Eastern Australia Ground Control Group - EAGCG

Past Meetings

  1. “When things go wrong” – Hazards and Risk

    — Cairns, Queensland

  2. New Technologies in Ground Control

    — Sydney NSW

  3. Mass Mining

    — Gold Coast, Queensland

  4. Vertical Development

    — Pier Street Wharf - Hobart

  5. Practical Advances in Ground Control

    — Donkey Wheelhouse, Melbourne

  6. New Technologies and Geotechnical Developments

    — Adelaide

  7. Ground Support for Underground and Surface Mines

    — Brisbane

  8. Waste Dumps and Backfill

    — Melbourne

  9. Shotcrete Workshop

    — Sydney

  10. New Technology: Getting Smarter in These Challenging Times

    — Brisbane

  11. When the Unexpected Happens

    — Canberra

  12. Stress and Seismicity

    — Launceston

  13. Software used in Geotechnical Engineering

    — Melbourne

  14. Managing Mining Costs through Sound Geotechnical Engineering

    — Adelaide

  15. New Technologies in Ground Control

    — Brisbane

  16. Vertical Development

    — Hobart

  17. Shotcrete – Practical Applications

    — Sydney

  18. The Q System workshop with Nick Barton

    — Melbourne

  19. Getting the Basics Right: Data Collection, Data Analysis and Empirical Methods

    — Melbourne

  20. Cutting Edge Technologies in Rock Mechanics

    — Newcastle

  21. Ground Control Management Plans

    — Adelaide

  22. Application of Various Ground Control Techniques to Specific Mining Methods: An Industry Perspective

    — Brisbane

  23. Ground vibrations – Blasting & Seismicity & its effect on ground control

    — Launceston

  24. Selecting the Appropriate Ground Support

    — Cairns

  25. Managing Geotechnical Hazards

    — Melbourne

  26. Stress Measurement, Monitoring and Modelling Techniques and their Design Applications

    — Wollongong

  27. Leading Edge Technology for Surface and Underground Ground Control

    — Adelaide

  28. Vertical Development Design, Operation, Repair and Monitoring

    — Townsville

  29. Corrosion of Ground Support and Shotcrete/Fibrecrete

    — Hobart

  30. The use of rockmass classification systems for underground lateral development (Barton)

    — Brisbane

  31. Risk Management

    — Broken Hill

  32. Shotcrete

    — Melbourne

  33. Legal Liability and the Geotechnical Engineer

    — Orange

  34. Subsidence (joint meeting with MSTS)

    — Hunter Valley

  35. Stability of Open Stopes and Related Issues

    — Olympic Dam

  36. Education and Training

    — Sydney

  37. Rock Mass Classification Systems (Barton)

    — Mt Isa

  38. General issues

    — Bendigo

  39. Incorporation

    — Sydney