Session 9 I Blasting
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 |
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM |
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Speaker
Mr Mick Brayshaw
Orica Implementation Technician
Orica
Subtek 4D™: Optimised underground blasting performance through improved energy distribution and control.
9:05 AM - 9:25 AMBiography
Mick Brayshaw is one of Orica's global 4D™ Underground Subject Matter Experts and an Implementation Technician. He began at Orica in 2016 as an Underground Shot Firer, quickly becoming a mentor in blasting operations, focusing on best practice industry standards in development and production charging. In 2021, Mick moved to Technical Services, supporting underground mining projects, and playing a key role in the world's first 4D™ trial at Dugald River.
Since 2024, Mick has been a Global 4D™ Implementation Technician, leading site trials in Chile, Alaska, and Finland.
Mr Matt Bouwmeester
Short Term Planning Engineer
Evolution Mining
Overslept production rings - a post-weather event analysis
9:25 AM - 9:45 AMBiography
Matt Bouwmeester is an underground mining professional with fifteen years of industry experience. Originally from an operational background, Matt began his career in Western Australia, before coming home to Queensland.
Since 2012, Matt has been an employee at Ernest Henry Operations, Cloncurry, Queensland. Matt is a qualified shotfirer and loader operator and has both production and development operational experience in drill and blast.
Matt is also a qualified underground trainer/assessor and performed this role for three and a half years at Ernest Henry, where he was able utilise his operational knowledge and interpersonal skills to educate and maintain the skills set of mining operators.
In 2022, Matt completed a mining engineering degree at the University of New South Wales. Since then, Matt has worked in the short-term engineering team, firstly in production, then in the weekly mine planning role. Matt is currently the three-month scheduling engineer at Ernest Henry Operations.
Mr Edward Wargem
Senior Technical Consultant
Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific
Mr Ricardo Massabki
Sr. Engineer - Webgen
Orica
