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How efficient is DigiMine technology in recording earth movements? A look at the Botswanan earthquakeBy J Kwiri, T Zvarivadza, R Mitra, F Cawood
It is crucial to record ground movement of any magnitude to enable the safe and economical design of excavations and infrastructure. The DigiMine Laboratory is equipped with technologies to record suc
Nov 30, 2018
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Minimising Coal Edge Losses in Dragline Blasting OperationsBy Yang RL, Bailey ML
During overburden blasting operations in dragline pits, coal edge losses along the lowwall edge of the new pit are often experienced. In tonnage terms, losses can be significant. With the thick seams
Jan 1, 1988
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Introduction of Battery Powered Coal Haulers into Board and Pillar Panel ProductionPowercoal Pty Ltd operates eight underground coal mines in New South Wales and produces coal for both domestic power stations and the export market. Approximately 40% of total production is from conti
Jan 1, 1998
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In-pit backfilling as part of integrated life-of-mine waste scheduling, closure planning and AMD risk management – Martabe Mine as a case studyBy K Grohs, A Satriawan, S R. Pearce
Martabe gold and silver mine is operated by PT Agincourt Resources (PTAR) and is situated in northern Sumatra and comprises several deposits in steep terrain, and in a tropical climate, that are requi
Aug 2, 2023
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Are our closure planning and regulatory processes adequate to identify, quantify and appropriately transfer residual risks after successful mine rehabilitation?By P B. Swart, P D. Erskine
Despite an increasing focus by media, communities and activists driving an elevated regulatory focus in Australia and indeed some other mining jurisdictions, the mining industry globally has had limit
Jul 25, 2018
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Visualising risk – proactive is better than reactiveBy S Withell, K Sheehan
Whitehaven Coal (WHC) is undergoing a transformative journey, deeply committed to the principles of a High Reliability Organisation (HRO) and the establishment of a mature, interdependent culture foun
Apr 16, 2024
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BHP Port Hedland wind fence – innovations in dust controlBy R Peiffer, L van Wyk
The Port of Port Hedland is the largest bulk export terminal in the world and is one of Australia’s most important pieces of economic infrastructure. BHP is the largest Port user to support the export
Sep 18, 2023
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Phreatic uncertainty in the unsaturated zone of tailings storage facilities: an examination of two Australian case studiesBy E J. Coyle, L A. Millington
Tailings storage facilities are geotechnically complicated structures that develop heterogeneous strength profiles and varied porewater conditions. The monitoring of porewater pressures is one of the
Jul 1, 2021
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Improved iron ore processing through digitalising conveyed ore flowsusing representative real time multi-elemental analysisBy H Kurth
High specification Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA) has been successfully applied to conveyed flows at iron ore operations since 2002 to representatively measure ore quality for improv
Sep 18, 2023
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Rocktype classification and domaining of complex stratiform Zn-Pb-Ag mineralisation at the George Fisher Mine using high resolution XRF Core scanningBy R Valenta, I Fahey, M Klawitter, N Spanswick
Zinc-Lead-Silver (Zn-Pb-Ag) mineralisation at the George Fisher Mine occurs in multiple structurally-disrupted stratiform orebodies hosted within a mid-Proterozoic sequence of calcareous siltstones an
Nov 21, 2018
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Shear strength of compacted clay liner at McArthur River MineBy Y Xu, J Hacker, D J. Williams
Shear strength parameters of compacted clay liners are needed to analyse the stability of mine waste dumps containing compacted clay liners as sealing layers for potentially acid forming waste rock. A
Jul 23, 2018
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Ore quality measurement and control using GEOSCAN-M PGNAA real time elemental analysisBy H Kurth
Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine in the southern Mongolia holds mineral resources that make it one of the largest known copper and gold deposits in the world. The project is operating an open pit mine
Mar 22, 2022
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Driving the transformation to hydrogen ironmaking – an experimental vertical shaft H2-DRI reactor facility in NZBy M McCurd, M Lynch, B H. Yin, S Mendoza, C W. Bumby, Y Iwasaki, B Rumsey
Iron and steel production is responsible for approximately 6.3 per cent of global anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Direct reduction of iron with hydrogen is a potential route for decarbonising the iron an
Sep 18, 2023
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Why Are Mine Safety Management Plans Important to Mining Operators?New South Wales mining legislation reinforces a systematic approach to safety management. It is now a requirement of all mines in the coal, metalliferous and quarrying sectors in NSW to prepare a Mine
Jan 1, 2002
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Improving Roadway Development in Underground Coal MinesBy G Gibson
Realising that current roadway development performance levels were unlikely to sustain new generation high-capacity (15 Mt/a) longwall mines then being planned, the Australian Coal Association Researc
Jan 1, 2008
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Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Modelling of Blast-induced Fracture Processes in Naturally Jointed Rock MediumBy D Deb, R Pramanik
This paper presents a generalised methodology in smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) framework to analyse dynamic failure process of rock mass having natural joint under blast-induced stress wave an
Aug 24, 2015
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Open Pit Mining - Keeping the New South Wales Industry AliveCoal has been mined in New South Wales for nearly 200 years and prior to 1970 the vast majority of this coal was mined from underground mines using bord and pillar or similar systems.Since 1970 there
Jan 1, 1992
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Laboratory-Scale Assessment of Hot Spot Development in Bulk Coal Self-HeatingA new two-metre column self-heating test procedure has been developed at the University of Queensland, which clearly shows the hot spot development phases that take place in bulk coal self-heating. Th
Jan 1, 2005
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Ore variability and process plant performance – the impacts to revenueBy A Millar, B Wraith
Process plants are characterised by variability of performance over a wide range of time-scales; reflected in fluctuations in metal recovery, concentrate grade, plant throughput and reagent costs. In
Aug 24, 2022
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Parametric assessment of tailings liquefaction and earthquake induced embankment deformations using FLACBy B Ghahreman‐Nejad, M Munro
Design of embankment dams often requires seismic analyses, or an assessment of earthquakeinduced ground and dam movements. There are a large number of cases where earthquakes have triggered sliding an
Jul 1, 2021