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Impact of Blast Fragmentation on Hydraulic Excavator Dig TimeBy D Thornton, R Hodson, D Sprott
Blast fragmentation size distribution and thus blast design have been found to have a direct impact on the load and haul cycle through excavator dig time and bucket payload. Previous studies have demo
Jan 1, 2003
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The Spent Pot Lining Treatment and Fluoride Recycling ProjectBy G Swayn, J Harpley
Spent Pot Lining (SPL) is an unavoidable waste product of the electrolytic process in the smelting of aluminium. SPL is considered to be a hazardous waste in various countries because it contains sign
Jan 1, 2002
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Blasting Rock to Suit Stringent Underground Fill RequirementsRecent analysis of backfilling material has shown that a finer size distribution is preferable for stope filling. In order to increase crusher throughput and pit productivity, a reassessment of the
Jan 1, 1995
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Perimeter Control Utilising Electronic Detonators at Mount Wright MineBy J Wall
The use of electronic detonators in civil tunnelling applications, to reduce vibration in small firings has been successfully utilised for a number of years. As part of the mining industry’s commitmen
Mar 21, 2011
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A New Tool for Extensometer Data Analysis and Improved Understanding of Geotechnical Risk FactorsBy M Szwec, P Corbett, P Sheffield
Centennial Coal operates the Springvale and Angus Place longwall mining operations that extract coal beneath the Newnes Plateau in the Western Coalfields of New South Wales. Springvale and Angus Place
Nov 5, 2014
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El Teniente New Mine Level ProjectBy R Pozo, F Reyes
Codelco Chile is currently developing the El Teniente û New Mine Level Project (NMLP) in order to increase ore production by seeking to mine the ore deposit located under the current operational orebo
Jan 1, 2008
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Potential of the Overburden Cast Blasting Technique in Indian Surface Coalmines – A Modular Approach and its Financial ImplicationsBy M D. Uttarwar, R R. Yerpude
India is the world’s third-largest producer of coal and is endowed with the fifth-largest coal reserves in the world. Surface mining straddles the entire domain of the Indian coal mining industry, yie
Aug 24, 2015
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Planning and Development of West Wallsend No.2 CollieryBy Blackham M
West Wallsend No. 2 Colliery is a new mine that is presently being developed in the New- castle Coalfield by J. & A. Brown & Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd., a subsidiary of Coal & Allied Industries
Jan 1, 1972
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Pre-concentration – more than bulk ore sortingBy P Holtham, K Duffy, L Pyle, W Valery
The mining industry is becoming increasingly focused on pre-concentration due to its potential economic and environmental benefits, particularly for the more complex, low-grade, high throughput operat
Aug 24, 2022
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Calcining Aluminum Trihydrate in a Circulating Fluid Bed, A New TechniqueIncreasing demands on quality of metallurgical grade alumina and for lower production costs led to the development of a new fluid bed calcining process. The process, jointly developed in Germany by
Jan 1, 1971
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Estimation of Regional Stress State and Young’s Modulus of Ground at Torigatayama Limestone Mine in JapanBy D Fukuda, K Kaneko, R Kudo, J Kodama, Y Fujii, T Sasaki
"Estimation of stress state as well as elastic modulus is important for the prediction of a rock slope deformation in an open pit mine since it can strongly influence the mining-induced deformation of
Nov 5, 2014
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Porphyry Instrusions, Rock Alteration and Mineralisation, Batu Hijau Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit, IndonesiaBy Proffett JM
Batu Hijau is a calc-alkaline, island arc porphyry copper-gold deposit located in the southwest corner of Sumbawa Island in the Banda archipelago of southern Indonesia. Proven and probable reserves ar
Jan 1, 1997
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Development Of Experimental In-Situ Leaching At The Mutooroo Copper Mine, South AustraliaBy Canterford J. H, Bologiannis F, Smith A. N
The Mutooroo copper mine is one of a number of deposits that have been evaluated by Adelaide and Wallaroo Fertilizers Ltd as a source of feed for the production of high- purity copper oxide at thei
Jan 1, 1983
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The Fruta del Norte Epithermal Gold-Silver Deposit, South-East EcuadorBy S Leary
Diamond drilling since early 2006 has identified an epithermal gold-silver (Au-Ag) deposit beneath 140 m to >400 m of cover. The Fruta del Norte discovery had an inferred resource estimate of 58.9
Jan 1, 2008
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Exclusion Zone Calculation for Underground Explosives StorageBy M B. Lovitt
At present there exist few engineering calculations and principles to determine exclusion zones for personnel in the vicinity of underground explosive storage areas. This paper is written to encourage
Mar 24, 2014
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Classification And Quantification of Ore Grain Textures of the Hilton North Deposit, Mount Isa, Queensland, AustraliaStudying the ore textures in a discrete orebody is a novel approach to estimating liberation potential of the ore minerals present. As part of a PhD thesis, this project aims at classifying and quanti
Jan 1, 1993
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Myuna Multi Seam Colliery VentilationMyuna Colliery long term ventilation requirements were included as part of the overall planning of colliery construction and underground development. Ventilation, during the simultaneous sinking of
Jan 1, 1983
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Fundamentally Transforming the Economic and Sustainability Signature of Mining AssetsBy M Jones
The past 100 years the mining industry can be characterised by a focus on increasing financial returns often to the detriment of social, human, manufactured and environmental capitals. Despite the sus
Nov 4, 2015
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Development of an acQuire Based Geotechnical Data Management SystemBy V Pere
A geotechnical data management system has been developed to manage drillhole and mapping data generated from in house and consultant administered field programs. This system comprises a data collectio
Aug 22, 2011
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Geometallurgy applied to small-scale mining: a case studyBy D Lozada, A Salazar
Geometallurgy is a tool that, for more than a century, has been present in the implicit operations of mineral beneficiation. There’s a need to understand the characteristics of the material to be proc
Aug 29, 2018