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  • AUSIMM
    Importance of Early Rehabilitation Planning - Case Studies from North West Queensland

    By M J. Gillespie, P D. Erskine

    Mine site rehabilitation generally includes the re-shaping of overburden to create a final landform, manipulation of substrates and subsequent revegetation. Due to the wide range of environmental vari

    Jul 10, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Inferred Mineral Resources and Gold Veins - Discussion and Case Studies

    Classification within the Inferred Resource category is based on geological judgement and the balance of extrapolation versus interpolation that the Competent Person is prepared to accept. These resou

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AUSIMM
    Characterising Cobalt Losses for Improved Recoveries

    By 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

  • AUSIMM
    Rio Tinto’s strategic assurance response to the Brumadinho tailings dam failure

    By J Lapwood, S Pal, M Pascoe

    The devastating failure of Dam I at the Corrego do Feijao iron ore mine near Brumadinho in Brazil on 25th January 2019 left at least 270 people dead or missing. In the immediate aftermath of this even

    Jul 1, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Progress in Understanding and Developing the Kucing Liar Orebody, Irian Jaya, Indonesia

    By N Belluz, L Johnson, N Wiwoho, P Manning

    The Kucing Liar skarn deposit is located in the Ertsberg mining district, which also contains other skarn deposits and the Grasberg porphyry copper û gold deposit. The Ertsberg district is located in

    Jan 1, 1999

  • AUSIMM
    Intersection reinforcement with self-drilling anchors for improved productivity at Kanmantoo

    By J Jardine

    An improved ground support method for development intersections, wide spans and stope brows was implemented at Kanmantoo mine. The method uses a jumbo to simultaneously drill and install self-drilling

    Mar 29, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    The Network Centric Mine

    By G Malherbe, J Gonzalez, D C. Franklin, J Bassan, C T. Farrelly

    To respond to ever-increasing challenges, mining companies have been experimenting with new business models and technologies in order to speed mine development, production, processing and transport. T

    Nov 20, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Case Studies Demonstrating Value from Geometallurgy Initiatives

    By A R. Bye

    The mining industry is facing some key challenges that provide a compelling case for geometallurgy initiatives. Over the last 30 years, the average grade of Australian orebodies being mined has halved

    Sep 5, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Risk management for minesite closure planning and execution – start now! Lessons from the closure of the Leigh Creek Coalfield, South Australia

    By A Querzoli, B Williams

    In late 2014 the Flinders Power Management Team was executing business improvement plans to ensure continued electricity generation until 2028 and beyond. Six months later, in June 2015, the Board ann

    Jul 25, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Optimisation of an Image Analytical System for Bulk Materials Using the Theory of Sampling

    By K H. Esbensen

    Optimisation of a real-time at-line monitoring system for control of industrial granule coating quality is presented. The system is based on a fluorescence imaging system, because fluorescence origina

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Dealing with uncertainties on mining equipment fleet planning and usage

    By I R. Souza

    At the mining industry, there are several uncertainties that may affect the mobile mining equipment fleet sizing and usage, such as commodity supply and demand, which impacts the mineral price, enviro

    Nov 8, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Attrition Scrubbers

    By W Baguley

    Attritioning has been a method of improving mineral extraction for over 60 years, however it is only recently that an understanding of the mechanism employed and the improvement in efficiency that hav

    Jul 15, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Remnants of Ancient Australia in Vanuatu – Implications for South-west Pacific Tectonics and Mineralisation Potential

    By S W. Richards, J Buys

    "An EXTENDED ABSTRACT is available for download. A full-length paper was not prepared for this presentation. Magmatic arcs are prime targets for porphyry- and epithermal-style mineral deposits, althou

    Mar 18, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Reconstruction of Morphetts Enginehouse, Burra

    Burra was the largest metalliferous mine in Aus- tralia between 1845 and 1860 and employed as many as 1000 men and boys. The workforce was predominantly Cornish, Burra being the first con- centratio

    Jan 1, 1987

  • AUSIMM
    Experiences from developing a road map to attractive, inclusive and safe mining workplaces

    By L Abrahamsson

    The aim with this paper is to discuss experiences from the ongoing research project ‘Attract: A roadmap to attractive, inclusive, and safe mining workplaces’. The project’s aim is to analyse possibili

    Sep 1, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    The Use of Common Business Intelligence and Analytics Tools in the Operation and Optimisation of Iron Ore Process Plants

    By T Nassis, P Louw, M R. Fry, T du Toit

    Business intelligence (BI) and business analytics (BA) are established IT technologies that are used extensively in the business environment. This paper discusses the use of these technologies in prod

    Jul 13, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Supervisory Control of Bass Strait Oil and Gas Production

    Esso-BHP have installed a Production Supervisory Control System that is presently controlling the offshore oil and gas facilities on the Barracouta and Marlin platforms from an onshore master station

    Jan 1, 1970

  • AUSIMM
    Automated Mineralogy for Ore Characterisation and Plant Optimisation

    By Y Gu, R Fandrich

    Traditionally, characterisation of the mineralogy and textures of ore and rock samples were based on observations of hand specimens and thin sections using an optical microscope. The extent of the dat

    Jan 1, 2007

  • AUSIMM
    Mining in Fiji

    The nation of Fiji is located the South Pacific on the æRim of FireÆ some four hours flying time from the eastern sea board of Australia. It is a tourist destination situated on the main route from Au

    Jan 1, 2004

  • AUSIMM
    Newmont Tanami Operations – Tailings Storage Facilities

    By S Thacker, M Noakes

    The Newmont Tanami Operations (NTO), formerly the Granites Gold Mine, commenced operation in the mid-1980s with tailings deposition evolving over the past three decades as production has increased and

    Jul 27, 2015