SCT Staff Presenting at the 2019 Coal Operators Conference

Ben Blacka presenting at 2019 Coal Operators Conference

SCT Geotechnical Engineers , Dr Ken Mills and Ben Blacka  presented two papers and Adrian Rippon was a session chairman at the 2019 Coal Operators Conference, held at the University of Wollongong, NSW from 18 – 20 February 2019.

Dr Ken Mills presented his paper “A Review of the Mechanics of Pillar Behaviour”

Pictured Above: Ken Mills presenting at 2019 Coal Operators Conference (Image sourced from Coal Operators Conference)

Ben Blacka presented a paper co-authored by Stuart MacGregor and Adrian Rippon; “Application of SmartShear to define rock mass shear about coal mine roadways”. 

Pictured Above: Adrian Rippon facilitated question time after presentations at the 2019 Coal Operators Conference 

SCT team members, Adrian Rippon, Ben Blacka and Stephen Mills managed the SCT supplier’s booth, showcasing SCT’s products including the SmartShear and 4th Generation Tell Tale with remote logging capability using Holville’s RoofAlert technology.

Pictured Above: Ben Blacka manning SCT's supplier booth at the 2019 Coal Operators Conference