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Future Climate – Is Heat Stress a Real Risk for the Future and How Can We Better Manage It?By C Killip
Working in Australia’s harsh climate can have a significant impact on the health, safety and productivity of our teams, but is our working environment expected to be more prone to heat stress in the f
Nov 4, 2015
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Exploration Rock Geochemistry in the Hauraki Goldfield, New ZealandBy O A. Cottrill, G A. Oldfield, S B. Nowell
Host-rock û wallrock major and trace element geochemistry associated with epithermal gold mineralisation in the Hauraki Goldfield of New Zealand is poorly documented, even though rock geochemistr
Jan 1, 1990
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Quantifying Uncertainty in a Narrow Vein Deposit – An Example from the Augusta Au-Sb Mine in Central Victoria, AustraliaBy A Fowler
The unpredictability of the location, grade and width of narrow-vein deposits presents difficulties for mine geologists and engineers attempting to estimate, schedule, forecast and mine their deposit
Aug 22, 2011
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Five years of cover performance monitoring and modelling for a store and release cover at Century MineBy T Rohde, P Defferrard
In 2010 a store and release cover (the cover) was constructed on the south waste rock dump (SWRD) at Century mine. This also included aerial seeding of province native trees and shrub seeds. The purpo
Jul 23, 2018
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Why is Mineralogical Data Essential for Designing a Metallurgical Test Work Program for Process Selection and Design?By L Lorenzen
The selection of samples for metallurgical test work is generally focused on providing geologically representative samples. One of the major problems experienced with metallurgical test work using dri
Sep 5, 2011
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Practical Implicit Geological ModellingBy H J. Ross, R K. Beatson, T J, W R. Fright
Traditional method of explicitly defining three-dimensional (3D) ore-waste and geological boundaries relies heavily on a time-consuming process of manual digitisation. This method of modelling can be
Jan 1, 2003
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Excavating an Underground Primary Fan Chamber that is Adjacent to a Fully Operational Primary Fan in PT Freeport Indonesia's Grasberg Block Cave MineBy P Wahyono, H Vega, S Riza, P Vergara, P Gonzalez-Carbonell
PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI), operating in the Ertsberg Mining District in the Province of Papua, is developing the Grasberg Block Cave copper-gold mine. The site aims to output 160 000 t/d and will b
Jul 1, 2013
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Simulating Extraction Shapes to Understand Financial Risk Using High Performance ComputingBy E Lima, D Gregory, C Faria, A Lapworth
Open pit mine enterprises are complex systems that depend on multiple parameters such as mineral grade distribution, geotechnical characteristics, economic conditions and engineering requirements, all
Nov 24, 2014
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The Mineral Wealth of NationsIn the geologically prospective nations which rim the Pacific Ocean, mineral deposits offer great potential to create wealth fo
Jan 1, 1995
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Advancing Near-Mine Exploration with an Updated Geological Model for the Mount Wright Gold Deposit, QueenslandBy K Johnson, G Morrison, N Lisowiec
The Mount Wright gold deposit is located near the town of Ravenswood, ~90 km south of Townsville, in north Queensland. The deposit has been mined by underground methods since 2006. It produced approxi
Sep 26, 2013
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Scaled depth of burial application to increase blast efficiency in PT. Indo Muro KencanaBy A Suwandhi, H Utama
PT. Indo Muro Kencana (PT.IMK) is a gold mine that is located in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Drilling and blasting activity is applied in order to support mining production. Drilling and Blasting (
Jun 22, 2022
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Tectonics and Gold Mineralisation in East ChinaChina has been producing gold for more than 4000 years with gold production increasing substantially since the 1980s, from about 25 tonnes in 1980 to some 160 tonnes in 1998. More than 80 per cent of
Jan 1, 1999
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A New Approach to Flexible Open Pit Optimisation and SchedulingBy A Galli
Traditionally pit optimisation and scheduling is carried out assuming that the resources, the commodity prices and production costs are all known. Once the pit contour and the mining schedule have bee
Sep 26, 2011
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A Review of Prediction Methods for Ground-Borne Noise Due to Tunnel Construction ActivitiesBy D Davis
The prediction of ground-borne noise levels from tunnel construction activities requires knowledge of the input vibration forces from the vibration source(s) into the cutting face, knowledge of the vi
Mar 8, 2011
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The Superpit Schedule Model – A Time-efficient Data-driven Estimation for Short- and Medium-term PlanningBy T Berryman, C Adams, L Griesel, C Buxton
The Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines (KCGM) schedule model is used for short- to medium-term planning and scheduling at the Fimiston Open Pit Mine (the Superpit). The model bridges the gap between g
Aug 18, 2014
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Conceptual Design of a Dry-stacked Coal Rejects Facility in a Subtropical ClimateBy A M. Barrett, P J. Chapman
As filtering technology improves and there is an increased focus on environmental impacts, the concept of managing fine coal rejects by filtering, mixing with coarse rejects and dry stacking them is b
Jul 27, 2015
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Treatment of the Siirt-Madenk÷y Ores by FlotationTreatment of the Siirt-Madenk÷y Ores by Flotation
Sep 13, 2010
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Cultural Challenges in Chinese/Australian Mining Mergers and Acquisitions - A CEOÆs PerspectiveBy Y Zhu, W Liang, P Knights
In recent years, Chinese companies have invested billions in Australian mineral exploration, development and processing. In 2008 - 2009 alone, the Foreign Investment Review Board approved $26.4 B of i
Nov 20, 2012
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Olympic Dam open stope observations, tactics and characterisationBy G Capes, L Morizzi, N Mitkas, E Jones, D Grant
This paper describes the mining setting for the sub-level open stoping (SLOS) mining method used at Olympic Dam (OD), and investigates the range of stope performance conditions encountered over 30 yea
Mar 15, 2021
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Vibration control blasting for low stability final wallsBy G Wyartt
In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, an iron ore mine is undertaking a high wall cut-back to improve stability and allow access to deeper ore deposits. Several sections of the wall have been cl
Nov 30, 2018