coal |
| 3:40pm | Debate | Debate | Debate |
| 4 pm | Myths and reality concerning the relation between mining and sustainable development |
The challenges managing water resources at the Morro do Ouro Mine |
Mining and local development: the case of the CFEM in Brazil |
| 4:40pm | Debate | Debate | Debate |
Henrique Guatimosim Auditorium |
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| 7pm | - 2nd National Meeting of Mine Engineering Students – ENEMINAS |
TECHNICAL LECTURES
ROOM 6 |
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| 3pm to 4:30pm | – Orica Mining Services - Use of electronic detonators for frequencies and vibration control in blasting by explosives |
ROOM 9 |
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| 4:30pm to 6pm | – Sotreq S.A - Productivity optimization of Caterpillar 793D off hightway trucks |
| 6pm to 7:30pm | – SEW-EURODRIVE Brasil Ltda. - SEW industrial gear units – X Series Gustavo Macieira Muniz, Sales Engeneer |