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Editors
Dr. Christoph Mueller
Dr. Christoph Mueller, born 1963, after his engineering studies and an additional education in
technical software engineering at Siemens got his PhD in Electronics and Telecommunications.
Since 1992 Christoph Mueller works mainly with automation projects for mobile machinery in the raw material industries. From 1997 he is operating his own companies specialized
on successfully turning innovations into operational benefits in major mining process optimization and machine automation projects. Currently, these companies in Germany and Poland
are working mainly with functional safe machine automation, driver assistance systems and
autonomous operation in areas as mining and tunneling, agriculture or airport equipment.
Dr. Winfred Assibey-Bonsu BSc(Mining); PhD(Eng) Wits Univ.; EDP, Wits Business School,
FSAIMM, MSACNASP
Current Position: Group Geostatistician and Evaluator, Gold Fields Ltd, Corporate
Technical Services, Perth, Australia.
Employment post PhD studies; Gold Fields of South Africa, 1991 to 1994; Gencor Limited, 1994 to 1998; Gold Fields Limited, 1998 to date.
Winfred’s experience includes mineral resource assets assessment for mining companies as
well as new business associated work including prospects in South Africa, Australia, South
America, Zaire, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Philippines, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Cuba, Dominican
Republic, Russia, Finland, Romania, Papua New Guinea.
Winfred is a dedicated family man with wife and four children. He enjoys reading and soccer.
Dr. Ernest Baafi
Ernest Yaw Baafi holds PhD in Mining Engineering from University of Arizona, MS in
Mining Engineering from Penn State University, US and BE, ACSM from Camborne School
of Mines, Cornwall, UK. He is Associate Professor in Mining at University of Wollongong,
Australia where he is currently the Academic Program Director in Mining Engineering.
His primary field of research is the application of computers and operations research
methodologies to system evaluation and design. His current research activities include
geostatistical ore reserve estimation, mine system simulation, logistics and optimisation. He is
the current Chair of the International Council of Application of Computers and Operations
Research in the Minerals Industry (APCOM), representing the Australasian Institute of
Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) on the Council.
Prof. Dr. Christoph Dauber
Born in 1954, Prof. Dauber has studied Mining Engineering at the RWTH Aachen, where
he obtained his Ph.D. about refrigeration techniques for deep hard coal mines. 1982 he
joined RAG, the biggest hard coal mining company in Germany, and started as a deputy and
undermanager. An exchange of engineers gave him the opportunity to work for six month
in two Australian coal mines. Seven years he acted as the production manager of the hard
coal mines Ewald and Walsum, before he joined the central technical department. Being the
responsible manager for central technical support and supply he initiated and accompanied
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Editors
Dr. Christoph Mueller
Dr. Christoph Mueller, born 1963, after his engineering studies and an additional education in
technical software engineering at Siemens got his PhD in Electronics and Telecommunications.
Since 1992 Christoph Mueller works mainly with automation projects for mobile machinery in the raw material industries. From 1997 he is operating his own companies specialized
on successfully turning innovations into operational benefits in major mining process optimization and machine automation projects. Currently, these companies in Germany and Poland
are working mainly with functional safe machine automation, driver assistance systems and
autonomous operation in areas as mining and tunneling, agriculture or airport equipment.
Dr. Winfred Assibey-Bonsu BSc(Mining); PhD(Eng) Wits Univ.; EDP, Wits Business School,
FSAIMM, MSACNASP
Current Position: Group Geostatistician and Evaluator, Gold Fields Ltd, Corporate
Technical Services, Perth, Australia.
Employment post PhD studies; Gold Fields of South Africa, 1991 to 1994; Gencor Limited, 1994 to 1998; Gold Fields Limited, 1998 to date.
Winfred’s experience includes mineral resource assets assessment for mining companies as
well as new business associated work including prospects in South Africa, Australia, South
America, Zaire, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Philippines, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Cuba, Dominican
Republic, Russia, Finland, Romania, Papua New Guinea.
Winfred is a dedicated family man with wife and four children. He enjoys reading and soccer.
Dr. Ernest Baafi
Ernest Yaw Baafi holds PhD in Mining Engineering from University of Arizona, MS in
Mining Engineering from Penn State University, US and BE, ACSM from Camborne School
of Mines, Cornwall, UK. He is Associate Professor in Mining at University of Wollongong,
Australia where he is currently the Academic Program Director in Mining Engineering.
His primary field of research is the application of computers and operations research
methodologies to system evaluation and design. His current research activities include
geostatistical ore reserve estimation, mine system simulation, logistics and optimisation. He is
the current Chair of the International Council of Application of Computers and Operations
Research in the Minerals Industry (APCOM), representing the Australasian Institute of
Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) on the Council.
Prof. Dr. Christoph Dauber
Born in 1954, Prof. Dauber has studied Mining Engineering at the RWTH Aachen, where
he obtained his Ph.D. about refrigeration techniques for deep hard coal mines. 1982 he
joined RAG, the biggest hard coal mining company in Germany, and started as a deputy and
undermanager. An exchange of engineers gave him the opportunity to work for six month
in two Australian coal mines. Seven years he acted as the production manager of the hard
coal mines Ewald and Walsum, before he joined the central technical department. Being the
responsible manager for central technical support and supply he initiated and accompanied