Technical Meeting – Moranbah Workers Club

BBUGS held our first technical meeting for 2023 at the Moranbah Workers Club. It was great to see so many people attend this event in person.

This year Ed Steed (Anglo American),  has stepped up into the role of Chairperson with Andrew Secombe (Blackrock Mining) moving into the Past Chair role. Jason Jamieson (SCT) and Jongwong Park (Geotechnicoal) have been elected into the roles of Vice Chair and Young Members Representative respectively. Thomas Hahn (Anglo American), Jon Burton (Anglo American) and Paul Cartwright (SCT) have also joined the BBUGS committee this year.

BBUGS has recently been engaged with talks with AusIMM in regards to the requirements and pathways for RPEQ certification for Mining Geotechnical Engineers. In the opening presentation for the year, Jon Burton shared the learnings from the BBUGS meeting with AusIMM and the potential registration pathways available at the moment. BBUGS will be looking to extend this conversation to Engineers Australia in the future.

A big thank you to the presenters who shared their research and expertise with the BBUGS community.

Jon Burton (Anglo American) – Clarification and discussion of RPEQ requirements for mining geotechnical engineers

Kent McTyer (DSI) – Practical tests of the impact of mixing time and cure time on resin-anchored rock bolts

Andrew Secombe (Blackrock Mining Solutions) – A geotechnical update on bord and pillar operations at Carborough Downs Coal Mine

Peter Craig (Jennmar) – Pumpable two-part resin cable bolt bonding material tests

Edward Steed (Anglo American – Geotechnical overview of Grosvenor Mine

Sam Ruellan (Anglo American) – Replacing metal with plastic confinement for PCBs at Grosvenor Mine

Presentations can be found in the BBUGS Past event page. Please contact a member of the BBUGS council for access to this page.

Kent McTyer (DSI) – Practical tests of the impact of mixing time and cure time on resin-anchored rock bolts

Andrew Secombe (Blackrock Mining Solutions) – A geotechnical update on bord and pillar operations at Carborough Downs Coal Mine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jon Burton (Anglo American) – Clarification and discussion of RPEQ requirements for mining geotechnical engineers

Sam Ruellan (Anglo American) – Replacing metal with plastic confinement for PCBs at Grosvenor Mine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peter Craig (Jennmar) – Pumpable two-part resin cable bolt bonding material tests

Ed Steed (Anglo American) – Geotechnical overview of Grosvenor Mine