American Mining Congress

MIN EXPO International '92Session Papers

RR3468

(1992)

October 18-22, 1992Las Vegas, Nevada

AMERICAN

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. OCTOBER M-22,1992

WORLD'S K I T M O m r a nCHNOLOOT SHOW

ISSN 0748-1993

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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INTERNATIONAL COAL CONFERENCE

ADVANCES IN CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES

Overview of the U.S. Bureau of Mines Research Program on Computer-Assisted Mining

Dr. George H. Schnakenberg Jr., Research Physicist,Pittsburgh Research Center, Bureau of Mines, U.S. Departmentof the Interior, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1

Secure Radio Control of Mining Machinery

Charles A. Miess, Electronic Design Engineer, Moog Inc.East Aurora, New York 13

A Case for Automated Rail Haulage

Silvio M. Martino, Product Manager, Goodman EquipmentCorporation Bedford Park, Illinois; and Dwayne M. Aasberg,Electrical Designer INCO Limited, Thompson, Manitoba,Canada 21

Automated Slope Monitoring in Open Pit Mines

Andrew G. Martin, Software Engineer, Modular Mining Systems,Inc., Tucson, Arizona 33

ADVANCES IN REMOTE SENSING AND MONITORING

High-Tech Ground Control Management System: Detection forCoal Mine Hazards

Kanaan Hanna, Supervisory Mining Engineer, Denver ResearchCenter, Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior A^VDenver, Colorado *

UB/TIB Hannover 891J..1P38 553

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Mine-Wide Monitoring Systems

Len Blatnica, Product Line Manager, Mine Safety AppliancesCompany, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 43

Current Status and Future Trends of Monitoring Technology forRotary Blasthole Drills

John F. Vynne, President, Thunderbird Pacific CorporationRedmond, Washington; and Dr. Jonathan Peck, Manager, CanadianCenter for Automation and Robotics, McGill University,Montreal, Quebec, Canada 49

FINANCING AND MARKETING FOR THE FUTURE

Coal Demand, Project Financing and Innovative MarketingStrategies for The Pacific Rim, Western Europe andSouth America:

The Pacific Rim:

Jeremy K. "Jerry" Ellis, Chief Executive Officer; andJack D. Jenkins, Manager-Marketign Services, BHP Minerals,San Francisco, California 97

South America:

Mike Tracy, President and Chief Operating Officer, DrummondU.S.A., Inc., Birmingham, Alabama *

Western Europe:

Daniel A. Roling, First Vice President, Merrill LynchCorporate Strategy and Research, New York, New York 115

GLOBAL CLIMATE

Charting a New Course in the Aftermath of UNCED:An Overall Perspective

John B. Shlaes, Executive Director, Global ClimateCoalition, Washington, D.C 125

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The Need for Greenhouse Gas Emission Stabilization andReductions: An Environmentalist's Perspective

Pamela Wexler, Policy Analyst, Center for Global Change,University of Maryland at College Park, College Park,Maryland 141

Reconciling Sound Science, Economic Growth andEnvironmental Policy: An Industry Perspective

Richard G. Tallboys, Chief Executive, World Coal InstituteLondon, England. 145

Media's Role in the Formation of Climate Change Policy

Dennis J. Wamsted, Executive Editor, The Energy Daily/Environment Week, Washington, D.C *

HEALTH AND SAFETY TECHNOLOGY

The Importance of International Standards in MachineryDesign

Russell Bodoff, Vice President, External Relations, AmericanNational Standards Institute, New York, New York 153

Use of High-Voltage Electrical Systems in Undergroundcoal Mines

Robert C. "Nick" Turner, Jr., Manager-MaintenanceResources, Cyprus Coal Company, Englewood, Colorado *

Emerging Global Trends in Coal Mine Planning and Design

Dr. Raja V. Ramani, Professor and Head, Department ofMineral Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University,University Park, Pennsylvania *

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Current Status and Future Direction of Self-Rescuers

Peter M. Turcic, Chief; and John P. Faini, Industrial Engineer-Quality Assurance Division, Approval and Certification CenterMine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Departmentof Labor, Triadelphia, West Virginia 171

IMPROVING COAL'S IMAGE

Clean Coal Technologies

C. Lowell Miller, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington,D.C *

The Role of Coal in Synthetic Fuels—Feedstock for theFuture

Michael S. Koleda, President, Council on Alternate FuelsArlington, Virginia *

International Implications of the Clean Air Act

Scott Sitzer, Supervisory Economist, Uranium and RenewableResources Branch, Energy Information Administration, U.S.Department of Energy, Washington, D.C 183

AISI-DOE Direct Steelmaking Process—Raw Material Requirements

John Farley, Senior Program Director-ManufacturingTechnologies, American Iron & Steel InstituteWashington, D.C; and P. J. Koros, Senior Research Consultant,LTV Steel Company, Independence, Ohio 203

INTERNATIONAL MINERALS AND METALS CONFERENCE

ENVIRONMENT CHALLENGES

Rio: A Postscript for the Mining Industry

George Littlewood, Vice President-External Affairs,CRA Limited, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 225

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Transfrontier Movement of Secondary Raw Materials Under theAuspices ofthe Basel convention and OECD Devision

Dr. Stefan Wohrl, Wirtschaftsvereinigung Metalle EV,Dusseldor f, Germany 237

Sustainable Development — Buzzword or Opportunity?

Denis R. Brooks, General Manager, Environmental, RenisonGoldfields Consolidated Limited, Sydney, New South Wales,Australia 259

International Mining Reclamation Practices

Michael P. Sudbury, Director, Environmental Affairs,Falconbridge Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada 269

FINANCIAL TRENDS

Privatization of Mines in Peru

Alberto Benavides De La Quintana, Chairman of the Board,Compania de Minas Buenaventura S.A., President of theCommittee for the Privatization of CENTROMIN-PERU,Lima, Peru 303

Tax Developments in Latin America

Nicasio "Nico" del Castillo, International Tax Partner,Coopers & Lybrand, New York, New York 323

Joint Ventures in Financing International Mining Projects—Spreading the Risk

T. R. Dankmeyer, Senior Vice President and GeneralCounsel, BHP Minerals-New Business Development,San Francisco, California 345

Mining Investment in Latin America

Bernardo Kiipfer Matte, Manager, FISA, Santiago, Chile 351

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INDUSTRY FORECAST

Impact of National Energy Act on the Fuel and Nonfuel MineralsIndustry Worldwide

Richard D. Grundy, Senior Professional Staff Member to theMinority, Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee,Washington, D.C 367

Building the International Infrastructure

Victor F. Medina, President, Mining and Metals BusinessUnit, Fluor Daniel, Inc., Redwood City, California 375

The Impact of Political Change in South Africa

Colin T. Fenton, Deputy Chairman, Goldfields of South Africa,Limited, Johannesburg, South Africa 381

Recycling and Waste Reduction—Implications for Quantities andTypes of Commodities

Dr. Michael E. Henstock, Department of Materials Engineeringand Materials Design, The University of Nottingham,Nottingham, England 389

MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES

The Impact of the European Community's Occupational Health andSafety Legislation on the Extractive industries

Wolfgang Obst, Head of Unit, Health and Safety Directorate,Directorate-General, Employment, Industrial Relationsand Social Affairs, Luxembourg, Germany *

Public Perception of the Mining Industry

M. A. McMillan, Assistant Director, Australian MiningIndustry Council, Canberra, Australia 401

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International Labor Issues

Stephen Schlossberg, Director, Washington Branch Office,International Labor Organization, Washington, D.C 409

Case History: A Successful Quality, Cost and ProductivityImprovement Process

Richard H. Block, President, Agrico Chemical Company,New Orleans, Louisiana 423

TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT

Alternative Mining Technologies

James J. Olson, Deputy Research Director; William C. Larson,Research Supervisor-Advanced Mining; and Robert L. Schmidt,Research Supervisor-Fragmentation, Twin CitiesResearch Center, Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department ofthe Interior, Minneapolis, Minnesota 433

Technology Acquisition

Kenneth E. Payne, Esq., Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,Garrett & Dunner, Washington, D.C 449

Conceptual Methodology and Planning of Iron-Ore Technology:Fourteen Heuristic Tunnels to Success

Valery V. Popov, Professor, Moscow Institute of Mining,Moscow,Russia 463

Innovation and Flexibility in Design and Operations Produce Resultsat Cyprus Selwyn Mine

Hamish J. L. Bohannan, General Manager, Cyprus Gold AustraliaCorporation, Selwyn Mine, Mt. Isa, Queensland, Australia; andRoss A. Jenkins, Manager, Project Development, Cyprus GoldCompany, Englewood, Colorado 471

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TRADE IN A CHANGING WORLD

Canadian Mining in the '90s: Issues and Opportunities

Ron Sully, Assistant Deputy Minister, Mineral Policy Sector,Energy, Mines and Resources, House of Commons, Ottawa,Ontario, Canada *

NAFTA's Great...GATT's Even Better

Donald V. Fites, Chief Executive Officer, Caterpillar Inc.,Peoria, Illinois 505

Recent Changes in the Mexican Mining Law and New Perspectives inthe Industry

Alfredo Elias Ayub, Under Secretary of Mines and BasicIndustry, Ministry of Energy, Mines and Public Industry,Mexico City, Mexico *

Minerals Management and Environmental Issues in Indonesia

Ir. Dibyo Kuntjoro, Director; Binsar Hutauruk, Mines Inspector;Mahyudin Lubis, Mines Inspector; and Kadar Wiryanto, MinesInspector, Directorate of Mines, Department of Mines andEnergy, Jakarta, Indonesia 509

U.S. ISSUES CONFERENCE

ACCESS TO PUBLIC LANDSCan You Mine if You Can't Look?

PUBLIC LANDS PANEL:

Industry Perspective:

David W. Delcour, President, AMAX Resource ConservationCompany, Golden, Colorado

Conservationist Perspective:

Philip M. Hocker, President, Mineral Policy Center,Washington, D.C 525

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ENDANGERED SPECIES PANEL:

Industry Perspective:

Steven P. Quarles, Esq., Crowell & Moring,Washington, D.C *

Conservationist Perspective:

Todd True, Staff Attorney, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund,Seattle, Washington 537

INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN COAL MINING

Reforestation of Mined Land

Kenneth D. Cochran, Operations Superintendent, Oak Hill Mine,Texas Utilities Mining Company, Tatum, Texas. 545

Leeco's Haulage system: "A Success story"

Richard Garcia, General Manager, Leeco Incorporated,London, Kentucky 551

High Angle Conveying of Coal From a Western Open Pit Mine

William G. Zimmerman, Consultant, Martin Consultants Inc.,Golden, Colorado 567

Developments in Highwall Mining

Peter Seear, Manager of Special Projects, JoyTechnologies Inc., Franklin, Pennsylvania 573

Longwall Mining in the 90's

Ronald Hite, General Manager, Wolf Creek Collieries,Lovely, Kentucky *

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INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN MINERALS AND METALS

Non-Intrusive Exploration

James J. Rytuba, Geologist, Branch of Western MineralResources, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California 597

Innovative Technologies in Surface Mining

Dr. Raj Singhal, Professor-Mining Engineering; Dr. Kostas Fytas,Associate Professor; and Dr. Jean-Luc Collins, AssociateProfessor, Universite Laval, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 613

Automation in Deep Mining

Jacques Nantel, Principal, Bharti Engineering Associates, Inc.,Sudbury, Ontario, Canada 621

Application of New computer Control strategies to MineralComminution and Beneficiation

C. Lucas Karr, Mechanical Engineer; and Donald A. Stanley,Supervisory Research Chemist, Tuscaloosa ResearchCenter, Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior,Tuscaloosa, Alabama 629

MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCE ISSUES

OSHA Reform and Its Implications for Mine Safety and Health

Russell B. "Bruce" Swanson, Deputy Assistant Secretaryof Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration,U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C 643

Paying More and More—MSHA Penalty Assessments

Timothy M. Biddle, Esq., Crowell & Moring,Washington, D.C 665

Making sense of Sustainable Development: A Free Market Approachto Environmental Issues

Fred L. Smith Jr., President, Competitive EnterpriseInstitute, Washington, D.C 669

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MANAGEMENT: CONTROLLING COSTS INTO THE 21ST CENTURY

Magma Copper Company — A Cultural Revolution

H. W. Seaney Jr., Manager, Sulfide Mining Operations,San Manuel Mining Division, Magma Copper Company,San Manuel, Arizona 679

Innovative Approaches to Controlling Health Benefit Costs

John B. Hexter, President, Hexter & Associates, Inc.,Cleveland, Ohio *

Analysis of Prospective Government Action on the Health BenefitsIssue

Kenneth W. Drummer, Partner, Coopers & Lybrand, San Francisco,California 687

MINE WASTE AND WATER ISSUES

MINE WASTE LEGISLATION

Industry Perspective:

Don Patterson, Esq., Beveridge & Diamond,Washington, D.C 695

State Perspective:

Don Ostler, Director, Utah Division of Water Quality,Salt Lake City, Utah 705

Environmentalist Perspective:

Dr. Ann Maest, Consultant (formerly with EnvironmentalDefense Fund) , Boulder, Colorado 709

WETLANDS AND CLEAN WATER ACT REAUTHORIZATION

Administration Perspective:

John W. Meagher, Director, Wetlands Division, U.S.Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C 727

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Congressional Perspective:

Bennett Raley, Esq., Hobbs, Trout & Raley, P.C.Denver, Colorado 747

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Disclaimer: The papers appearing in the proceedings of MINExpoInternational '92 have been reproduced as submitted by theauthors without technical and grammatical editing or peer review.Complete accuracy or technical viability cannor be assured. Itis believed, nevertheless, that early publication anddissemination outweigh any possible reduction in quality that maybe encountered.

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