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  • AUSIMM
    Subtek™ 4D™ – Optimised blasting performance through the application of new underground bulk explosive technology

    By B Taylor, S Evans

    Bulk explosive technology for underground mining has not seen any significant technological advances since the widespread transition from ammonium nitrate fuel oil (ANFO) to ammonium nitrate emulsions

    Sep 1, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    The Golden Mile – 125 years of mining and the challenges posed for today’s mine geologist

    By M Watson, A V. Engelbrecht, E Murray-Hayden

    Whereas mine reconciliation is a well-established month-end process for most modern mining operations, the resource sector has yet to endorse uniform reporting factors against which model accuracy and

    Mar 22, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Prediction of Size Distributions from Compressing Crusher Machines

    During the last few years the quality requirements on roads and railroads have become more accentuated due to the desire to minimise maintenance costs. This has, in turn, led to increasing requireme

    Jan 1, 1995

  • AUSIMM
    Shaft Guide Reactions at No. 2 Ore Shaft Mount Isa Mines Limited

    By Mercer J. K

    Shaft guide reaetions in No. 2 Ore Shaft, Mount Isa Mines Limited, have been reduced to a low order of magnitude by the use of self aligning slippers and spring loaded guide rollers. Before commission

    Jan 1, 1961

  • AUSIMM
    Effect of horizontal stress on shallow coalmine slopes

    By I Canbulat, A Mcquillan

    This paper presents a parametric analysis showing the impact of virgin in situ stresses on a shallow (less than 100 to 150 m) high slope in a jointed sedimentary rock environment. Slope stability is a

    Nov 29, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Supergene Ore at the Girofla Mine Mungana

    The Mungana group of mines, in the Chillagoe district, yielded 334,000 tons of ore giving 31,831 tons of lead, 7,907 tons of copper and 3,228,600 ounces of silver. The Girofla mine produced approximat

    Jan 1, 1953

  • AUSIMM
    Mechanics of Rock Drilling, Cutting and Future Developments

    By Aziz NI, Guo H

    Most of the existing models of the mechanisms of drilling and cutting processes are oversimplified in both stress state and failure criterion. On the other hand numerical modelling techniques are a

    Jan 1, 1988

  • AUSIMM
    Mineral Processing Plant Simulator in Continuous Surface Mining

    By R S. Suglo, G-K Er

    Mineral processing is an essential component of a mine production chain and it accounts for significant proportion of the production cost. Over the past decade, significant research progress has been

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    The Main Hydrogeological Characteristics of Mineral Deposits in China

    It is very apparent that the hydrogeotogicat characteristics of mineral deposits in China be dominated by meteoric factors, terrain factors and the kind of karstic aquifers as a main source threaten

    Jan 1, 1988

  • AUSIMM
    Bauxite Residues ù A High Volume Resource

    By E Jamieson

    For a number of years, Alcoa World Alumina Australia (Alcoa) has been investigating opportunities to produce economically viable products from bauxite residues. Three of these potential products are d

    Jan 1, 2004

  • AUSIMM
    Iron Island, Queensland.

    By Campbell Brown G A

    IN 1904-5 diamond drilling operations in the Mount Morgan mine proved the presence of some millions of tons of rich copper-gold ore, averaging about 45%to 50%silica and 22%Fe as sulphide. To smelt thi

    Jan 1, 1911

  • AUSIMM
    Reopening the Golden Mile

    By Cleghorn JH

    Underground mining operations on Kalgoorlie's Golden Mile were suspended in 1976, suffering the combined effects of low gold prices and grades. A subsequent substantial increase in the gold price

    Jan 1, 1984

  • AUSIMM
    Cape Lambert Port B Shiploading, Sampling and Analysis

    By M Graham, R Brunning, C Andringa-Bate, S Westergren

    In 2010, Rio Tinto Iron Ore’s operations commenced the planning and design of a sampling and analysis system for the new 50 Mt/a Cape Lambert Port B (CLB) facility. Current sampling systems at the por

    Jul 29, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Environmental Management of Sulphidic Waste Rock at Mt Lyell, Tasmania

    By Stanley I. M, Brett D, Dickson R

    The Mt Lyell Mine, situated in Queenstown on the west coast of Tasmania, has a production history of more than 100 years. Previous mining activities have resulted in substantial modifications to en

    Jan 1, 1997

  • AUSIMM
    Productivity improvement through collaborative shift planning and tracking

    By E Deucker, A White

    Gold Fields Australia (Gold Fields) has identified that improving productivity through more detailed shift planning and operational control of mining activities is a key driver to the success of their

    Oct 16, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    The Importance of Rock Breakage Technology to the Future of Underground Space in Australia

    Underground space can be defined as space below natural ground level which can be used as an alternative to an above ground location. While many of our above ground structures inherently involve und

    Jan 1, 1995

  • AUSIMM
    Features of Bougainville Copper LimitedÆs Concentration Water Supply System

    The problems of the as-built water supply system are discussed. Recent modifications to the collection dams and the water cleaning station using wedge wire screens to resolve these problems are ou

    Jan 1, 1978

  • AUSIMM
    Bulk Low-Grade Mining at Mount Charlotte Mine

    By M F. Lee

    Although the Mt Charlotte gold resource was discovered in 1893, it was only in 1954 that geologists correctly interpreted drill data and defined a large low-grade orebody. The mine has been a large, l

    Jan 1, 2000

  • AUSIMM
    Using Scenarios to Investigate the Long-term Future of Copper Mining and Guide Exploration Targeting Strategies

    By J P. Sykes, A Trench

    "The common-held view of the future of copper mining is one of declining quality of mineral resources and increasingly limited long-term development options. This decline, in turn, is viewed as inevit

    Jun 22, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Simulation of Flexible Circuits

    By MáAndrusiewicz, M M. Hilden, M S. Powell, P D. Kay, B Foggiatto

    Circuits with unconventional and potentially more complex designs are predicted to become more common in the future as plant designers and operators look to process ores more efficiently. Ideas have b

    Oct 29, 2012