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What Have we Learnt About Managing Rock Burst Risks?By Y Potvin
Underground mines in Australia are progressively operating at greater depth, sometimes in conditions where mine induced stresses are very high. In such conditions, the seismic activity often becomes i
Mar 21, 2011
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Embedding Geometallurgy into Mine Planning Practices – Practical Examples at Olympic DamBy H Bruyn, K Ehrig, V Liebezeit, A Robertson, M Smith, D Grant
"The Olympic Dam geometallurgy program has generated a large quantity of data that has been used to create a geometallurgically enabled block model. An ongoing challenge is to convert data into usable
Jun 15, 2016
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Multicomponent modelling and simulation of the Minas Rio iron ore grinding circuitBy T M. Campos, J Silva, L M. Tavares, J Lichter, L P. Alves, B K. N Rocha, H D. G Turrer
The depletion of the richest ore deposits and the increase in number of mining projects involving deposits with complex mineralogy, higher competence and lower grade has led to an eminent need for imp
Aug 24, 2022
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Effect of Dynamic Loading and Tunnel Support in Deep Level MinesBy K Le Bron
Fatalities that occurred because of rock falls in off-reef excavations (excluding shafts) over the last three years range between ten per cent and 20 per cent of the total number of fatalities that ha
Jan 1, 1999
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Rock Cuttings for Railways-Construction Methods and GeologyRailway cuttings require the highest care in design and construction, as the pro- bability of failure concept does not allow any risks to be taken with hundreds of lives being dependent on continued
Jan 1, 1979
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The Application of Advanced Undercutting at PT Freeport IndonesiaÆs Deep Ore Zone MineBy A Sinuhaji, R Poedjono, G Flumerfelt
PT Freeport Indonesia is currently building the DOZ mine. It is a 25 000 tonne/day block caving operation which is scheduled to reach designed production levels by the fourth quarter of 2002. This pap
Jan 1, 2002
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Multi-factor integrated data analytics and data-driven decision-making for ground control managementBy R Carstens, L Munsamy, L Prinsloo, C Huang, C Zhang, R Liang, I Canbulat
With recent advances in machine learning, data-based automated decision-making has been proven successful with promising outcomes in many industries. Its application in the mining sector can be ground
Nov 29, 2022
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Monitoring of M10000 IsaMill™ Process Performance by Passive Acoustic EmissionsBy A McEwan, J Masters, C A. Jackson, A Catanzano, V Sharp, M Millen, S Rainey, S J. Spencer, G Roberts
A passive acoustic emission (AE) monitoring system has been developed and trialled on two M10000 IsaMillsTM. The analyser detects AE stress waves generated by grinding media impacts with the mill line
Sep 1, 2014
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A guide to maximising ball mill circuit classification system efficiency (CSE), for operators and equipment designersBy O Arafat, R E. McIvor, K M. Bartholomew
It is well known in the industry that good classification system performance is vital to efficient ball mill circuit performance. But what is meant by good classification system performance, and how i
Aug 29, 2018
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Development of a Sustainability Roadmap for the Kwinana Industrial Area, Western AustraliaBy M John
The Kwinana Industrial Area (KIA) is by far the largest and most diverse industrial processing region (with supporting industries) in Western Australia. As with elsewhere in Australia (and globally),
Jan 1, 2009
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A Fatigue Equivalent Static Load Methodology for the Fatigue Life Estimation of Load Haul DumpersA methodology for the fatigue life estimation of load haul dumpers, employed in underground platinum mines, has been developed and applied. This method entails the quantification of operating conditio
Jan 1, 2005
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Metallurgical Accounting in the Northparkes Concentrator - A Case StudyBy R Morrison, R Dunn
In many mineral processing operations, the reported production figures for an accounting period may not make the best use of available data. While most of the mathematical approaches, such as check-in
Jan 1, 2007
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Eight-Dimensional Planning Construction of an Integrated Model for Mine Planning Involving ConstructabilityBy E Rubio, N Morales
A common practice in the mining industry is to decompose the planning process into different tasks, so the overall process and specific schedules can be constructed easily. Nevertheless, currently the
Sep 26, 2011
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The Application of Virtual Reality Technology and Scientific Visualisation to the Understanding of Block Cave Mining SystemsBy J Tibbett, F T. Suorineni, B Hebblewhite
Block caving is an important mining method for the future economic exploitation of large, low-grade, steeply dipping orebodies. While block caving is not a new method, there are still many unknowns su
Nov 5, 2014
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The Median versus the Mean Fragment Size and Other Issues with the Kuz-Ram ModelBy F Ouchterlony
Soviet precursors to Cunningham’s Kuz-Ram model from 1983 are described. They are rooted in the mean fragment size and Rosin-Rammler (RR) fits to sieving data and rely on approximations. Three version
Aug 24, 2015
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Using Borehole Radar to Refine Orebody Interpretations in a Narrow Vein Gold DepositBy G Morgan, C Kemp
In December 2010, a trial of borehole radar technology was conducted to test the usefulness of the technique in better refining the position and geometry of narrow vein orebodies away from the primary
Mar 26, 2012
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Avoiding Bias when Using Vezins for Sampling Dusty MaterialsBy P Cleary, G K. Robinson, J Hilton, P Wilson
Concern has been expressed that Vezins can be biased when used for sampling fine materials if the cutter speed is as high as the 0.6 m/s which is often used. Using modelling techniques that consider a
Aug 21, 2012
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Mechanics of Rock/Tool Interaction in Disc Rock CuttingBy M Hood, X S. L, W J. T Daniel, H Gurgenci
It is believed that disc cutter shape affects rock fracture and therefore cutter performance and cutter life. However, the current generation of disc cutters is made of hardened steel and these cutter
Jan 1, 1998
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Economic recovery and upgrade of metals from middling and tailing streamsBy M Hourn, G Anderson, V Lawson, P Voigt, D Mallah
As mine head grades decline and orebodies become more complex, traditional mineral processing techniques and flow sheets to achieve saleable concentrate become more difficult to design and construct.
Sep 11, 2017
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Roadway and Pillar Design Considerations for Development and Longwall Extraction at Central Colliery, QueenslandBy Ward B
Central Colliery was developed to exploit large underground reserves in the German Creek lease. It was planned from the outset as a retreating longwall operation and is the first longwall mine in
Jan 1, 1986