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Solubility of nitrogen and inclusion characteristics in high aluminium steelsBy M M. Pande, M Ishfaq
The effect of aluminium on nitrogen solubility was investigated by equilibrating melt comprising master alloy of Fe-Al with pure electrolytic iron in a controlled atmosphere (pure argon) at 1873 K. Ni
Jun 19, 2024
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Kidston Waste Rock Dump Design and æStore and ReleaseÆ Cover Performance Seven Years OnBy G W. Wilson, P Ritchie, N A. Currey
The design and rehabilitation of potentially acid forming (PAF) waste rock dumps is site specific, being a function, among other factors, of the rock types, the dumping and storage method employed, an
Jan 1, 2003
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Strategic Decision-making in Mining – Business Optimisation Using Flexible Evaluation ModelsBy B E. Hall, D B. Kahler
"'Optimisation' has become a catchcry among many mining companies looking to tell the market how mining businesses will be improved and shareholder value increased. Consequently, the term 'optimisatio
Mar 8, 2016
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Water Management at BHP Billiton Olympic DamBHP Billiton Olympic Dam produces copper cathode, uranium oxide concentrate and refined gold and silver. The operation is comprised of an underground Mine and Processing Plant and is located 560 km no
Jan 1, 2006
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Jaguar Base Metals Project Case Study – Has Reality Reflected the Study?By R Jacobs
"The Jaguar project is relatively unique in that it was evaluated, financed, built and operated to completion within the last ten years, providing the opportunity to holistically review and reconcile
Mar 8, 2016
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Quantifying Plant Flow Availability for an Alumina Refinery Expansion using Dynamic SimulationBy B Reynolds
The process design for green- or brown-fields metallurgical plants typically starts with two fundamental elements: the detailed mass and energy balance and the plant flow availability. The detailed m
Aug 8, 2011
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Recent Iron Making Topics in JapanBy N Takamatsu
The environments surrounding the iron and steel industry have changed greatly in recent years. Reported in this paper are the technologies adopted by the Japanese iron and steel industry to fititself
Jul 11, 2011
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Recent Development in Solution Purification at Outokumpu Zinc Plant, KokkolaBy JSrvinen A, Yll÷ E
At Cominco's Zinc Refinery at Trail, British Columbia impurities are removed from zinc sulphate electrolyte by a two-stage purification process using zinc dust. Copper, cadmium and thallium are
Jan 1, 1993
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"Assessing Deformability of Siltstone Under Compressive Loading by Ultrasonic? Wave Propagation"By B Tutmez
Determination of stress-strain behaviour of rocks plays a crucial role in understanding the response of rocks during loading. However, it is a tedious, expensive and a time-consuming process to obtain
Sep 26, 2011
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Talisker Mine, 1862-1872 Its History and HeritageSilver-lead ores are widely distributed through- out the Mount Lofty and Flinders Ranges, but none of the deposits is large. Historically the Glen Osmond Mines are the most significant as the site
Jan 1, 1987
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Managing steep seam dips and floor shears related dragline bench and lowwall instabilitiesBy J Li, J Regan, D Payne
The Caval Ridge Mine is an open cut coalmine and located within the Bowen Basin region in Central Queensland, and commenced mining and processing operations in 2014. A number of geotechnical challenge
Nov 29, 2022
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Application of High-resolution Seismic Reflection Surveys to Exploration for Blind Vein Systems at the Cracow Low-sulfidation Epithermal FieldBy J Cook, S Pike, D Pridmore
"An EXTENDED ABSTRACT is available for download. A full-length paper was not prepared for this presentation. The application of high-resolution seismic reflection to map structure and/or mineralisatio
Mar 18, 2015
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Porphyry-related carbonate-base metal gold systems in the southwest Pacific: characteristicsBy Corbett GJ
Comparisons between individual SW Pacific Rim gold deposits have facilit-ated proposal of a new classification of porphyry-related mesothermal gold deposit types. Carbonate base-metal gold systems for
Jan 1, 1994
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Hydrology of Final Void and Spoil CatchmentsReliable predictions of the long-term water quality and water level fluctuations in a final void are vital if mine operators propose to decommission final voids in open cut mining operations. The catc
Jan 1, 2003
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Truck Haulage Developments in the 80'sA brief history of the significant haulage truck feature changes and the factors that influenced those changes during the 60's and 70's provide a basis for forecasting the changes that ca
Jan 1, 1982
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Alluvial Gold Mining – A Modern Day Gold Rush on the West CoastBy C L. McIntosh
The west coast of New Zealand’s south island is host to a large number of placer goldfields that stretch from the Westport area in the north to Gillespies Beach in the south and inland to the foothill
Aug 22, 2011
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Empirical geostatistics #1 – kriging slope of regression: sensitivities and impacts on estimation, classification and final selectionBy D Kentwell
IGO Ltd’s (IGO) Nova Operation (Nova) is 160 km east-north-east of the town of Norseman in Western Australia (WA). Discovered by Sirius Resources NL (Sirius) in 2012 and acquired by IGO in 2015, the N
Mar 22, 2022
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Availability and UtilisationExcavator output rates given in Makers' catalogues are sometimes based on favourable operating conditions. Mine operators and planners are more interested in the Effective Hourly Output in no
Jan 1, 1981
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Responsible Tailings ManagementBy J Boshoff
The management and operation of tailings storage facilities (TSFs) are often neglected until the process plant has to shut down as a result of this negligence or as a result of a catastrophic failure
Jul 27, 2015
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Sulfur distribution ratio in iron and steelmaking slagsBy R G. Reddy, A Yahya
The sulfur distribution ratio (Ls) is an expression of the amount of sulfur in slag to the amount of sulfur in molten metal. The sulfide capacities calculated from Reddy-Blander (RB) model were used t
Aug 21, 2024