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Integration of Oil Sands Mine Planning and Waste Management Using Goal ProgramminBy E Ben-Awuah
Mine planning is the backbone of all mining enterprises and determines the profitability or otherwise of any mining investment. Providing high quality ore and tailings containment at the right time ar
Sep 26, 2011
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Development of mine operation value chain flowsheets fine-tuned and constraint based on the process information (PI) data to evaluate proposed operation strategies and ore pre-treatment technologiesBy E Amini, N Beaton
Application of ore pre-treatment technologies such as Grade Engineering and in-pit ore treatment require comprehensive analysis to show proven value is being generated by switching away from the curre
Nov 10, 2020
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Iron Formation-Hosted Iron Ores in the Hamersley Province of Western AustraliaIron formation-hosted iron ore deposits account for the majority of current world iron ore production and consist of three classes: unenriched primary iron formation with typically 25 to 45 wt per cen
Jan 1, 2005
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The Performance of Trial Covers Used for the Rehabilitation of Acid Generating Coal Reject Dumps in Northern Kwazulu-Natal, South AfricaBy N Bezuidenhout
The performances of ten field-scale experimental final covers were evaluated over an eight-year period. The covers were evaluated as part of the rehabilitation of acid generating coarse coal reject du
Jan 1, 2003
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Modelling Blast Movement for Grade Control at an Open Cut Gold MineBy E J. Sellers, A Cocker
Movement of the fragmented rock mass is an inevitable consequence of open cut blasting. Uncontrolled, unaccounted movement from blasting commonly causes ore loss and dilution from waste mixing. Theref
Aug 18, 2014
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Alignment and Differences between the Australian Water Accounting Standard and the Water Accounting Framework for the Minerals IndustryBy A Woodley, A N. Danoucaras
In 2012 the Bureau of Meteorology, under the banner of the Water Accounting Standards Board, released the Australian Water Accounting Standard 1 (AWAS 1). This standard has been in development since 2
Nov 26, 2013
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In Situ Stress Measurements Using Oriented CoreBy G Baird, M Seto
A low-cost methodology that allows the determination of in situ stresses using oriented core specimens has been investigated. The technique can be used to determine the stresses during the early stage
Jan 1, 2000
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A Brief Resume of the Smelting PlantTHE Company's smelting equipment consists of three blast furnaces, supplied with blast from two sets of vertical piston blowers, each capable of delivering 8000 cub. ft. of air per minute at a pr
Jan 1, 1918
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Dust Mitigation - Changing the ParadigmBy J Visser
Dust mitigation has long been seen as nothing more than managing a nuisance issue, but the reality is that poor dust management can lead to one or more of the following negative consequences: an incre
Aug 12, 2013
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Evolution of SAG Milling Performance ù A Comparison of Alumbrera and Ernest HenryBy J Mar·n, R Anderson, S Strohma, R Harvey
Xstrata is the operator of both Minera Alumbrera Ltd (50 per cent Xstrata, 50 per cent Wheaton River) and Ernest Henry Mining Pty Ltd, (99.99 per cent Xstrata), both copper-gold deposits, using conven
Jan 1, 2003
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Effect of Clay Rheology on Flotation of a Refractory Gold OreBy L Basnayaka, N Subasinghe, B Albijanic
"It has been recognised that the presence of clay minerals in ores adversely affect flotation performance. In this study, changes in rheological properties of the flotation pulps under normal operatin
Oct 10, 2016
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Characterising Rock Mass Properties for Fragmentation ModellingBy A Scott, I Onederra
A great deal of technical and research effort has been applied to the development of models to predict fragmentation from rock blasting. A number of quite useful empirical or engineering models are cu
Aug 24, 2015
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Recovery of Gold from Gravity Tailings by FlotationThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of froth fl otation for the recovery of gold from the gravity tailing stream of the former Lihir Gold Limited (LGL) operation in Ballarat
Aug 1, 2010
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Students, Education and Communication - the Key to our FutureThere is a Chinese saying-may you live in interesting times. Certainly we do tod.a~our mining professions. We are, of course, totally dependent on a' healthy mining industry for the chance to pra
Jan 1, 1987
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Chain Pillar Design ù Can We?By H Jalalifar, N Aziz
In the ten years since the University of NSW proposed a pillar design methodology for bord and pillar operations, the Australian coal mining industry has changed substantially. What was primarily a bo
Jan 1, 2005
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Availability and UtilisationExcavator output rates given in Makers' catalogues are sometimes based on favourable operating conditions. Mine operators and planners are more interested in the Effective Hourly Output in no
Jan 1, 1981
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Murrin Murrin Heap Leaching ProjectBy N Meadows, M Rodriguez
A 200 000 tpa heap leach demonstration plant was approved by the Murrin Murrin Joint Venture (MMJV) in December 2005 and engineering commenced in January 2006. The demonstration plant will utilise sto
Jan 1, 2006
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Structural Controls on the Superposition of High Sulfidation Epithermal Mineralisation Into Porphyry Copper-Molybdenum Deposits: Lessons From Rosario, Northern ChileBy P A. Gow, J L. Walshe, G J. Masterman
The Eocene-Oligocene porphyry belt of northern Chile contains the worldÆs largest accumulation of porphyry-related copper metal. Conflicting models exist regarding the relative importance of strike-sl
Jan 1, 2005
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Minimising cost of rheology control additives for iron ore slurries/tailings for enhancing processing performanceBy Y K. Leong
Occasionally additives are used in the wet processing of iron ore tailings and slurries, for examples, in the thickening of tailings with flocculant to recover process water, and in the smooth pumping
Sep 18, 2023