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The Alluvial Gold Mining Industry in New ZealandBy B S. Utting, W J. Cowie
The alluvial gold industry of New Zealand is based on the placer deposits in Otago and on the West Coast. Production from these since discovery in the 1850s has been an estimated 480 t (15 Moz) of gol
Jan 1, 1990
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Bio-Mineral Processing - Its Potential to Revolutionise the IndustryBacteria can play a key role in the processing of 'difficult' ores. Bioleaching opens the way to potentially extract copper from vast amounts of otherwise hard to process refractory low-grad
Sep 13, 2010
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Bailer uncertainty evaluation in a lithium salar depositBy P Goblet, S A. Séguret, E Cordier, A Galli
In salar-type deposits, lithium grades can be measured by bailers introduced at different elevations in the drill holes at locations where, later, the brine will be pumped out to recover the metal. Wh
May 9, 2017
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Presidential Address, 1973 The Human Environment-The Quality of LifeThe mineral industry is an important element in the human environment and in varying degrees contributes to the general standard of living throughout most of the world, both by supplying the basic mat
Jan 1, 1973
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Difficulties in Developing Mineral VenturesBy P M. Outhwaite
Everyone present today is especially aware of the need for minerals in this society of ours. The words 'especially aware' were deliberately chosen because this is a meeting of the NZ Branch
Jan 1, 1976
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Treatment of Mixed Sulphides by the ôHorwoodö ProcessALTHOUGH the development of the various flotation processes during the last 8 years has been so revolutionary, this development has been, until recently, entirely confined to the separation of the gan
Jan 1, 1912
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Presidential Address 1961 The Modern Ferrous Metallurgical RevolutionThis Institute, by nature of its charter, draws on various persons in the mining and metallurgical world of Australasia for its President from year to year, and consequently when the presidential addr
Jan 1, 1961
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An Assessment of Radioactivity Hazards at a Proposed Heavy Mineral Sand Mining SiteBy N E. Whitehead
An application to mine an ilmenite-rich sand deposit in Westland led to public concern about potential radioactive hazards should the ore be further processed to recover zircon or monazite. A review r
Jan 1, 1993
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Role of Raw Materials in Various Methods of Iron ProductionRaw materials account for over 60 per cent of the cost of hot metal production in classical blast furnaces and the principal cost component is cost of coke. Dependence on coke is a traditional weakn
Jan 1, 1999
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An Application of Statistics to the Chemical Recognition of Nickel Gossans in the Yilgarn Block, Western AustraliaPrincipal component analysis of the variation of Cu, Ni, Zn, Pb, Mn, and Cr in a control group of 96 samples of surface ironstone from the Yilgarn Block, Western Australia, was used to derive a simple
Jan 1, 1974
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An Ecological Approach to Koala Conservation in a Mined LandscapeBy R Wheeler, E Stalenberg, J Lemon, M S. Crowther, D Lunney, K Ross
Gunnedah, in north-western New South Wales (NSW), including the town, the surrounding Liverpool Plains and the Pilliga forests to the west, are currently the subject of intense mining interest for coa
Jul 10, 2012
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Improvements in the Mercury Abatement and Process Efficiency of Adsorption, Desorption and Regeneration Gold Processing OperationsBy C Barton, B Randall, T Weldon, M Lefler
FLSmidth-Summit Valley Technologies has been a leader in gold processing equipment for nearly two decades. Over the past several years an extensive research and development effort has led to improveme
Jul 15, 2013
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Waste and Emission Reduction Through Regional Synergies in the Kwinana Industrial AreaIndustries in the Kwinana area have embarked on a journey of improving the eco-efficiency of Western AustraliaÆs primary heavy industry area. The Kwinana Industrial Area has some unique characteristic
Jan 1, 2002
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Hybrid Process Control Strategy for the Ok Tedi Mining Ltd Semi-Autogenous Grinding Mill #2 - A Comparative AnalysisBy G Metzner, R Rodriguez, C Savage
OK Tedi Mining Ltd. (OTML) is in the process of optimising the concentrator performance. One aspect that has been recently implemented is an upgrade of the existing expert control philosophy on the gr
Jul 15, 2013
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A Comparison of Massive Sulphide Deposits Forming at the PACMANUS (Manus Basin, PNG) and Jade (Okinawa Trough, South China Sea) Seafloor Hydrothermal FieldsBy R A. Binns, S Murao
The PACMANUS and Jade deposits are two active hydrothermal fields that are forming massive sulphide deposits at the Pacific rim margin. Both are associat
Jan 1, 1995
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Gold Deposits in the Xiong’ershan District, Southern North China Craton – Products of Triassic Deformation and Cretaceous Craton DestructionBy K F. Tang, J-W Li
"An EXTENDED ABSTRACT is available for download. A full-length paper was not prepared for this presentation. The Xiong’ershan district in the southern margin of the North China Craton (NCC) contains m
Mar 18, 2015
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Non Invasive Mining - Some Concepts for Consideration in New ZealandMuch of the coal and gold mining industry of New Zealand is small scale. Funding is tight and mechanisation limited. The country has many well documented small coalfields (some with significant outcr
Jan 1, 1996
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Sampling and Ore-Buying on the West Coast of TasmaniaThe following notes apply more especially to the purchase of silverlead ores produced in the neighbourhood of Zeehan and Dundas; for it is this class of ore that is principally mined in those parts, a
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Analyses of Some New Zealand ScheelitesAnalyses of scheelite from all the known scheelite fields in the South Island of New Zealand have shown that the scheelites are essentially molybdenum-free. The scheelites are almost stoichiometric Ca
Jan 1, 1970
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Bioheapleaching of Black Schist-Hosted Nickel-Copper-Cobalt- Zinc Ore in Subarctic Conditions at Talvivaara, FinlandTalvivaara deposits, Kuusilampi and Kolmisoppi, comprise one of the largest sulfide nickel resources in the world with 642 Mt in Measured and Indicated Resource categories. TalvivaaraÆs preferred extr
Jan 1, 2009