Symposium Chair Tony Grice Director AMC Consultants | Tony is a leading expert in mine backfill systems with over 25 years of operating and consulting experience in the field. Tony provides backfill services all areas from selection, design and implementation through to operational support, technical audits and training. This service is backed up by wide experience in the international mining industry on all continents, which includes underground mine production, quarrying, scheduling, planning and technical computing. Tony is a co-author of the ACG Handbook on Mine Fill (2005) and has published a number of papers on many aspects of mine backfill topics. He regularly presents backfill courses to postgraduate students and to mine employees. He is a Fellow of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Melbourne. Tony is a member of the International Fill Council, which co-ordinates regular international conferences on Mine Backfill. |
The ACG is delighted to announce that Mine Fill 2014 will be held in Australia in 2014. Dates to be announced. Mine fill is recognised worldwide as an integral component of most underground mining operations. The stability of and safety within underground mines are enhanced by the closely controlled placement of mine fill into stope voids. The 11th International Symposium on Mining with Backfill will explore both the theoretical and practical aspects of the application of mine fill, with many case studies expected from both underground and open pit mines. Mine Fill 2014 will be of interest to mining practitioners, engineering students, operating and regulatory professionals, consultants, researchers and interested individuals and groups from within the wider community. It is expected that the technical programme will include comprehensive and highly relevent technical papers emphasising innovation and application of the state-of-the-art mine fill technologies by mine operators in their quest to improve mine safety and productivity. There will be a trade show and an active social programme.
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