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  • AUSIMM
    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

  • AUSIMM
    Legacy tailings dams – asset or liability? A case study on sub-aqueous tailings reclamation

    By 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

  • AUSIMM
    The critical pool levels for the Yallourn Mine determined using the MGRI approach

    By 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

  • AUSIMM
    Ventilation monitoring using fibre optics

    By 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

  • AUSIMM
    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

  • AUSIMM
    Innovative Victoria Park Tunnel design is Communicated Effectively to Stakeholders with the Aid of Three-Dimensional Visualisation Medi

    By 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

  • AUSIMM
    Innovative Use of Screw Press Filtration in Tailings Dewatering Plant Design

    By 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

  • AUSIMM
    Carrapateena project to date – Geotechnical risks and management

    By 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

  • AUSIMM
    Lesson Learned From the Start-Up and Operation of the World's Newest and Largest ISL Uranium Mine

    The 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

  • AUSIMM
    Tailings governance

    By 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

  • AUSIMM
    The Grande Côte Mineral Sands Project

    By 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

  • AUSIMM
    Real-time Through-belt Moisture Analysis for Iron Ore

    By 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

  • AUSIMM
    The AMC Narngulu Synthetic Rutile Plant

    By 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

  • AUSIMM
    A Review of European Acid Rock Drainage Initiatives

    By 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

  • AUSIMM
    The Application of Measurement and Modelling of Sulfidic Coal Wastes at Pacific Coal's Kestrel Mine for Use in Development of a Closure Plan

    By 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

  • AUSIMM
    Development of a remotely operated robotic mechanism for accessing and removal of metal tramp from primary gyratory crushers

    By 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

  • AUSIMM
    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

  • AUSIMM
    Editors Preface

    The 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

  • AUSIMM
    Quality programs (QAQC) on Sample Stations – a prerequisite to achieve standards requirements and perform a robust reconciliation

    By 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

  • AUSIMM
    An Automated System for Flyrock and Fume Monitoring of Blasts

    By 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