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  • AUSIMM
    External Influences on Electronic Detonator Blasting Systems and how to Protect Against Such Influences

    By R van Wyk

    In today’s mining environment the use of heavy mechanical devices and other high-tech electronic devices like two-way radios, cellular phones and even automated mining systems, form a vital part of th

    Nov 8, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Calculating the Value of Iron Ores in Ironmaking and Steelmaking

    By T Honeyands

    At present we are witnessing large investments in the iron ore industry, fuelled by demand from Asia. At the same time, there is a changing landscape in pricing of iron ores, with the recent demise of

    Jul 11, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Initial Operation of the Hismelt Research and Development Facility

    By Winrove G. S, Herdie G. J, McCarthy C. A

    Production of hot metal from the Hlsmelt Research and Development Facility at Kwinana, Western Australia commenced in October 1993. The stand-alone facility is a unique, coal-based, integrated ironw

    Jan 1, 1995

  • AUSIMM
    Development and Implementation of the CaveCAD Ground Support Module for Cost and Safety Improvements in Block Cave Mines

    By S Talu, E Savage, P Sturm, A van As

    It is estimated that substandard ground support installations and elements cost the Rio Tinto Copper Group millions of dollars between 2000 and 2014. These issues have also created significant safety

    May 9, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Sensitivity of a hydro-economic model in a mining region to changes in hydrological and economic inputs

    By N McIntyre, J Smart, J Ossa-Moreno, D Rivera

    Hydro-economics is a field of research that analyses water resources from a multi-disciplinary approach (Harou et al., 2009). These models generally include one component that describes the water reso

    Jul 25, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Calibration and Testing of a Geometallurgical Leaching Protocol for Determining Copper Mineralogical Deportment

    By N L. Turner, D J. Robinson, A J. McFarlane, N M. Chapman, L L. Kuhar, R L. Meakin, R Martin

    A number of geometallurgical tests have been developed within the AMIRA P843A Geometallurgical Mapping and Mine Modelling (GeMIII) project, an interdisciplinary collaborative research project involvin

    Sep 29, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Improving Fine Sulfide Mineral Recovery ù Plant Evaluation of a New Technology

    By K Ellis, B Lumsden

    A full-scale statistically-based on/off plant trial of a new flotation conditioning technology designed to improve fine mineral recovery was undertaken to determine whether the recovery of selected fi

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    A Cost Benefit Analysis to Explore the Optimal Number of Blast Movement Monitoring Locations

    By J Loeb, D Thornton

    Blast movement measurement is a key component of grade control, enabling mines to carry all of the precision involved in locating ore blocks, through a chaotic blast, to production. A monitoring syste

    Aug 18, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    The Fitzroy Aqua-Eco Health Project

    By C Sellens, L D. Fabbro, S Vink

    The Fitzroy River Aqua-Eco Health Project is a collaborative research project between the Central Queensland University, the University of Queensland and BMA. It is designed to assess the aquatic ecol

    Nov 26, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Independent Decline Haulage at Kanowna Belle Gold Mines

    In May 2000, Kanowna Belle Gold Mines (KBGM) carried out a detailed Truck versus Shaft Haulage Study. The study showed that whilst the shaft option had many operating cost benefits the capital costs w

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Technical Data Management at Porgera

    By A G. Shellsh, R J. Henham, J R. Foley

    The Porgera Gold Mine, west of Mt Hagen in PNG is a large open pit and underground operation currently producing gold at the rate of almost one million ounces per year. This deposit has produced some

    Jan 1, 2000

  • AUSIMM
    Whittle Programmings's Present and Future Tools for the Strategic Planning of Mines

    The author reviews design evaluation theory and existing optinustion tools and then describes how these have guided recent developments in Whittle Programming's strategic mine design package: F

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Nature and Origin of West Australian Diamonds: Evidence from Mineral Inclusions and C-Isotopic Compositions.

    By Foudoulis C, Smith CB, Drew RM, Sun S-S, Sheraton JW, Hall AE

    Primay (syngenetic and protogenetic) inclusions - i.e. minerals formed during or before diamond growth and encapsulated in the diamond - provide important information on the origin of diamond. Rece

    Jan 1, 1989

  • AUSIMM
    Forecast Trends of Australian Mineral Production to the Year 2000

    By Huleatt M, Perkin D, McLeod I, Mock C, Pratt R, Gourlay A, Timoney E, Knight N, Ward J

    Generally speaking, Australia's reserves of its more important minerals (in terms of export earnings) are adequate to sustain forecast rates of production to the year 2000. The rate of foreca

    Jan 1, 1981

  • AUSIMM
    Deep-sea mining considerations and environment impact – an overview

    By W Midgley, M Torok, I Canbulat, J Katupitiya, S Saydam, S Akdag

    The green energy transition is expected to require a range of valuable minerals, which could be supplied through deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining. Deep-sea polymetallic nodules are mineral deposits

    Sep 1, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Strategic thinking about long-term ‘above ground’ orebody complexity using scenarios

    By T Craske, J Sykes, T C. McCuaig, M Jessell, A Trench

    The prevalent strategic approach in the mining industry is one of planning. However, it is widely recognised that planning does not work in complex and uncertain situations (Mintzberg, 1994), such as

    Nov 21, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Toward the green mining – utilisation of tailings on gold recovery in thiosulfate system

    By S Jeon, K Haga, A Shibayama, L Godirilwe, C B. Tabelin, I Park, A Buronov

    Open pit/underground mining and mineral processing can generate large amounts of waste that contains sulfide-type minerals such as pyrite (FeS2), and it can produce acid mine drainage (AMD) when expos

    Sep 1, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    The Blue Asbestos Deposits of the Hamersley Ranges

    The Hemersley Ranges are located in the North West Division of Western Australia and extend, approximately, from latitudes 21¦ 30! to 23¦S and longitudes 117¦ to 120¦E. Their mean height above sea l

    Jan 1, 1964

  • AUSIMM
    Evaluation of the Blue Cube MQi Slurry Analyser for Application in an Advanced Control System for the Optimisation of a Gold Sulfide Flotation Circuit

    By D van der Spuy, T Kewe, K Keet, N Moffatt, A P. Paine

    The Blue Cube Mineral Quantifier Inline (MQi) instrument uses reflective light spectroscopy and advanced chemometrics to measure mineral or elemental grade in a slurry line. The instrument takes scans

    Sep 1, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Experimental studies on interactive failure characteristics of jointed rock

    By Y Li, B Shen, S Zhang

    Jointed rock mass is often encountered in rock engineering and its stability has always been a major concern in underground engineering. To analyze the stress characteristics and their variations in j

    Nov 30, 2018