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Chemical Optimisation of Smelting ProcessesBy Floyd JM
Conventional smelting reactor systems were designed to recover only one main element from their feedstocks. They did not possess sufficient flexibility to allow optimisation of co-production of multip
Jan 1, 1985
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Cyanide Code Recertification - The Three-Year ChallengeBy R J. Beazley, M C. Woods
"The International Cyanide Management Code (the Code) is a voluntary industry program for gold miners and associated cyanide transporters and cyanide producers. By becoming a signatory, a company comm
Sep 26, 2013
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Automated omission-free geotechnical deformation monitoring – a new method deployable by non-specialistsBy J Franke, C Gonzalez
One of the regular tasks of geotechnical and mining engineers is the measurement and management of deformation in underground excavations. Although several methods are used to do so, the incumbent met
Nov 29, 2022
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Design and testing of high capacity surface supportBy T Roberts, S Talu
Steel wire weld mesh is a common industry standard surface support used in underground mining, traditionally installed with mining drills during the bolting cycle. As underground mining depth and stre
Nov 30, 2018
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Raising the FlagBy P Phelan
This paper presents the general background and development of raiseboring followed by case histories of circumstances where raiseboring equipment was used in a different manner to normal. Each project
Jan 1, 1998
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Modelling of height of connective fractures during longwall miningBy D Adhikary, M Khanal, B Poulsen, H Guo
During longwall mining, the ability to reliably estimate the height of longwall mining-induced fractures is critically important in order to effectively manage mining-induced water inflows and aquifer
Nov 30, 2018
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Treatment and Rehabilitation of Acidic Waste Rock and Tailings – A 14-year Case StudyBy D Blair, T Scutts, L Fergusson
This paper presents a waste rock treatment and rehabilitation program conducted at a metaliferous mine site in northern New South Wales from 2000–2013. It updates findings from 2005 for Program #1 (wh
Jul 16, 2014
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Development of an Empirical Geochemical Model (OkARD) to Predict Acid Rock Drainage Risks From Mine Derived Sediments, Ok Tedi Copper and Gold Mine, Papua New GuineaBy K Voigt, B Bolton, C Rumble
The Ok Tedi copper and gold mine is owned and operated by Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) and is located in the Star Mountains of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. Waste materials (both sulfidic
Jan 1, 2003
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Variability of Gravity Recoverable Gold Values in Relation to Test Sample SizeBy S C. Dominy
The gravity recoverable gold (GRG) parameter reflects liberated gold or gold-dominated composite particles that can be recovered by gravity separation. Recoveries depend upon mineralogy, in situ parti
Sep 29, 2013
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Development of the Hawsons Low-Grade MagnetiteBy R L. Koenig
The rediscovery and recognition of the magnetite potential of the iron mineralisation at the Hawsons Project area 60 km south of Broken Hill has the potential for the development of a new series of ma
Jul 11, 2011
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Optimised Process Control in Iron Ore via Online Analysis of Light ElementsBy L Köresaar, J Moilanen
With lower and increasingly variable Fe grades in iron ore resources, the monitoring of Si, Al, Mg and other light elements to meet quality requirements is gaining importance in the iron ore beneficia
Jul 13, 2015
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Some Notes on Diamond Drilling Practice at Mount IsaThe Black Star lead and zinc ore-bodies, situated in the western zone of mineralisation at Mount Isa occupy an area 2000 ft. long with varying widths from 100 ft. to 300 ft. The strike is N5°W, a
Jan 1, 1932
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Monitoring Design and Data Management for a Multiwell CO2 Storage/Enhanced Coalbed Methane Test in a Stacked Coal Reservoir, Buchanan County, Virginia, USABy S J. Schafrik, C Keles, C Schlosser, E S. Gilliland, A K. Louk, N S. Ripepi, S Keim, J Amante, E Diminick
Three legacy coalbed methane production wells have been converted to injection wells for a one-year carbon dioxide (CO2) injection test to evaluate the potential for CO2 storage in the coal reservoir
Nov 4, 2015
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A New Gold Lixiviant - CSUT(1)By Hu Y, Li D, Qu G
In this paper the structural mechanism of the gold - lixiviant complex is investigated. The results show that there are two common characteristics in the outer orbitals for all the gold lixiviants:
Jan 1, 1993
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A Study of Extracting Vanadium from Stone Coal Using Cyclic OxidationA Study of Extracting Vanadium from Stone Coal Using Cyclic Oxidation
Sep 13, 2010
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The Mining and Forestry Industries - Will They Ever See Eye to Eye?By A P. Tinnelly
This paper explores the structural/physical and policy based issues that have lead to the apparent resource conflict between Forestry and Mining on the West Coast. Both industries are important to th
Jan 1, 1996
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Sublevel Cave Drop Down Strategy at Perseverance Mine, Leinster Nickel OperationsBy P A. Jenkins, I W. O Jones
WMC has mined the Perseverance disseminated orebody exclusively by SLC (sublevel cave) methods. Deteriorating ground conditions in the vicinity of an orebody inflection forced a re-evaluation of futur
Jan 1, 2000
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Development of a Pyrite Regrind Circuit at Telfer Gold MineBy D R. Seaman, Y Peng, F Burns, D J. Bradshaw
Telfer Gold Mine is a gold-copper mine in the eastern Pilbara of Western Australia, owned and operated by Newcrest Mining Limited. TelferÆs ores are processed by a dual train, 21 Mt/a, concentrator wh
Oct 29, 2012
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Sampling and blending in geoenvironmental campaigns – current practice and future opportunitiesBy A Parbhakar-Fox, S C. Dominy
The prediction of acid and metalliferous drainage (AMD) from mine waste materials is critically important during all stages of the mine value chain. However, to determine such geoenvironmental charact
May 9, 2017
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Rockfall Hazard Mitigation Best PracticeBy A Teen
An open cast mine on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand proposes to remove up to 30 m of overburden to access an ore body neighbouring National Reserve land. Part of the conditions of t
Jan 1, 2007