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  • AUSIMM
    The use of Geometallurgy to Estimate Comminution Parameters within Porphyry Copper Deposits

    By G J. Harbort, K Lam, C Sola

    The relationship between the geology of porphyry copper deposits and their processing performance is an area of interest. Being able to predict comminution properties of the ore from physical characte

    Sep 29, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Assessment of Mill-Feed Sampling Strategies Based on a Variographic Experiment

    By K L. Olzard

    At the WMC Resources Phosphate Hill operation, monitoring the quality of the ore delivered by the mine to the beneficiation plant is of prime importance to ensure the fertilizer is produced cost-effec

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Review of the Cut and Fill Method of Underground Mining

    By Thompson IR, Solomons SS

    Underground mining with the cut and fill method has been declining during the past decade or so, being replaced mostly by sublevel open stoping methods. During 1983 the Australian Mineral Industries R

    Jan 1, 1985

  • AUSIMM
    Study on Pure Mineral Flotation Tests of Low-Grade Phosphate Ore in Zhijin, Guizhou Province, China

    Study on Pure Mineral Flotation Tests of Low-Grade Phosphate Ore in Zhijin, Guizhou Province, China

    Sep 13, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    Blasting Near Mine Surface Infrastructure

    By A J. Moore

    Blasting operations in open cut mines results in airblast, ground vibration and rock movement with the potential for wild flyrock. In some mines there is a trend towards blasting closer to established

    Nov 8, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Uncertainty - An Important Source of (Additional) Value for Mine Projects

    By S Watson, L Martinez

    Mine projects are complex opportunities that demand a constant assessment of uncertainty, ie risk and upside potential. This is because the value of a mine project is typically influenced by many unde

    May 24, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Australia’s Potential for Nickel Sulfide Ore Systems – A New Continental-scale Time-space Framework for Exploration

    By R G. Skirrow, M Cooper, J Claoué-Long, K Czarnota, H Dulfer, J Thorne, D C. Champion

    "An EXTENDED ABSTRACT is available for download. A full-length paper was not prepared for this presentation. Tholeiitic intrusion-hosted nickel (PGE-Cu) sulfide deposits are under-represented in Austr

    Mar 18, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Dewatering the Golden Mike

    By Kendall W. T C

    This paper provides a brief overview of the history of the Chaffers Dewatering Project which was successfully commissioned in August 1993. Until the end of 1992 the `Superpit' and the deep mine

    Jan 1, 1995

  • AUSIMM
    A Review of Prediction Methods for Ground-Borne Noise Due to Tunnel Construction Activities

    By D Davis

    The prediction of ground-borne noise levels from tunnel construction activities requires knowledge of the input vibration forces from the vibration source(s) into the cutting face, knowledge of the vi

    Mar 8, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    A Solution to Grade Estimation in a High Nugget Environment ù The Bendigo Experience

    In a ætypicalÆ gold deposit each tonne of ore will contain tens of millions of very fine gold particles, whereas; at Bendigo the majority of gold in each tonne of ore is present in just five to 15 ver

    Jan 1, 2004

  • AUSIMM
    The Design and Construction of a Reinforced Concrete Headframe for the Haulage Shaft at the New Broken Hill Consolidated Limited Min, Broken Hill

    The construction of mine headframes of reinforced concrete is not a new departure as many structures have been built of this, material particularly in Canada and South Africa. This type of constructio

    Jan 1, 1956

  • AUSIMM
    Application of Tracer Gas Flow Profiling to Improve Secondary Ventilation Practice – A Pilot Study

    By S Wilkinson, S Black, L van den Berg

    "The mine ventilation system plays an important role in mitigating human exposure to diesel particulate emissions (DPM), exhaust gases and heat in underground mines. The mine’s secondary ventilation s

    Aug 31, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Dynamic Simulation of an Alumina Refinery

    Dynamic Simulation of an Alumina Refinery

    Sep 13, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    Evaluation of Absorbents as a Means to Control the Influence of Heavy Metal Ions on the Flotation of a Complex Sulfide Ore

    By R F. Sandenbergh

    Due to environmental considerations, mineral processing plants are increasingly recycling water to decrease the impacts of wastewater on environment and the depletion of fresh water resources. Industr

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Recording and Usage of Groundwater Data for a Mining Operation

    Knowledge of the hydrogeological setting of a mine forms an integral part of a mining operation. Groundwater impacts, initially, on mine feasibility. Then, on commencement of mining, it interacts on t

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    Fluid Bed Roasting at Mount ISA

    By Casley G. E, Pritchard J

    A single slurry fed fluosolids roaster was chosen to replace six multiple hearth roasters in the Copper Smelter at Mount Isa as part of the overall program to increase production from 100 000 to 15

    Jan 1, 1974

  • AUSIMM
    Bulk Mining Explosives ù Technical Tool or Commercial Commodity?

    By G Le Juge, K Waldock

    The current suite of bulk mining explosives has been available to the industry for over 20 years. The flexibility and performance of ammonium nitrate based emulsion blend explosives were accepted by t

    Jan 1, 2004

  • AUSIMM
    Gold Deposits in the Xiong’ershan District, Southern North China Craton – Products of Triassic Deformation and Cretaceous Craton Destruction

    By K F. Tang, J-W Li

    "An EXTENDED ABSTRACT is available for download. A full-length paper was not prepared for this presentation. The Xiong’ershan district in the southern margin of the North China Craton (NCC) contains m

    Mar 18, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Where is the Source of the World-famous Nanling W–Sn Polymetallic Mineralisation?

    By H Li

    "An EXTENDED ABSTRACT is available for download. A full-length paper was not prepared for this presentation. The central Nanling region in South China experienced multistage granite intrusive events a

    Mar 18, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Empirical geostatistics #1 – kriging slope of regression: sensitivities and impacts on estimation, classification and final selection

    By D Kentwell

    IGO Ltd’s (IGO) Nova Operation (Nova) is 160 km east-north-east of the town of Norseman in Western Australia (WA). Discovered by Sirius Resources NL (Sirius) in 2012 and acquired by IGO in 2015, the N

    Mar 22, 2022