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  • AUSIMM
    Removal of Radioactivity from Mineral Sands Products

    By Stanojevic R, McGlinn PJ, Day RA, Levins DM

    This paper reports the results of a number of studies that Ansto has carried out for mineral sands companies concerned about low-levels of naturally-occurring radioactivity in their products. Where

    Jan 1, 1993

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    Mineral Exploration in Fiordland 1970 - 1972 with Emphasis on Syngenetic Mineralisation Located to Date

    Since the earliest recorded prospecting of the 1860's mineral exploration and mining in Fiordland has been discouraged by the formidable physical difficulties presented by its isolation, extremel

    Jan 1, 1977

  • AUSIMM
    Ramp-up and long-term performance of the Albion Process™ plant at GeoProMining Gold Armenia

    By D Walker, A Tsvetkov, P Voigt, O Kloiber-Deane

    The GPM Gold Operation has been employing an Albion Process™ plant at its Sotk (Zod) gold mine in Armenia since 2014. Long term data from the operation is now being published for the first time. The

    Aug 29, 2018

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    New Blasting Initiation Technologies in the Mining Industry

    Alfred Nobel first invented a practical detonator in 1863 and then the blasting cap in 1865. At that time the detonator was used on the end of a length of safety fuse to initiate nitroglycerine-based

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Towards grade engineering using X-ray microtomography

    By K Barbosa, G Wilkie, F Reyes, V Jokovic, C Evans

    The idea behind Grade Engineering is to exploit the natural heterogeneity of an orebody (spatial, temporal) in order to divert low-value waste out of the mining value chain. Essentially, this involves

    Aug 24, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Fusion of molten phase R&D into the metallurgical industry to drive circularity

    By S L. Nicol, B J. Hogg, O J. Mendoza, S Nikolic, A Burrows

    The top submerged lance (TSL) technology, developed in the 1970s, is now widely used for the processing of a range of materials. The key advantage the ISASMELT™ TSL technology provided was the ability

    Aug 21, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    A Review of the Structure and Stratigraphy of the Central Pine Creek Geosyncline

    By Ormsby W. R, Farrar L

    The stratigraphy of the central Pine Creek Geosyncline has been simplified into a three-fold subdivision comprising the Batchelor, Frances Creek and Finniss River Groups. The Batchelor Group consist

    Jan 1, 1994

  • AUSIMM
    Sampling and Measurements in the Reaction Shaft at Olympic Dam

    By B Washington, A Campbell, R Taylor

    A sampling and measurement program was undertaken on the reaction shaft of the Olympic Dam copper flash smelting furnace. The object of the work was to provide information to validate a mathematical m

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    A Practical Approach to Truck Dispatch for Open Pit Mines

    By D M. Silva, J C. Alves

    According to the literature, material transportation represents 50 per cent of the operating costs for an open pit mine. In this context, this paper proposes a multistage approach for dynamic truck di

    Sep 26, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    How Much Do We Need to Drill?

    By C Taylor, E Retz

    Sequential Gaussian conditional simulation of wide-spaced exploration data has been completed in order to optimise a drilling grid at Fortescue’s Eliwana deposit. The aim of this drill grid is to impr

    Jul 13, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Analysis of downstream field behavior of long‐runout tailings flows using remote sensing

    By N M. Rana, A Take, N Ghahramani, S McDougall, S G. Evans

    A critical issue associated with mining operations has been the stability of tailings impoundments. Some breach events have produced catastrophic tailings flows that have caused significant economic d

    Jul 1, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Characterisation of respirable dust generated from full scale laboratory concrete cutting tests with conical picks at three stages of wear

    By S Slouka

    Airborne rock dust poses serious long-term health complications to workers in the underground mining and civil environment where rock excavation is utilised. During drilling, airborne rock particles a

    Oct 12, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    The Green Mine Campaign and Sustainable Mining in China

    By X Li, J Wang, D Liu, Y Liu, K Hu

    "Since the adoption of open-door policy 30 years ago, rapid economic growth has resulted in serious resource depletion and environmental destruction, especially in mining areas. As an urgent response

    Jul 10, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Modelling metal recovery by co-kriging the feed and concentrate masses of metal

    By P Dowd, A Adeli, C Xu, X Emery

    Geometallurgical modelling is increasingly being incorporated into mineral resource modelling and estimation as a means of increasing efficiency, decreasing operating costs and reducing risk in mining

    May 24, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Getting underground: design and construction of a portal in a pit with moving walls

    By J Player, P Evans, G Sweby

    Achieving quick underground access after the completion of an open pit mine can be critical to maintaining project value and ensuring regular ore feed to the mill. This paper outlines the design and c

    Mar 15, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Life-of-mine Development and Production Scheduling Optimisation for Sublevel Cave Operations

    By 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

  • AUSIMM
    Modelling Geometallurgical Variability - A Case Study in Managing Risk

    By S Khosrowshahi, A Weeks, W J. Shaw

    "To provide an indication of expected performance of the mine and mill, feasibility studies should include an assessment of the expected day-to-day variability in process plant feed. Attempts to do th

    Sep 29, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Enhancing crushing plant safety – a technical overview

    By J Dyt, S Lyons

    In the mining industry, crusher-related incidents have led to 15 reported deaths in Australia, New Zealand, and the USA between 1998 and 2007 (NSW Government Resources Regulator, 2024). The majority o

    Apr 16, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    The Effect of Aground-Underground Seamlessly Integrated Modelling in Mine Disaster Prevention

    By Y S. Zhang

    Natural phenomena and human engineering construction activities had great influence on the geosciences space. Natural disasters, particularly mine disaster and other geological disasters happened freq

    Nov 22, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Evolution of the modern surge-bin in mineral processing plants with highly variable feeds

    By J Lyons, S Baker, D MacHunter, D Pepper

    Mineral processing plants require a storage buffer to bridge differences in production rates between mining and processing. Where coarse ores are processed, such as coal or hard rock, this buffer may

    Aug 24, 2022