Mining Safety Seminar 2025

8:00am – 9:00am  |  Registration

9:00am – 10:50am  |  Session 1 

• Welcome and Resources Regulator update – Anthony Margetts, Chief Inspector, Resources Regulator
• “Beaconsfield – never think it won’t happen to you.” - Matt Gill, Former General Manager at the Beaconsfield Gold Mine, (1995-2007)

10:50am – 11:20am  |  Morning tea

11:20am – 1:25pm  |  Session 2 

• NSW mining industry - current status and future outlook -  Stephen Galilee, CEO, NSW Minerals Council
• Supervision and leadership training programs – Kent Flaherty, Health, Safety, Engineering & Technology Manager, Bengalla Mining Company and Mark Maguire, Director, Leadership & Performance Partners
• In Conversation: Elevating safety through supervision and leadership
  John Stacpoole, Resources Regulator with Ben Patten, GM3; Ryan McCormack, HVO;  Craig Reed, Newmont; Kent Flaherty, Bengalla Mining Company; and Mark Maguire,  Leadership & Performance Partners

1:25pm – 2:15pm  |  Lunch

2:15pm – 3:25pm  |  Session 3 

• Findings from a causal investigation - Polyurethane foam fire at a metalliferous underground mine  – Tom Richards, Compliance Coordinator, Resources Regulator
• Safety management in Quarries

3:25pm – 3:55pm  |  Afternoon tea

3:55pm – 5:15pm  |  Session 4

• Ventilation Shaft 7 & 8 Project update – Quinton Wilkinson, Project Manager, GM3 and Nigel Bennett, Engineering Manager, Redpath
• Lessons from the ground: Implementing improvement processes on site – Kent Taylor, MEM/HSEC Manager and Darren Mulherin, Compliance Superintendent; Maules Creek, White Haven Coal

Close

8:30am – 10:50am  |  Session 1 

• Resources Regulator’s insights on recent incidents and changes to Maintenance of Competency  –  Shane Pegg, Principal Inspector (Mining & Competency), Resources Regulator
• A mining contractor's perspective  –  Wayne Price, Chief Operating Officer, Mastermyne
• Psychosocial safety –  Michael McLoughney, Mining Engineer, CSA Mine
• Responding to lithium batteries – Daniel O’Dea, NSW Fire and Rescue

10:50am – 11:35am  |  Brunch

11:35am – 1:55pm  |  Session 2 

• Navigating Long-Term Level 3 TARP Challenges: Strategies for Ulan Underground's Poor Strata Conditions – Heath Hannigan, Mining Engineering Manager, Ulan Underground, Glencore
• Critical learnings from a fatal open pit slope failure - Mark Fowler, Principal & Managing Director, PSM
• Best practices in mine closure - Ross Carlson, Mining Engineering Manager, Mt Arthur Coal, BHP
• Tailings Dam management for Mining Engineering Managers  – John Stacpoole, Inspector of Mines, Resources Regulator

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