Thank you for everyone who attended the 8th Drill & Blast Conference in 2024.

The event began with an Opening Address from WorkSafe WA Commissioner Sally North, a keynote presentation on the importance of good sleep from Dr Nicholas Mabbott, and an engaging Regulators Panel featuring Ryan Brogden, Iain Dainty, Ken Price and Richard Bilman.

Thanks to ISEE Australia President Paul Klarić for sharing the society’s goals and for chairing the opening sessions.

We would like to make special mention and thank the major sponsors of this conference:

Platinum Sponsor – Platinum Blasting Services

Gold Sponsors – IEE Global, Carlson Software Australia, Orica, Dyno Nobel, MTI Group and Sun Mining Services

Thanks again to Damien McVeigh from MATES in Mining for presenting their poignant talk on “Suicide and Mental Health in the Mining Industry”.

In lieu of providing speakers with gifts this year ISEE Australia decided to donate $2000 to this charity to help address some of the troubling statistics highlighted by Damien.

For more information visit MATES in Mining: https://mates.org.au/mining/

We celebrated many deserving award winners in 2024 – Sponsored by: Mining Skills Australia, Cenerg, PR Polymers

The 2025 event will be held in Queensland. Once confirmed we will let you know the details. Stay safe and enjoy the rest of 2024.

The ISEE Conference Committee.