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Competitiveness of Australian Coal in Relation to Transport DistanceBy Gillies A. D S
Rail, port and shipping charges represent 30 to 50 per cent of landed costs for Australian coal mines selling to Asia. This proportion is higher for sales to Europe, yet it is in Europe where Austra
Jan 1, 1994
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Operational Challenges and Lessons Learnt at Xinli Nonferrous Co Ltd’s Ilmenite SmelterBy H Weitz
Bateman Engineering provided process technology and engineering design to China Yunnan Metallurgical Company (CYMCO) for a 30 MW DC furnace for the production of high-grade titanium dioxide slag.Follo
Oct 5, 2011
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Development of a Laboratory Flotation Method to Test Plant Mineral AggregationBy D Morgan, D Sato, B Lumsden, S Senanayake
Laboratory flotation tests on fresh cyclone overflow samples are a useful tool to troubleshoot and indeed to improve plant performance; however, reproducibility between laboratory flotation test and p
Sep 1, 2014
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Express Rail Link – Challenges of Tunnelling Through Hong Kong and into Mainland ChinaBy A Morris
The Express Rail Link (XRL) will provide high-speed rail services from Hong Kong to Guangzhou and a connection to the national high-speed passenger rail network serving major cities throughout Mainlan
Mar 8, 2011
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Mineral Resource Classification - It's Time to Shoot the 'Spotted Dog'!By P T. Stoker, A Allman, D P. Carville
Classification of mineral resource estimates is one of the most important responsibilities of the Competent Person. In recent years, classification decisions have been driven more by the detailed bloc
Jan 1, 2006
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Characterising Cobalt Losses for Improved RecoveriesBy I Lumsdaine
QNI Pty Ltd operates the Yabulu Refinery located 25 kilometres north of Townsville, North Queensland. The plant treats nickel laterite ores sourced from the Philippines, Indonesia and New Caledonia. T
Jan 1, 2002
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Intensity quantification of coal and rock burst risk – a reviewBy C Zhang, I Canbulat, G Fan, D Zhang, C Wang
A clear understanding of the intensity of coal and rock burst is the basis for future research on burst mechanism and control. There has been a wide variety in the description of coal and rock burst d
Nov 30, 2018
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Technology of Dust Suppression by Foam for Fully Mechanised Heading FaceBy H Wang, D Wang
Mine dust is the most serious occupation hazard in coalmines. And many coal workers suffer from pneumoconiosis because of long-term inhalation of respirable dust. Reducing the dust concentration of wo
Aug 31, 2015
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Geochemical Mass Balance and Characterisation of Pollutants Draining from a Nickel Mine SiteBy N Dube, K L. Sandvik, C Mutevhe
Trojan Nickel Mine is the largest producer of Ni, Cu and Co in Zimbabwe. The mine has operated a nickel flotation concentrator and base metal refinery continuously since 1969, creating 28 million tonn
Jan 1, 2006
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Influence of Saline Water on Electrostatic/High Tension SeparationBy P Ramsaywok
The use of saline water for mineral beneficiation in arid regions is general practice and also the case with Exxaro Namakwa Sands, situated on the west coast of South Africa. Although it is ‘cost effe
Oct 5, 2011
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Investigating industrial feasibility of utilising magnetising roasting for goethite oreBy N Esmaeili, M Saghaeian, L Hosseini, V Sheikhzadeh, R Hejazi
Ore roasting has long been used for beneficiation and assay upgrading of different ores. In this process, which is mainly used for sulfide ores, the ore is heated to a high temperature. More specifica
Aug 24, 2022
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An Investigation into the Effectiveness of Under Platform Exhaust Systems Based on Measurements from the Copenhagen MetroBy S Ravn
Under platform exhaust (UPE) systems are often designed into metro stations as a means of removing heat generated by trains as they come to a halt in the platform. These systems are designed to extrac
Mar 8, 2011
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Changing Trends in Column Flotation Use – Their Impact for Australian Mill OperatorsBy D Frost, G Harbort, T Lipiec, N Deonarain
"The use of flotation columns has remained a contentious issue among mill operators. There are those who consider them an essential part of any mineral processing operation, while others consider them
Oct 10, 2016
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Sampling Quality Assurance and Quality Control Requirements for Mining ProjectsThe creation of an accurate and precise enough database requires the collection of many representative samples, subsampling and assaying them without destroying their integrity. The selection and impl
Mar 1, 2010
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Liberated 0 - 10 ¦m Particles From Sulfide Ores, Their Production and Separation ù Recent Developments and Future NeedsThe general types of industrial behaviour of liberated valuable sulfide minerals in the 0 - 10 ¦m size fraction are described and tests to explore on site at a concentrator the general nature of any d
Jan 1, 2005
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Black Rock Cave (BRC) – overcoming challenging ground conditions and mitigating the impacts to productionBy H Wright
Black Rock Cave (BRC) is a sublevel cave which was developed in 2018–2020 and has been in production since November 2020. BRC is part of the Mount Isa Mines complex and extracts a leached orebody comp
Mar 29, 2023
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A Critique of the Push-Pull Hybrid Ventilation SystemBy A S. Derrington
This paper describes a hybrid ventilation system, which uses secondary fans that also act as de-facto primary fans to extract fresh airflow from the mine intake raise system. Also discussed are the as
Jul 1, 2013
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Application of Leading Practice Spontaneous Combustion Assessment to Exploration at the Doyles Creek ProjectBy J Edman, RáBeamish, G Cambourn, B Beamish
Moist Adiabatic Benchmark (MAB) and R70 testing have been applied to core samples of a multiple seam sequence from a borehole at the Doyles Creek Project. The coal samples range in rank from high vola
Jul 1, 2013
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Five Years With Paste Fill ù Experience at Henty Gold MineBy T J. Grandfield
Paste fill has been used successfully at Henty Gold Mine for the past five years. It has allowed 100 per cent extraction of the orebody, stabilised poor ground and enabled wide sections and offsets to
Jan 1, 2002
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Advances in Research on Metallogenic Mechanisms for the Xitieshan Sedimentation-exhalation Lead-zinc Deposit, Qinghai Province, ChinaBy S Q. Zhao, J H. Wei
"An EXTENDED ABSTRACT is available for download. A full-length paper was not prepared for this presentation. The Xitieshan lead-zinc deposit is located in the north margin of the Qaidam Basin, Qinghai
Mar 18, 2015