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Session 4 Open Pit Operators | Drill and Blast: Design, Execution and Scale

Open Pit Operators
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
3:35 PM - 4:55 PM
Meeting Rooms 1, 2 & 3

Speaker

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Ms Teresa Azarel
Student
SMA Pradita Dirgantara

Biodegradable air deck application in mine surface blasting

3:35 PM - 3:55 PM

Biography

Currently studying in SMA Pradita Dirgantara (high school). Focusing on biology, chemistry, and environmental science. Experienced with laboratorium experience related to plastic biodegradation and has been participating in international conferences and competitions in environmental science.
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Mr Cael Gniel
Product Owner
Augment Technologies

Blast movement simulation of stratiform ore bodies, a case study from a layered mafic intrusion

3:55 PM - 4:15 PM

Biography

Cael is a resource geologist with 15 years of international and domestic experience in the mining industry. He has experience across the mining value chain having worked in exploration, underground and open cut mining, resource geology and mineral processing. Cael is the Product Owner at Augment Technologies where he acts as the bridge between industry and technology, helping to translate geological concepts through developers into software.
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Mr Joseph Mukendi Kabuya
Mining Technical Services Manager
ArcelorMittal Mines Canada

The world’s largest single mining blast: Optimising blasting techniques to ensure long-term stability of adjacent pit walls

4:15 PM - 4:35 PM

Biography

Joseph Mukendi Kabuya holds a master's degree and a doctorate in rock mechanics respectively from Laval University and Polytechnique Montreal in Canada. He has over 20 years of experience in research, consulting and mining engineering in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Belgium and Canada. He has worked at Arcelormittal Mining Canada since 2017 and he holds the position of technical services manager.
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Mr Peter Fisher
Principal Mining Consultant
AMC Consultants Pty Ltd

Q&A + Discussion (Session 4)

4:35 PM - 4:55 PM

Biography

Peter has more than 40 years of diverse experience in the mining industry, holding executive management and consulting roles in BHP, Rio Tinto, NAB, Hancock Prospecting, Vale, Bechtel, CSR, Talbot Group, and HWE Mining. He spans across a range of commodities including iron ore (hematite and magnetite), coal (coking and thermal), gold, phosphate, bauxite, manganese, nickel/cobalt, chromium, lead/zinc, copper, uranium, magnesium, talc and construction materials. Peter has extensive experience in large-scale mining, rail/port/road logistics and contract mining. His core capabilities are due diligence reviews, banking/finance, developing and implementing complex strategies for managing risk in the mining industry.
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