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The Underground Quarrying of Backfill Material - A Potentially Viable Option (3e0fe107-4258-4ea0-abd2-b85d48fc35ff)By Robertson AC
Studies by Tennent, Isokangas Pty Ltd (TIP) have indicated that underground quarrying of backfill may be a cost competitive option for providing backfill for specialised situations in underground mi
Jan 1, 1998
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Quantification of Drill Hole Deviation – Century Mine Case StudyBy C D. Pocock
Maintaining catch berm capacity in open pit mines through controlled blasting prevents production delays associated with managing risks associated with wall instability. A method has been developed to
Nov 8, 2011
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Hy3 (Hy-cube) project – Hyundai Steel’s carbon neutral strategyBy H Kim, M J. Sun
In order to reduce carbon emissions from the steelmaking process and achieve carbon neutrality, global steel companies are establishing their own medium to long-term strategies and implementation plan
Jun 19, 2024
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Practical Approaches to Managing Business Critical Water RiskBy A Tang, K Ringwood
"Water is increasingly being recognised as a material business risk that many companies are still not well-equipped to deal with. Despite a raft of water-risk focused initiatives, methodologies and gu
Nov 26, 2013
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Underground Mines of TomorrowBy P Hatherly, H Gurgenci
With the depletion of the mineral reserves that can be mined by surface mining, demand for highly productive and safe underground mines will increase. Underground drill and blast techniques continue t
Jan 1, 1998
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Repurposing flotation capacity at Mt Keith nickel concentratorBy L Hussey
Mt Keith concentrator treats low grade disseminated nickel sulfide ore supplied from the adjoining open pit mine. It is a traditional crushing, two-staged closed circuit grinding circuit (SAG & Ba
Sep 11, 2017
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KEYNOTE: Using Metallurgical Data to Drive Continuous ImprovementBy R Dunne
"Continuous improvement on metallurgical treatment plants is possible only when good data and analysis of the data are available. Good data implies appropriate and accurate mass measurement coupled wi
Oct 10, 2016
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Unlock potential opportunities through unexplored aspects of Grade EngineeringBy P Revell, G Wilkie, P Walters, L Keeney, F Faramarzi
Grade Engineering® is a value-driven strategy aiming to maximise benefits by exploiting intrinsic grade variability of ore deposits. It utilises a multitude of separation techniques to remove low grad
Nov 10, 2020
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Global Lessons for a Local Problem – Rehabilitation Bonds and Victoria’s Latrobe Valley CoalminesBy M L. Cramer, N P. Wines
"On 9 February 2014, bushfire embers landing on exposed coal in a disused pit at the Hazelwood mine in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley ignited a coal fire that burned for 45 days. The fire was the largest a
Jun 28, 2016
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Mount Morgan Gold-Copper Deposit:: The 1992 PerspectiveBy Dean J. A, Taube A, White A. H, Messenger P. R, Jones I. W O, Huston D. L
The 50 million tonne Mount Morgan gold-copper deposit (4.99 g/t Au, 0.72 per cent Cu) was an irregular pipe-like body of quartz and pyrite, with subordinate chalcopyrite, magnetite and gold. Mineralis
Jan 1, 1993
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Flotation Data - Now that I've got all these numbers what do I do with them?By Grano S. R, Ralston J
It is the perennial problem most metallurgists face when examining data collected from laboratory float tests and plant surveys - there are more numbers than we know what to do with! The objective o
Jan 1, 1994
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Australia's Mineral Resources- A Vital Role: An Uncertain FutureThe long-term outlook Tor Australla's traditional mining products is for flat demand and continuing low prices. This has come about because of three far-reaching changes since earlier boom day
Jan 1, 1987
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The Hydrogeochemical Characterisation of an Unsaturated Waste Rock Pile, Key Lake, Saskatchewan, CanadaBy L Smith, R Beckie
Controls on environmental loading from acid rock drainage (ARD) are not well understood in waste rock material. In particular, relationships between subsurface flow and the timing, duration, and inten
Jan 1, 2003
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Trials, Tribulations and Triumphs of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Surveying at St Ives Gold MineBy R Steven
"Surveying, and as a result, surveyors, have been around since the start of time, and it has been said that so has their methodology!The theodolite and tape have been the backbone of a time-tested pra
Nov 15, 2016
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Pike River Coal - Hydraulic Mine Design on New Zealand's West CoastPike River Coal Limited is in the process of developing the Pike River Coal Mine in the Paparoa Ranges of New ZealandÆs South Island. The mine will be developed to extract a coking coal deposit of the
Jan 1, 2006
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Challenges in designing a magnetic resonance logging-while-drilling tool for iron ore explorationBy T A. J Hopper, S Mukkisa, M L. Johns, K T. O’Neill
Technological advances the sensor design and performance for logging while drilling (LWD) instrumentation offer considerable opportunities in iron ore exploration. Here we focus on the development of
Nov 8, 2021
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Mapping and Prioritising Rehabilitation of Abandoned Mines in AustraliaBy A M. Lechner, V Glenn, M Edraki, D R. Mulligan, C Unger
With more than 50 000 recorded abandoned mines in Australia, effective management strategies are needed to prioritise and manage health, safety, environmental and socio-economic risks and opportunitie
Jul 10, 2012
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Australia's First and Second Nickel Booms: The Similarities and ContrastsBetween 1966 and 1976, Australia moved from being a non-producer to a position of meeting more than ten per cent of world nickel demand. New mine developments beginning the early-1990s have the prom
Jan 1, 1996
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An evolution of drill hole spacing studies at Newmont CorporationBy A Jewbali, L Allen
At Newmont Corporation drill hole spacing studies are done to support the business in understanding the cost of collecting additional information (with a specific focus on drill hole sampling density)
May 24, 2023
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Evaluation of a New Vision System Algorithm for Automated Fragmentation Measurement from a ShovelBy M J. Noy
The automated measurement of rock fragmentation particle size distribution in the muck during muck excavation has been developing over the last 16 years. The introduction of stereo camera imaging of t
Aug 24, 2015