Non-ACG Events and Courses

The ACG’s Associated Organisations both in Australia and overseas host events that may be of interest to the global mining community.

Ground Control Group of Western Australia

The Ground Control Group of WA (GCGWA) meets three times a year as an independent and impartial body enabling underground and open pit geotechnical engineers to meet, discuss and exchange ideas, techniques and experiences in a technical yet formal setting. The meetings also provide a forum for attendees to discuss ground conditions specific to their own sites and to seek the opinions and recommendations of others. The next meeting will be held held at the Goldfields Perth offices on the 8th of August. The theme of this meeting will be Instrumentation and monitoring in open pits and underground mines.

Mine training departments are encouraged to view the GCGWA membership as a means of advancing staff development through networking and interaction with peers from other sites. Please contact GCGWA Chairman Richard Varden for more details.

28 September - 1 October 2008
Strategic vs Tactical Approaches in Mining International Seminar, Canada

14 - 17 October 2008
3rd International Seminar on Mine Closure, South Africa

2009

21 - 24 April
Twelfth International Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings, Vina del Mar, Chile

23 - 27 May 2009
19th Conference of the Society for Ecological Restoration International

21 -23 August 2009
RaSiM7 - The 7th International Symposium on Rockburst and Seismicity in Mines, Dalian, China

7-9 October 2009
5th International Seminar on Deep and High Stress Mining
(Santiago, Chile)
For further information please contact Michel Van Sint Jan.