Executive Summary
The Department of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University is looking forward to hosting the first meeting of the Industry Summit on Mining Performance: How to Improve It, How to Sustain It, How to Reduce Costs at the Wyndham Pittsburgh Airport Hotel on August 11-12, 2004. The conference will be a gathering place to discuss performance improvement issues, opportunities, and challenges, and will include presentations from industry leaders in key mining sectors - coal, metals, and non-metallic minerals - as well as from customers, suppliers, and others with a keen interest in mining industry performance.
The conference is scheduled to have a keynote address from Glen Barton, former Chairman and CEO of Caterpillar, and will address a variety of performance improvement topics for the industry. Examples include:
• Getting
started with performance improvement
• High performance teams to
improve performance
• Strategies to sustain performance
levels, and next steps to improve
performance, after significant
performance improvement has been
achieved
• Business communications, information
sharing, and connectivity
• "Transactional"
opportunities to improve performance
• Performance measurement and
management
• Utilizing consultants, academia
and institutes
These topics were identified by an industry steering committee, composed of senior managers from eleven organizations, to ensure the timeliness and importance of presentations at the conference:
• Arch
Coal Corporation
• Cleveland Cliffs Corporation
• Energy Co.
• IMC Global, Inc.
• Inco, Ltd.
• Kennecott Energy Company
• Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation
• Newmont Mining Company
• Norbridge, Inc.
• Peabody Energy Corporation
• The Pennsylvania State University
Other key attributes of the conference are summarized below:
Objective:
Identify how companies in the extractive industries are achieving and sustaining
20-40% improvements in cost and productivity through process improvement initiatives.
Learn how you can do it too. Focus on the tools and methods used to get it
done.
Who
Should Attend:
All who want to learn about opportunities for performance improvement in the
extractive industries:
• Mining company management
and employees (domestic and
international)
• Suppliers
• Customers
• Others
Conference Logistics:
• Date: August 11-12, 2004
• Location: Wyndham
Pittsburgh Airport Hotel
• Airport accessibility: Pittsburgh,
PA airport is located five miles from
the conference site with access
to many major airlines
• Fee: $475 paid prior to
July 2, 2004; $545 paid on or after July 2,
2004.
• Room availability: A block
of rooms has been reserved at the hotel
until Saturday, July 31, 2004 for
$89 per night (availability is limited).
For
More Information on Program Content, Contact:
Andrew
P. Schissler, P.E.
Assistant Professor, Mining
Engineering
Department
of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
The
Pennsylvania State University
124 Hosler Building
University Park, PA 16802-5000
814-863-7597 (Voice)
814-863-3248 (Fax)
andrews@eee.psu.edu
Peter
Fordham
Principal
Norbridge,
Inc.
30 Monument Square, Suite 300
Concord, MA 01742
978-369-2944 x149 (Voice)
978-369-4661 (Fax)
pfordham@norbridgeinc.com
For
More Information on Registration, Contact:
Kathryn Jacob Pollard
Conference Planner
Conferences
and Institutes
The
Pennsylvania State University
118 Keller Building
University Park, PA 16802-1304
814-863-1009 (Voice)
814-865-3749 (Fax)
ConferenceInfo2@outreach.psu.edu
