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  • AUSIMM
    Sustainable Minerals Education – We Care, But do You?

    By D Laurence

    Mining cycles have come and gone and with them there have been dramatic swings in the levels of interest and student entry into minerals-related education programs, hence graduate supply to the indust

    Mar 21, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    The Performance of Trial Covers Used for the Rehabilitation of Acid Generating Coal Reject Dumps in Northern Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

    By 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

  • AUSIMM
    Latest Developments in Cyclone Technology

    Although cyclones have been around in their current form since the early-1890s, there have been some exciting new developments, which have extended their efficiency/operation. These developments have

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Estimating Breakage of Fine Ore Particles by Media in a Small Ball Mill Using DEM

    Estimating Breakage of Fine Ore Particles by Media in a Small Ball Mill Using DEM

    Sep 13, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    Underground Information Technology Infrastructure - A Sound Basis for Efficient Future Mining Operations

    By M Schmid

    German hard coal mining operations have decreased for more than 40 years. Current political decisions are leading to a discontinuation of subsidised black coal mining by the year 2018. This decision w

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    New Ore Types from the Cauê Banded Iron Formation, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais, Brazil – Responses to the Growing Demand

    By L Q. Amorim

    The mining district of the Quadrilátero Ferrífero (QF) in southeastern Brazil contributes to 70 per cent of the Brazilian iron ore production, which reached 370 Mt in 2010. Traditionally, four iron or

    Jul 11, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Case study – an analysis of reliability and efficiency: ultrasonic versus annubar technologies

    By M J. Shearer

    An investigation into the reliability of the data being collected at the Mount Isa Mines site operated by Glencore in Queensland allowed on-site ventilation personnel to scrutinise pressure and volume

    Aug 28, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Developing Assessment Methods and Remediation Protocols for New Zealand Sites Impacted by Acid Mine Drainage

    By A Black, A de Jo, J Cavanagh, J Harding

    Acidic and metal-rich waters have been discharging from Sullivan Mine, West Coast, New Zealand since the closure of the mine during the early- 1990s. This has resulted in a decrease in pH from a backg

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    Reactivity of Australian Coal Chars in Ilmenite Reduction

    By C Li, K McDonald an, T Nicholson, C Brown

    The relative reactivities of chars prepared from different coal samples at temperatures in the range 500 to 1150¦C were determined by measuring the rates of metallisation of a standard ilmenite concen

    Jan 1, 2001

  • AUSIMM
    Technology change by regulation – a cresting wave?

    By J D. Pease, J M. I Tuppurainen, P D. Munro

    This paper examines how legislation and regulation can be external drivers of technical change in mineral processing and extractive metallurgy and how the industry can respond. Two examples are consid

    Sep 11, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Moving Beyond Economic Framing of the Australian Coal Industry

    By S Worden, P A. Kirsch, A Kirsch

    Despite the current downturn, coal remains an important commodity in the Australian economy. Increasing coal resource development has resulted in increasing competition for land use in coal mining reg

    Jul 16, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    The Applicability of Endless and Direct Rope Haulage Technology for Transportation Systems on Decline Shafts

    By E N. Sparg, O D. A Deuchar, F Needham

    Decline shafts are an attractive option to both new and existing mining operations where there is a need to access an inclined orebody deposit via on-reef development so as to generate a return in the

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Sun Metals Corporation's Townsville Zinc Refinery Project Initiation

    By P Salmon, M Kennedy

    Sun Metals Corporation Pty Ltd (SMC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Korea Zinc Co Ltd (KZC) is a company formed to develop, construct and operate a zinc refinery, 11 km south of Townsville in North Que

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Characterisation of Gold Ores by X-Ray Computed Tomography – Part 1: Software for Calibration and Quantification of Mineralogical Phases

    By L E. Howard

    Micro-computed tomography (Micro-CT) is an X-ray imaging technique that produces high-resolution 3D computerised ‘virtual’ models of geological specimens based on the X-ray attenuation of different ma

    Sep 5, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Back analysis of pit slope performance in a saturated alluvial sediment

    By J Player, G Sweby

    The material properties and hence performance of saturated alluvial sediments slope can be incorrectly forecast if the water content is not preserved, and materials properties not correctly determined

    Jun 22, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Thinking Outside the Lease - Towards a Strategic View of Regional Water Management by the Mining Industry

    In the last 30 years, human appropriation of global renewable resources has accelerated to the point where 35 per cent of the earthÆs land surface is now in managed agro-ecosystems, consumptive water

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Reverse Cationic Flotation of Iron Ores - Floatability of Amphiboles at Depression of Iron Oxides by Starch

    Reverse Cationic Flotation of Iron Ores - Floatability of Amphiboles at Depression of Iron Oxides by Starch

    Sep 13, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    Conducting comprehensive evaluations of preconcentration options

    By P Holtham, K Duffy, B, W Valery, E Tabosa, rade

    Pre-concentration has potential to significantly improve Mineral Resource efficiency by removing gangue early in the process, before energy intensive and expensive comminution and fine processing. How

    Nov 10, 2020

  • AUSIMM
    Determining Gold Particle Size in Gravity Ores for Sampling and Metallurgical Characterisation - Discussion and Test Protocol

    Sampling protocols and metallurgical flow sheets should be designed to suit the style of mineralisation in question. In support, the a priori need for evaluation programs is the characterisation of th

    Aug 1, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    Ventilation Planning Considerations when Dealing with Hot Groundwater

    By S Bluhm, L van den Berg

    In planning mine ventilation systems, heat issues are normally associated with deep-level mines where auto-compression and virgin rock temperatures play a major role. However, a number of mines suffer

    Aug 31, 2015