Slide 1 E uropean S hotfirer S tandard E ducation F or E nhanced M obility – ESSEEM –

Slide 2 Intro to the Troisdorf conference

Background  EFEE established in Aachen 1989  Celebrated its first 20 years also in Aachen  Shotfirer Committee  EFEE European Shotfirer Certificate  Basis National approval  Requirements  Hard work, beyond capacity  EU – Leonardo da Vinci  EUExcert Slide 3

ESSEEM  Advice from KCEM  Application to SIU  Partners needed  Application submittal March 2008  Accept autumn 2008  Contract 15.November 2008  Kick-off in Berlin  Partner meeting in Prague April 2009  Now half way, draft output to be presented Slide 4

Partners (part 1)  KCEM  LEDAP  Werner Sprengtechnik  ISEP  Kure Fjellsprengningsteknikk  Orica Mining Services  Sandvik Mining and Construction,  Dresdner Sprengschule –Bransjerådet –EFEE –NFF Prosjekt Slide 5

Partners (part 2)  Dresdner Sprengschule  Pardubice University, IEM  Bransjerådet  EFEE  NFF Prosjekt ( Coordinator) Slide 6

Work packages –P.01KCEM- Competence centre Energetic Materials; Karlskoga, Sweden –P.02Kure Fjellsprengning; Trøgstad, Norway –P.03LEDAP - Laboratory of Energetics and Detonics, University of Coimbra; –P.04Orica/Werner/Dresden. –P.05Dresdner Sprengschule GmbH; Dresden, Germany –P.06WERNER SPRENGTECHNIK; Stolberg, Germany –P.07Orica mining Services (ex DYNO Nobel); Sandvika,Norway/Troisdorf Germany –P.08IEM - Institute of Energetic Materials, University of Pardubice; Czeck R. –P.09SANDVIK TAMROCK OYAB; Tampere, Finland –P.10EFEE, European Federation of Explosives Engineers; Valetta,Malta –P.11ISEP - Porto’s Higher Education Institute of Engineering; Porto, Portugal –P.12Trade Advisory Council for Blasting; Oslo, Norway Slide 7

Agenda 9:00Conference to start  Morning moderator Frank Hammelmann, Dr., Orica Mining Services  1. Welcome to Troisdorf. Ross Stuart, Orica Mining Services Europe  2. Intro to the ESSEEM projectAslak Ravlo, NFF Project - Project Coordinator The EU project support system, the ESSEEM project, the partners and the agenda. Slide 8

Agenda (2) 3. Theme A, Geology, minerals, blasting theory and safety aspects for rock blasting and demolition work. These are key-words for the actual work packages 1, 6 &10  09:30Juan Carlos Miranda Góis, LEDAP  10:00Milos Ferjencik, IEM – Pardubice  10:30Jörg Rennert, Dresdner Sprengschule  11:00 Break Slide 9

Agenda (3) 4.Theme B, Explosives, their main characteristics, initiation systems, explosives and detonating systems for bench blasting WP.4,5 & 8]  11:30Juan Carlos Miranda Góis, LEDAP  12:00Frank Hammelmann, Dr.Orica Mining S  12:30Jörg Rennert, Dresdner Sprengschule 13.00Lunch break Slide 10

Agenda (4) Afternoon Moderator Erik Nilsson, KCEM 5.Theme C, Construction materials, structures and demolition, blasting in sensitive areas WP.3, 7 & 9  14:00Walter Werner, Werner Sprengtechnik  14:30Jörg Rennert, Dresdner Sprengschule  15:00Frank Hammelmann, Dr. Orica Mining S  15:30Karl Kure, Kure Fjellsprengningsteknikk Slide 11

Agenda (5) 16:00 Break 6. Theme D, Drilling methods and commonly used machinery, commercial aspects and cost estimation. [WP.2, 11]  16:20Jouko Salonen, Sandvik  16:50Winding up,discussions to stop at 17:00  Practical information for the evening Slide 12

Agenda (6) Saturday morning at 9:00  ModeratorMilos Ferjencik, IEM, Pardubice  6.Theme D to continue  09:00 António Vieira, ISEP, Porto  09:30 Open discussion, exchange points of view?  10:15 Break (flexible) Slide 13

Agenda (8) 7. Theme F, Harmonisation, valuation, dissemination [WP.13]  10:30Erik Nilsson, KCEM  11:00Back to formalities.  Midterm report, next conference in Pardubice. Winding up around 12:00 Aslak Ravlo, NFF Project - Project Coordinator Frank Hammelmann, Orica Mining Service Partners Slide 14