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  • AUSIMM
    Practicalities of the use of fayalite slags for recovery of metals from urban wastes

    By E Jak, J Chen, B Hogg, S Nikolic, S Nicol

    The quantity of post-consumer ‘waste’ materials generated each year is rapidly increasing. These materials can contain significant quantities of critical metals and present an environmental challenge

    Jun 19, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Simulation study on crucial parameters of long-compressive and shortsuction ventilation in large section roadway excavation of LongWangGou coalmine

    By H Wen

    LongWangGou coalmine auxiliary inclined shaft heading face has a large section, fast heading speed, and large dust production. The problems of high concentration and wide distribution of dust in the r

    Oct 12, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Improvement of Existing Ore-forming Models Due to Systematic Sampling During Mining – An Example from Kambalda, Western Australia

    By C Laming, S Staude, D Hammond, S Sheppard, J Griffith, S Stanfield, S Marriott

    Long Operations is located on the eastern slope of the Kambalda Dome in Western Australia. Kambalda hosts nickel deposits that are modelled to have formed from an exsolving sulfide melt from a parenta

    Aug 18, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Morphological Characterisation of Spongillites from South-Eastern Brazil

    By A F. D C Varajpo, R C. Weba, C Volkmer-Ribeiro, C A. C Varajpo, N S. Gomes

    This study relates to the spongillite deposits from the region of Jopo Pinheiro, in the north-west of the State of Minas Gerais, south-eastern Brazil. The deposits occur in shallow ponds (with a maxim

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    Maximise Orebody Value through the Automation of Resource Model Development Using Machine Learning

    By S Oliver, D Willingham

    "Although a resource model is central to the mineral resource value estimation process (Glacken and Snowden, 2001), creating it is a labour intensive task and in the end it is a limited representation

    Jun 15, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Channel Iron Deposits - A Major New District Around the Caliwingina Creek, Central Hamersley Ranges,Western Australia

    By T Gill, A Faragher, B Scott, V Kakebeeke

    In 2000, after six year intensive exploration for high-grade haematite deposits, Rio Tinto included the channel iron deposits (CID) as a specific iron ore target in the Hamersley Province iron ore exp

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Monitoring Sb in lead refining using advanced techniques in Industry 4.0

    By S Zummar, A Van den Bulck, T De Staercke, T Van Rompaey

    An increase of 22 per cent in lead usage is expected in the European Union by 2050. During lead refining, the Harris process is a critical step in which a salt melt is used to remove arsenic, tin and

    Aug 21, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Optimal slope profiles for maximum mine pit-wall steepness in banded iron formation rocks

    By S Utili, A Agosti

    The Overall Slope Angle (OSA) of pitwalls plays a crucial role in the financial return of an open pit mine. In current practice, pitwall profiles are designed to be planar in cross-section within each

    Nov 29, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Effect of MgO concentration on phase evolution during steelmaking slag cooling process

    By H F. Yu, S Ueda, J Diao, W F. Gu, Y Sasaki, H Qin

    The main reason for the underutilisation of steelmaking slags is their instability, which is influenced by their complex phase structure. Recycling and sustainable steelmaking slag face challenges due

    Jun 19, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    The Past Focuses Support for the Future

    The history and milestones in the evolution of support systems utilised in the mass-mined chrysotile mines of Shabanie and King are discussed in detail. The use of block caving, false footwall or subl

    Jan 1, 2000

  • AUSIMM
    Iron Ore Characteristics and their Application in Optimising the Granulation Process

    By R Zhang, X Huang, M Zhou, X Lv, C Bai

    Iron ore sinter accounts for a large proportion of blast furnace ferrous burden in Chinese steel mills. Depleting high-grade iron ore resources and spreading complexity of iron ores in mineralogy and

    Aug 12, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Tunnel Boring in the Mount Lyell Mine

    The Channel Tunnel is an outstanding example of an undersea tunnel and its design illustrates most of the unique features of this type of tunnel. The marine site investigation was partic- ularly vuln

    Jan 1, 1976

  • AUSIMM
    Character of Simulation Material of Coal – Rock and Gas Solid-gas Coupling and Engineering Application

    By C Bie, S Li, P Xiao, P Zhao, H Lin

    "Based on solid simulation material research, the simulation conditions for methane and coal solid-gas coupling were obtained using solid-fluid coupling theory. Using sand as the aggregate and paraffi

    Aug 31, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Block Caving - Controllable Risks and Fatal Flaws

    Block caving is the lowest cost underground mining method but it has relatively high risks and a high up-front capital and development cost. It has application to large, often lower-grade orebodies wh

    Jan 1, 2000

  • AUSIMM
    Setting Processing Plant Projects up for Success in Australia

    By R Young

    Independent Project Analysis (IPA) is in the business of benchmarking the performance of capital projects on behalf of owner companies in the processing and extractive industries. IPA assesses between

    Aug 8, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Optimising Carbon Management – Increasing Gold Recovery and Decreasing Costs with the Carbon Scout

    By T D. H McGrath, O Baker, W P. Staunton, C Ypelaan

    "The carbon-in-pulp process has been used extensively in the gold industry since the late 1970s to recovery leached gold from solution. Despite more than 30 years of experience in operating carbon cir

    Oct 10, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Myuna Multi Seam Colliery Ventilation

    Myuna Colliery long term ventilation requirements were included as part of the overall planning of colliery construction and underground development. Ventilation, during the simultaneous sinking of

    Jan 1, 1983

  • AUSIMM
    Red Dome Mine Closure - Addressing Mine Site Contamination Issues for Lease Relinquishment

    By S Logan, J Pu, J Milsom, G McDonald

    Management of environmental issues is an integral part of the mine decommissioning process. In Queensland, miners must comply with environmental aspects of the Mineral Resources Act and Contaminated L

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Presentation of Certificate of Honorary Membership to Sir Ian McLennan, K.C.M.G., K.B.E.

    By W. M. LONIE

    Address by the President of the Institute (Mr W M Lonie) in making the presentation of the Certificate of Honorary Membership to Sir Ian McLellan, K.C.G.M, K.B.E. Address by Sir Ian McLellan after acc

    Jan 1, 1979

  • AUSIMM
    Recovery of Iron Ore Fines and Ultrafines from Tailings by Using Wet High-intensity Magnetic Separation – JONES WHIMS

    By M Gerards, M Steinberg, T Graham

    The quality and quantity of Australia’s secondary deposits, which include tailings streams and tailings dams, are higher than most countries’ primary deposits. In addition, these secondary deposits ha

    Jul 13, 2015