

Panel: Transitioning to All-Electric Mining
Day 1 Stream A
Information
- What are the main challenges with managing the transition to electrification?
- What is needed to move the all electric mine from conceptual/trial phases to a reality in line with net zero targets? And how can this be done without disruption to the business?
- How can miners choose which electrification options are best suited for a site and which sites offer the optimal learnings from electrification including different approaches for greenfield vs. brownfield; underground vs. surface?
- What are some of the key considerations around infrastructure; charging; interoperability and system design?
- What are the financial challenges and considerations for electrification - and what are some of the strategies that mitigate risk?
- What is the best strategy for combining automation with electrification?
- What are some of the innovative collaborative approaches to electrification in development?
- What are the new skill sets required to run all-electric mines?
Speakers

Rod Thiele
Education and Training ManagerFuture Batteries Industry Cooperative Research Centre (FBICRC)
Ratna Kanth Dittakavi
Global Product Manager - Trolley SystemsABB
Rob Derries
Unit Manager: Innovation & TechnologyGoldfields
John Mulcahy
Principal Advisor, Surface Mining and TechnologyRio Tinto
Paul Linabury
Manager ElectrificationPerenti Contract Mining