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Sensible Cost Cutting for Resource ProjectsBy D Connelly
As the resources sector becomes tougher with rising costs and cyclical metal prices, mining companies need to continue to reduce their costs and do more with less. Many new resource projects fail to c
Aug 8, 2011
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Design of Copper-Cobalt Hydrometallurgical CircuitsCopper-Cobalt hydrometallurgy has seen a resurgence in recent years with the development of projects in Zambia and the DRC. Many of the flow sheets are unique in their use of hydrometallurgical techni
Jan 1, 2008
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Incorporating the true costs and opportunities of rehabilitation and closure in project selection, design and approvalsBy C Tomlin, C Gimber
Historically, key closure risks have been studied during operations and then further assessed as cessation of mining approaches. Only in the past couple of decades or so has progressive rehabilitation
Aug 2, 2023
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Process modelling and high-throughput thermochemical calculations using ChemApp for PythonBy F Tang, Ö K. Büyükuslu, M Baben, S Petersen
GTT-Technologies’ ChemApp for Python was developed to provide a powerful, easy to use interface to ChemApp for a programming language highly popular with scientists and engineers. It is used, for inst
Jun 19, 2024
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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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Managing Expectations – From Buyer Beware to Buyer Be AwareBy P J. Fairfield
"This paper reflects on the author’s experiences in undertaking mining studies and reviewing mining projects and technical reports, particularly over the past five years, and the impact of recent chan
Mar 8, 2016
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Assessing the volume change behaviour of red mud through laboratory and field testingBy D J. Williams, A Shokouhi, A Naderian
Extracting alumina from bauxite involves the production of fine-grained waste known as red mud. The highly alkaline red mud is usually neutralised by applying sea water, thickened to between 25% and 3
Jul 23, 2018
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Megablasts – Enabling Technologies in BHP Billiton Iron OreBy B Green
With a focus on safe productive tonnes, there has been an ongoing drive to increase the productivity of the mining fleet across BHP Billiton. In response, a team from the Iron Ore business was formed
Aug 24, 2015
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Analysis and Adaptability of Belt Filter Presses and Other Technologies for Tailings Dewatering over a Range of Mineral Processes, Plant Designs, Conditions, Regions and Operating PhilosophiesBy M S. Fenzel
Increased environmental regulations and pressures have created changing and new demands for tailings management strategies in a variety of mining applications. Critical among these items is the dispos
Jul 27, 2015
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Guidelines for Economic Evaluation of ProjectsBy P Card
“Let’s get discipline and quality into easy to understand evaluations!” Project Managers and MetPlant Operators accept poor quality evaluations because they are generally unaware of what they should
Aug 8, 2011
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Lump Ore Properties and Their Impact on Value-in-use in IronmakingBy T Honeyands, L Jelenich
We are currently witnessing large fluctuations in the relative price of ironmaking raw materials brought on by changes in the dynamics of supply and demand, market conditions, environmental regulation
Jul 13, 2015
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Reducing the Energy Required in Grinding Clinker to Cement – Some Case StudiesBy H Benzer
Grinding clinker to finished cement consumes more energy than any other comminution process. World production of cement in 2009 was 2840 million tonnes and the energy required for comminution was 40-6
Aug 8, 2011
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Improved mining recovery with bulk ore sorting and MR technologyBy C Beal, S Singh
Sensor-based bulk ore sorting is a form of preconcentration that autonomously measures and physically separates discrete bulk ‘pods’ of run of mine (‘ROM’) or primary crushed material. This case study
Nov 10, 2020
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Operational risk management and critical controls for interacting pit stages at Ok TediBy J Isarua, R Mabiria
The Ok Tedi copper and gold project, located in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea, commenced operations in 1983. The open cut mine has undergone several significant transformations throughout i
May 5, 2022
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The Merlin Zone – Rhenium Quality AssuranceBy D A. Sketchley
The Merlin Zone, a 2008 high-grade Mo-Re discovery, is a part of the Mount Dore Deposit in the Eastern Succession of the Mount Isa Inlier in Queensland, Australia. Hosted by carbonaceous metapelites a
Aug 22, 2011
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Unmanned Aerial Robots for Remotely Operated and Autonomous Surveying in Inaccessible Underground Mine VoidsBy A Grace, C Sennersten, T Taylor, A Davie, R Lyu, D Pentecost, C A. Lindley, J Craig, L De Macedo Camargo
Many underground mine void spaces are not suitable for human entry due to unprotected roofs, instability or having an unknown safety state (eg if they are many decades old). Investigations of these vo
Nov 4, 2015
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Water Management at BHP Billiton Olympic DamBHP Billiton Olympic Dam produces copper cathode, uranium oxide concentrate and refined gold and silver. The operation is comprised of an underground Mine and Processing Plant and is located 560 km no
Jan 1, 2006
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Accurately defining failure geometries and their variabilityBy E J. Hancock, K H. B Chu
Failures within hard rock underground excavations have historically been defined by a depth of failure, estimated in the field or through individual measurements, with a simplified failure geometry; s
Nov 29, 2022
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The Paulsens Transformation – A Shining Light under a Northern StarBy C Jones
When the Paulsens operation was poised to be placed on care and maintenance, Bill Beament and the rest of the Northern Star Resources (NSR) team capitalised on the opportunity to send the Ashburton re
Mar 24, 2014
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The Use of Non-destructive Testing to Identify Defective Rock Bolts – A Case StudyBy B Jones, M Chappell
Permanent rock bolts used to support rock tunnels are required to perform for the design life of the structure as a minimum. Quality of installation is critical to the performance over the life of the
Sep 17, 2014