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Balancing Competing Water Resource Demands and Mining in a Coastal EnvironmentThe mining of mineral sands in coastal aquifers is often constrained by other land use conflicts and inappropriate controls imposed through a lack of understanding of environmental interactions and
Jan 1, 1988
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A Study into Bonding within Reduced Titanomagnetite-Coal CompactsBy R J. Longbottom
In this study the bonding within reduced titanomagnetite-coal compacts was investigated. The aim of the study was to better understand the binding mechanisms in the reduced compacts and, based on this
Jul 11, 2011
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Application of normative ore mineralogy to geological and metallurgical data sets at the Hera Au-Pb-Zn-Ag mine, New South Wales, AustraliaBy A R. McKinnon
The recently opened Hera Au-Pb-Zn-Ag mine in central New South Wales has provided an ideal opportunity to demonstrate the calculation of sulfide ore mineralogy using normative methods. Normative miner
Sep 20, 2017
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Carrapateena Crows Foot Level Layout – Safety in design to support sub level cave production efficiency and automationBy A Mooney, J Marsden, H Grosser, G Dunstan
Carrapateena is a copper-gold deposit hosted in a brecciated granite complex, located 500km North of Adelaide, South Australia. The deposit is being mined using the Sub Level Caving (SLC) Mining metho
Mar 15, 2021
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Heterogeneity, Sampling Errors and the Nugget Effect in Gold Ores - Implications for Evaluation, Exploitation and ExtractionSampling errors result from heterogeneities within the lot under study. Within a rock mass in situ heterogeneity results in the geological nugget effect, which accounts for most of the natural variabi
Aug 1, 2010
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Characteristics and Mechanisms of Highwall Failures in Surface Coal Mines, Bowen Basin, QueenslandBy Wooltorton B
Highwall failures in surface coal mines in Queensland occur as circular slips through weak and weathered material, or as bilinear slides on sub-horizontal surfaces and steeply dipping joints. Weak
Jan 1, 1981
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Review of Australian Longwall Panel Ventilation PracticesBy S Gillies, H W. Wu
A study has been undertaken into mine ventilation systems currently in use within Australian modern coal longwall (LW) extraction mines. It reviews systems and discusses evolving changes being adopted
Jul 1, 2013
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A Historical Perspective of the Application and Success of Geometallurgical MethodologiesBy S R. Williams
There is a sense of geometallurgy being new; a new methodology for mining project development and improved operational strategy. One of the main challenges that any ænewÆ technology faces is a validat
Sep 29, 2013
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New Developments in High Productivity ExcavatorsBy Haase W. C
The content of this paper will identify recent developments in walking dragline technology including utilisation of planetary swing dnves, high voltage generators, unique bucket configurations and inc
Jan 1, 1992
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Rock Mass Characterisation and Analysis for Excavation Design – A Discrete Fracture Network ApproachBy F M. Weir, M Fowler
The design of excavations in rock must, implicitly or explicitly take into consideration the influence of small- and large-scale geological structures. For most sites the complexity of a fractured roc
Nov 5, 2014
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Post Closure Management of the Mt Leyshon Gold Mine - Water the IntegratorBy T Baumgartl, D Mulligan, R Haymont
Mining at the Mt Leyshon Gold Mine in semi-arid north Queensland stopped in 2002. Newmont Australia has recently initiated a thorough post-closure water management study of the site by revisiting the
Jan 1, 2006
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‘We’re Metallurgists, not Magicians!’By E McLean
The decision making check-list and hierarchy of information for process and plant design is generally wide-ranging and complex. The nature of grades, mineralisation and ore types in an ore body, its
Aug 8, 2011
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Water as Risk in Mining – Media Analysis and the RISKGATE Body of KnowledgeBy J Harris, M Shi, S Vink, P A. Kirsch
Across the life-of-mine, water is both an essential commodity to mining, and one of the most significant hazards. In Australia, a land of drought and floods, availability of water is a critical strate
Jul 16, 2014
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Laboratory Flash Flotation Trends for a Variety of Gold ParticlesBy T D. H McGrath, J P. Vaughan, J Heath, J J. Eksteen
A reliable laboratory method to characterise the response of free gold particles when subjected to flash flotation conditions has been developed by AMIRA P420 researchers at Curtin University. This te
Sep 26, 2013
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The Application of Advanced Undercutting at PT Freeport IndonesiaÆs Deep Ore Zone MineBy A Sinuhaji, R Poedjono, G Flumerfelt
PT Freeport Indonesia is currently building the DOZ mine. It is a 25 000 tonne/day block caving operation which is scheduled to reach designed production levels by the fourth quarter of 2002. This pap
Jan 1, 2002
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Designing Flotation Cells For Optimised Flow DynamicsBy T Niitti, J Turunen, P B, A Rinne
In todayÆs marketplace, with high metals prices, many operations are faced with the challenge of improving recovery in the particle size ranges which are normally difficult to recover. This presentati
Jan 1, 2006
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True Pipe Sampler – A Correct Design Utilising the Principle of Symmetry in Pressurised Slurry Particulate StreamsBy G J. Halstead, R C. Steinhaus
The True Pipe® in-line sampler was developed in an attempt to address the need for a mechanically reliable and correctly designed sampler to suit one-dimensional pressurised slurry pipelines, often fo
Jul 29, 2014
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Influence of the occurrence state of Al2O3 on the metallurgical performance of product sinterBy J Pan, Q H. Li, D Q. Zhu, C C. Yang, X Wang, Z Q. Guo
Al2O3 in natural iron ores generally occurs in goethite, kaolinite, gibbsite, hematite and iron carbonate. When the content of alumina in sinter increases from 1.11 per cent to 3.50 per cent, the redu
Nov 8, 2021
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Instantaneous Outbursts of Coal and GasThe phenomenon of Instantaneous Outbursts, although not new to Australia, was sharply drawn to the attention of the local coal-mining industry by two isolated fatal occurrences on widely separated fie
Jan 1, 1958
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The Effect of Weak Acid Dissociable Cyanide on Gold and Silver Flotation in Hidden Valley MineBy Y Peng, B Guo
In gold processing plants, the water from the cyanidation stages is treated to detoxify cyanide species and this recycle water becomes the main part of the process water. Despite the low concentration
Sep 26, 2013