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  • AUSIMM
    Design Approach to Assess Coal Mine Roadway Stability and Support Requirements

    By Fabjanczyk M. W

    The design of underground mine roadways (tunnels) requires a detailed understanding of the in situ stressfield, the rock failure modes, the performance characteristics of reinforcement or support memb

    Jan 1, 1993

  • AUSIMM
    Practical Design and Operational Aspects of Bulk Solids Storage and Discharge Facilities

    By Ooms M, Scott OJ

    This paper is concerned with the design and operation of storage and discharge facilit- ies for bulk solids handling. It presents an overview of the basic design philisophy emphas- ising the influenc

    Jan 1, 1978

  • AUSIMM
    What’s Stopping You? The Role of Sheeting Material Selection in Safe Haulage Operations

    By R Thompson, D Tulloch

    "Wet-weather or 24×7 wet-trafficability is a commendable design objective for unpaved mine haul roads, but practically often difficult to achieve, due both to the road sheeting material selected, and

    Nov 15, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Improved assurance for Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve estimates and reporting through peer review and auditing

    By M A. Noppé

    Mining is inherently a risk-based business and risk governance is an integral part of corporate assurance and business decision-making. Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves are the key assets for a mine

    Sep 20, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Drill hole spacing analysis for classification and cost optimisation – a critical review of techniques

    By J Levett, O Rondon, I Glacken

    Reporting Codes are not prescriptive on methodologies to report or classify Mineral Resource Estimation results, but the assessment of risk and uncertainty is required, and is likely to be increasingl

    May 24, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Identify, Convert and Sustain – Resource Development in the Pilbara – The Rio Tinto Way

    By G Danckert

    The key technical theme of ‘orebody knowledge’ has been applied by Rio Tinto in the Pilbara iron ore precinct from 1966, when operations first started there. It forms the basis of present day applicat

    Jul 11, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Slag-metal interfacial reactions in pyrometallurgical processing of industrial wastes for recovery of valuable metals

    By J H. Park, R R. Kim, H S. Park, H J. Kim

    This study focuses on the recovery of valuable metals, specifically silver (Ag) and palladium (Pd), from copper-containing sludge (with copper content less than 20 per cent) generated during PCB proce

    Jun 19, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Categorical and multiple indicator kriging – are we ignoring the geology?

    By P C. J Blackney, I M. Glacken

    Spotted Quoll is a massive sulfide nickel deposit located in the Forrestania greenstone belt in the Archaean Yilgarn block in Western Australia. Discovered in October 2007, mining has progressed from

    Mar 22, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Intersection traffic strategy of unmanned truck in open pit coalmines

    By B Y. Luan, Y Tian, W Zhou, X Lu, Q X. Cai

    The unmanned driving technology in open pit coalmines is an important technology that relies on innovation to drive the development of the open pit coal mining industry in China’s transformation of gr

    Sep 1, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Blast Driven Mine Optimisation

    By Little T. N, Bettess D

    For many mining operations the challenge of equalling World Best Practices has become the key motivator for increasing mine productivities and for lowering total costs. In most instances this will o

    Jan 1, 1995

  • AUSIMM
    Rock Mass Classification as an Aid to Estimating the Strength of Coal Pillars

    By Tyler DB, Thin LGT

    Coal mass strength properties must be estimated to obtain realistic estimates of coal pillar strength. The limitations of existing techniques for approximating these properties are discussed. The c

    Jan 1, 1992

  • AUSIMM
    Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based predicting influence of technological innovation on stock price of iron ore mining companies

    By P Mugebe, M Yahyaei, M S. Kizil, R Low

    This paper seeks to establish an empirical relationship between the impact of mining technological innovation implementation and a company’s market value. The company’s market value is represented by

    Sep 1, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Open Circuit Disc Balling At Hamersley's Dampieer Pelletizing Plant

    The considerations which led to the decision to_ install discs at the Dampier Pellet Plant of Hamer ley Iron Pty. Ltd. are described. Initial testwork showed that the ore could be ground dry in ope

    Jan 1, 1974

  • AUSIMM
    The Geology and Gold Mineralisation of the Batman Deposit, Mt Todd Project, NT

    By Hein K. A A

    The Mt Todd Gold Project is located 42 km northwest of the township of Katherine within the Northern Territory of Australia. It is situated in the southeastern portion of the Pine Creek Geosyncline.

    Jan 1, 1994

  • AUSIMM
    Key Drivers of Energy and Cost Efficiency in Autogenous/Semi-Autogenous Grinding Circuits

    By G Lane, M Bueno

    In a recent publication (Bueno and Lane, 2011) the authors presented the analysis of a consolidated dataset composed by 137 autogenous/semi-autogenous grinding (AG/SAG) mill pilot trials. By comparing

    Oct 29, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Nova copper-nickel project optimisation of the copper rougher-scavenger circuit through advanced measurement and control

    By M Thompson, N Vines, Z Hearne, S Lam, G A. Gomes-Sebastiaõ, D van der Spuy

    Construction and commissioning of the Nova Copper-Nickel project of Independence Group was completed in late 2016. The plant is in the Fraser Range of Western Australia, about 120km east of Norseman a

    Aug 29, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Granite Gold Mineral Systems in New Zealand

    By G A. Partington

    Recent research has highlighted the potential of a relatively new style of gold mineralisation related to granite intrusion. New discoveries in Alaska, Central Europe and Asia and Eastern Australia wi

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Fibre-reinforced Geopolymer Concrete – An Innovative Material for Tunnel Segments

    By M Wieloch, D Wimpenny, M Chappell

    Fibre-reinforced geopolymer concrete (FRGC) contains no Portland cement or steel reinforcement, but instead uses synthetic fibre reinforcement and a geopolymer binder. The use of geopolymer binder in

    Sep 17, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Optimisation of Complex Gold Processing Plants with Multiple Unit Operation Constraints – the Newcrest Planning Scheduler

    By D R. Seaman, R P. Tooher, B A. Seaman

    "Several mine scheduling tools exist for use in optimising and scheduling the reserve according to in situ value. These tools generally value the ore on a per block basis according to regressed recove

    Oct 10, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    An Investigation of Expanding Split Sets in Weak Ground

    By G Davison, C Rossimel, M Bouazza

    Expanding rock bolts anchor within a rock mass more efficiently than non-expanding varieties. This is of great importance in weak ground conditions, where grouted friction bolts perform less efficient

    Mar 24, 2014