The most popular Block and Sublevel Caving Event will have its fourth edition this October in Vancouver, Canada. It will feature 3 days of presentations from the world’s largest mining companies followed by two Workshops and one site visit to New Afton Mine in Kamloops, BC.

Around 120 companies from more than 15 different countries will attend the Symposium and unfortunately the event is already sold out. Dassault Systèmes very own caving experts, also based in Vancouver, have confirmed their participation from the beginning by submitting four white papers which will be presented in conjunction with our clients:

The Four White Papers being presented by Dassault Systèmes caving experts include:

• Palabora Lift 1 block cave: understanding the grade behaviour
  T Diering, Dassault Systèmes, Canada; SN Ngidi, JJ Bezuidenhout, HD Paetzold, Palabora Mining Company, South Africa
• Integrated simulation and optimisation tools for production scheduling using finite element analysis caving geomechanics simulation coupled with 3D cellular automata
  S Arndt, Monash University, Australia; T Bui, T Diering, Dassault Systèmes, Canada; I Austen, Newcrest Mining Limited, Australia; R Hocking, OZ Minerals, Australia
• Footprint finder tool for sublevel caving
  T Diering, Dassault Systèmes, Canada; F Breed, De Beers Group of Companies, South Africa
• Non-vertical cave and dilution modelling at New Gold’s New Afton Mine
  J Parsons, D Hamilton, New Gold, Canada; C Ludwicki, Dassault Systèmes, Canada

If you are attending the event, make sure to let us know, we look forward to seeing you there! Email Ana Lopes for further information at ana.lopes@3ds.com or Click here for the full Symposium Program.

For more information on previous Block and Sublevel Caving Symposium events and/or the waitlist for 2019, please visit the symposium website at https://www.caving2018.com/

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