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  • AUSIMM
    MineSense technology empowering bucket resolution Mine to Mill reconciliation

    By M Haest, S Sandler, R Botha, H Lang, K Hume

    Benchmark practices in the mining industry include the establishment of Quality Programs — Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QAQC) — to monitor the correct execution of sampling protocols and con

    Mar 22, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    The Problem of Exploration on Existing Mining Tenements

    By G R Ryan

    Recent events have raised the issue of whether, and if so when and how, an explorer may gather data from a mining tenement or permit which is held under the relevant mining Act by another party. Two

    Jan 1, 1994

  • AUSIMM
    Determining the Deportment of Minor and Trace Elements in Base Metal Concentrates, with an Example from Broken Hill

    By F Radke, P A. Tilyard

    Determination of the mineralogical location (deportment) of minor and trace elements (including credit and penalty elements) in base metal concentrates can indicate whether further processing is likel

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Deployment of Self - Contained Self Rescuers in Coal Mines

    By Baafi EY, Sun Y, Tague I

    Field trials at three New South Wales and one Queensland coal mines were carried out to gather data on oxygen "run out" times of Self-Contained Self Rescuers (SCSRs), time taken to escape from the min

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Geochemistry of Tailings and Seepage from Three Tailings Storage Facilities in Australia - Uncapped, Capped and Active Tailings

    By T Baumgartl, D Bradshaw, B Forsyth, M Edraki

    In a tailings storage facility, the chemistry of pore water is a function of oxidation and dissolution of sulfide minerals, containing metals and metalloids, the neutralising effect of gangue minerals

    Jul 10, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Evolution of rock fill consolidation at Pajingo Gold Mine

    By J Carswell, K McTyer

    The Pajingo gold operation in Queensland is approximately 50 kilometres south of Charters Towers and 134km south-west of Townsville. The resource was discovered in 1983 and first open pit gold product

    Nov 30, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    MMG Century Mine, A Case Study – Maximising Project Net Present Value Through Targeted Capital Expenditure and Process Optimisation Against a Backdrop of Falling Metal Prices and Feed Grades

    By R Wynn, T J. Akroyd, C Costa

    In an environment of lower zinc prices, falling revenues and reducing zinc feed grades, Century mine implemented a fast-tracked capital upgrade program in less than 15 months. The program was designed

    Sep 1, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Developing Australia's First Block Caving Opeartion at Northparkes Mines - Endeavour 26 Deposit

    The introduction of a new mining method to Australia is not without its risks and challenges. This paper discusses the processes of planning a new operation, with particular emphasis on block caving

    Jan 1, 1995

  • AUSIMM
    Modular SAG mill discharge trommel for maintenance flexibility and performance

    By K Katov, S T. Ciutina, J D. Pyke

    The development and optimisation of mill discharge trommels, and specifically their screen panels, can be a neglected area in the complex operation of a minerals processing plant. Trommels are often s

    Aug 29, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Welcome to the University

    Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you, on behalf of the Council and Administration, to this University and extend to you our very best wishes for a most succe

    Jan 1, 1975

  • AUSIMM
    Impact testing of raise bore protection mesh

    By M Doran

    The Olympic Dam mine utilises 1.1 m to 1.4 m diameter raise bores for generating the initial slot void for most production stopes. Slot raise bores generally span two development levels ranging from 3

    Mar 29, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    A practical guide to sampling in coal preparation plants

    By B W. Atkinson, J Docherty

    An Australian Working Group has been compiling a guide for operators to use in order to improve the efficacy of their routine and non-routine sampling tasks within their coal preparation process. The

    May 9, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    The benefits of automated metallurgical accounting for plant sampling

    By D W. Wall, J P. Vagenas

    Questions of sampling precision and accuracy affect every process plant in differing ways and to differing extents. To address these perceived issues, chemists, metallurgists and engineers are often a

    May 9, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Bulk sensing for effective ore sorting – learnings over 35 years

    By H Kurth, L Balzan

    The potential for bulk diversion was identified and quickly implemented following the development of bulk sensing technologies applied to conveyed flows. In the early 1980s real time analysis of ash i

    Nov 10, 2020

  • AUSIMM
    Energy and Water Requirements in the Treatment of Refractory Gold Ores

    By R Dunne, J Dodd, J Snyder, F Roberto

    Energy costs are steadily increasing worldwide while the availability and quality of water are becoming contentious issues between the users (municipalities/households, agriculture, manufacturing and

    Sep 26, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Blast Design Using Measurement While Drilling Parameters

    By M Higgins

    Measurement while drilling (MWD) techniques can provide a useful tool to aid drill and blast engineers in open cut mining. By avoiding time consuming tasks such as scan-lines and rock sample collectio

    Jan 1, 2001

  • AUSIMM
    JKSimFloat - A Tool for Flotation Modelling

    By R D. Morri, D J. Alexander

    The design and optimisation of mineral flotation circuits is currently performed using a combination of laboratory, pilot plant and full scale testing. Owing to the variable nature of flotation circui

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Future Direction of Mining Related Education in Australia: The Road to Success

    This talk was delivered in Kalgoorlie in April this year, to the Kalgoorlie Branch of The Institution of Engineers, Australia. We believe it is of such interest to members of our Institute and readers

    Jan 1, 1987

  • AUSIMM
    The Development of ‘Radial-in-Reef’ Stoping at the Tasmania Gold Mine, Beaconsfield, Tasmania

    By R Goddard

    An alternative stoping method has been adopted for narrow vein stoping at the Tasmania Mine in Northern Tasmania. Colloquially described as ‘Radial-in-Reef’ (RiR) stoping, the method employs the drill

    Mar 21, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Underground Auxiliary Ventilation Monitoring and Diagnostic System

    By S Viviers, G Ratner

    Ventilation is part of all underground mine operations and is undertaken in order to introduce fresh, cool air to the workings and to remove stale, affected air. It is problematic to obtain efficient

    Jul 1, 2013