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A New Toolkit for Iron Ore CharacterisationBy E R. Ramanaidou, M A. Wells
Asian steel mills are demanding iron ore with specific chemical, mineralogical, metallurgical and environmental properties to warrant that the ore is of the greatest quality. As a result, a toolkit of
Jul 13, 2015
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Assessment of Subsidence Mechanisms and Risk From the Waihi Underground Mine Workings, New ZealandBy L Richards, R L. Brathwaite, C Mazenga
Underground mining of gold-silver bearing quartz lodes was carried out in the great mines at Martha Hill, Waihi over 70 years from 1882 until 1952. Shafts and stopes reached a total depth of 600 m on
Jan 1, 2003
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Pike River Coal - Project Management ChallengesThe Pike River Coalfield is located on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand near the top of the Paparoa Range approximately 45 km north east of the coastal town of Greymouth. The Pike Riv
Jan 1, 2005
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A Major North - West Dyke Swarm Zone in North QueenslandBy Chappell BW
A zone of northwest trending dykes extends for over 600 km in the hinterland from Cairns to Mackay. In sate regions the zone is up to 120 km wide. Figure 1 shows their approximate extent, compiled
Jan 1, 1987
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Use of Granular Flow Modelling to Investigate Possible Bias of Sample CuttersBy G K. Robinson, M D. Sinnott
Three-dimensional granular flow models have been run to simulate three types of sample cutters: a cross-stream cutter, a vezin, and a cross-belt cutter. This type of modelling involves solving the equ
Jan 1, 2005
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Reduction in Diesel Particulate Matter at Oaky NorthBy A Melloy, D Holt, M Jurak
Oaky North is AustraliaÆs highest producing underground coal mine. In 2011, the mine produced 8.7 Mt of high-quality coking coal. The high quantities are a result of the constant strive for optimising
Jul 1, 2013
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Sourcing and Treatment of Gravel Requirements in OtagoFor the purpose of this paper the Otago Region is that covered by the Otago Regional Council. This area, like other South Island Regions, has a river system starting in the Mountains and are all grave
Jan 1, 1992
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The Composition of Victorian Brown CoalsINDEX OF CONTENTSComposition of the Brown CoalsIntroductionComposition as minedComposition from drilling explorations:Latrobe Valley Area, East Gippsland, Welshpool-Alberton West Area, Altona-Bacchus
Jan 1, 1945
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Anaylsing and Validiating Production Performance - A Reconciliation Case Study from George Fisher Mine, Northwest QueenslandGeorge Fisher Mine, near Mount Isa in northwest Queensland, has been producing Pb-Zn-Ag ore since the late 1980s. It consists of two separate underground deposits, George Fisher South and George Fishe
Jan 1, 2006
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Practical Statistical Tools for ManagersThe correct design and effective operating strategies of metallurgical plants require a constant analysis of data gathered for process control, or for due accountability. Conventional, oldfashion stat
Jan 1, 2002
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Computational Fluid Dynamics Modelling of Coal Dust Explosions and Suppression SystemsBy G Collecutt, D Proud, D Humphreys
"The hazards associated with dust explosions are well known, and coal dust explosions present a significant hazard in the underground coal mining industry worldwide. In earlier work, we presented comp
Aug 31, 2015
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Bendigo - Stepping Through the IssuesThe Bendigo Goldfield is AustraliaÆs second largest goldfield, having produced 22 million ounces of gold between 1851 and 1954. Development of the modern decline mine, initially for underground explor
Jan 1, 2009
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Geometallurgy of the South Middleback Ranges Magnetite Deposit – Predicting Plant Performance from the PitBy D Gerrard, J Begelhole, J Gerber
The Iron Magnet deposit has been mined since 2007 when Arrium (then OneSteel) commissioned the magnetite concentrator to supply feed to the pelletising plant in Whyalla. The concentrate quality requir
Jul 13, 2015
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Never Touch a Running System - Longwall Cutting Sequences and their PotentialThe optimisation and validation of shearer cutting methods is a time consuming engineering task. Many different parameters, of which not all can be controlled, can vary. The easiest solution, to incre
Dec 6, 2010
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Making Safety Simple, Useful and EffectiveBy M E. Webb
Safety is a key value in most leading mining companies. Despite years of effort, and significant expense in ‘programs’, operating sites seem to have been left with no real improvement in either the el
Jun 22, 2016
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Current Issues in the Mining Industry - From the Operational Mineral ProcessorÆs PerspectiveBy S Schwarz, D Alexander
The mining industry, and in fact the world, has undergone significant changes in the past five to ten years, ranging from the metals boom, the global financial crisis and the rise and fall of national
Oct 29, 2012
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Glass Earth's Greenfields Gold Discovery Strategy Using Multi-Faceted Airborne Geophysical Surveying is Poised to Rewrite the Geology Of Central OtagoBy S Henderson
The Otago Goldfield has produced approximately 8 million ounces of alluvial gold and over 2.5 million ounces of hard rock gold and is currently home to New ZealandÆs largest producing gold mine. In th
Jan 1, 2007
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The Bong Mieu Gold Project, Phuoc Son û Tam Ky Suture, Central VietnamBy T Sirinawin, R H. Murfitt, W Shywolup
The Bong Mieu Project lies within the Pre-Palaeozoic Kontum Craton near the southern margin of the regional Phuoc Son û Tam Ky Suture. The Suture and accompanying Truongson Fold Belt of Indosinian age
Jan 1, 2004
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Faulting West of Mount Isa MineFaulIing west of the Mount Isa mine is described and is shown to be related to three groups of folds that have been recognized in the area. The first period of faulting postdates the first generation
Jan 1, 1973
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Outside Auger Hollow Claw Tipped Mechanical Sampler for CoalBy Z-Y Pi, B Zhang, S Wen
"The paper introduces the structure and work processes of outside auger hollow claw tipped mechanical sampler for coal. Twenty sets of claw tipped sampler performance tests show that: The design of i
Aug 21, 2012