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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS CLOSED

Authors or organisations are invited to submit a presentation of up to 600 words
and up to two graphics. All presentations are reviewed by the Program Committee.
Successful presentations will be selected based on their relevance to the
session theme.

The Program Committee invites prospective authors to submit abstracts for the
World Mining Congress 2023. Submissions are invited for parallel session
presenters, and poster presenters. The WMC 2023 program looks to the future of
mining and resources in a global context. Themes and streams will be addressed
in plenary and parallel sessions, special interest group meetings, workshops and
discussion panels. The focus is on active participation, giving attendees
opportunities to present and participate in important discussions on the major
current and future issues and challenges facing mining and resources across the
globe. Abstract submission can be made via the Abstract Submission Portal below.

Submit your Abstract
Congress Streams Abstract Submission Template Presentation Type FAQs Terms and
Conditions

All abstracts must follow the instructions listed below and be submitted online
by midnight AEST 29 April 2022. Please note that the closing date for abstract
submission will not be extended.

All enquiries regarding abstracts for WMC 2023 should be emailed
program@wmc2023.org.


KEY DATES

Abstract submission Closed
Authors notified of acceptance & request for full paper Thursday 30 June 2022
Full paper submission deadline Friday 30 September 2022, 11:59pm AEST
Full paper author notification & paper approval 15 March 2023
Speaker registration deadline 1 September 2022


ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DETAILS & GUIDELINES

 * Abstracts should be submitted by the presenting author. Limit to one
   presenting author per paper.
 * Only abstracts submitted in English will be reviewed.
 * Multiple abstract submissions are permitted.
 * Notification will be emailed only to the presenting author.
 * Abstracts should be up to 600 words and must follow the template provided.
 * Abstracts can include up to two figures or tables or diagrams.
 * There is no fee for submitting an abstract.
 * The Congress Stream area (below) for the abstract must be selected at the
   time of submission.
 * References in the text must be cited at the end of the abstract and are
   included in the 600 word count.
 * The use of abbreviations and acronyms should be kept to a minimum.


CONGRESS STREAMS

Priority will be given to abstracts that reflect the Congress theme “Resourcing
Tomorrow: Creating Value for Society” and the range of session streams listed
below. Authors will need to select one of the following streams for their
abstract submission.

Click on the below streams to view information about each stream.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Sessions and paper types

 1. Rapid Resources modelling: In-use application papers, Research papers
 2. Tracking ore from blast hole to market: In-use application papers, Research
    papers
 3. Diagnostics, classification, prediction, scheduling and optimisation for
    anything used in mining: In-use application papers, Research papers
 4. Infrastructure for AI: digital upskilling and hardware/software, data and
    communications platforms to support AI and IOT: In-use application papers,
    Research papers
 5. Autonomy and AI – trust, ethics and replicability: Position papers, Research
    papers.
 6. The future of mining: In-use application papers, Research papers

Paper types

 * In-use applications papers - 2-page papers focussed on industry applications
   and trials in progress and in use.
 * Resources papers - 2-page papers to promote efficient and open sharing of
   data, workflows, algorithms, applications etc.
 * Research papers – traditional full-length academic papers to cover topics in
   more detail.

Autonomous Systems

Autonomous systems are being adopted by the mining industry; the rate of
adoption has increased since the first industrial introduction of Autonomous
Haulage systems in Australia circa 2008 and now spans drill and blast through to
processing and beneficiation.

Surface and underground operations are looking towards the introduction of
Autonomous Systems to improve productivity and deliver superior outcomes in
terms of Health Safety and the Environment. Advances in processing automation
and increasing yields and driving new levels of sustainability in the sector.

In recognition of the above, this stream will consider three important drivers
that are required, in combination, to deliver the operational benefits that
Autonomous Systems can bring to Global Mining Operations.

 1. Technical Enablers,
 2. Organizational/Human Factors
 3. Change Management

We will explore these elements against using broad time frames;

 * Timeframe 1 – What mining and processing autonomy does look like in 2023 in
   terms of capabilities and limitations of existing technologies and use cases.
 * Timeframe 2 – What mining and processing autonomy could look like in 2033
 * Timeframe 3 – What mining and processing autonomy should look like in the
   more distant future

We will map the migration of Autonomous Systems from the wider commercial and
industrial landscape into at-scale Mining enabling, for example, either
motive/vehicular (e.g. trucks, trains. loaders, ancillary equipment etc) or
advanced AI enabled decision making systems (e.g. process control, human safety
tracking etc)

We acknowledge that Autonomous (Mining) Systems embed, at industrial-scale,
elements of Artificial Intelligence - defined as a collection of interrelated
technologies used to solve problems and perform tasks that, when humans do them,
requires thinking. Generally we recognise this will encompass a subset of the
following elements,

 * Machine learning
 * Speech
 * Vision
 * Language Processing
 * Expert Systems
 * Planning and Optimisation

We wish to explore what steps the ecosystem should take to build a pathway to
enable platform component interoperability which will promote the more extensive
exploitation of this exciting technology across the Mining industry.

We also wish to explore the important role of the regulator in assessing and
approving use of Autonomy in the mining industry. This is required to enable the
at-scale implementation of a functionally safe autonomous technology supported
workplace. This exploration will cover the need for the mine owners, equipment
manufacturers and regulators to coordinate activities to achieve this outcome.

The Autonomous Systems stream will bring together the perspectives of mining
companies, equipment manufacturers, technology providers and researchers.

Importantly, this workstream will look beyond pure technology to explore and
understand human factors, organizational and change management elements that
must be addressed to maximise the value that Autonomous Systems offers. We note
that these drivers are essentially Trust Based, we intend to explore, at a more
fundamental level, how they can be engineered into the operating landscape.

Critical Minerals

Global energy transitions will require very substantial increases in supply of
many critical materials. For example, annual demand for battery materials -
lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, vanadium, graphite - is expected to increase
by over 450% by 2050.  Rare earth minerals are vital for the manufacture of
electronic goods and, whilst not rare, are distributed unevenly around the
world.  The Congress will discuss advancements in exploration, extraction,
processing, refining and recycling of these critical and strategic materials and
explore the global market, environmental and social implications of their
production and use. Discussion will range into the opportunities for
international collaboration in equipment, technologies and supply chains to
deliver the global energy and technology transitions at affordable prices with
minimum delays. Topics discussed will include:

 * Global outlook of critical materials demand and supply especially
   contributing to the global decarbonisation, energy and digital transitions.
 * Technological advancements in exploration, extraction, processing including
   tailings, refining and recycling to deliver critical raw materials to global
   markets.
 * Mining equipment, technology and services (METS) innovation in the
   extraction, processing, refining and recycling of critical materials
 * Impediments and solutions for companies investing, developing and operating
   mines and the downstream processing of critical materials in all countries
   including Australia
 * Opportunities and impediments for international technological collaboration
   in critical minerals extraction, downstream processing, supply chain
   development and environmental performance.
 * Capital Raising and Investment in Critical Minerals

Decarbonisation

Arguably the world’s most critical pollution problem is the emission of
greenhouse gases that are raising global temperatures to dangerous levels.
International pressures to reduce the use of fossil fuels will have a
transformative effect on our industry. Our industry has the opportunity to take
a lead role in addressing this problem and the Congress will examine the steps
that companies are making in this area and explore how, acting together, we
might do more. By, for example:

 * Decarbonisation opportunities across the mining value chain.
 * Challenges in commercialising new technologies for the replacement of diesel,
   including electrification of mining fleets.
 * Use of hydrogen to decarbonise metals processing including steelmaking. Role
   of hydrogen in fleet applications.
 * Wide deployment of renewable energy systems for off grid applications.
 * Commercialising carbon capture and storage technologies by increasing scale
   and lowering costs to support decarbonisation across the mining value chain.

Environmental Sustainability

Mines are situated in space and impact the surrounding environmental and social
ecosystems. At a site scale, environmental management is an increasingly
important aspect of site operations encompassing waste and water management,
emissions reduction, biodiversity restoration, rehabilitation and closure. At a
regional scale, the accumulation of mining activity can affect regional water
systems, landscapes and mining legacies. At a global level, environmental
performance is becoming increasingly salient for investors looking to finance
projects delivering against the United nations Sustainable Development Goals.

The topics to be covered in this stream include:

 * The trends and drivers of environmental management and sustainability
   practice (including climate change, renewable energy technology, changing
   methods, complex ore bodies, public expectations and awareness, digital
   transformation, supply/demand and resource pressures)
 * Operational strategies for delivering safe, stable and non-polluting
   landforms and ecosystems throughout the mine lifecycle (including alternative
   tailings and waste management strategies, water management, the reduction of
   dust and airborne emissions, ecosystem restoration, and monitoring of
   ecosystem function).
 * Evolutions in environmental regulation and policy.
 * Towards the zero waste mine: Strategies for applying circular economy
   principles in mining to reduce and recycle mine wastes
 * Managing environmental legacies (including environmental risk assessment,
   cumulative impacts, forecasting, data analytics, abandoned mines,)
 * Integrated mine closure leading practice
 * Mining Laws and Regulations

As a Congress highlight, the two streams of Environmental Sustainability and
Social Performance & Governance will, in conjunction and the Cooperative
Research Centre for Transformations in Mining Economies (CRC TiME), hold a
Special Symposium on Mine Closure and Post-Mining Transitions.

Future Workforce & Education

The different Congress streams highlight new technologies that will change our
industry in dramatic ways in the coming years and decades. What implications
does this have for the future workforce? What skills will these people need? How
will we attract the people with the relevant skills? How will university courses
need to change? How can we make our workforce more inclusive? These topics will
be explored. Stream topics will include:

Future education challenges for mining industry professionals

 * Future curriculum needs and structure
 * Educating for change (industry 4.0 and beyond; sustainable practices etc)
 * New paradigms for collaborative teaching models
 * What are the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders in education
   (academics/providers, students, industry, government, others)?
 * Ongoing sustainability of education providers
 * Knowledge management /knowledge retention and workforce demographics

Future workforce skills

 * What are the skills needs to meet future technologies?
 * Do current training models meet the future needs?
 * Alternative skills development pathways
 * How do we prepare a workforce for the changing technologies ahead, including
   upskilling, multi-skilling?
 * Access to multi-disciplinary skills, knowledge and innovative thinking from
   outside the industry

Future ways of working

 * The nature of a future workforce – organisational structures and work-models;
   the role of contractors and other external workforce providers in the future,
   versus employees
 * New ways of being a mining professional (remote access, digital communication
   and managing modern expectations about work/life balance)
 * Leadership in a changing world
 * Building an inclusive, diverse and respectful work environment
 * Attraction and retention - How should we deal with mining’s image in the
   broader community and the impact that has on attracting and retaining an
   inclusive workforce

Through this Stream we are also seeking to engage with and attract as many
students and early career workers from around the world as possible to
physically attend the Congress or, where this is not possible, to engage with
the Congress through a Student Challenge team contest - see below.

Geosciences & Discovery

The Congress will highlight and discuss new data acquisition techniques and
geoscience knowledge to support mineral exploration. Key focus areas include
exploration under deep cover, attracting exploration to frontier or greenfield
regions, data collection and synthesis to unravel the fingerprints of
ore-forming systems, characterisation to inform exploration, ore body knowledge,
and modelling supported with artificial intelligence. The Congress will also
examine the latest advancement and application of geophysics, structural
geology, engineering geology for reliable mine characterisation for geological,
geotechnical and geohydrological conditions. Specifically, the stream will
discuss:

 * Future requirements for minerals based on a low-carbon society are uncertain,
   hence the ability to efficiently explore for, and understand the economics
   of, a range of elements and minerals is critical when striving to resource
   for tomorrow. Exploration theory and methodology must be responsive. This
   session will highlight the rapid, dynamic, and adaptable but predictive
   geoscience and techniques that are required.
 * Geoscience in the mine-of-the-future.
 * Translating detailed ore body knowledge into rapid real time decision support
   for 21st century resources.
 * Integrating geoscience data into 3D and 4D models of physical and geochemical
   characteristics of a mine.
 * Predictive geoscience for exploration, evaluation, and mining - from
   footprint to fingerprint
 * New techniques and approaches to exploration and mining to maximize value and
   mitigate risk (new geophysical and geochemical tools, new drilling
   technologies, and down hole tools for real time data acquisition).

Health, Safety & Wellbeing

This stream will examine both seemingly intractable longstanding safety and
health challenges and new issues that have arisen as mining technology and
mining workplaces have evolved. It will aim to provide a fresh lens through
which to view health and safety improvement. Key topics to be covered include:
recent developments in risk management, critical controls, and control
effectiveness, creating a psychologically well workplace, leadership and safe
behaviours, using automation, artificial intelligence, and digitalisation to
enhance safety, enhanced use of data including leading indicators, dust and
airborne emissions, the connection between operational and safety improvements,
and the journey map from inadequate, to excellent, safety and health
performance. Specifically:

Health and Wellbeing

 * Improving the Health and Wellbeing of our Workforces – including through new
   approaches to dust and particulate management, creating a psychologically
   well workplace, occupational hygiene, dealing with whole body vibration,
   fatigue management, and living and working with Covid 19.

AI and Automation

 * Using artificial intelligence, digitalisation, and automation to improve
   safety.

Data Driven Improvement

 * Enhanced collection, and utilisation, of safety and health data – including
   through improvements in incident investigation, sharing of lessons learnt,
   data analytics, and the development and implementation of leading indicators.

Leadership and Culture

 * Excellence in safety leadership, developing high performing teams, workforce
   engagement, and establishing and maintaining a highly reliable, safety and
   health focused, culture.

Risk Management and Controls

 * Excellence in risk management, and implementation of critical controls.

Technological Advances

 * Technical and operational developments with significant implications for
   improved safety and health.

Mining Science & Engineering

This stream will highlight novel mine design solutions and engineering value
enhancements in current and proposed mines. It will also feature developments to
transform mining methodologies and operational practices with rapidly changing
trends towards automation, waste minimisation, low-carbon operating
environments, and mining of increasingly complex orebodies. Specifically, topics
to be covered will include:

 * Rock fragmentation optimisation
 * Rock mechanics/ground control
 * Mine planning and scheduling
 * Deep, large scale underground mining
 * Cave mining technologies and practices
 * Pit slope stability and control
 * Mine ventilation design
 * Reserve estimation (overlap with Geoscience and Discovery)

These topics will be brought together and illustrated by case studies showing
how new mining technologies and operational practices can lead to extraordinary
productivity and economic improvements, along with positive safety,
environmental and social outcomes.

New Mining Frontiers

This stream will explore emerging and longer-term mining opportunities including
space resources, ultradeep operations, undersea exploration and rediscovery. It
will also provide the forum for visionary thinking to imagine what our industry
might look like in the future - thinking forward to the next 10, 20 and 50 years
from now. It will offer opportunities to explore how science, technology and
innovation will offer new pathways, accelerate convergence of sectors, and
facilitate safer and more sustainable resource utilisation.  The stream will
also bring together key stakeholders from the space and mining industry to put
forward interests, shared challenges and capabilities to support greater levels
of science and industrial collaboration. Specifically:

Off-Earth Mining

 * Space science exploration, prospecting, exploration, foundation services,
   extraction, remote operations, and resource production.
 * Exploring how the space and terrestrial mining industries can collectively
   benefit from technology transfer and processes.
 * Establishing lunar and Martian economies, enablers and customers.

Pioneering Mining Concepts

 * Novel and visionary resource and recovery concepts, methods and technologies.
   Demonstrator processes and systems. Exploration of new techniques that shift
   from bulk resource extraction to greater levels of specificity through
   selective mining advances.

Rediscovery

 * Identification and rehabilitation of underexploited and stranded mineral
   materials. Understanding future resource stewardship and long-term
   sustainability, drivers and opportunities. Redefining assets and parallel
   processing of resources, including modular processing that can extract the
   full value of primary and adjacent hosted minerals.

Future mining

 * What will the resource sector look like in 25, 50 or 100 years from now?
   Exploring how science, technology and innovation will offer new pathways,
   foster convergence of sectors, facilitate safe and sustainable resource
   utilisation, and lead to closed loop mining ecosystems.

Deep Sea Exploration

 * Science exploration, sensing technologies, remote and autonomous rovers,
   sustainable resource recovery processes and practices, technology transfer to
   adjacent mining sectors. Developing coherent responses to ethics and
   jurisdiction issues.

Processing & Refining

Industry faces the challenges not only of complex mineralogy but declining ore
grades, access to suitable process water, increasing energy costs and handling
of tailings. The Congress will examine process optimization to address these
problems by reviewing the latest developments in geometallurgy and ore sorting,
including the front-end rejection of gangue and, where feasible, in-situ mining
and recovery. Big data utilisation and development of novel processing routes
for increasingly complex low-grade ores will be a focus. Specifically we will
examine:

Mineral Processing

 * Industry challenges
 * Processing difficult-to-treat low grade ores
 * Novel and improved separation technologies, including comminution, flotation,
   physical separation and hydrometallurgy
 * Geometallurgy
 * Ore sorting
 * Solid-liquid separation
 * Tailings handling, safety and disposal
 * Trends in dry processing
 * Big data utilisation
 * In-situ processing

Mineral Processing/Smelt/Refine Interface

 * Trends in the interface, in particular forces driving change in where
   impurities are removed
 * Optimum combination of mineral processing, smelt/refine and
   hydrometallurgical processing
 * Dealing with difficult impurities, eg, arsenic in large copper deposits

Refining

 * Driving forces and developments in production of iron and steel and other
   metals
 * Impurity management and removal
 * Driving forces and developments in renewable energy and new battery materials
 * Minimising greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprint
 * Green smelting technologies

Recycling

 * Tailings and waste reprocessing
 * Developments in scrap processing and recycling, including e-waste
 * Trends in the use of by-products from mining operations.

Social Performance & Governance

This stream will address big questions such as: how to ensure that mining around
the globe is conducted in ways that respect human rights, promote social
inclusion and contribute positively to local communities and the wider society;
how to maximise mining's contribution to social and economic development at the
local, regional and national levels; how to engage appropriately with local
communities and Indigenous people; how to lessen the impacts of mine closures on
communities and regions and enable positive post-mining futures; and, how to
ensure that global supplies of critical and strategic minerals are responsibly
developed and sourced. These issues will be examined through the mining
lifecycle, including - approval, construction, operation expansion, closure and
relinquishment - taking an interdisciplinary perspective and exploring
international frameworks such as the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals. Topics will include:

Mining, Human Rights and Social Inclusion

 * Impacts of mining on the rights of Indigenous peoples, local communities and
   employees
 * Initiatives for improving human rights due diligence in the mining sector
 * Participation of women and diversity in the mining sector.

Mining and Development

 * Mining's impact on economic and social development at the local, regional and
   national levels: what works, what doesn’t, and under what circumstances.
 * Emerging models of development and the implications for corporate and
   governmental practice.

Community and Stakeholder Engagement

 * The changing landscape of stakeholder engagement; the do’s and don’ts of
   effective engagement
 * Conflict management and resolution strategies
 * Indigenous peoples and the requirement for FPIC.

Mine Closure and Post-Mining Transitions

 * Special WMC Symposium, see below.

Responsible Sourcing and Development of Critical minerals - joint session with
Critical Minerals Stream

 * Social and environmental risks associated with meeting the rising demand for
   new economy minerals
 * Commodity tracing and certification initiatives.

Communities, Workforces and Technological Transformations in Mining

 * Social risks, impacts and benefits of new and emerging mining technologies
 * Societal attitudes toward new technologies.


ABSTRACT SUBMISSION TEMPLATE

Please find below the WMC 2023 Abstract Submission Template. You are required to
use the below template and will be able to upload the word document during the
submission process.

Download the Abstract Submission Template


DURING THE ABSTRACT SUBMISSION PROCESS YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE;

 * Title of abstract
 * Preferred Congress Stream
 * Full contact details of all authors – including their affiliations
 * Abstract document (up to 600 words) following the template

Once you have submitted your abstract, you will receive an automated submission
successful email.


PRESENTATION TYPE

Accepted abstracts will be allocated by the Program Committee to either oral or
poster presentation formats. Full papers will be required for both presentation
formats.


ORAL PRESENTATION

The standard length of oral presentations will be 15 minutes for presentation
plus five minutes for questions. The presentations will be grouped into
theme-based sessions of about 60-90 minutes in length.


POSTER PRESENTATION

Posters will be on display throughout the Congress, unless more than one poster
session is scheduled. The author(s) must be present at their poster during a
scheduled poster session in the Congress program to discuss the poster with
participants. All posters must be produced in English and a poster format
template will be provided on acceptance of the abstract.


FAQ'S

Can I be listed as a co-author on submissions?

Yes.

How long should my abstract be?

Your initial abstract should be up to 600 words and can include up to 2 figures
or tables or diagrams. Your abstract must follow the WMC 2023 Abstract
Submission template.

When do abstract submissions close?

It's closed

Can I submit more than one abstract?

Yes, multiple abstract submissions are permitted.

Can I edit my abstract?

Yes, you may view and edit your draft abstract/s in the submission portal up
until 29 April 2022. You will only be able to edit your abstract if it has been
saved as a draft. Once the abstract has a submitted status, you will only be
able to view the submission.

Will my abstract be reviewed?

Abstracts will be peer-reviewed, and this process will be managed by the Program
Committee.

When will I be notified of my abstract's status?

All authors will be notified of their abstract status by 30 June 2022.

Do I need to register for the WMC 2023?

Yes, all presenting/first authors must be registered and paid to attend Congress
in order to present accepted abstracts. All speakers will be required to be
registered by 1 September 2022.

If I've submitted an abstract and I want to withdraw, what do I do?

First authors are allowed to withdraw their abstract by contacting
program@wmc2023.org at any time until the deadline of 29 April 2022.

If my abstract has a submitted status and I want to make a change, what do I do?

The presenting author can make changes to a submitted abstract prior to the 29
April 2022 submission deadline, by emailing the Congress Secretariat at
program@wmc2023.org.

If I have any other enquiries about my abstract, who do I contact?

If you have any enquiries that are not answered above, please contact the
Congress Secretariat at program@wmc2023.org or call +61 7 3255 1002 (Brisbane,
Australia).


TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The submission of an abstract indicates an understanding of the following rules
for participation in the WMC 2023:

 * All author(s) approve submitting this work for presentation.
 * The author(s) agree(s) to materially confine their presentations to
   information in the abstract if accepted for presentation.
 * The presenting author will be available to present the abstract if selected
   for the program. The presenting author will immediately notify the Congress
   Secretariat if they are unable to present an abstract or if the presenting
   author changes.
 * Submission of the contact details provided are those of the presenter of the
   abstract. He/she will be notified about the status of the abstract and is
   responsible for informing the other authors about the status of the abstract.
 * Submission of the abstract constitutes consent of all authors of the abstract
   to publication (e.g., WMC 2023 website, programs, and other promotions).
 * All authors of the abstract warrant and represent that they either are the
   sole owners of, or have all necessary rights to, sublicense all the
   information and content in the abstract provided to the WMC and its
   organizers, and that publication of the abstract does not infringe any
   rights, including but not limited to, intellectual property rights, or of any
   third parties.
 * WMC 2023 reserves the right to remove from any publication any abstract that
   does not comply with the above.


CONTACT

Please direct all abstract enquiries to:

WMC 2023 Secretariat
ICMS Australasia
Emma Chalmers
program@wmc2023.org

World Mining Congress
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