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  • AUSIMM
    Blasting related indices as the key to underground blasting improvements in a challenging rock mass

    By J Jackson, E Sellers

    Blasting related indices were developed to quantify variation in rock strength and structure for each stope, and for each lift of each stope, as part of a Mine to Mill study at an underground open sto

    Oct 16, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Evaluating the opportunities of XRT sorting technology using micro computed tomography and QEMScan

    By P Luo, J E. Danoczi, P Nakutnyy

    Sensor-based sorting methods to remove waste or for upgrading ore prior to downstream metallurgical processing is becoming more prevalent for mining operations. X-ray transmission (XRT) sorters are a

    Nov 10, 2020

  • AUSIMM
    Application of Geographical Information System to Mineral Exploration - a 'Weights of Evidence' approach using Misima Island, Papua New Guinea as a Case Study

    By Bure R

    Approximately 2.4 million ounces of gold and 11.3 million ounces of silver have been produced from the Umuna Lode by Misima Mines Pty Limited between June 1989 and the end of Decemeber 1996. Reserv

    Jan 1, 1997

  • AUSIMM
    Computers - Overcoming the Phobia: Understanding Resources - Effective Mine Planning - Increased Profit

    By M Bourke

    Modern computers and software provide powerful tools for the geologist to construct reliable models of geological resources, and the mining engineer to produce accurate and workable mine plans. Over t

    Jan 1, 1999

  • AUSIMM
    Mining Open Stopes at Cannington Mine Using a Vertical Retreat Open Stoping (VROS) Method

    Vertical retreat open stoping (VROS) is a variation of sublevel open stoping (SLOS) that has been introduced at Cannington to minimise the influence of subvertical geological structures during stope e

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Concentration Practice in the Australian Beach Sand Industry

    Beaches contain the residue of eroded rocks which have resisted weathering, and it is common to find in all beaches some of the harder, heavy minerals. The natural sorting action of waves and winds te

    Jan 1, 1950

  • AUSIMM
    A geometallurgical approach towards the correlation between rock type mineralogy and grindability – a case study in the Aitik mine, Sweden

    By R Schmitt, Y Ghorbani, I McElroy, N J. Bolin, M Parian

    Aitik is a large copper porphyry type deposit located in northern Sweden, currently exploited at an annual rate of approximately 45 Mt. The ore’s exceptionally low head grade of 0.25 per cent Cu and v

    Aug 24, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Recovery of Vanadium from Stone Coal Through an Environmentally Friendly Acid Leaching Technology

    Recovery of Vanadium from Stone Coal Through an Environmentally Friendly Acid Leaching Technology

    Sep 13, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    Reducing the environmental and economic cost of metal extraction by optimal blast design

    By A Tsang, D La Rosa, L Julian, W Hunt, R Pratama

    Mineral extraction is facing the twin challenges of finite resources and increasing environmental and economic costs. Society’s growth is matched by an increase in demand for the earth’s resources. It

    Sep 1, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Enhancement of Energy Efficiency in Fine Grinding of Copper Sulfide Minerals Using a Pilot-Scale Stirred Media Mill - IsaMill

    Enhancement of Energy Efficiency in Fine Grinding of Copper Sulfide Minerals Using a Pilot-Scale Stirred Media Mill - IsaMill The mineral liberation size of run of mine ores has dramatically reduced

    Sep 13, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    Precharging Sublevel Shrinkage Production Rings in Hot and Reactive Ground with Electronic Blasting Systems

    By B Crowdey, J Wall

    The particular underground operation relating to this paper is a gold producer and has an orebody predominately consisting of rhyolite and marcasites pyrite. The ore has been identified as being react

    Mar 24, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    The underdog mechanical alternative for tailings dewatering: the screw press

    By S Whitton, W Wimmler, L Wimmler

    “Given the increasing scrutiny of the mining industry and its relatively poor record with regards to mine tailings management, increased requirements to minimise water usage (often accompanied by very

    Jul 1, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    A Dynamic Sediment Simulation to Predict the Variability of Suspended Solids Concentrations over Life-of-Mine for Application to a Risk-based Environmental Assessment

    By M Ind, B Usher

    Environmental regulators are increasingly adopting risk-based approaches to protect aquatic ecosystems. The Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC) and the Agriculture

    Jul 16, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Development of a Special Purpose Coupling for Jointing Polyurethane Lined, High Pressure Pipework

    The New Zealand Steel Ironsand Slurry Pipeline was successfully commissioned in February 1986. The project includes 18 km of high pressure, polyurethane lined buried pipe. McConnell Dowell Constructo

    Jan 1, 1986

  • AUSIMM
    Macraes Gold Project - Creating Value with Metallurgy

    By Q Johnston

    Since its inception in 1990, improved metallurgical processing technologies, coupled with mine planning enhancements and improved geological knowledge, have sequentially enabled better efficiencies an

    Jan 1, 2001

  • AUSIMM
    The Use of Fluvial Gold Morphology in Placer and Primary Source Exploration

    The morphological changes that gold undergoes during transport in gravel-bed rivers are a function of transport distance in particular, as well as bedload material, river gradient and velocity, and be

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Cadia Expansion – The Impact of Installing High Pressure Grinding Rolls Prior to a Semi-autogenous Grinding Mill

    By D Engelhardt, G Lane

    The Cadia mine has shifted from an open pit operation to the Cadia East underground panel cave. The resulting increase in milled tonnes, more competent ore and the decrease in fines production through

    Sep 1, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Exploration and Resource Modelling of the Goondicum Industrial Minerals Project, Central Queensland, Australia

    By H Hoogvliet

    The Goondicum Crater industrial minerals deposit is located about 30 km east of Monto, Central Queensland, Australia. Early exploration programs in the 1990s found alluvial ilmenite along the banks of

    Oct 5, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    The Macraes Gold Mine Development of a Major Resource

    The Macraes Mining Company Limited was listed on the New Zealand and Australian stock exchanges in January 1990, and the proceeds of the float were used to purchase a 70 per cent interest in the Macra

    Jan 1, 1991

  • AUSIMM
    Carbon kiln selection, operation and maintenance

    By J K. Claflin, S R. La Brooy, A M. Claflin

    Rotary kilns have been in service in the gold industry to regenerate carbon for 65 years. At the time oxide ores with gold head grades of 8 to 10 g/t were being treated. Carbon could be regenerated ad

    Aug 29, 2018