Technical Meeting – Moranbah, Black Nugget Hotel
BBUGS kicked off 2025 with a well attended Technical Meeting in Moranbah. It was great to see everyone who attended both in person and online.
There were some fantastic presentations given given by Ed Steed, Tim Gilroy, Darryl Smith and Adam Lines. These presentations spoke to longwall bolt up and salvage, the history of PDRRs and further understanding of the stress and strata in which we work.
A special shout out to Brent Creevey who volunteered his time to take a tour group underground at CDCM. Brent also gave a presentation on the last longwall panel and an overview of what the future of Bord and Pillar mining looks like at Carborough Downs.
As always, you can find copies of these presentations on our website, under past events. The password for this page has been emailed out to the BBUGS members in the last meeting flyer. Please reach out to admin@bbugs.org.au if you would like to be added to the mailing list.
Presentations from this meeting:
Jason Emery (BBUGS Chair) – Welcome to BBUGS 2025
Edward Steed (Anglo American) – Case study of a longwall bolt-up and salvage with cavities on the face
Tim Gilroy (GEM Projects) – PDRR Grouting – 15 years of learnings
Brent Creevey (Fitzroy) – CDCM Completion of LW15 and Progress of Bord and Pillar
Darryl Smith (SIGRA) – Stresses Within the Roof of a Longwall in Massive Strata
Adam Lines – Characterising stiffness properties of bedding parallel fractures in sedimentary rock
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- Black Nugget Hotel
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- Ed Steed
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- Tim Gilroy
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- Brent Creevey
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- Darryl Smith
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- Adam Lines
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- CDCM Tour Group
