The GMSG will be hosting a number of events during the CIM Conference in Toronto next week. If you haven’t already, please RSVP to hednie@cim.org and confirm your participation.

All events are open, and we welcome new participants.

GMSG AGM & Workshop
Wednesday, May 8, 8:30 – noon
Room: 201CE, MTCC main floor

• 2^nd Annual General Meeting of the Global Mining Standards and Guidelines Group
• Workshop: break-out working sessions
  • Technology & Connectivity
  • Data & Access
  • Situation Awareness
  • Asset Management & Operations
• Summary, sharing session

Operational Safety and Risk Management Working Group meeting
Monday, May 6, 2:00 – 4:00 EST
Room: Wellington, Intercontinental Hotel (adjacent to MTCC)
Dial-in available upon request.

• Development of Corporate safety systems guidelines and best practices
• Development of Leading Indicators guidelines
• Mine safety stakeholder survey

Underground Mining Working Group meeting
Tuesday, May 7, 1:00 – 4:00 EST
Room: 206F on the main floor of MTCC
Dial-in available upon request.

• Analysis of Underground Mining Data Usage stakeholder survey results
• Confirmation of priorities working areas, path forward

The Operational Mindset
GMSG Session in CIM Technical Program

Room: 206 BD – Operations
Time: Monday, May 6, 2013 – 14:00
Session Description: The competitive global marketplace requires mining companies to continuously innovate to forge new ways to remain competitive and responsible in an ever complex world. Successful companies keep one eye on future development while maintaining an exacting focus on operational excellence in the present. This includes investing in innovation, rigorous approaches to continuous improvement within operations, and ongoing efforts to benefit from proven best practices, guidelines and standards. This session will look at the application of innovative developments, standards, guidelines and best practices within existing mine operations that have had proven results.

The Global Mining Standards and Guidelines Group’s Underground Mining Working Group has launched its stakeholder survey, to identify commonalities and pain points regarding accessing data and connectivity issues in the underground mine environment.

Results of this survey will be used to plan next projects for the Group. The survey is open to all stakeholders, available through the GMSG website, and circulated by CIM, SME and AusIMM to their members.

GMSG will make the survey results publicly available. The survey close date is April 22, 2013.

Follow this link to complete the survey.

The Global Mining Standards and Guidelines Group 2012 Report & 2013 Plan is now available on the GMSG website.

This document includes a report of activities for the GMSG’s first year of operations in 2012, plus an overview of the 2013 plan for GMSG Council as well as all 6 working groups.  Budget and revenue information is included at the end.

For more information, please contact GMSG Managing Director Heather Ednie at hednie@cim.org.

During strategic meetings held at the SME Conference in Denver, late February 2013, it was decided to change the name of the CIM Mining Standards and Guidelines Committee to become the Global Mining Standards and Guidelines Group (GMSG).

This name change reflects the international reality of the Group, and aims to promote greater inclusion of all global mining stakeholders.

GMSG remains part of CIM, relying on the support of other Partner Organizations: SME, AusIMM, and SMART.

Where: Hyatt Regency Denver, Mineral FG room
When: During the SME Convention, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 8:30 to noon
Host: CIM Mining Standards and Guidelines Committee (MSGC)
This will be of interest to: Mining companies, OEMs, Technology providers, Consultants, Researchers

Participants are invited to contribute to efforts towards building industry-driven standards to improve mining efficiencies, safety and productivity. The Global Mining Standards and Guidelines Workshop will highlight first-year achievements by the MSGC, and explore opportunities to increased stakeholder involvement to create standards and best practices meeting common challenges mining companies face globally.

Modules will be in the format of focus groups, lead by Working Group leaders. The priority is to collect feedback from stakeholders, and confirm the next steps for project development.

Workshop outline:

Introduction: MSGC 2012 highlights and Working Group matrix

Module 1: Mining-related ISO technical committees – what’s coming down the pipeline

Module 2: Operational Safety and Risk Management: building corporate safety guidelines best practices and standard leading indicators guidelines

Module 3: Underground Mining: targeting common challenges of moving data through the entire underground mine

Module 4: Asset Management and Operations: building standard industry KPIs, data definitions and terminology with a view to defining information needs from on and offboard systems by management

Module 5: Onboard Data and Access: uniting Operators, OEMs and OTMs to a mutual goal; building a data dictionary; defining processes for the future

Module 6: Onboard Technology and Connectivity: defining a connectivity standard for communication with onboard devices for mobile mining equipment

Module 7: Situation Awareness: creating a common user interface for large shovels – next steps

Discussion: confirming key priorities, structure, next steps

This working is open. To assist planning, and ensure space available, please RSVP to MSGC Managing Director Heather Ednie at hednie@cim.org

www.globalminingstandards.org

The CIM Mining Standards and Guidelines Committee (MSGC) is building a global, multi-stakeholder community to advance the availability and use of standards and guidelines for the international mining industry. Almost a year into its mandate, MSGC has fast grown to span over 50 companies with members and participants around the globe. MSGC ensures global diversity and relevancy through the support of key Partner Organizations: CIM, SME, AusIMM, and SMART.

All stakeholders are invited to attend the CIM Mining Standards and Guidelines Committee workshops that will be held during the SME Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Denver, CO, from Frebruary 24 to 27, and during the CIM Convention, Toronto, ON, from May 5 to 8, 2013.

Specifics workshops are being developed to advance the MSGC Working Group projects, including one focused on developing standardized access to data from onboard mobile mining equipment, and another to push forward the roll-out of situation awareness-driven development of a common user interface for large shovels.

More information on the workshops will be available on the MSGC website, at www.globalminingstandards.org, early in 2013. For more information, please contact MSGC Managing Director Heather Ednie at hednie@cim.org.

The CIM Mining Standards and Guidelines Committee will be hosting a joint one-day workshop with the Earth Moving Equipment Safety Roundtable on Thursday, August 15, 2013 in Montreal, QC. Held in conjunction with the World Mining Congress and the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining (ISARC), the workshop will be a must-attend for mining companies and equipment suppliers.

More information will be posted on the MSGC website, www.globalminingstadards.org, early in 2013.

For information, please contact MSGC Managing Director Heather Ednie at hednie@cim.org.

Please click on the below link for the Agenda of the MSGC General Meeting and Workshop on Tuesday, September 25, 8-11:30 am, Ballroom F of the Las Vegas Hotel.

RSVP will be appreciated: MSGC Managing Director Heather Ednie at hednie@cim.org.

MSGC General Meeting and Workshop Agenda (Sept. 25)

MSGC has launched a new Mining Mobile Equipment Information Management Survey to assess information access, use, and requirements for both surface and underground operations. We ask that all mine operators participate – it should take about 10-15 minutes to complete.

This survey builds on an initial surface done through SMART (Surface Mining Association for Research and Technology) last spring. Find the survey on our website or click here.

The CIM Mining Standards and Guidelines Committee will hold its next General Meeting and Workshop at the Las Vegas Hotel on September 25, from 8:00 to 11:30 am.

All stakeholders are encouraged to attend. The focus of the meeting will be to update and solicit feedback and participation on the developments of the MSGC Working Groups:

• Asset Management
• Onboard Data and Access
• Onboard Technology and Connectivity
• Situation Awareness
• Underground Mining
• Operational Safety and Risk Management

An agenda will be circulated in early September. For more information, please contact MSGC Managing Director, Heather Ednie, at hednie@cim.org.