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  • AUSIMM
    Screen Media Aperture Size Measurement Using MetsoÆs Screen Tracker

    By G van Niekerk, M Wortley

    Screening is a critical part of many mineral processing circuits and keeping the aperture of the screening media within specification is vital to ensure efficient performance of the processing plant.

    Sep 26, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Exploration and Mining on Aboriginal Land - Dispelling the Myths

    By D Pearce

    The 15-year long debate between the industry, Government and Aboriginal people about the rights and wrongs of Land Rights, the right of Aboriginal people to control development on their land and the

    Jan 1, 1994

  • AUSIMM
    Paste Backfill Production Using Canmet's Silo Technology

    By A Annor, L J. Chen

    The production of paste backfill has typically been accomplished through the adaptation of existing technology. Thickeners and disc filters have several drawbacks when applied to production of tailing

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Machine learning at a gold-silver mine: a case study from the Ban Houayxai Gold-Silver Operation

    By P Stewart, S Cowie, A Offer, J Carpenter, E Jones

    The Ban Houayxai Gold-Silver Operation is a producing asset for Australian-based copper and gold producer, PanAust Limited. The Operation lies within PanAust’s 2600 square-kilometre Phu Bia Contract A

    Nov 21, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Bed Load Losses from Experimental Plots on a Rehabilitated Uranium Mine in Northern Australia

    By W D. Erskine, M J. Saynor

    Ranger Uranium Mine, surrounded by Kakadu National Park is located in the Alligator Rivers Region (ARR) in the wet-dry monsoonal tropics, 250 km east of Darwin, Northern Territory. A trial landform (T

    Jun 28, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Enhanced fine particle recovery with the Concorde Cell

    By P G. Bourke, A Yáñez, G J. Jameson, N M. L Kupka

    The kinetics of fine and ultrafine particles in conventional mechanical flotation cells are limited (Feng and Aldrich, 1999; Trahar, 1981; Wang et al, 2016). Accordingly, even limited recoveries with

    Aug 24, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Beyond CIP/CIL - A Combination of Existing Technologies Utilising Gravity, Flotation and Intensive Leach May Herald the Future for Gold Ore Processing

    With the burgeoning opportunities for new gold mines to be developed the opportunity now exists for a reassessment of the optimal processing path for these gold ores. Projects have traditionally follo

    Jan 1, 2004

  • AUSIMM
    Modelling Cohesion and Adhesion of Wet, Sticky Iron Ores in Discrete Element Modelling for Material Handling Processes

    By K Williams, T Donohue, W Chen, T Roessler, A Katterfeld

    Wet sticky iron ore poses particular difficulties in every aspect of the material handling process. Material hang-ups in bins, pipes and chutes; carry-back and spillage due to insufficient belt cleani

    Jul 13, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Mine to mill study – Bond Work index as factor for intrusive and non-intrusive rock type

    By W F. E Ouedraogo

    This study data has been collected on a three-month period from November 2020 to January 2021 and based on three different pits: Vindaloo Main, Vindaloo Central and Bouere. Both pits having specific g

    Jun 22, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    An Advanced Modelling Technique for Scale-Up of Batch Flotation Results to Plant Metallurgical Performance

    By O N. Savassi

    A rigorous methodology for prediction of flotation plant performance is presented, which is based on a standardised batch flotation test called the MFT. The work is part of the FLEET program, develope

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Application of High Efficient Fine Screen to Improve the Recovery of Tin Concentrate

    By W N. Qin, B Zhang, W Z. Huang, X S Mo

    Mengzi Mining and Metallurgy Co, Ltd (MMMC) polymetallic ore contains recoverable amounts of tin, lead, zinc, pyrite and other valuable minerals. With the change in orebody, the run-of-mine (ROM) ore

    Sep 1, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Optimisation of cemented rock fill strength for open stope support

    By J Player, R de Vries, E Villaescusa, H Saw, R Hassell

    The use of cemented rock fill (CRF) for support of open stope walls has increased in the Australian underground mines operations over the last five years due in part to its low capital cost. In open s

    Oct 16, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Thermal Modelling and Mitigation Measures for the Bogong Power Development

    By D Wimpenny

    The Bogong Power Development Project in Victoria, Australia involved the construction of a 15 m long mass concrete plug up to 9 m in diameter within the head race tunnel. The plug is critical to thepe

    Mar 8, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Autonomous Haul System Savings – It’s Not about Less Truckies but Better Truckies!

    By R Price, B H. Miller

    "The rise of autonomous haul truck fleets may have been initially driven by the rapid escalation of the cost of equipment operators, but the actual improvements reported by the major iron ore miners f

    Nov 15, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Cap Rock Blasting Improvement at Worsley Alumina

    By L Neems

    In conjunction with Orica Explosives, Worsley Alumina have managed a program of continuous improvement to their cap rock blasting over the last two years. Blasting conditions are challenging because o

    Jan 1, 1999

  • AUSIMM
    Unlocking Plant Capability through Targeted Debottlenecking of Arrium’s Magnetite Concentrator

    By C Jenkins, M Mativenga, C Stanton, J Gerber

    In 2014, Arrium completed an optimisation program on its magnetite concentrator, enabling a reduction in the overall cost base of producing concentrate through an increased ability to treat a wider ra

    Jul 13, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Character of Simulation Material of Coal – Rock and Gas Solid-gas Coupling and Engineering Application

    By C Bie, S Li, P Xiao, P Zhao, H Lin

    "Based on solid simulation material research, the simulation conditions for methane and coal solid-gas coupling were obtained using solid-fluid coupling theory. Using sand as the aggregate and paraffi

    Aug 31, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Preconcentration at Mt Carbine Tungsten Mine using sensor-based ore sorting

    By R Kroukamp, G Rech

    CRONIMET Australia in cooperation with Speciality Metals International, the mining lease holder of the Mt Carbine Tungsten mine, have demonstrated the preconcentration and processing of large (>12 mil

    Nov 10, 2020

  • AUSIMM
    Olympic Dam Operation - An Overview of Underground Design and Planning

    Olympic Dam Operation is located in the Stuart Shelf Geological Province approximately 520 km north-north-west of Adelaide in South Australia. It is estimated to be one of the worldÆs top five copper

    Jan 1, 1999

  • AUSIMM
    Performance of the IsaMills in the George Fisher Flowsheet

    By M Gao

    Six new IsaMills were installed for the George Fisher flowsheet in the Lead/Zinc Concentrator of Mount Isa Mines to produce a product P80 as fine as seven microns. The objective was better liberation

    Jan 1, 2000