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  • AUSIMM
    Operational readiness – what is it and how to get it done?

    By A G. L Pratt

    Operational readiness is a commonly used term in mining and many other industry settings. However, translating this term into a coherent scope of work that is practical and meaningful is a challenge f

    Mar 29, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Pyrite depression at Boliden Tara using F-250 – a biopolymer

    By Y Peng, C Burns, Y Mu, R A. Lauten

    In both laboratory flotation experiments and from analysing the composition of the lead concentrate at the Boliden Tara lead-zinc mine in Ireland, it has been found that F-250 may replace cyanide as a

    Aug 29, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Operations versus Projects - How Do People Think and What are the Implications?

    By B Clements, G Lane

    The operations and project environments are very different, but overlap in many areas. The development of mineral processing projects is goal oriented, is schedule focused and is a contractual environ

    Oct 29, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Brisbane Airport Link Earth Pressure Balance Machine Two Component Tailskin Grouting – A New Australian Record

    By A Reschke

    The Thiess John Holland Group is undertaking the design and construction of Brisbane’s Airport Link Project, the largest single investment in transportation infrastructure in Australian history. Twin

    Mar 8, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Risk-based approach for minimising tailings dam failures

    By M Barker, H Li

    The total number of tailings accidents has reduced from over 50/decade in the 1960s-1980s to less than 30/decade in the 2000s to 2010s. However, the rate of significant tailings dam failures has not

    Jul 23, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Improving Blasting by a Team Approach at the Henty Gold Mine

    By R Wedmaier

    Henty Gold Mine is an underground operation producing 100 000 ounces of gold per annum. The original mining method used was flatbacking with paste fill. However, a non-entry method û uphole benching û

    Jan 1, 2001

  • AUSIMM
    Isasmelt and IsaMills ù Models of Successful R&D

    MIM Holdings Limited has acquired a reputation for the successful application of R&D to develop break-through technologies for the mining industry. The Isa Process tank-house technology has been licen

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Maximising asset value through optimal block by block decisions on marginal material

    By F Phillips, E Deucker, J Kato

    It is challenging to determine the optimal mining strategy to maximise value when a mine plan includes mineralised material which does not meet the full cost of mining but has value exceeding the vari

    Mar 15, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Using Ground Penetrating Radar to Enhance the Exploration-to-mining Value Chain

    By D Smith, A Ramdhani, J Francke

    Ground penetrating radar (GPR), a well-established geophysical technique generally used for shallow civil engineering applications, has, in the last decade, found increasing acceptance as a complement

    Aug 18, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Simulating Time versus Mass Basis?Sampling

    By J Ta’ala, M Handyside

    Mechanical sampling from conveyors has historically been a staple in the iron ore industry when information related to chemistry, sizing and moisture is required. In order to comply with ISO 3082:2009

    Jul 29, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    A Formal Approach to Economic Analysis of Pit Slope Design

    By Coates D. F, Neil T. J, O&apos

    A proper economic analysis of pit slope design must reflect the trade-off between the benefits and the increased risks of slope fail- ure inherent in steeper slope angles. However, no formal framewo

    Jan 1, 1977

  • AUSIMM
    A SAG Mill Circuit Simulator Based on a Simplified Mechanistic Model

    By Magne L, Barria J, Castro O, Menacho J, Gonzalez GD

    An extensive experimental campaign was developed in a continuous 6 x 2' (D x L) pilot scale SAG mill. The effect of the feed flow rate, feed solids concentration, ball filling fraction and feed

    Jan 1, 1993

  • AUSIMM
    A Review of the Applications of Tunnel Boring Machines in Mines

    By Q Gong, J Li, J Zhao, Y Zheng

    Excavation by tunnel boring machines (TBMs) offers many advantages over conventional excavation methods, in terms of safety level, working environment, advance rate and overall cost. While TBMs have b

    Sep 17, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    The development of DRI pellets for green steelmaking

    By C R. Ure

    To substantially reduce, if not eliminate, carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from ironmaking it is necessary to convert from blast furnace (BF) ironmaking using coking coal as the reductant to direct r

    Sep 18, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Development and Implementation of the Garford Dynamic Bolt at the Kanowna Belle Mine

    By R Lachenicht, J Player, A Thompson, E Villaescusa

    Kanowna Belle Gold Mine is a deep, high-stress, sublevel open stoping mine located near Kalgoorlie. Seismic activity during the development cycle presented problems, including concerns regarding the e

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    Cover System Performance Monitoring for Tailings – Are We Doing It Correctly?

    By R Barritt, P Scott

    Across the globe, it is a common scenario that tailings storage facilities (TSFs) are being decommissioned; however, their subsequent impact on the local environment and landscape can often be overloo

    Jul 27, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    A comparison of the performance of fully versus partially encapsulated cable bolts based on laboratory-scale testing

    By P Hagan, S Wang, D Li, B Loh

    A study was undertaken to quantify the differences in performance between a full-length encapsulated cable bolt and a partially encapsulated cable bolt. Much research has been reported on the differen

    Nov 30, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Application of RISKGATE to Coal Mine Tailings Dams

    By M Gasparon, J Harris, T Baumgartl, D J. Williams, M Edraki, P A. Kirsch, D Rowe

    RISKGATE, an Australian Coal Association Research Program-funded (ACARP) initiative, has been designed to assist the Australian coal mining industry in improving minimum standards for safety performan

    Jul 16, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    The Aluminum û Iron Phosphatic Overburden of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean: Its Mineralogy, Mineral Chemistry and Thermal Transformations

    The phosphatic overburden of Christmas Island is a lateritic soil and consists dominantly of crandallite and millisite. These minerals are polymorphs of general formula, (Na,K)x Ca2-x (Al, Fe)6 (PO4

    Jan 1, 1971

  • AUSIMM
    Geology - Paper No. 2 Offshore Seismic And Magnetic Surveys Of The Southern Coalfields Off Stanwell Park

    By Hawkins L. V, Seedsman K

    A combined reflection seismic and magnetic survey off the south coast of New South Wales has revealed six distinct reflection horizons within the Lower Triassic- Upper Permian sequence, and has ena

    Jan 1, 1969