Stephen Paul Davidson CEnv, FIMMM, FNEIMME 

Our Chief Mining Engineer, Stevie Davidson has worked in India for several years managing the Adriyala long wall project for SCCL and a number of CM commissioning projects for Komatsu. He was team leader on the Kapuria DPR for AMR, a BCCSL project through which he had extensive interaction with DGMS and CMPDI.

 

Key points to note include:

• Team leader in mine design and planning of the most effective lay out and operational system for continuous miner operations.

• Developed new methods to improve extraction rates by splitting and de-pillaring. This also included the use of shortwall mining to extract barrier pillars, Colombia.

• Providing a range of technical services to oversee the development of two decline drivages Mandla North mine, India.

• Team lead during the Detailed Project Report (DPR) which included two surface decline drivages, one shaft and in-seam infrastructure over a four-year construction phase before commencing a nine-year annual production period producing at a rate of 2mtpa from a single longwall strategy, Kapuria, India.

• Planned and implemented mine expansion and improvement strategies for several underground mines in India.

• Providing consultancy to mine management on the implementation of Health and Safety strategies, at two coal mines owned and operated by Tata steel, India. 

• Mining Engineer Carried out a review of client’s conceptual mine plan for an underground project in Wani North Area, India as part of their technical bid to develop the concession. 

• Project manager at Adriyala coal mine responsible for the operational and service contract of the first high-capacity longwall coal face to operate in India.

• Project manager at Adriyala coal mine, India on the Komatsu bolter miner. Results included, a new shift development drivage record, a new daily drivage record was set, a new monthly development record for the project was set and the bolter miner hourly performance achieved the targets set at the outset of the project.