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The Water Footprint of Mining Operations in Space and Time - A New Paradigm for Sustainability Assessments?As the mining sector increasingly embraces the sustainability agenda, and implements thorough environmental reporting in support of its case for a continued æsocial licence to operateÆ, there is a nee
Jan 1, 2006
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Infrastructure Development for the Ulan ProjectExtensive infrastructure construction works were required for the development of the underground and open-cut coal mine at Ulan to a production capacity of 5 million tonnes of steaming coal per an
Jan 1, 1983
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Modelling Full-scale Blast Heave with Three-dimensional Distinct Elements and Parallel ProcessingBy A Tawadrous, B Wheeler, D S. Preece, S A. Silling
The two key results of rock blasting are fragmentation and movement of geomaterials. Movement/flow of the blasted rock is often referred to as heave. Moving rock with explosives rather than mechanical
Aug 24, 2015
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Mechanical Factors in the Fatigue of Steel Rock Drill RodsA method is presented for calculating the number of cycles of stress to failure of a drill rod from operating variables; a mathematical analysis by Cooper of the stresses present in drill steels is ap
Jan 1, 1955
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Geology - Paper No. 5 The Pyroxene Granulites And Associated Gabbros Of The Fraser Range, Western Range, Western Australia And Their Economic SignificanceThe Fraser Range is composed dominantly of basic pyroxene granulites derived from basalts, many of which appear to have been vesicular and*pillowed. Acidic and basic garnet-bearing granulites are i
Jan 1, 1969
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Accounting for social and environmental complexities in mining project developmentsBy R Valenta, J Owen, D Kemp, E Lebre, G Corder
Copper plays an essential role in our society. It is one of the key materials supporting economic growth and human development in emerging economies, for its common use in construction, power generati
Nov 21, 2018
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Thermal phosphorus – it’s a hot commodity with a hot processBy R Atmuri, W Liang, R Prasad, Y Liu, E Wingate
Yellow phosphorus (YP) has been commercially produced since the 1920s. First in the USA by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), next in Russian (Kazakhstan) in the 1950s, and finally in China in the
Aug 21, 2024
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Some Occurrences of Stannite in AustraliaInvestigations of the Mineragraphic Section; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, have included most of the known stannite-bearing ores in Australia, and have revealed several
Jan 1, 1951
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Bauxite Mining Environmental Management and Rehabilitation Practices in Western AustraliaBy Ward S. C, Gardner J. H
In 1990, Alcoa of Australia Limited was elected to the Global 500 Roll of Honour of the United Nations Environment Program for the environmental management and rehabilitation of the bauxite mines i
Jan 1, 1995
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Formulating Basic Policy for Community Relations ProgrammesThe purpose of this paper is to outline the basic policy problems for good community relations programmes in the resource extraction industries of Papua New Guinea. The main focus of the paper will
Jan 1, 1997
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Mine Sequencing for High Recovery in Western Australian MinesBy M P. Sandy
Some Western Australian underground mines are challenged by very high stress gradients. This environment frequently results in poor induced ground conditions and damaging seismic activity. In some cas
Jan 1, 2003
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A review of dynamic energy-absorbing cable boltsBy P Craig, M Holden, C Zhang, D Foster, J Oh, S Saydam, J Liu, H L. Ramandi, S Akdag
High stress in rock masses can cause significant instability problems such as squeezing deformation in soft rock and rock bursts in hard rock. The support system applied in burst-prone areas in high-s
Nov 29, 2022
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From Concept to Reality ù Process Water Treatment at the ERA Ranger MineBy D Jones
The development, piloting and engineering design of an innovative water treatment system for process water produced by a uranium mine mill are described. The process incorporates lime/carbonate soften
Jan 1, 2003
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Novel Use of Ice Thermal Storage for Energy Management on a Mine Refrigeration PlantBy R W. Wilson, A R. Branch, T S. Pooe
The original bulk air cooling system at this particular mine made use of two water chilling refrigeration machines to produce peak cooling of approximately 12 MWR with a downcast air temperature of ab
Aug 31, 2015
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Open Stope Mining Strategies at Brunswick MineBy P Andrieux
By 1996 ground control-related problems at Brunswick Mine had raised serious concerns regarding the safe and economical extraction of large portions of the reserves. These difficulties were mainly cau
Jan 1, 2000
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Flyrock RiskThe issue of flyrock is critical to the operation of all mineral extraction sites that use blasting. This paper takes a risk-based approach to identifying, analysing and managing the flyrock hazard. T
Jan 1, 2007
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The Importance of Geometallurgical Analysis in Plant Study, Design and Operational PhasesIf an orebody has been drilled to achieve some level of regulatory compliance, then a number of associated geological databases will exist, representing 10 000 to 100 000 m plus of core intervals. The
Jan 1, 2007
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Creating a Geotechnical Baseline Report for Project Hobson, AucklandProject Hobson involves the replacement of an existing 90-year-old above-ground sewer that crosses Hobson Bay in Auckland, New Zealand, and which is nearing the end of its economic life, with a 3 km l
Jan 1, 2008
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A Simple Method of Calculating Grouted Rock BoltsBy Yu-Jun Z
According to site measurement and labora- tory experiment, the authors suggest a new mathematical model of grouted rock bolts. The rock bolt is taken as an elastic bar, and the grout is substituted
Jan 1, 1987
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Are Your Megaproject Schedules and Costs Under – or Out of – Control?By P Mitchell, S Pushpan, G Ferres, K Bobbermien, L Hudson
"Falling commodity prices and a rising supply surplus have ushered in a period of restraint in capital project investment across the global mining and metals sector. Competition for capital project fu
Mar 8, 2016