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In-Pit Crushing and Conveying (IPCC) - A Tried and Tested Alternative to TrucksBy A Cooper
The current financial climate has given rise to fears that falling mineral prices and tight credit will force mining companies to cut back on production and new project development in a bid to cut cos
Jan 1, 2009
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Code and Guidelines for the Assessment and Valuation of Mineral Assets and Mineral Securities for Independent Expert Reports. (The Valmin Code).The promotion of good standards of reporting of the valuation of mineral assets in- public documents has been of concern to professional mining industry bodies, the securities industry, and. Govern
Jan 1, 1994
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Finding a social license on the deep seabed – risks and mitigation strategies for exploitation activities in the absence of exploitation regulations under UNCLOSBy A Murphy, I Samsonova, N Eastwood, D Whittle
Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS or the Convention) (United Nations (UN) Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, 1982) establishes a comprehensive regu
Sep 1, 2024
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Pushing the boundaries of slag operability – processing of high-MgO nickel concentrates with the Ausmelt TSL processBy J Coveney, A Rich, D Grimsey, J Wood, S Creedy
In 2021, BHP and Metso examined processing of high-MgO nickel sulfide concentrates using Metso’s Ausmelt Top-Submerged-Lance (TSL) technology. Test work was conducted in Metso’s pilot test work facili
Aug 21, 2024
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Development of a nitrogen prediction model for 320 tonne converterBy Y D. Jeon, K S. Kim, C-H Eom, C M. Yoon
The carbon neutrality continues to require reduction of carbon usage in ironmaking and steelmaking processes. Specially, it is expected that the hot metal ratio (HMR) in the steelmaking process should
Aug 21, 2024
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The Practice of Porphyry Copper Deposit Estimation for Grade and Ore-Waste Tonnages Demonstrated by Several Case StudiesBy Dagbert M, Belisle J. M
Several packages for the estimation of porphyry type deposits exist and produce acceptable results. Recently, however, the need for really trying to obtain maximum information from drill holes has
Jan 1, 1977
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Experimental study on the mechanism of gas-coal dust synergistic control based on compound reagents enhanced water spray technologyBy B Zhao
Gas and coal dust, as potential harmful elements (PHEs) produced during mining, are considered two serious threats to the safe mining and the health of miners because of its explosive and pathogenic p
Oct 12, 2022
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Life-of-mine Development and Production Scheduling Optimisation for Sublevel Cave OperationsBy G Chitombo, A Perryman, A D. Campbell, J White, B Hollis
This paper describes the development and implementation of an optimisation tool developed as part of the Mass Mining Technology (MMT) Project. The tool, known as the SLC Schedule Optimiser, is capable
May 9, 2016
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BioHeap® – Breaking the Grade/Recovery Curve for Nickel ConcentratorsBy J Fewings, T McCredden, S Seet, C Fitzmaurice
"Flotation of nickel sulfide ores are generally constrained by nickel grade and impurity concentrations (notably magnesium and arsenic) in the product delivered to smelters. Being a physical separatio
Oct 10, 2016
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Design, Inspection and Rehabilitation of the New Croton Aqueduct, New York CityBy A Fareth
Constructed between 1885 and 1891, the New Croton Aqueduct (NCA) in New York State is a 50 km long (31 mi) brick-lined tunnel conveying water from the Croton watershed north of New York City to distri
Jan 1, 2008
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Meeting Resource Constraint Demands in Future Mining to 2050By D Sinclair
Sustainability will become a more stringent issue in mine planning over the next 40 years. The evidence of this is apparent in State and Commonwealth government policies now emerging in respect to wat
Jan 1, 2008
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Australian Gold Production an OverviewUnnamed early prospectors panned gold from creeks drain- ing the Great Dividing Range in the early part of 1851. The first publicised discovery was credited to Edward Hargraves near Bathurst in New
Jan 1, 1988
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Regional Geology of New Caledonia and Northern North Island, New ZealandNew Caledonia, Norfolk Island and northern- most New Zealand lie on a long, narrow, ridge system, the Norfolk Ridge System, which is sit- uated in the centre of a geologically complex region of ridg
Jan 1, 1987
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The critical pool levels for the Yallourn Mine determined using the MGRI approachBy N Patel, S Narendranathan, T Mok, J Lowe
The Hazelwood Mine (HM) commenced operations in the 1950s and was originally operated by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV) prior to it becoming privatised. ENGIE, the current owners
Aug 2, 2023
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Robust construction and quality assurance culture for tailings storage facilities – equally important as robust design and review practiceBy M Laxman, A Kundu
After multiple tailings dam failures in recent times, the owner organisations have made increased efforts to step up the governance systems to industry best practise in the design, construction and op
Jul 23, 2018
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Triassic to Early Cretaceous Tectonic Evolution of New Zealand Terranes: A Summary of Recent Data and An Integrated Model (97c64f36-733a-492e-986c-d34782b6a88f)Recent data contributions to New Zealand Mesozoic terrane geology confirm the consensus interpretation that New Zealand grew by the progressive addition of material by plutonic and accretionary proce
Jan 1, 1995
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Gold Mineralization of New CaledoniaNew Caledonia is a major metallogenic unit of the south-western Pacific Rim. Its mineral production is of world significance and it has an unusually well diversified mining history. New Caledonia&
Jan 1, 1987
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Use of Metallurgical Test Data in Resource Evaluation for Magnetite DepositsBy J N. Farrell
Metallurgists frequently use a small number of large samples to characterise expected mill performance, with the a priori assumption that these few samples are representative of the entire deposit. Ge
Jul 11, 2011
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Productivity Enhancements to Increase Ore Production from 18 to 36 Mt at AitikBoliden's Aitik open pit mine located in northern Sweden, will expand yearly production from 18 to 36 Mt of copper ore during 2010. The expansion includes a new concentrator located 3 km off the
May 1, 2010
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Reduction Kinetics and Mechanism of Pellets Prepared from High-chromium Vanadium-titanium Magnetite ConcentrateBy P N. Duan, Z G. Liu, M S. Chu, X X. Xue, B Liu, G J. Cheng, T Jiang, J X. Liu
High-chromium vanadium-titanium magnetite has not been exploited and made full use of on a large scale so far due to the immature utilisation technology and the reality that the utilisation efficiency
Jul 13, 2015