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Can Australian Coal Alleviate Energy Poverty in India – a Case StudyBy H von Blottnitz, A C. Keith
The influence of the life of a mine extends beyond its immediate vicinity both in geographic and temporal terms. Decisions around mine approvals are generally made based on economics, for the mine own
Jun 28, 2016
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Issues Confronting Major Expansions and New DevelopmentsThe mining industry has expanded significantly in the Pacific Region over the past two decades through a mix of new developments and brownfields expansions of existing operations. Despite this overall
Jan 1, 2004
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When Nothing is What You Need – The Importance of Using Blanks at All Stages of Sample PreparationBy J Webb
"It is vitally important in projects where the cut-off grade is low that there is no contamination during the sampling and sample preparation process, both in the ore and the waste zones. Failure to i
Jul 29, 2014
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Geotechnical Reporting at Olympic Dam MineThe need for formalised geotechnical reporting has not been fully explored at many operations. With the continuing need to provide safer and more efficient workplaces, the requirement for good geotech
Jan 1, 2004
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The Scratch Test – An Attractive Method to Measure the Strength of Iron Ore MaterialBy L Mariano
Three selected iron ore samples from the major bedded and channel iron deposits of Western Australia were analysed using a scratch test commonly used in the oil and gas industry. The portable commerci
Jul 11, 2011
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Ore Type – Everything to Someone but Nothing to AnyoneBy J Jackson, M F. Young
"Ore is the economic portion of a mineral deposit that can be extracted economically. Hence an ore type is a classification of the ore based on one or more dominant characteristics in order to enable
Jun 15, 2016
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Engaging Generation Y with the Minerals IndustryFollowing a decline in direct and indirect employment in the minerals industry between 2000 and 2003, the situation reversed in 2004 and employment rose by 12 per cent. Furthermore, there are forecast
Jan 1, 2005
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Melbourne Main Sewer Project – Construction Phase – Soft Ground Tunnelling in the Yarra DeltaBy P Clark
This paper discusses the challenges, solutions and lessons learnt as tunnelling work continues on the Melbourne Main Sewer Replacement (MMSR) project.The MMSR project is a $220 million dollar project
Mar 8, 2011
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Urban Geology and its Relationship to Intraplate Earthquake Risk - Lessons from the 1989 Newcastle ExperienceFor the past five years the University of Queenslandhas, through its various workshops, been preaching to Australia that there was a potentially hazardous situation from earthquakes for urban Australi
Jan 1, 1990
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The Steep Angle Conveying Option for Large Open Pit MinesTraditionally trucks have dominated haulage in open pit mines. Only recently have conveyors begun to be used in the long haul and high lift duties of surface mines. Steep angle conveyors are proven ve
Jan 1, 2003
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Understanding Geological Variability and Quantifying Resource Risk at the Kencana Underground Gold Mine, IndonesiaBy D Wardiman, R Benton, D Sims, T Carr, V Singh
The Kencana underground gold mine comprises two world-class epithermal vein deposits located in the North Maluku province of Indonesia on Halmahera Island. The K1 deposit has a recent extensive mining
Jan 1, 2009
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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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Resource Estimation Practice at The Granites Gold Mine, Northern TerritoryThe development of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Identified Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves is a significan step towards informing the financial community and the public about the futur
Jan 1, 1990
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NicolsonÆs Find Gold Project, East Kimberley, Western AustraliaBy M Csar
The Nicolsons Find gold project is located 35 km southwest of Halls Creek in the east Kimberley. It was discovered in the late 1980s by John Nicolson and Stuart Skoglund, when high grade gold minerali
Mar 26, 2012
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The Use of a Large-strain Drying and Consolidation Model to Optimise Multilift Tailing DepositsBy P J. Vardon, L A. van Paassen, Y Yao, A F. van Tol
Thin-lift atmospheric fine drying (AFD) is a technique used to dewater mine and oil sand tailings, which utilises both self-weight consolidation and atmospheric evaporation. The disposed layers underg
Jul 27, 2015
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Stockton Mine Acid Rock Drainage Remediation û Part 1 - Passive MitigationBy J B. Holman, P A. Weber, P Lindsay
Underground and opencast coal mining has occurred since 1896 on the Stockton Plateau, West Coast, New Zealand. Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) from historic and current mine workings has had an adverse envir
Jan 1, 2007
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Assigning Value to a Drill and Blast Wall Control Program Through Reduction in the Risk ProfileBy S B. Sheldon
Wall control programs tend to be expensive and consequently require financial justification in order to get approval for the expenditure required. The difficulty faced in getting this approval is that
Nov 8, 2011
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Co-Disposal of Coal Mine Tailings and Coarse RejectBy Kuganathan V
The processing of black coal in Australia segregates waste in the form of coarse reject and fine tailings. The coarse reject is relatively easy to handle, while the tailings can be problematic. Conven
Jan 1, 1992
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A Study of the Electro-Kinetic Properties of Activated Carbon Used as a Tool for Gold ExtractionAttempt has been made to determine the nature of charge on activated carbon surface by studying the electro-kinetic properties of the carbon in the presence of cations, anions and aurocyanide solut
Jan 1, 1982
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Stakeholder Engagement – Who Are You, What Do You Stand for and Why?By R M. Lonsdale, M D. Goodz
"With an ever-increasing dynamic business environment, successful stakeholder engagement is becoming more fundamental to achieving desired outcomes in today’s mineral resource industries. It is impera
Jun 22, 2016