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  • AUSIMM
    Defining a Sampling Strategy for a Continuous Flow Supported by Geostatistical Simulations

    By D M. Marques, J F. C L Costa

    The estimation of process plant head grade is not trivial and is a source of constant dispute within the mining industry. Grade estimates informed by the short term mine planning are frequently not re

    Aug 21, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Optimisation of Rock Disintegration Based on Acoustic Background of Drilling Machine

    By J Fut=

    The rotary drilling of rocks is widespread technology in mining and in tunnelling. The paper describes the results of research by aim to find relationships between optimal drilling and sound signal of

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    The Development of Processes for the Treatment of Crude Ore, Accumulated Dumps of Tailing and Slime at Broken Hill, New South Wales

    The following paper on the development of processes for the treatment of crude ore, accumulated dumps of tailing and slime at Broken Hill, has been prepared by a committee of the Broken Hill Branch of

    Jan 1, 1930

  • AUSIMM
    A Comparative Study of Rock, Soil and Plant Chemistry in Relation to Nickel Mineralization in the Pioneer Area, Western Australia

    The application of biogeochemical methods in mineral exploration in semi-arid to arid environments in Western Australia has been investigated in an area near Norseman.The study involved a comparison o

    Jan 1, 1973

  • AUSIMM
    Mine Rehabilitation for Sustainable Landcare: Cost-Effective Strategies

    By R Simcock

    Why Rehabilitate? Legislative Requirement Land rehabilitation is a condition of resource consents for mining. Clause 17 (1) of the Resource Management Act 1991 (duty to avoid, remedy, or mitigate adve

    Jan 1, 1997

  • AUSIMM
    Digital rocks for iron ore sinters – towards a D quantification of sinter textures

    By D O’Dea, B Godel, T Honeyands, B Ellis, T Harvey

    X-ray computed tomography (XCT) is a non-destructive technique that allows the exploration of the internal structure of solid objects in 3D. Over the past ten years, the combination of XCT with more c

    Jul 24, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Managing the Cumulative Groundwater Impacts of Multiple Iron Ore Projects at Cape Preston (or à One Plus One Plus One Plus One Does Not Equal Four)

    By J Hall, A Gallardo, M Strizek

    Mineralogy and coproponents Sino Iron, International Minerals and Austeel are in the process of developing four world class magnetite iron ore mines with multiple open pits along a 25 km strike length

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Intrusion-Alteration-Mineralisation Relationships in the Frieda River Igneous Complex, PNG

    By R Handfield, G Kary, Frieda Project

    Recent exploration by the Cyprus Amax-Highlands Pacific-OMRD Joint Venture at the Frieda River project, PNG has demonstrated the extent of igneous phases, alteration and mineralisation, and the relati

    Jan 1, 1999

  • AUSIMM
    Developments and Future Benefits of Long-Hole Directional Drilling in New Zealand

    By B B. Beamish

    Long-hole directional drilling for in-seam exploration was introduced to New Zealand at Huntly West Mine in 1989. Following the success of this initial drilling program the Coal Corporation of New Zea

    Jan 1, 1993

  • AUSIMM
    Fosterville gold mine – breaking the mould for Victorian gold

    By N Phillips

    Fosterville gold mine recently celebrated production of its one millionth ounce of gold based firmly within a history of refractory sulfide gold mining. Compared with other Victorian gold mines, the d

    Sep 20, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    The Influence of Alluvial Gold Shape and Density on Discrepancies Between Prospecting and Mining Gold Grades: Implications for Plant Efficiency, Plant Design, and Mine Profits

    By S Adamson

    Morphological analysis of alluvial gold recovered from the same segment of a placer by four common commercial methods indicates that gold shape and the presence of quartz intergrowths or sulphide over

    Jan 1, 2001

  • AUSIMM
    Recent Port Kembla experience with iron ore use – sintering and blast furnace

    By S Chew, A Bennett, N Di Giorgio, B Osborne

    After relining one of two blast furnaces and enlarging its sinter plant in 2009, BlueScope radically restructured its Port Kembla steelworks operation in 2011, shutting a blast furnace and halving its

    Jul 24, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Geotechnical Factors Affecting Coal Recovery in the Maramarua, Mokau, and Ohinewai Deposits

    By B W. Riddol1s

    The 1983 Energy Plan calls for an increase in North Island coal production from both underground and opencast sources from the 1982/1983 production of 843 000 tpa to approximately 3.4 Mtpa within the

    Jan 1, 1984

  • AUSIMM
    The New Zealand Mining Regime with Particular Reference to the Development of Minerals Programmes

    By W P. Player

    The legislative operating environment, or the mineral regime, that a country has to offer is one of the key determinants that a company wanting to invest in an area takes into account in formulating i

    Jan 1, 1995

  • AUSIMM
    The Brown Coal Geology of the Gippsland Basin

    By Holdgate G. R, Thompson B. R, Webster R. L, Bolger P. F

    The Gippsland Basin in south-eastern Australia has an area of approximately 46 000 sq km. It is one of the world's major coal and petroleum bearing basins, with most of the former occurring in

    Jan 1, 1992

  • AUSIMM
    Translating the Challenges of Sustainability and Eco-Efficiency into Improved Business Performance at Newmont Operations

    By A J. Minns

    This paper addresses the question: how can the minerals industry remain viable; viable in the sense that we are able to access land for exploration and discovery, we are able to develop and operate mi

    Jan 1, 2004

  • AUSIMM
    Design and Commissioning of the Ridgeway Concentrator

    By B Clemen, D Gordon, F Cesnik, P Griffin

    In March 2002 Newcrest Mining Ltd commissioned a 4 Mtpa gold-copper concentrator at its Cadia Valley Operations in New South Wales. This paper presents the design and construction considerations, comm

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    Mining and the New Environment

    Review of the mining legislation in New Zealand has coincided with a number of radical changes. These include a redirection of economic management towards a more open and competitive economy; major re

    Jan 1, 1987

  • AUSIMM
    The Tectonics, Geology and Gold-copper Metallogeny of New Guinea

    By S L. Garwin

    "An EXTENDED ABSTRACT is available for download. A full-length paper was not prepared for this presentation. Since the Eocene, New Guinea tectonics have been driven largely by the south-westerly-direc

    Mar 18, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Oceanographic Preparations for Offshore Drilling

    There is a lack of information concerning the movements of water on the continental shelf, particularly with regard to data obtained regularly over significant periods of time. The Horace Lamb Centre

    Jan 1, 1971