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Welcome to the Mining User Conference 2017
"Let's create the future in Mining. Together"

May 2-5, 2017
Sheraton Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden

ABB Mining User Conference brings together professionals from the mining and mineral processing industries for a premier educational and collaboration event.

Over 200 companies from some 50 countries including end users, major mill suppliers, OEMs, EPC(M)s, consultants and other partners are invited to share experiences, knowledge and ideas with us. We are very pleased to announce that aside from ABB contributions, many of our customers and partners will present new developments in the mining and mineral processing world.

We are excited to offer this excellent networking platform again and are looking forward to having you join the event.

Event registration is now open - and there is no conference fee to attend.

Register for Mining User Conference

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Basic facts

Agenda

Three full days of conference (May 3-5) with some 30 interesting presentations from customers and ABB specialists, interactive sessions and group discussions.

Solution demos

Hands-on demonstrations of the latest in hardware and software

Optional day

We have added an optional day – Tuesday May 2nd – with two very attractive site visits:
1) Visit to ABB’s Corporate Research Lab where you will be shown exciting technology developments in digitalization, robots, automation, gamification and mobile communication for mining applications.
2) Tour to Boliden Garpenberg Mine, the most modern and integrated underground mine in the world, for a unique visit of mine hoists, minerals processing area, and central control room.

Social program

On Saturday May 6th, ABB will host a full-day boat excursion in the beautiful Stockholm archipelago, including a visit to Vaxholm Citadel, a fortress from the 16th century.

Top 4 reasons to attend

Connect with, and learn from your peers

Mining User Conference offers opportunities for mining professionals to network and learn about industry-specific topics. The event is based on applications, best practices, and new technology workshops, to facilitate problem solving and peer-to-peer dialogue. 

See exciting technology advancements

ABB research engineers will present new ideas, trends and technologies that will impact the way your company moves forward in a rapidly changing mining and minerals business.

Unique visit to Boliden mine

Courtesy of Boliden, we’re given a unique chance to visit Garpenberg, the world’s most modern and integrated underground mine.

Explore Stockholm & beautiful Sweden

Take the chance to see the beautiful Stockholm archipelago from the deck of a classic ship, M/S Gustafsberg built 1912. We’ll visit Vaxholm, a small wooden picturesque town, and have lunch in the Vaxholm Citadel. 

Program for ABB Mining User Conference 2017
Please be advised that the conference agenda is subject to change
Tuesday May 2 - Optional program Time Please note
A) Visit to ABB Corporate Research in Vasteras 14.00 - 16.00 Bus will leave Arlanda airport at 12.30 for Vasteras. After the visit, the bus will take the participants to Sheraton Hotel, Stockholm.
B) Visit to Boliden Garpenberg mine in Garpenberg 13.00 - 15.00 Bus will leave Arlanda airport at 11.00 for Garpenberg. After the visit, the bus will take the participants to Sheraton Hotel, Stockholm.
Wednesday May 3 - first day of conference Time Speaker Place
Breakfast 7.00 - 8.30 Restaurant 1st floor
Conference opening 8.30 - 9.00 Frederik Esterhuizen Auditorium
Static VAr Compensator for Large Mining Complexes 9.00 - 9.30 A. Puebla (Bechtel) Auditorium
From copper ore to pure copper with the power of TAKRAF and ABB equipment 9.30 - 10.00 Gunnar Zergiebel (Tenova) Auditorium
Coffee break 10.00 - 10.30 Lounge area
The power of production control 10.30 - 11.00 Pernilla Lirell, Lisa Onnerlov (Boliden) Auditorium
Internet of Things - Empowering your mine to unleash productivity, improve safety and reduce costs. 11.00 - 11.30 G. Paes - Alan Rocha (Anglogold) Auditorium
Gearless Mill Drives retrofits: recent E-house replacement at St. Ives with Control Block. 11.30 - 12.00 J. Gonser - St Yves Auditorium
Lunch 12.00 - 13.00 Restaurant 1st floor
Interactive session - Demo session 13.00 - 14.30 Martin Knabenhans Inside + outside auditorium
Hoisting System : How to maintain & improve Safety, Performance and Availability of equipment in today´s economic environment 14.30 - 15.00 S. Vidmar - Lance Gatty (S32),
Peter Ylivanio (LKAB)		 Auditorium
Verification of GMD ring motor's mathematical models through site measurements. 15.00 - 15.30 D. Andreo Auditorium
Coffee break 15.30 - 16.00 Lounge area
Automation Security Concept for System 800xA 16.00 - 16.30 Ragnar Schierholz Auditorium
Gearless Mill Drives retrofits: solutions overview and recent project experience (in Minera Escondida Ltda.) 16.30 - 17.00 J. Perez - L.Nieto (MEL) Auditorium
Continuous Conveyor System (CCS) in North Kalimantan (Indonesia) 17.00 - 17.30 Robert Stoczkiewicz (Famur) Auditorium
Experiences from grinding mill optimization with SmartMill  17.30 - 18.00 Marcelo Perrucci/Martine Pischtschan + Tim Fish (Red Chris) Auditorium
Time for registration (if not done earlier) 18.00 - 18.30
Welcome reception 19.00 -- Second floor - Hagasalongen
Thursday May 4 - second day of conference Time Speaker Place
Breakfast 7.00 - 8.30 Restaurant 1st floor
Operating and Maintaining Digital Substations based on IEC 61850 8.30 - 9.00 G. Brancalion, E. Lima Auditorium
Garpenberg hoist case 9.00 - 9.30 A.Steinerson Auditorium
Mill drive system retrofit – success factors 9.30 - 10.00 D. Sager - E. Larenas (Codelco )
Coffee break 10.00 - 10.30 Lounge area
Control strategy for increased grinding capacity at Boliden Aitik 10.30 - 11.00 Johan Bostrom (Boliden) Auditorium
Stockyard Management System – Production management (IT) meets reality (OT) 11.00 - 11.30 F. Rietschel - B. Cesar Silva (Vale) Auditorium
SAG Mill Rewedge Work in record time 11.30 - 12.00 N. Van Gorkum - T. Reader (Climax) Auditorium
Lunch 12.00 - 13.00 Restaurant
Interactive Session - Technology Roadmap 13.00 - 14.30 Eduardo Gallestey Auditorium
Operations led Enterprise Software deployment: the Ellipse success story in Collahuasi 14.30 - 15.00 M. Vera (Collahuasi)  & Rodrigo Andai (ABB) Auditorium
HPGR Roller Life Extension 15.00 - 15.30 M. Pischtschan Auditorium
Coffee break 15.30 - 16.00 Lounge area
ABB Ability in Underground mining 16.00 - 16.30 Jan Nyqvist Auditorium
Modernization of a Drive System in a Brown Field Installation – Economical and Ecological Aspect 16.30 - 17.00 B. Asafali Auditorium
Test bench performance test of Permanent Magnet Motor for low speed application 17.00 - 17.30 U. Richter Auditorium
Gala dinner 18.30 -- Vasa museum
Friday May 5 - third day of conference Time Speaker Place
Breakfast 7.00 - 8.30 Restaurant 1st floor
Success story of 3 years partnership between ABB and Codelco Division Ministro Hales 8.30 - 9.00 A. Audiberti - P. Cid Auditorium
Successful execution of the ABB electrification and control system approach for Codelco. 9.00 - 9.30 D. Enarson- Ronald Sigala (Codelco) Auditorium
Hoisting Upgrade Challenges & Methodology 9.30 - 10.00 T. Gartner & Dwayne Ziebarth Auditorium
Coffee break 10.00 - 10.30 Lounge area
Self-driving trucks – a game changer for the mining industry? 10.30 - 11.00 Peter Burman (Boliden), Johan Tofelt (Volvo) Auditorium
IGBT Utilization and Life Cycle with heavy duty load requirements on Electric Rope Shovels 11.00 - 11.30 B. Rathmann Auditorium
Synchronized bypass drive system for grinding mills 11.30 - 12.00 M. Perrucci - LKAB Auditorium
Lunch 12.00 - 13.00 Restaurant
Interactive sessions, product specific:
- grinding
- open pit mining, material handling
- underground mining, hoisting
- service
- minerals processing		 13.00 - 14.30 Frederik Esterhuizen et al Auditorium + breakout rooms
Application of STATCOM for the operation of high power drives in a weak power system network 14.30 - 15.00 Nandhakumar Vijayakumar Auditorium
Vale S11D – the world’s largest iron ore mine fitted by ABB electrification and extended automation 15.00 - 15.30 G. Brancalion, E. Lima Auditorium
Coffee break 15.30 - 16.00 Lounge area
Escondida 5 years LTSA 16.00 - 16.30 F. Tobar (MEL) Auditorium
ABB in Moatize Coal Plant 16.30 - 17.00 M. Ashnagaran Auditorium
Wrap up 17.00 - 17.15 Frederik Esterhuizen Auditorium
Saturday May 6 - social program (boat excursion to Vaxholm)
Leave hotell, boattrip to Vaxholm 10.00 Baggage can be stored in hotel lobby
Guided tour in Vaxholm 11.45
Lunch at Vaxholm Citadel 12.30
Free time 14.00
Leave Vaxholm by boat 15.15
Arrive in Stockholm, Sheraton Hotel 17.00

Please use the specific registration site, where you register for the conference and reserve hotel room.

  1. Fill in your personal details
  2. Reserve a suitable hotel room
  3. Decide whether you want to participate in the optional progam on tuesday May 2, and if so – which site visit you prefer
  4. Confirm if you plan to join the social program on Saturday May 6.
  5. State your credit card details to secure your booking
Please register as soon as possible as some activities have limited spaces (first come – first served), the last day of registration is March 31.

Click here to register for the event.

The event will be held at Sheraton Hotel in the heart of Stockholm. To explore the hotel –

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Sheraton Hotel is within 3-4 minutes walking distance from the central railway station, where you can catch the fast train to/from Arlanda Airport (Stockholm’s international airport). map link

You book your hotel room on our event registration site –

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Please note that hotel expenses are to be borne by each participant, and that all reservations must be guaranteed with a credit card at the time of booking. Late cancellations and no-show charges apply and will be charged to your credit card.

The Mining User Conference will start on Wednesday morning, May 3rd, at 08.30.

However, this year we have added an optional day – Tuesday May 2nd – with two very attractive site visits:

YuMi_sitefinity_321) Visit to ABB’s Corporate Research Lab where you will be shown exciting technology developments in digitalization, robots, automation, gamification and mobile communication for mining applications (this tour has a limited number of spaces, and will be offered on a first-come-first-served basis).

A bus will take participants from Arlanda airport 12.30pm, and arrive at ABB Corporate Research at 14.00 when the tour commences. For those who have already checked in at the Sheraton Hotel, a bus will leave the Sheraton at 12:30pm and arrive at ABB Corporate Research at 14:00.  After the visit (around 16.00), the bus will bring the participants to Sheraton Hotel in Stockholm.

optoinal_day2) Tour to Boliden Garpenberg Mine, the most modern and integrated underground mine in the world, for a unique visit of mine hoists, minerals processing area, and central control room – courtesy of Boliden (this visit has a limited number of spaces, and will be offered on a first-come-first-served basis)

A bus will take participants from Arlanda airport 11.00am, and arrive at Boliden Garpenberg at 13.00 when the tour commences. For those who have already checked in at the Sheraton Hotel, a bus will leave the Sheraton at 10:45am and arrive at Boliden Garpenberg at:13:00.  After the visit (around 15.00), the bus will bring the participants to Sheraton Hotel in Stockholm.

When registering for the event, please select if you want to join any of the site visits, or arrive to the conference on Wednesday morning.

On Saturday May 6th, ABB will host a full-day boat excursion in the beautiful Stockholm archipelago.

M/S Gustafsberg VII is a classic ship – an old porcelain carrier from 1912 – that will take us through the Stockholm archipelago. In 1.5 hours we’ll reach Vaxholm, a small wooden picturesque town with a vivid harbour, many small boutiques and restaurants and beautiful buildings. 

After a guided tour of Vaxholm, a short transfer with M/S Gustafsberg VII will take us to the Fortress Island for lunch. Waxholms Citadel is a historic fortress originally constructed by Gustav Vasa in 1544 to defend Stockholm against shipborne attacks.

We will have a tour of the island and the fortress museum, as well as having lunch served at the citadel in the historic armoured battery. After lunch there will be a brief information, about 15 minutes, for everyone of the history of the fort and afterwards some free time to exlore the Fortress Island and the fortress museum on your own.

The return cruise will bring us back to Stockholm, and the hotel.

10.00 Leave Stockholm with M/S Gustafsberg VII. Coffee/tea/soft drinks is served.

11.45 Arrive at Vaxholm

11.45-12.30 guided tour in Vaxholm

12.30 short transfer to Vaxholm citadel

12.30 Lunch

14.00 Short presentation of the citadel and then free time to walk around

15.15. Leave Vaxholm with M/S Gustafsberg VII. Coffee/tea/soft drinks is served.

17.00 Arrive in Stockholm

Dress code:

Conference = business casual

For the social program, bring comfortable shoes and a windbreaker jacket.


Weather:

The weather in Sweden in May is normally pleasant with air temperature averaging 11°C. In the afternoon, the mercury climbs to an average high of 16°C, while at night, it drops to an average low of 6°C.


Reaching the hotel from the airport:

Use the Arlanda Express fast train that runs directly from the airport terminal to Central Railway station in Stockholm in just 20 minutes.  Cllick here for the Arlanda Express (fast train) link

Sheraton hotel is within 3-4 minutes walking distance from the Central railway station.

Dear Mining User Conference participant, 

Here are links to all presentations and photos from the event. Please note that the presentations are for viewing purposes only and may not be redistributed without prior consent from ABB and the author.

Presentations

Day 1 Presentations
Bechtel-CCoE - SVC for Large Mining Complexes
Takraf - Copper
Boliden -The power of production control
ABB Cyber Security in Mining
LKAB ABB Hoisting systems
FAMUR ABB CCS Indonesia
ABB Gearless Mill Drives retrofits_St.-Ives Control Block
ABB Gearless Mill Drives retrofits_Overview and recent projects experience

Day 2 Presentations
Vale Itabira Operating and Maintaining Digital Substations based on IEC61850 (L Monaco)
ABB A New Method for Automatic Reduction of Catenary Oscillations in Drum Hoist Installations
Boliden Control Strategy for Increased Grinding Capacity at Boliden (presentation for ABB)
VALE ABB Stockyard Management System – Production management (IT) meets reality (OT)
Climax Re-Wedge Project Presentation
CMDIC Operations Led Enterprise Software Deployment
ABB Ability in underground mining MUC 2017
ABB PM Motor test bench
Modernization of a drive system in a brown field installation - Economical and ecological aspect

Day 3 Presentations
Codelco DMH - ABB 3 years LTSA success story
Codelco APM Moly
Boliden Autonomous Vehicles
ABB Hoisting Upgrade
ABB IGBT AC Drives for Shovel
Vale is looking into Advance technolgy for the future Laurindo Leal May 2017
ABB Synchronized bypass drive system for grinding mills
ABB Vale_S11D_World_s_largest_iron_ore_mine_fitted_by_ABB_Ability_MineOptimize
ABB Escondida Service Care


Boliden visit
Boliden presentation at ABB visit


Below are links to pictures taken at the various events from the conference.  The file are ZIP files containing all the images from a particular event

Images

Questions concerning the event can be directed to:

 - Global organizer, Anders Boman   anders.boman@ch.abb.com 
 - Swedish coordinator, Ingrid Johanson  ingrid.e.johanson@se.abb.com
 - Hotel / registration, Ulrika Stalberg  abbminingconference@hrgworldwide.com

 

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