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Operating Performance of the Phu Kham IsaMill™By G Harbort, D Zoetbrood
"The Phu Kham copper-gold operation in the Laos People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) is owned and operated by Phu Bia Mining Limited. PanAust Limited holds a 90 per cent interest in Phu Bia Mining Limit
Oct 10, 2016
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Legacy tailings dams – asset or liability? A case study on sub-aqueous tailings reclamationBy M Jones
Legacy tailings storage facilities exist within operating mine sites across Australia. These tailings storage facilities are often viewed as rehabilitation liabilities but with considered assessment m
Sep 1, 2024
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The critical pool levels for the Yallourn Mine determined using the MGRI approachBy N Patel, S Narendranathan, T Mok, J Lowe
The Hazelwood Mine (HM) commenced operations in the 1950s and was originally operated by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV) prior to it becoming privatised. ENGIE, the current owners
Aug 2, 2023
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Ventilation monitoring using fibre opticsBy G B. French
Post a serious heating event underground, and at the direction of the State Mining Safety Authority, a mining company needed to demonstrate the use of cutting-edge technology to mitigate future events
Oct 12, 2022
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Will introduction of EoRs improve governance of TSFs in Australia?By L Boczek
The term Engineer of Record (EoR) is commonly used in North America and South Africa to define the responsible person for the design, construction and operational phases of a tailings storage facility
Jul 1, 2021
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Innovative Victoria Park Tunnel design is Communicated Effectively to Stakeholders with the Aid of Three-Dimensional Visualisation MediBy M Sparrow
The Victoria Park Tunnel project is an inner-city alliance project in central Auckland, New Zealand. The existing two-directional viaduct will be modified to single-direction flow, and a new northboun
Mar 8, 2011
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Innovative Use of Screw Press Filtration in Tailings Dewatering Plant DesignBy D Nieuwkerk, V J. Absolon
"Screw press technology is an innovative approach to tackling the growing pressure to conserve water and minimise the environmental impact of mineral tailings disposal. The principles of the technolog
Sep 1, 2014
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Carrapateena project to date – Geotechnical risks and managementBy G Balog, T Ormerod, D Cox
This paper discusses the methods utilised by the technical team to identify and quantify the SLC risk factors, the modifications to mine design and scheduling, and the changes to the planned risk mana
Mar 15, 2021
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Lesson Learned From the Start-Up and Operation of the World's Newest and Largest ISL Uranium MineThe Beverley uranium mine û now in production in the remote north of South Australia at1000 tonnes per annum û was established to meet a projected, but little-recognised shortfallin primary supply of
Jan 1, 2002
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Tailings governanceBy T Alexieva
Since the early 1900s the geotechnical community has investigated every significant failure of a tailings dam, improved our knowledge of the behaviour of the tailings storage facilities, developed ana
Jul 23, 2018
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The Grande Côte Mineral Sands ProjectBy M C. Ackland
The Grande Côte Mineral Sands Deposit (GCMSP) is located on a coastal mobile dune system in Senegal on the west coast of Africa. Senegal is a stable, democratic republic, having gained its independenc
Oct 5, 2011
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Real-time Through-belt Moisture Analysis for Iron OreBy A Harris, L Balzan
Accurate measurements of the moisture content of iron ore have increasing importance in modern mining operations. Knowledge of the moisture content allows process control actions to be carried out to
Jul 13, 2015
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The AMC Narngulu Synthetic Rutile PlantBy Rolfe PR, Ellis BA, Clements RJ
Associated Minerals Consolidated Limited (AMC) is constructing a 112,500 tonne/yr synthetic rutile plant at Narngulu, near Geraldton in Western Australia. Design of the plant is based on the techn
Jan 1, 1986
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A Review of European Acid Rock Drainage InitiativesBy B Dold
Western Europe is a dynamic region, with an emerging co-operation between the individual nations both politically, economically, technically and scientifically. The European Union, today with 15 membe
Jan 1, 2003
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The Application of Measurement and Modelling of Sulfidic Coal Wastes at Pacific Coal's Kestrel Mine for Use in Development of a Closure PlanBy T A. Short, P L. Brown
Kestrel Mine co-disposes around 1.5 Mt of fine (2SO4/t and to date around 9 Mt has been deposited. The mine plans to co-dispose of approximately 39 Mt of material, creating a dump with a maximum heigh
Jan 1, 2003
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Development of a remotely operated robotic mechanism for accessing and removal of metal tramp from primary gyratory crushersBy H Lemos, E Nunes, D Jacobson, R Costa, L Ono, A Alves, H Delboni Jr
Oversize rock breaking and metal tramp removal are key issues for reducing primary crusher downtime, as well as improving the safety associated with its operation. Remote operation of such tasks would
Nov 8, 2021
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Is Truck Queuing Productive?By P Malkin, S Thomas, P M. Stone, D Kostyuk
In open pit mining, it is common that the bottleneck to productivity and profit lies in the truck-shovel mining operation, especially as strip ratios and mining intensity have increased with resource
Nov 24, 2014
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Editors PrefaceThe celebrations which took place in 1986 to mark South Australia's Jubilee 150 served to focus attention on all aspects of the State's heritage. Until that time the sites and relics of S
Jan 1, 1987
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Quality programs (QAQC) on Sample Stations – a prerequisite to achieve standards requirements and perform a robust reconciliationBy O Dominguez
Mine value chain reconciliation (MVC) is a necessary procedure to evaluate a mine’s performance against the assumptions and models used to plan mining and processing operations. Using nomenclature fro
Mar 22, 2022
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An Automated System for Flyrock and Fume Monitoring of BlastsBy C K. McKenzie, P Popov, B E. Papillon, I Kharitonenko
Flyrock produced by blasts in surface mining and quarrying is a major hazard that can result in serious injuries or property damage. This paper presents a fully integrated and automated approach for r
Aug 24, 2015