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Setting for Success – Private Equity Exploration and Mining Project Buy-in to Listing and DivestmentBy A Keogh, P Allen, P Stoker
"An EXTENDED ABSTRACT is available for download. A full-length paper was not prepared for this presentation. Private equity (PE) firms are comparatively free of mandatory requirements for the level an
Mar 18, 2015
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Challenges and opportunities in accelerating electrification of underground heavy haulage equipmentBy J Webb
The mining industry is relatively niche and complex compared to other global industries in its safety and operating environment. Whilst some of the technology required to decarbonise the mining indust
Mar 29, 2023
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Cost Effective Concentrator DesignBy G Lane
This paper discusses the factors that contribute to the cost effective design of a concentrator. Concentrator design and layout outcomes are functions of the team (engineer’s and owner’s) participati
Aug 8, 2011
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Fundamentally Transforming the Economic and Sustainability Signature of Mining AssetsBy M Jones
The past 100 years the mining industry can be characterised by a focus on increasing financial returns often to the detriment of social, human, manufactured and environmental capitals. Despite the sus
Nov 4, 2015
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Control of Water Discharge From Mine Ventilation ShaftsProblems caused by water discharge from surface mine ventilation shafts can be significant and are usually unforseen. The discharged water is often hyper-saline or acidic and can cause environmental d
Jan 1, 2002
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Understanding the Role of Production Drilling and Drilled Stocks in Efficient Operation of a Sublevel Cave MineBy C Beal
Proper understanding and management of production drilling in sublevel cave (SLC) mines is essential for meeting production targets and for avoiding inefficiencies that could lead to costly bottleneck
Mar 24, 2014
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Integrated Resource Asset Management - A Holistic Approach to Information Technology in Mining OperationsOver the last ten years geological and mining software products have evolved greatly. Software companies developing such products have focussed almost exclusively on the development of technical aspec
Jan 1, 1999
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Block Cave Undercutting - Aims, Strategies, Methods and ManagementMany block caving operations experience difficulties during undercutting, resulting in draw horizon damage, production loss and extensive drift repairs for the life of the block cave. This paper deals
Jan 1, 2000
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Routes to Stainless Steel With Improved Energy EfficienciesBy S Jahanshahi
In an earlier LCA study, the authors showed that the electricity consumption of the electric furnaces used in the production of the ferronickel and ferrochrome feedstocks made significant contribution
Jan 1, 2004
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Analysis of the melting behaviour of CaF2-free welding fluxes using hot thermocouple techniqueBy S Basu, S L. A Gowravaram
CaF2 has been a common constituent in a wide variety of welding fluxes, including those used for submerged arc welding (SAW). The widespread use of CaF2 stems from its role in lowering the liquidus te
Jun 19, 2024
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Design and Use of Backfill for Support in Polish Coal Mines (80b269b9-766a-4488-9ab9-f96403287b88)By J Palarski
Over the last 100 years in the Polish mining industry considerable work has been done to assess optimum slurry, develop flexible delivery systems and adjust the fill technology to a wide variety of
Jan 1, 1998
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Simulation Aided Engineering – Integration of Monitoring, Modelling and PlanningBy D Beck
Open access to forecasts of mine geotechnical performance in the form of open databases of model results has been considered risky in the past, with a concern that the results will not be understood o
Mar 21, 2011
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Approaches to Reporting Grade Uncertainty in High-Nugget Gold Vein ProjectsBy W B. Edgar, S C. Dominy
High-nugget effect vein-gold systems are generally considered to be one of the most challenging of deposit types to evaluate and exploit. To potential investors and mining companies, they are viewed a
May 24, 2012
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Post-mining Land Use Options in the Appalachian Coal Mining Region of the USABy J Skousen, C E. Zipper
"Prior to the 1950s in the USA, surface coalmines were generally left without any reclamation. As government regulations advanced, mine operators were required to backfill the area and plant grasses o
Jul 16, 2014
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Determination of the Sampling Liberation Diameter in a High-Grade Coarse Gold Ore by High-Resolution X-ray Computed TomographyBy I M. Platten, Y Xie, R-M F. Bell, S C. Dominy, L E. Howard, R C. A Minnitt
For any resource evaluation program, the collection and processing of representative samples for assaying is critical. Sampling, sample preparation and assay protocols must be designed to suit the sty
Aug 21, 2012
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Distinguishing Monolayer and Multilayer Adsorption of Thiol Collectors With ToF-SIMS and XPSBy R N. Lamb, A N. Buckley
Experiments have been carried out to establish whether time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) is able to differentiate monolayer and multilayer coverage of thiol collectors on sulfi
Jan 1, 2005
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Modelling of an Integrated Waste Storage FacilityBy P Edmondson, S Narendranathan, S Setchell
The complexities of mining in current economic conditions, where ore extraction schedules are varied on a weekly basis so as to ensure constant supply to the process plant, can result in a number of s
Jul 27, 2015
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The Use of Finite Element Modelling to Better Understand Electrostatic SeparationBy R A. Pax
Electrostatic separation is a core requirement for the beneficiation of mineral sands suites to provide valuable product. Although the basis of electrostatic separation has been understood for some ti
Oct 5, 2011
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The Influence of Solar Radiation on Evaporation for Three-Dimensional Flux Boundary Modelling of Soil Cover Systems on Waste Rock DumpsBy G W. Wilson
Net solar radiation is one of the key factors affecting evaporation from soil covers on waste rock dumps. While net solar radiation is normally taken as a uniform parameter over a site for modelling p
Jan 1, 2003
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The necessary role of the geologist in geotechnical data gatheringBy P B. Hills
Almost a quarter of a century since Bridges (1993) documented techniques for the assessment of ground conditions in a seminal paper in the Proceedings Second International Mining Geology Conference, t
Sep 20, 2017