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New Experience in Gold Roasting Using Lurgi's CFB TechnologyDuring the past three years Lurgi's Circulating Fluid Bed (CFB) technology has been successfully applied to roasting of refractory gold ores and con- centrates. In comparison with the so-called
Jan 1, 1991
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Productivity improvement through collaborative shift planning and trackingBy E Deucker, A White
Gold Fields Australia (Gold Fields) has identified that improving productivity through more detailed shift planning and operational control of mining activities is a key driver to the success of their
Oct 16, 2017
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Blasting of High Density OresBy Grieve BL
For a blast to be successful both heave and fragmentation must be satisfactory. Amongst the major factors influencing blasting are rock properties. This paper considers the effect of rock density
Jan 1, 1978
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Resource Modelling and Mine Design at Obuasi Mine, GhanaBy C K. Boafo, J Visser
Obuasi Mine in Ghana, with more than 100 years of mining history, developed from a surface operation into a deep >2000 m underground gold mine. The challenge is to extract value from narrow veins l
Jan 1, 2008
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Closure Cost Estimation - All Things to All Men?By H Jones
Closure cost estimates may be generated at any stage of a mining operationÆs life; commencing with the initial prefeasibility studies and continuing through to the final decommissioning cost estimates
Nov 20, 2012
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Development of solid waste-based flux and its application in out-offurnace dephosphorisation of low-silicon hot metalBy Y Zhang, Z Zhao
The green production of the steelmaking process has urgent requirements for fluorine-free fluxes. In this article, a new solid waste-based slagging flux was applied in the external dephosphorisation t
Aug 21, 2024
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Supergene Alunite Group Minerals from Porphyry Copper- Gold Districts in the Southern Atacama Desert as Probe for Climatic Versus Tectonic Controls on Copper-Oxide MineralisationBy R Riquelme
The El Salvador porphyry Cu deposit (26¦ 15Æ Lat S, ~2700 masl) and associated exotic mineralisation is situated at the back-scarp of the late middle Miocene Atacama pediplain in the western Precordil
Jan 1, 2008
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An investigation into maximising the product grade and recovery of dense minerals in a single-stage REFLUX™ ClassifierBy J Zhou, L Crompton, K P. Galvin, J L. Sutherland, C P. Lowes, C Bezuidenhout, J Bijzet
Platinum Group Metal (PGM) bearing ores from the Upper Group 2 (UG2) reef often contain significant concentrations of chromite which can potentially be upgraded to produce a saleable product. A common
Aug 24, 2022
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Heat, Mass and Impulse Transport Analogies for Underground AirwaysBy Mousset-Jones P, McPherson M. J
Underground airways are characterized by irregular shape and uneven surfaces including large-scale natural roughness, fractures, and a super-imposed sand roughness. Swirls in the grooves of the wa
Jan 1, 1988
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Ramp-up and long-term performance of the Albion Process™ plant at GeoProMining Gold ArmeniaBy D Walker, A Tsvetkov, P Voigt, O Kloiber-Deane
The GPM Gold Operation has been employing an Albion Process™ plant at its Sotk (Zod) gold mine in Armenia since 2014. Long term data from the operation is now being published for the first time. The
Aug 29, 2018
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Advances in downhole assay measurements and calibration techniquesBy H Rossiter, C Simpson, J Market, P Jeanneau
Downhole Assay tools are a geophysical method to collect an instigated response from the material surrounding a drill hole and deliver a multielement proxy-assay. They were first tested in the Pilbara
Nov 8, 2021
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The underdog mechanical alternative for tailings dewatering: the screw pressBy S Whitton, W Wimmler, L Wimmler
“Given the increasing scrutiny of the mining industry and its relatively poor record with regards to mine tailings management, increased requirements to minimise water usage (often accompanied by very
Jul 1, 2021
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The Resource Management Act 1991: Its Implementation in OtagoThe Resource Management Act has been in force now for approximately ten months. This Act, and the Crown Minerals Act which accompanied it, have substantially changed the manner by which mining operati
Jan 1, 1992
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WaihiÆs 2020 Vision: Part C: How Did We Get There - The ProcessBy S M. Stewart
Building and Maintaining Community Relationships In mining terms, the town of Waihi is distinctive with the Martha mine situated right in the heart of the town. MarthaÆs central location and ot
Jan 1, 2006
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A Mapping-based Approach to Geological Continuity Prediction Using Examples from the Balmat-Edwards-Pierrepont Zinc District, St Lawrence County, New York, USABy R H. Knight
Uncertainty in prediction and modelling of geological (physical) ore continuity in geometrically complex ore deposits is a key risk factor in mining. Reducing geometric uncertainty of hard-boundary or
Aug 18, 2014
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A global review of geotechnical challenges and ground support practices in sublevel caving minesBy A D. Campbell
Sublevel caving (SLC) is a mining method adopted in a wide range of mining depths and ground conditions with various layouts adopted to suit orebody geometry. Sublevel caving offers more flexibility a
Nov 29, 2022
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Will introduction of EoRs improve governance of TSFs in Australia?By L Boczek
The term Engineer of Record (EoR) is commonly used in North America and South Africa to define the responsible person for the design, construction and operational phases of a tailings storage facility
Jul 1, 2021
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Geology and Nickel Sulphide Mineralization, Honeymoon Well, Western AustraliaBy Woodhouse M, Andrews D, Drew G
The nickel deposits within the Honeymoon Well project area (26¦ 40'S, 120¦ 25'E), located 45 km south of Wiluna, occur in the northern part of the Agnew-Wiluna belt (Figure 1; Hill et at,
Jan 1, 1996
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Introducing HPGR quaternary crushers in a Russian magnetite operation – challenges and solutionsBy B C. Povey, K Lagutin, M Mryasov, V Noll
The current Stoilensky magnetite concentrator comprises a three-stage crushing circuit followed by three stages of ball milling, grinding and concentration to produce a magnetite concentrate with 66.5
Sep 11, 2017
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An economic approach to optimising mill reline frequency – a case study of SAG mill relines at Rasp mineBy C M. Standen
The SAG mill at Rasp Mine has undergone a number of liner design modifications since commissioning in 2012, making liner wear and failure difficult to predict from historical data. During 2017, severa
Aug 29, 2018