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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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