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  • AUSIMM
    Case studies illustrating the role of F-series mine reconciliations in production forecast improvement initiatives

    By S J. Loach

    F-Series reconciliations are formal comparisons of estimates and measurements of ore quantity and quality made at pre-determined points along the mining value chain. F1 is the ratio of ‘Depleted Grade

    Sep 18, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Development and Implementation of Major Hazard Management Plans

    By D Hume

    During 2001 the Ridgeway Gold Mine, driven by company initiatives and recent NSW legislation (General Rule 2000), developed and implemented Major Hazard Management Plans to control significant hazards

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    The Toowong process for treatment of complex ores

    By L MacDonald, D Molver, D Pepper

    Increasing contamination/impurity levels (including arsenic, antimony, mercury etc.) of concentrates is an issue of global commercial and health / environmental significance. With increasing environme

    Nov 21, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Grade engineering at Gramalote gold deposit, Colombia: an example of industry – research collaboration, Part 2

    By N Clarke, J Hunt, A Barros, N Guerrero, L Keeney

    Grade Engineering® (GE) involves a range of integrated technologies and operating protocols for improving effective feed grade through early rejection of low value material prior to costly processing

    Nov 10, 2020

  • AUSIMM
    Addressing challenging applications of intensive cyanidation in gravity gold recovery

    By J Carrillo, A King

    Gravity recoverable gold (GRG) is largely distinguished from other gold by its non-mineralised, metallic form, its high degree of liberation from the ore and its appreciable particle size. The gold mi

    Aug 29, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Confirmation of Multiseam Extraction Rules for Black Rock Manganese Operations, Assmang, Northern Cape, South Africa

    By M K. C Roberts, M G. Magwaza, J W. L Hanekom, P Piper, R Lousteau

    Due to the perceived potential to extract the second economic manganese seam at its Black Rock Operations in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa, Assmang commissioned an investigation with respec

    Nov 5, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Tasmanian Acid Drainage Reconnaissance ù Acid Drainage From Abandoned Mines in Tasmania

    TasmaniaÆs mineral endowment has resulted in 600 abandoned mines. Commonly occurring sulfide minerals such as pyrite and pyrrhotite can generate acid drainage and also mobilise heavy metals. Due to th

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    Making Design and Construction Work

    By S Porter

    The Melbourne City Link Project is a privately funded road infrastructure project linking three significant existing freeways in the vicinity of the Central Business District. The State Government, th

    Jan 1, 1999

  • AUSIMM
    The Role of Benchmarking and Independent Reviews

    By D Hunter, N Cusworth, J Miller

    "Recent project failures have called into question the use and relevance of benchmarking and independent reviews, forcing a rethink of traditional processes and procedures.With cost estimates and sche

    Mar 8, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    The use of collaboration and management to turn-around the performance of a failing copper mine

    By M Jacobs

    This abstract discusses a heap leach copper mine that was failing to perform and as a result was not meeting targeted production. The mine had numerous technical challenges including: high water inflo

    Jun 22, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    A Methodological Approach Towards a Global Environmental Impact Assessment of Acid Mine Drainage Using Copper Mining Processes as an Example

    By M Ruhrberg, J Grassmann, C Bauer

    Within the context of acid mine drainage (AMD) associated with mining activities worldwide there has been a tremendous research effort to determine the extent of AMD and assess the influencing factors

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    Preassembly Concepts to Reduce Project Capital Costs

    By Kruse JW, Kjar AR

    Recently there has been increased recognition o'f the cost savings that can be achieved by the greater use of offsite preassembly for the construction of industrial plants. Preassembly is a me

    Jan 1, 1983

  • AUSIMM
    The application of critical chain project management to sublevel open stoping at Olympic Dam

    By J Light

    Since 2019, the mine planning team at Olympic Dam has been establishing and maturing a shift from deterministic to probabilistic scheduling techniques. This paper outlines this journey undertaken by t

    Mar 29, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Magnesium Alloy Production in China ù The Quay Magnesium Experience

    Quay Magnesium Limited (QMG) listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in late September 2004 having raised approximately A$30 million with the object of designing, constructing, commissioning and opera

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AUSIMM
    Predicting Finished Product Properties in the Mining Industry from Pre-Extraction Data

    By J E. Everett

    An essential requirement of product quality control in the mining industry is to be able to reliably predict key quality properties of finished product from the data available before the extraction of

    Sep 5, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Understanding Tailings Geochemistry - Continuous Learning and Innovation When Planning for Mine Closure

    By N Kawashima, R St C Smart, A M. Robertson

    This paper focuses on a case study at a base metal mine located in a tropical semi-arid area of Western Australia (WA). It is demonstrated that understanding the geochemical nature of the mine tailing

    Jul 10, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Taming the dragon – the art of transitioning from reactive to proactive tailings management through strategic operator engagement

    By C N. Hatton, K Ward

    Tailings operations are inherently reactive as operations personnel continuously contend with a concentrator reject feed (tailings) transient in physical and engineering properties, which places a con

    Jul 1, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    The risk management and cost benefits of using a total monitoring approach to managing slope instability hazards in open pit mines

    By C Jacobsen, N Harries

    Assessing and managing instability hazards is an essential activity when working with unstable natural slopes and excavated open pit mining slopes. Slope monitoring has become the standard technique f

    Nov 29, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Why Reinvent the Wheel when there are Established Methodologies to Aid the Design and Assessment of Restored Natural Ecosystems on Mined Land?

    By R N. Humphries

    The aim of this paper is to question the need to develop bespoke monitoring and assessment methodologies and criteria, thereby ‘reinventing the wheel’, when designing and assessing the success of impo

    Jul 16, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Towards the Implementation of Discrete Fracture Network Modelling as a Geotechnical Design Tool – Case Study of Callie Underground Mine

    By S F. Rogers, K Doumis, J H. Graaf, B J. Barsanti

    Advances in technology now allow geotechnical practitioners to better describe the properties and variability of a rock mass through advances in surface and underground mapping, borehole technology an

    Nov 5, 2014