CONFERENCE PROGRAM

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Tuesday 11th September

10:00 Golfers depart for Indooroopilly Golf Club, 11am shotgun start. Sponsored by SNF, FLSmidth, Jord and Elastomers Australia

10:30 Technical Tour depart for CSIRO QCAT facility tour at Pullenvale. Sponsored by CSIRO See details below #

12:00 Exhibitors Set Up

15:00 Pre-conference Registration & Exhibition Open

Delegate Satchels Sponsored by Rema Tip Top

Delegate Lanyards Sponsored by Weir Minerals

16:00 Golfers and Technical Tour participants return

16:00 - 17:00 Exhibition Bar Open Sponsored by Interchem

17:00 - 19:00 Arrival Function - RICC Exhibition Hall Sponsored by Real Time Intruments

19:00 Exhibition Closes

19:30 Day Concludes

Wednesday 12th September

7:30 Conference Registration Open - Arrival Tea & Coffee

8:45 Opening Ceremony - Matt Allen and Dave Osborne Sponsored by Metso

8:50 Acknowledgment of Country

8:55 OfficialWelcome - ACPS National Chairman - Matt Allen - Todd Harrington - Resources Investment commissioner for Qld Govt.

9:10 Keynote Speaker - Yancoal CEO - Reinhold Schmidt Reinhold Schmidt has over 20 years’ experience in the mining industry. Prior to joining Yancoal Australia, Mr Schmidt was the ChiefOperatingOfficerofXstrataCoalQueenslandandpreviously theExecutiveGeneralManagerforXstrataCoal’sWandoanproject. He was also formerly the President of the Colombian coal assets of Glencore.

9:45 A word from our Sponsor

9:50 Opening Act - Dan Gregory

10:30 Morning Tea Sponsored by Eriez Magnetics

11:00-12:30 Session1-NewPlantsandUpgrades Authors SessionChair 1A Lake Vermont Tertiary DMC Design and Commissioning M. Hunt and D. Hoffmann Chris Wood 1B Design, Construction and Commissioning of a Coal Handling Plant at Moolarben Mine, NSW C. Sorensen, A. Bryan and M. Terry 1C Asset Optimisation M. Robbins and J. McManus

12:30 Lunch Sponsored by Skala Australasia

13:30 - 15:00 Session 2 - Dense Medium Separation Authors Session Chair 2A A Study of Residence Times and Tracer Partition of Different N. Scott, M. O’Brien, C. Wood, P. Holtham and B. Firth Glenn Sherritt Sized Particles in a Coal Dense Medium Cyclone Circuit 2B On-lineMonitoringofMetallurgicalEfficiencyforDense A.Vince Medium Separators 2C New Co-current Cyclone Dense Medium Separator S. Hu

15:00 Afternoon Tea Sponsored by McLanahan Corporation

13:30-15:00 Session3-ImprovedFineCoalProcessing Authors SessionChair 3A Derrick Stack Sizer Pilot Plant Evaluation D. Mathewson Jaisen Kohmuench 3B A Novel Approach to the Recovery of Fine Coal from Tailings J. B. Agenbag, A. J. Vietti and A. E. Krassnokutski 3C Meandu Mine Fine Circuit and Dewatering Upgrade S. Matthews, D. Atkins, T. Wex and G. Lees

18:15 Coaches depart RICC for evening function

18:30-22:00 WelcomeFunction-QldArtGallery Sponsored by HMA Group

22:00 Function concludes, coaches depart back to RICC

22:15 Day Concludes

Thursday 13th September

7:30 Conference Registration Open - Arrival Tea & Coffee

8:15 - 10:30 Session 4 - Dewatering Authors Session Chair 4A MeanduMineDryTailingsSolidBowlCentrifugeDesign S.Matthews,M.GoffinetandK.Morgan ChrisClarkson Installation and Commissioning 4B Application of Solid Bowl Centrifugation for Dewatering M. Ejtemaei, A. V. Nguyen, K. Walton and D. Osborne of Fine-Coal Tailings 4C Pilot Testing of a Hyperbaric Filter to Target Step Changes in R. Drummond and A. Swanson Filtercake Product Moistures 4D Reduction of Particle Fragmentation in Decanter Centrifuges M. Reichenbach, S. Weis, A. Siebelitz, J. Grossalber and D. Pepper by Improved Feed Port Design with “Gentle Feeder”. Results from Industrial-scale Plant 4E Moisture Transport during Contact Sorption Drying Of Coal Fines M. le Roux, Q. P. Campbell, M. J. van Rensburg and E. S. Peters

10:30 Morning Tea Sponsored by Glencore Technology

11:00-12:00 Session5-ArthurLePageMemorialLecture Authors SessionChair 5A Julius Rubinstein - Column Flotation History: Trends in J. Rubinstein and V. Novak Andrew Swanson Development, Simulation and Practices The Arthur le Page memorial lecture for 2018 will be given by Prof Julius Rubinsteinandhistopicis:Columnflotation:history,trendsin development, simulation and practices. Prof., Doctor of Science Julius Rubinstein is currently the director of scientificworkattheInstituteofSolidFuelsPreparationinMoscow, Russia,andconsultsworldwideonflotationmatters,includingin North America. Hisscientificinterestsencompasstheoryandpracticeofcoal preparation,complexprocessingofmineralrawmaterials,flotationof non-ferrous, rare and precious metals, design and development novel flotationmachines,modellingofseparationprocesses,optimization of technological schemes for the enrichment of coal and ores, environmentalprotection:processingofpowerstationflyash,waste water treatment and metal recovery from electronic scrap. His work has been widely published internationally in journals and books, including being the author of the book “Column Flotation : Processes, Designs and Practices”

12:00 Lunch Sponsored by QCC Resources

12:30 - 14:30 Poster Papers and Exhibition Time Authors Session Chair P1 Coal Type and Medium-to-Coal Effect in Dense Medium Cyclones. K. W. Chu and A. Vince Glen Fewings A Short Review P2 TheEffectofMagnetiteGradeonSeparationEfficiencyinaPilot L.B.MackayandJ.Bosman Scale Drum and Dense Medium Cyclone P3 AdvantagesofUtilisingDryJiggingandX-raySortingTechnology E.Oren,G.VanWykandK.S.Ashvani forCoalBeneficiationinAustralia P4 ShearModificationoftheStructureofPre-SedimentedFlocs P.Ofori,A.V.NguyenandC.McNally to Enhance Dewatering of Coal Preparation Tailings P5 Developing Strategies and Models for Dewatering of Clay-rich D. Liu, M. Edraki and L. Berry Tailings in Saline Water P6 STM Screens - A Productivity Game Changer V. Sunter P7 Asset Performance Improvements Delivered Through a Reliability L. P. Sassé and C. Hanlon Centred Maintenance Approach

14:30 Afternoon Tea Sponsored by Ausenco

15:00-17:00 Session6-FrothFlotationandFines Authors SessionChair 6A Interpretation of Flotation using Coal Grain Analysis B. Atkinson Dustin Pepper 6B Performance Characterisation of New Frothers and Collectors S. Dickie, D. Chipfunhu, G. Bournival, S. Ata and N. Lambert for Coal Flotation 6C AnAlternativeFineCoalCircuitforMaximisingtheProfitabilityof J.N.Kohmuench,M.J.Mankosa,G.H.LuttrellandP.J.Bethell Australian Coal Processing Plants 6D Practical Application of Spiral Automation Technology C. Thornton and M. Carnell

18:15 Coaches Depart for evening function

18:30-23:30 ConferenceDinner-BrisbaneCityHall Sponsored by Minco Tech Australia

23:30 Function concludes, coaches depart back to RICC

23:45 Day Concludes

Friday 14th September

7:30 Conference Registration Open - Arrival Tea & Coffee

8:30-10:15 Session7-EffiencyandOptimisation Authors SessionChair 7A QualityManagementFramework:RedefiningPerformance K.RoweandA.Diaz DarrenMathewson Management at Glencore Coal Australia 7B CHPP Key Performance Metric and Opex Benchmarking Asset G. Sherritt, K. Boddeus and A. D. Meyers Optimisation Strategies 7C QuantifyingtheMaterialityofEfficiencyParameters M.Swanson,W.MackinnonandA.Swanson 7D The Development of a Dynamic Model for an Australian Dense N. Scott, P. Holtham, B. Firth and M. O’Brien Medium Cyclone Circuit

10:15 Morning Tea Sponsored by Curve Pro

10:45-12:30 Session8-GeneralCoalProcessing Authors SessionChair 8A Goaf Emplacement of Rejects at Metropolitan Coal Mine - A Case Study J. Aitken, R. Campbell, P. Wade and P. Van Wyk Dave Osborne 8B1 FullScaleGravity-deslimingusingCascadingREFLUX™Classifiers S.M.Iveson,A.Price,K.vanNettenandK.P.Galvin 8B2 FullScaleTrialoftheREFLUX™ClassifierCoveringParticleSizes S.M.Iveson,A.PriceandK.P.Galvin up to 6mm 8C Measurement Uncertainty in Float and Sink Testing B. Atkinson 8D The Effects of Minimising Recirculating Loads on a Coal Handling J. Dinh and Preparation Plant

12:30 ClosingSession Authors SessionChair Rapporteur / 2020 Notice / Lucky Door Prize Glen Fewings

13:00 Light Lunch Sponsored by ACPS

13:30 ConferenceConclusion/ExhibitorPackUp